2019 - Day 257/108 - Saturday...Saxicolous...

Another busy day, but at the end of the day, I think this image puts things clearly into perspective. We work really hard as volunteer servants, BUT, at the end of it, we try to play really hard too. I doubt we could really play as hard as we work, but by the time we get a chance to play, we are really appreciative for the opportunity to release. And so...we play. There are any number of images I could attach to this journal entry, including a few of me falling off a mechanical bull, but there are some things you cannot 'un-see,' and I think something like that would qualify. Another half day of meetings, and then I will be heading back home and back to what it is I do when I am not volunteering and doing things for my profession that i really love.

Saxicolous -- Adjective. inhabiting or growing among rocks. "The white-ankled mouse is a saxicolous (rock-loving) species that favors limestone slopes.: Terry Maxwell, San Angelo Standard-Times, July 24, 2016

Did You Know? Saxicolous is not exactly a word that rolls off the tongue, but it's a useful designation for botanists and zoologists. The word is from Latin, naturally. Saxum is Latin for "rock," and -colous (meaning "living or growing in or on") traces back to the Latin-cola, meaning "inhabitant." Other -colous offspring include arenicolous ("living, burrowing, or growing in sand"), cavernicolous ("inhabiting caves"), and nidicolous ("living in a nest" or "sharing the nest of another kind of animal"). All these words were coined in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe the flora and fauna of our world.