Saturday, July 6, 2019

2019 - Day 187/178 - Saturday...Accoutrement...

I was somewhat constructive today, and then there was the part that was somewhat destructive. Let's start with the constructive part. Joe Mac and I went out and took two bales of hay to the cattle. The cattle really do not need the hay, there is plenty of grass out there, but we have plenty of hay, too, so what the hell... After we took the hay, we went in to Taylor and got two molasses buckets and four salt blocks, and came home and distributed them. This is where the destructive part comes in. We were gathering up empty molasses barrels, and ran over some of the wire from what had been the electric fence, along with an insulator. Let me tell you, fence wire and an insulator can make a hell of a racket when it is winding itself around the drive shaft of the truck. There was really nothing to do but to drive the truck back under the shed, and Joe Mac took to trying to remove the wire from the drive shaft. Mostly successful, but not exactly. Monday or Tuesday, we will have the truck towed (we paid extra for extra towing the last time we renewed our AAA roadside service) to a repair place in Georgetown. And...as long as it is there, there are a couple other things I have been putting off with the truck, so I will have them take a look at that stuff as well. OMG! But now, take a look at these two crepe myrtles...they are really outdoing themselves this year. It looks like just one big canopy, but in reality it is two trees. I don't think they have ever bloomed like that before...

Accoutrement -- Noun. 1. an accessory item of clothing or equipment - usually used in plural. 2. an identifying and often characteristic or device - usually used in plural. The closet was cluttered with belts and scarves and other accoutrements of a fashion conscious teenager.

Did You Know? Accoutrement and its relative accoutre, a verb meaning "to provide with equipment or furnishings" or "to outfit," have been appearing in English texts since the 16th century. Today both words have variant spellings-accouterment and accouter. Their French ancestor, accoutrer, descends from an Old French word meaning "seam" and ultimately traces to the Latin work consuere, meaning "to sew together." You probably won't be too surprised to learn that consuere, a word referring to the business of making fashionable clothes, as well as to the clothes themselves.

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