[klat-er]
- verb (used without object)
1. to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
It is probably a good thing that I don't have a picture of the wind that was blowing last night, it was down right frighting. At one point I cried out to Craig, "Is she gonna hold!" To which he stumbled out of bed, gazed out the window, mumbled a few words and then crawled back into bed.
Unbeknownst to us there are some loose boards on the second story of our new house. Combine those loose boards with the strong winds that sometimes blow here and you have one crazy night filled with me riding the waves of sleep, awake, half-asleep, half-awake and with each pull back into dreamland I had crazy thoughts of antiquated words and phrases all night long.
So I woke this morning to dark circles under my eyes that hang down to my cheeks and still chewing on the words "batten down the hatches" and a particular verse from "T'was the Night Before Christmas.". Drinking my coffee and being all thankful for Google and on-line dictionaries I decided to make "Clatter" the official Monday word of the day.
1. to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
It is probably a good thing that I don't have a picture of the wind that was blowing last night, it was down right frighting. At one point I cried out to Craig, "Is she gonna hold!" To which he stumbled out of bed, gazed out the window, mumbled a few words and then crawled back into bed.
Unbeknownst to us there are some loose boards on the second story of our new house. Combine those loose boards with the strong winds that sometimes blow here and you have one crazy night filled with me riding the waves of sleep, awake, half-asleep, half-awake and with each pull back into dreamland I had crazy thoughts of antiquated words and phrases all night long.
So I woke this morning to dark circles under my eyes that hang down to my cheeks and still chewing on the words "batten down the hatches" and a particular verse from "T'was the Night Before Christmas.". Drinking my coffee and being all thankful for Google and on-line dictionaries I decided to make "Clatter" the official Monday word of the day.
3 comments:
I'm glad you're back to posting with more frequency. We have snow here. That's right, snow.
I remedy the wind thing by sticking my head in between two pillows. Ignorance is bliss when you're trying to sleep.
Snow already! Bless you Jenny for trading in you Portland rain slicker and galoshes for snow shoes and moving back to Utah. Your family owes you big time.
Or I owe Wade for making him come back. I like your version better.
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