It rained again this afternoon, just about a tenth of an inch. Just enough to make the roads that they are working on even more treacherous, if that is even a thing. On the way home (and on the way in this morning), there were a smorgasbord of wrecks all around, something for everyone. This picture is the result of one of the afternoon wrecks, guaranteed to put the loco in your motion. Candy and I went out to Spicewood this afternoon, to take a look at another friends property, just to see what we thought. Very interesting, very interesting. It would be an interesting property to market, to any number of potential buyers. Beautifully done. Our friends Joe and Carolyn came in for a visit this afternoon, and we went in to Schwertner for dinner at the Crossroads Cafe. Another of our neighbors, Jim and Patsy showed up as well, so that was fun. It is a crazy part of the month, and we are all trying to cram six days of work in to three days.
Spilth -- Noun. 1. the act or an instance of spilling. 2a. something spilled. b. refuse, rubbish. "Like a spilth of spume on the crest of the bore/When the coming tides make in for the shore, ..." Bliss Carman, "The Kelpie Riders," 1897.
Did You Know? Spilth is formed from the verb spill and the noun suffix -th. This suffix comes to us from Old English and is used to indicate an act or process (as in spilth or the more familiar growth) or a state or condition (as in breadth or length). The earliest known use of spilth is in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens (c. 1607-1608): "When our vaults have wept/With drunken spilth of wine..." For an act of spilling or something spilled, English speakers today are much more likely to use the noun spill or sometimes spillage, a word that, like spilth, combines the verb with a suffix (-age, this time borrowed from Old French) that can indicate an act or process.
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