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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Theme Thursday = Shadow

Harry and his shadow, 2006

  • Shade, silhouette, secret, stalk, suspicion
  • Haze, hint
  • Apparition, ambiguity, adumbration
  • Darkness, dim
  • Obscure
  • Whiff, watch, whisper
"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it ~ the tree is the real thing." Abraham Lincoln
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  1. Tess KincaidAugust 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    Adumbration. You took the word right out of my mouth! ;^)

    This picture of Harry is adorable.

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  2. steviewrenAugust 19, 2009 at 11:22 PM

    I had to look adumbration up. Nice use of an obscure word. Love Harry's contemplation of his silhouette.

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  3. BainoAugust 20, 2009 at 3:44 AM

    OH you've been reading the Thesaurus again haven't you? Lovely shot.

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  4. Alan BurnettAugust 20, 2009 at 3:55 AM

    "adumbration" - what a wonderful word, thank you for introducing me to it.

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  5. ZuzanaAugust 20, 2009 at 5:06 AM

    Ah, what a great picture! I love the way he looks at his shadow; I would have loved to have seen the contemplative look on his face.;))

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  6. ZuzanaAugust 20, 2009 at 5:06 AM

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  7. Not For JellyfishAugust 20, 2009 at 6:43 AM

    Thanks for the new word.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 7:39 AM

    Adumbration; that is an obscure word! Fun acrostic, as always :)

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  9. Harnett-HargroveAugust 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM

    Nice hits. Thanks, too, for the diction lesson!

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  10. CandieAugust 20, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    This is so nice!

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  11. mouse (aka kimy)August 20, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    hi harry - a nice visual reminder of robert louis stevenson's classic poem 'my shadow'....I think I have to modify the mouse to add a stanza!


    thanks for the vocabulary lesson, I too had to look it up! for those who haven't yet looked up adumbration, according to dictionary.com:
    1. to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
    2. to foreshadow; prefigure.
    3. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.

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  12. Ed & JeanneAugust 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    I like the quote...I hadn't heard that one...

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  13. ELKAugust 20, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    your interpretation and matching image are a real treat...love words matched in this way

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  14. natalieAugust 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    Harry is adorable. Seriously...
    I love your theme Thursdays. :)

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  15. julie kingAugust 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    wow! harry sure has grown over the last 3 years. i'm going to have to look adumbration up in the dictionary. you've stumped with that one.

    as for your comment on my post today, how good do you think cyber bread would be? i may get desperate. hee hee

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  16. Brian MillerAugust 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    nice pic. there is so much mystery in shadows as they are only that hint of what is real...

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  17. GabbyAugust 20, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    Love that Abe quote. What a great word of the day: adumbration. I'll have to use it at least twice a day today. Wish me luck! Happy TT Betsy.

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  18. TomAugust 20, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    sometimes the shadow overwhelms the tree, and is difficult to climb out from under......i want to see Subtorp use the crazy new word in one of his poems...A Challenge!!!!

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  19. Betsy BrockAugust 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    Yea, Subby...Tom has a great challenge for you! I can hardly pronounce the word, myself! ha!

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  20. Betsy BrockAugust 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    Tom ~ And your reputation follows you just like a shadow...and it's impossible to get rid of!

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  21. Wings1295August 20, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    Cute little poem and a GREAT Lincoln quote!!!

    Love it. :)

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  22. KandiAugust 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    Lincoln was a wise man! Nice pic! Poor kids these days, have to perform for their parents blog! LOL

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  23. Kris McCrackenAugust 20, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    Me and my shadow don't get along.

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  24. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    Betsy & Tom, challenge accepted! Ooh, I've got a nice one...a limerick( furiously writing it down! )

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  25. JaimeAugust 20, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    that's a great picture. and i really like the Lincoln quote.

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  26. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    @Betsy & Tom--the challenge has been posted-Heh, heh, heh...thanks, you two :)

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  27. KayrenAugust 20, 2009 at 10:29 PM

    He looks so little compared to now. I'll have to google adumbration. Your sister is too smart for me.

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  28. New Yorker wannabesAugust 21, 2009 at 7:07 AM

    Shadowy :) Nice
    xoxo

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  29. Jill from Killeny GlenAugust 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    Sweet Harry...the mystical goodness of a shadow NEVER fails to entertain!

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  30. RebeccaAugust 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM

    I love this quote!

    Wonderful picture... He seems so mesmerized.

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