Thunder, but no rain. Okay, there were a few drops, not really more than I could count, but they were actual drops. We went in to Georgetown for lunch, and there might have been more drops on the windshield than I could count, but not likely even 1/10" if that much. There were some showers around us, and we might still get lucky later this evening, but after than, nothing on the horizon.We can always hope for a non-damaging rain event from a tropical depression in the Gulf, but those are iffy at the best. Today was full of naps, and laziness. We are pretty regularly getting four eggs a day now; two brown, one white, one green. So, pretty soon we will most likely not be buying eggs at the store anymore, but honestly, eggs at the store are really cheap compared to eggs from the chicken coop!
Holus-Bolus -- Adverb. all at once. "Grasses area a conundrum. ...Lazy landscapers shove them in
holus-bolus because they will survive just about anything." Marjorie Harris,
The Globe and Mail (Toronto), May 30, 2017
Did You Know? Holus-bolus originated in English dialect in the mid-19th century and is believed to be a waggish reduplication of the word bolus. Bolus is from the Greek word bolos, meaning "lump," and has retained that Greek meaning. In English, bolus has additionally come to mean "a large pill," "a mass of chewed food," or "a dose of a drug given intravenously." Considering this "lumpish" history, it's not hard to see how
holus-bolus, a word meaning "all at once" or "all in a lump," cane about. Personally, I have never heard the expression!
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