If you're not yet familiar with the nature writing of Robert Macfarlane then you should get to know it. Macfarlane is a genius at combining two of my favourite things: nature and words. Not just in prose form but he is also a serious collector of lesser-known words for landscapes and the natural world. In … Continue reading Nature’s words
Tag: words; description; riddles; vegetables
Guess the vegetable
It’s quiz time! And, yes, more vegetables. I have been playing a game with my family. We have been looking at recipe books and reading out the descriptions of vegetables. We try to guess what vegetable the cook is describing. What vegetable do you think this is? A fat round -???- is used both as a candlelit … Continue reading Guess the vegetable

