We got some more rain today, a little over a half-inch, which puts us over two inches for the two days. Not too shabby, we will happily take it. It was not a hard, driving rain, so the Iris and the rest of the spring flora was not too heavily damaged. Interestingly, the iris beds are not all blooming in unison. This is the bed surrounding the storm shelter; it is going to be done this coming week. It has bloomed its' heart out, and we are grateful for that. Very pretty. We stayed in most of the day, although we did get out during a break in the clouds to take the girls for a ride. I did manage to get a couple naps, and got a start on the week, so that is nice. This week coming should be pretty good, so that will be nice. I hope you all have a great week!Lamster -- Noun. a fugitive especially from the law. "During his time as a lamster, Lepke was looked after by gangsters associated with a gang based in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn." Marc Mappen, Prohibition Gangsters, 2013
Did You Know? Lamsters are probably as old as the law from which they flee, but the term lamster didn't sneak into our language until the early 1900s, shortly after the appearance of the noun lam, meaning "sudden or hurried flight especially from the law" (as in the phrase "on the lam"). Both words have an old verb relation, though. Since the late 16th century lam has meant "to beat soundly" or "to strike or thrash" (and consequently gave us our verb lambaste), but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it developed another meaning: "to flee hastily." Eytmologists suggest the verb is akin to the Old Norse lemja, "to thrash."
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