Overnight we received 1.13" of rain. Ordinarily, the girl dogs are not concerned with rain, thunder or lightning. Last night seemed to be the exception. Jody got up once during the night and let them outside. I got up once and let them outside, and got up with them again and slept with them on the futon in the study. I woke up a little bit later, and the storm was over and all three of us went back to sleep in our respective beds. There was not another peep out of them until it was time to get up this morning, and they would have preferred to stay in their bed. This is a picture of one of the plumeria (definitely an over-achiever) that Mike stuck in a pot of dirt earlier this year when he visited us from Florida for Jody's birthday. I am not that lucky with Plumerias, but I love them, and have a proclivity of killing them. BUT, this one is beautiful, and I love the perfume them give off. It reminds me of buttered popcorn.
Rarified -- Adjective. 1. being less dense. 2. of, relating to, or interesting to a select group. esoteric. 3. very high. "He was known for photographing the most rarified parties and galas but never partaking of even an hors d'oeuvre." Robin Givhan, The Washington Post, June 27, 2016
Did You Know? Rarified was formed from the verb rarefy, which derives from a combination of the Latin rarus ("thin" or "rare") with facere ("to make") and has meant "to make thin" since the 14th century. In its original use back in the 1500s, the adjective rarified was on the lean side, too; it meant "made less dense" (as in "the fog lifted and we could breathe more easily in the rarified air"). By the 17th century, rarefy had gained the sense "to refine or purify," and over time rarified followed suit.
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