The Altered Dictionary (kite & kitten & knit & knitting)

This time out, I challenged myself to use more words & color & to reveal a little story...

... Little Kitten uses his Mom's yarn to fly his kite @ nite, but his Mom doesn't get mad, she just uses another skein to knit him up some warm woolen mittens, cuz paws get chilly flying kites @ nite. Proven fact.

Click on the image to see it larger in a pop-up window.
Below, a close-up showing other words on the page -- kind-hearted and kindle -- good names for stars I think!

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Comments

[megan jeffery]

Thanks, mom2fur! Hey, here's a link to a photo I took of the duck statues at the Boston Public Garden last year (follow the photo stream to see two more).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beetlegrass/524298328/in/set-72157600663129699/
That's a classic, and the illustrations are just marvelous!

[mom2fur]

Your altered dictionary pages are a riot! I've never seen anything like them.
I love your list of favorite childhood books. "A Little Princess" was my favorite! I can still remember the first book I ever checked out of the library, too: "Make Way for Ducklings." Thanks for bringing back some nice memories.

[megan jeffery]

My sister Jane & I were discussing a word I had heard on a forensic investigators dvd. I didn't know how to spell the word, so was having a heckuva time trying to find its meaning, even after searching thru a bunch of possible spelling combos.

I should have known she would know the word!

Then, pesky kid sister that I am, I wanted to know the root word, too.
Here's her late nite e-mail to me:

"Subject: One Bloody Word after another...

Abattoir - slaughterhouse

from the word Abattre - to beat down

Abatteur - slaughterer

so now you know."

[megan jeffery]

See that word at the upper right -- kobold? I wasn't familiar with that word, and since I've covered it up with color, here's what it means:

1. a helpful or mischievous sprite in households; brownie
2. a gnome in mines and other underground places