VOCAB: Pattern

pattern (n.) early 14c., "outline, plan, model, pattern;" early 15c. as "model of behavior, exemplar," from Old French patron and directly from Medieval Latin patronus (see patron). 

Extended sense of "decorative design" first recorded 1580s, from earlier sense of a "patron" as a model to be imitated. The difference in form and sense between patron and pattern wasn't firm till 1700s. Meaning "model or design in dressmaking" (especially one of paper) is first recorded 1792, in Jane Austen.

DESIGN: Renzo Piano

Auditorium Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Auditorium Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Auditorium Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Auditorium Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Ronchamp Gatehouse and Monestary, Ronchamp, France

Ronchamp Gatehouse and Monestary, Ronchamp, France

The Shard, London, UK

The Shard, London, UK

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland

Famed Italian architect Renzo Piano.

SONG: Here Comes The Sun

 

Perfect timing for a listen.  

It's stayin lighter later.

And Spring is just around the carner. 

CELEBRATE: International Women's Day

Girl power

BOTANICAL: Edelweiss

An Alpine sunflower that's also known as Leontopodium alpinum.  It's common name translated to noble-white and symbolizes rugged purity.

Most folks know edelweiss because of the song in The Sound of Music

You can also wear edelweiss in lip balm form!

READ: Flavia de Luce

She lives in an old, decrepit manor house
called Buckshaw in 1950s England.

Her name is Flavia de Luce.
She is one helluva detective.
And she's 11.

Alan Bradley has written 5 books so far in this charming series.

Run, don't walk, and get wrapped up in Flavia's stories.

 

 

SWEET: Ginger Snap

Ginger snap, ginger biscuit, ginger nut.

What's in a name?  That which we call a snap!

By any other name would taste as sweet!