The most difficult thing I always find is naming something. The mere act of giving this blog a name took 17 years with very little sleep , no food and much trauma. How could a name be witty and subtle at the same time , have clear meaning, be enigmatic , and emerge as a dazzling "BlogNom"?
Over the 17 years I became very disappointed in the good folk of the internet. I expected there to be an "automatic blog name generator" - you know , you just whack in a couple of random words and whammo - you get the perfect blog name! No such thing exists. The internet was invented to help us increase our laziness and I have discovered a gap.
In the end I had to go to the
Oxford English Dictionary seek guidance from the grandaddy of ' user generated content". Luckily by the time I was wading through "V" I was able to find some inspiration. The word "
vimineous" is now rare
in use -
(which anticipates the future of this Blog) and means:
1. Made of pliable twigs or wickerwork.
2. Bot. Producing long, flexible shoots or twigs.
So welcome to this rare, pliable and far reaching gathering of twigs!
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This photo was taken in about 1982. in fact its two photos quickly taken of the Hopkins river at Allansford. I didn't realize until much later that they joined perfectly. The great joy of digitisation is that i can now make 2 equal 1!