'The Font' gets this mornings Wordle in three goes. I'll not ruin it for those who have yet to do their daily challenge but in English the word is spelt with a 'U' between the 'O' and the 'R'. This would make it a six letter word.
The new lock gates have arrived and been installed. We chat to our two local lobster fishermen who are looking forward to getting their boats back into the inner harbour. This morning they've discovered that the recent tides have caused a build up of sand and sediment that's blocking the channel out to sea. They are off to hire a dredger. Two large - and slightly plump - old labradors accompany them. Happy sea dogs. By the abbey walls a line of motorhomes signals the arrival of European tourists. We see a Lithuanian registered Winnebago. What a journey that must have been.
Esoteric insight of the day :https://birdhistory.substack.com/p/americas-favorite-bird
10 comments:
Me too wordle in 3..No worries about the "u".
Me too in three today, but I often forget to try the US spelling of words for a puzzle from the US!
Hari Om
I do all the NYT puzzles, but one of my gripes (forgiving the dropped u) is the acceptance of "words" such as ain't and dunno and other such contractions. Then there's the many bade and 'foot'ball references.... Hey ho, I still gain much fun from them. YAM xx
I read most of the canary article. Birds in cages always make me sad. I get so much pleasure making the lives of my backyard birds a little easier with food, water and bird houses. Watching them bring healthy broods into the world is so satisfying. They still feel like my pets, except they have their freedom.
I did the Wordle today without thinking about your comment until I had finished it and had an "aha" moment. I have a rule that I must start with whatever 5-letter word pops up first on my Twitter feed, so my results vary and today was a 4. The canary article was fascinating.
Your last photo...to me there is a definite "lean" to the three structures on the left hand side?
Gemmas P- It's the perspective - or at least I hope it is.
What a glorious morning you're having!
We saw a Spanish Winnebago in Iceland. There's a journey!
Birds' legs have an adaptation called "rete mirabile" that minimizes heat loss. The arteries that transport warm blood into the legs lie in contact with the veins that return colder blood to the bird's heart. The arteries warm the veins. Because the veins also cool the arteries, the bird’s feet are closer to environmental temperature and thus don’t lose as much heat as they would if they were at body temperature. And by standing on one leg, a bird reduces by half the amount of heat lost through unfeathered limbs.
I too got Wordle in three. But it would have been two were it not for the missing “u”
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