CAELUM
[noun]
1. the vault of heaven; firmament.
2. the sky.
3. atmosphere; climate; weather.
Etymology: from Latin cavus, “hollow”. Not to be confused with caelum derived from caedō, “I cut”.
[Benny Andersson - Halls of Heaven]
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This Gertjie, the orphaned baby rhino, is scared to sleep alone at night after his mother was killed by poachers. Learn about this cuties tragic story here.
Also known among locals as the “House of Bones,” Casa Batlló seems to have been designed with the shapes of organic viscera in mind. Built for the middle-class Batlló family who purchased the building in 1900 due to its central location and (originally) undesirable appearance, Gaudi’s redesign of the facade and interior of the structure made the address priceless. The facade is divided into three distinct sections, each reflecting a level of anatomy. The base level looks as though it is gridded by huge abstract bones, while above that the front takes on a more chaotic, abstract pattern echoing blood vessels and muscle, and then the entire structure is capped with a scaly roof section that looks like nothing so much as the back of a giant dragon.
I will need to find another name to call my cat.
URINATOR
[noun]
one who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
Etymology: from Latin urinari - to plunge under water, to dive.
[Elisabetta Trevisan]
Read it. I don’t mind.
May Sarton, from Journal of a Solitude