The word for 17.01.2010 is FRAGILE

Again a day late..smacked wrist! Anyway, today's word is FRAGILE. When l think of the word fragile, l tend to think on the lines of a tiny baby or a porcelain vase. With those thoughts in mind, we set off to take our car over to our daughters flat, so she could borrow it for the day. Then Tony and I set off to walk  home across Richmond Park. Well after a surprise stop at a lovely pub, where my gorgeous husband sprung a surprised Sunday Roast dinner on me!...We started our walk again across the park, a little merrier than we first started! We decided to go two one of the small pond because from a distence it looked as though the Park Wardens had fenced it off from the public! It's ok though, they have just fenced most of it off but left a space for you to still be near the swans and ducks and feed them if you want to. As l was watching a young couple feed the swans(http://chocolatelifeandjazz.blogspot.com to see these images) bread, l noticed two more adult swans floating across the pond. One of them had his feathers all puffed up and they formed a heart shape. They looked so graceful and fragil and there was my image. The thing l find interesting about associating the word fragile with swans, is the fact they are such strong and can be quite intimidating birds but at the same time look so fragile.

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fragile |ˈfrajəl; -ˌjīl|adjective(of an object) easily broken or damaged.• flimsy or insubstantial; easily destroyed : you have a fragile grip on reality.• (of a person) not strong or sturdy; delicate and vulnerable.DERIVATIVESfragilely |ˈfrajə(l)lē| |ˈfrødʒə(l)li| adverbfragility |frəˈjilitē| |frəˈdʒɪlədi| |frəˈdʒɪlɪti| nounORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense [morally weak] ): from Latinfragilis, from frangere ‘to break.’ The sense [liable to break] dates from the mid 16th cent