tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post7646811287598244005..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: flying, sticks, still lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-62947202918283699682011-05-25T15:29:51.657+01:002011-05-25T15:29:51.657+01:00Thank you Martha. That's fascinating. Quite ne...Thank you Martha. That's fascinating. Quite new to me too. I have just looked up samara in a couple of dictionaries. The Shorter Oxford traces the word back to 1577. The more I think about it, it is a rather beautiful word and seems appropriate to describe such cunningly sculpted fruit. I shall use it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-3348475816135042702011-05-24T20:11:10.298+01:002011-05-24T20:11:10.298+01:00I learned a new word today for those winged seeds:...I learned a new word today for those winged seeds: samara. I subscribe to a daily word newsletter from Webster Dictionary, and that was today's word.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com