Homographs M-W

A mat is a tangle or snarl in one’s hair.  But a mat is also a small rug.

          I saw Matt’s matted hair when he stood on the mat.

Mum is a type of flower.  Mum is a name I might call my mother.  When you are saying, “mum’s the word” to someone, you are asking to keep a secret.

          My mum is allergic to mums.  But mum’s the word.

A pool is a place to swim.  A pool table is a game table with cue sticks and balls.  A pool of money is generally a collection of money for a charity or a bet.

          Let’s pool our money together to purchase a pool table to use for the lifeguards to use when they are taking a break from the public pool.

To pry something means to use a crowbar or other device to assist in lifting something.  Pry can also mean eavesdropping or snooping.

          He was caught prying (or watching) someone trying to pry open a box.

A pupil is the black circle in the center of one’s eye.  Pupil is also another name for student.

          I heard the pupil had to have his pupils dilated.

Spring is a season that brings flowers, blossoms, pollen and new growth.  It also brings on many allergies for many people.  A spring is a coiled wire used to make a kind of bounce.

To steep tea means to let the bag sit in the water for a while in order to get more flavor.  A steep road is one that goes up on an angle.  Steep prices are the result of doctor bills among others.

To swab a deck means to mop or clean it.  A swab is a stick with two small cotton balls fastened at each end.  A swab is generally used to clean ears but can also be used to dab paint.

          To swab a deck with a cotton swab would take a very long time.

There are many trains.  1) a bunch of cars hooked up to a locomotive and use a rail for transportation; 2) teach; 3) a long (and unnecessary) extended part of a bridal gown that makes it somehow fancier.

Wind is a homophone with two pronunciations. The "i" is short when saying the word that means air blowing but "i" is long when referring to an action of turning a key in order to make something move (like this toy mouse)

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Homographs B-L

I see a bat fly overhead.  I can’t seem to swat it with my baseball bat.

          A bat is a mamel but also an instrument used to hit a ball.

I saw the baseball batter lick the batter from the bowl.

          A batter is a person who hits the ball while batter is a raw mixture of ingredients that may be turned into cookies or cake.

A box is a kind of container but to box is to punch someone.

I’ll need that box for boxing these boxing gloves.

I need a dab of paint in order to finish my picture of you dabbing.

          A dab is a tiny bit but a dab is a movement sometimes associated with hiphop (see here)

          A gag is a short joke.  To gag gives the appearance of  one starting to vomit.

          Foil is a kind of wrap associated with food.  To foil is to prevent – like Snidely Whiplash being “foiled again”.

          An iris is a flower.  Iris is the colored part of the eye.

          A lap is a segment.  A lap is a place to sit.  Animals drink by lapping their tongues. 

After running six laps, I asked if I could sit in your lap and rest a while. I would rather drink water out of a glass than lap it up from a bowl

When I say a light went on in my head, I mean I have an idea or I have figured something out. 

Light also means weight that is opposite of heavy.  For example, an elephant is very heavy, but feathers are light.

           Light also refers to a shade or hue of a color. 

I have a lot of books to return to the library; I hope the parking lot isn’t full.

A lot implies many but a lot is also a piece of land.

I can throw a line out into the water and hope I catch a fish.  I can say a line in a school play.  I can draw a straight line with the assistance of a ruler.

The ruler that I use to measure a line is not the same as a ruler of a country.

What's Beneath?

I remember when we decided to take down the paneling to bring more light into the Kearns house.

Beneath the dark paneling was a mural of a corn field.  What had possessed somebody to put that there in the first place?

When Richard and took the boys to work on a house he had purchased to flip, our youngest found some savings bonds hidden beneath the floor.

We can hide beneath the covers or find other treasures beneath the bedding (remote controls for instance).  Treasures can be found beneath so many surfaces. I have discovered treasures beneath my seat or beneath that pile of rubble in my closet.

I have discovered autumn leaves trapped beneath soggy snow.  Can you find what’s beneath the ocean’s surface?  Do you associate with all kinds of people or do you feel there are some that are beneath your level?

We have had people crawl beneath our house before to install cable, check for leaks, and fix the flooring from beneath.

There are pipes beneath my house which carry water to and from where I need it to.  Some areas have started using a system in which the power lines are beneath the ground instead of overhead.

When Sunny got married, she dressed her bridesmaids in pink taffeta. I felt like I had billow pads beneath my arm pits.

Sometimes I wear my swim suit beneath my clothes. 

Often my socks slide off my ankles and get trapped beneath my feet in whatever shoes or boots I’m wearing.  I can often hide things beneath my coat.

When you are canning, you need to turn the jar upside down to make sure that there is no air between the lid and your food product.

Sometimes I will try to hide my laughter when I think that something is funny but I know it’s not an appropriate time to laugh (like at church, for instance)

My blog is called Beneath the Wraps.

Dash TV#3 States I've been to: U - W

What States Have You Visited?

Of the fifty states it looks like I’ve been to (or through) almost half.  Some I have already posted about.  Most haven’t been mentioned.  So here are the last four:

Utah    is where I lived when I started my blog.  Aside from Salt Lake and surrounding area, I have visited Moab, Bryce and Zion Canyons, St. George, Cedar City, Kanab  . . .  and other famous cities you may never have heard of. 

Beaver, Utah (a recognizable chair at  Chevorn Station)

Bingham Copper Mine

Zion's Canyon (yes the same trip as North Ridge Grand Canyon)

Virginia       is where I went on my mission.  I have created four posts starting here 

West Virgina        my first area was on the West Virginia border.  Though my companion and I lived in Riddlemead, Virginia and attended church in Pembroke and Pearisburg, VA, our Pearisburg bishop lived in Peterstown, WV

Wyoming    the biggest part of Yellowstone is in Wyoming.   I also remember seeing the Grand Tetons with my family.  My husband’s late wife is from Freedom ( or Star Valley), Wyoming.  We had gone there one year to attend the Walden family reunion.  I filmed the July 4^th parade that they held in Afton.  You can see some of it in this post 

me and Kayla in Yellowstone Park 

Biff and Jenna on our way to Afton, Wyoming

I have seen the bus terminals or had a view from the window in Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Missouri.  I have been to airports in Atlanta Georgia and the LaGuardia in New York.  I have also been to the San Pan Chinese restaurant in Washington D.C.

I have always wanted to go to New England in the fall.  I would like to visit Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.  I may have an opportunity to go to upper state New York by the end of the year, but I’m not counting on it.  I guess we’ll see.

The only country I have been to outside of US is Canada

Lake Louise Alberta Canada

Stanley Park Vancouver British Columbia

Mom  on the border of the Yukon and Alaska

Dash TV#3 States I've been to: H - O

What States Have You Visited?

Of the fifty states it looks like I’ve been to (or through) almost half.  Some I have already posted about.  Most haven’t been mentioned.  So here are more 

Hawaii       I have been only once.  My paternal grandmother had signed us up through a tour guided group after I had graduated high school.  We flew and traveled by bus to the different islands. 

Idaho         We would  stop at Lava Hot Springs whenever we would go to Pocatello.  We usually stayed in Pocatello or Idaho Falls on our way to Yellowstone National Park.  When I was six or seven, my paternal grandfather took all three of his children and then four grandchildren to Sun Valley resort in Idaho.  I don’t have many memories except for what mom told me.   I have also been through Twin Falls and Boise.  I went to Ricks College for a year and so recided in the dorms and had lived in Rexburg for eight months.

Steven in Idaho Falls

at Rick's College

Montana   Whenever we would go to Yellowstone, we would always go by way of the west entrance.  For the most part we would find lodging in West Yellowstone, Montana.  I don’t remember having visited any other city until after my mission.  Some friends I had made in Woodbridge, Virginia ended up moving to Missoula, Montana.  The first time I had gone, I had conned my neighbor from across the street to go with me (in his car).  The second time I was with my former companion whom I had served with in Woodbridge.

  

Nevada       Whenever we’d go to San Fransciso we would go by way of I80 passing Elko.  Sometimes we would lodge in Winnemucca or drive a little further but usually stopped before we got to Reno.  We would continue on to San Francisco the next day.  If we were going to Anaheim than we would go through Las Vegas. 

One time we had stopped off in a drug store in Las Vegas.  I don’t know why we all got out of the car, but we did.  Corey had busied himself on a foosball table.  I don’t recall what each of the rest of us were doing, but we had each returned to the car and drove off while Corey continued to play foosball.  I don’t know how long we drove before we realized he wasn’t in the car with us.  We returned to find him in a panicked state.  Ironically, he currently lives in Las Vegas with his husband.

when Jenna was a baby

 New Jersey      When Roland’s brother got married in New Jersey, all of his siblings came.  Jenna was only a year at the time and just learning to walk.  She thought it would be glorious to walk up and down the aisle of the plane and was quite upset that I wouldn’t let her.  We really didn’t see much of the state or did any activities other than attend the wedding and visit.

Oregon       Other than current city and county (which by the way, geographically is the same size as Rhode Island) where I currently reside, I have been to Tillamook, Newport, McMinnville, Portland, Eugene, Bend, Burns, Coos Bay, and Salem to name a few.  My Oregon journey started in this post   

seals in Newport 2015

Dash TV#3 States I've been to: A-C

What States Have You Visited?

Of the fifty states it looks like I’ve been to (or through) almost half.  Some I have already posted about.  Most haven’t been mentioned.  So here goes (alphabetically speaking)

Alaska        I had gone on a cruise with my mom and grandma.  I created six posts starting with this one.

Arizona     My first encounter with the state was Grand Canyon which I had gone to first with my immediately family and later on (several years later; I believe Corey was either on his mission or going to school) all of the girls had gone to the North Rim.  It hadn’t even been our destination.  Mom wanted to take Grandma Mary somewhere and that is where we ended up.

North Rim Grand Canyon about 1995

I have also been to Phoenix, Mesa, Flagstaff and Tucson (to name a few).  I had taken Corey to Phoenix with me when one of my former missionary companions got married in Paradise Valley.  After my dad had passed away, we spent our first Thanksgiving without him driving to Mesa and spending the holidays with Sunny’s family.

Roland has a sister living in Tucson and so I have been to Tucson at least three times to visit with his family.  One place I enjoyed going was Old Tucson that gets used as a production set for several westerns.

California  cities I visited included Anaheim (Disneyland) Hollywood, Los Angelos and whatever cities we drove through to get from Anaheim to San Francisco, Burbank, San Bernadine – though I was really too young to remember the last two mentioned.

my mom, me, dad holding Patrick, Grandma Mary

          I’d gone to Disneyland with my immediate family several times.  Sometimes we would include Universal or Knott’s Berry Farm in our agenda. Jenna has been to Disneyland two times.  Once when she was two and in this post.

Corey at Knott's Berry Farm

Most of the time I had gone to San Francisco I had gone with my family to see my maternal grandmother and the only grandpa I can remember.  But I had also gone to San Francisco twice without my family.  There was a year I had gone with the drama club to Berkley for a competition.  We toured San Francisco in addition. My grandma and a friend of hers had come to the hotel to pick me up and take me out for dinner.  They arrived in a Volkswagen Bug but the way some of my classmates were looking at me getting into the car, you would have thought I was getting into a limo.

The last time I went to San Francisco was two weeks before I met Roland.  Mom and I had gone to clean out grandma’s apartment.  My brother, Corey, did such a fantastic job comparing then and now pictures in this post.

  

Mom and I had also made several road trips traveling from Midvale, Utah to Bakersville, California where Corey had landed a job at a melodrama theatre.  I enjoyed going on the road trips and I enjoyed watching the performances.

Baker, California

Colorado   The first time I remember going to Colorado was to visit my cousins who had moved to Denver temporarily.  We took Grandma Helen and we rode the train.  We went to a Buffalo Bill memorial and the Coors Beer Company.  We also crashed a birthday party that my cousins had been invited to. 

Coor's parking lot

Word and Dash posts in pocket

          Roland has started his “vacation”.  Initially had wanted to go somewhere – first Disneyland – though I would rather go in October.  He then decided that perhaps we could just do a bunch of day trips and see a play in Eugene or Portland.  I told him I’d rather not spend the money right now – not with all the credit we still have yet to pay off.  So he’s taking a “stay-cation”  in which he will be working harder (labor) than he does at his job (quality insurance) fixing up the yard and whatever household projects need attention.

          I’m predicting that Roland’s stay-cation will be labor for me and Jenna also.  He usually asks for us to help him right when the sun is blazing overhead.  He already feels neglected that I would rather be on the computer corresponding, organizing files, looking up information or whatever it is that I happen to be doing.  I predict that I won’t be creating new blog posts for this week.  Fortunately I have a few back up files – one just happens to be a three part dash.  I think that will be my post for this week.  Perhaps some more homonyms.