The word for 14.11.09 is WIRE

Todays word is WIRE. I had not realised until l started looking for images for wire, that it is has so many different uses in our society. Wire for electrical use, barded wire, fencing wire, wire for tram lines and for hanging lights on duel carriage ways, for handles and so on. In the end l decided to pick the image of wire round a tennis court. One of the reasons was that we were in an area of London, that was run down, dirty and just not the place you suddenly expect to come across a well kept tennis Court. The other reason was the sky was suddenmly blue as well as big thunder clouds, the rain had stopped and there in front of me was quite a dramatic image.

wire |wīr|noun1 metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod.• a piece of such metal.• a length or quantity of wire used, for example, for fencing or to carry an electric current.• Horse Racing a wire stretched across and above the track at the finish line of a racetrack.• an electronic listening device that can be concealed on a person.2 informal a telegram or cablegram.verb [ trans. ]1 install electric circuits or wires in : wiring a plug | they wired the place themselves.• connect (someone or something) to a piece of electronic equipment :a microphone wired to a loudspeaker.2 provide, fasten, or reinforce with wires : they wired his jaw.3 informal send a telegram or cablegram to : she wired her friend for advice.• [with two objs. ] send (money) to (someone) by means of a telegram or cablegram : he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500.4 snare (an animal) with wire.5 (usu. be wired) Croquet obstruct (a ball, shot, or player) by a wicket.ORIGIN Old English wīr, of Germanic origin, probably from the base ofLatin viere ‘plait, weave.