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CRUNCHY

This week's word immediately brought to mind Monty Python's Whizzo Quality Assortment of chocolates—in particular, "Crunchy Frog."

This confection is made of "the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose."

"If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy would it?"

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INFINITE

Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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MAGNIFY

Bread mold (penicillium) magnified 1200x—and given an art nouveau twist. I was aiming for the look of a glazed tile in the third image (best viewed in larger version).

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WRAPPED

A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma—and tied with a bow!

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IMPATIENCE

Due to a cold wet spring and summer in New England this year—in addition to a two-week delay in sprinkling the seeds—our much-anticipated zinnias were very late in blooming. The impatiens were right on schedule though!

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UNFOLD

“God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.”

— Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual leader


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HIERARCHY

A little bird did what an entire army couldn't. Even a most powerful person can sometimes be persuaded by the voice of the smallest. Use strategy and alternate paths for a chance to have your views heard.

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