Purporting

Sometimes Blogger/the internet plays up and won't let me see the comments, and Facebook is still all over the place. The joys of t'internet.

A friend emailed me to say I'd been hacked; she'd received a strange email from me. When I looked at it it turned out that my email address hadn't been used, just my name, so I'm guessing it was some sort of data mining. So if I have your email address it's possible you may get a strange email entitled 'Sad announcement Liz Hinds' and purporting to be from me. 

Purporting. I don't think I've ever used that word before. And now I re-read it over and over I wonder if it's even a word. Yes, it is. I'm almost positive. 

In the library collecting a book I'd ordered I asked the librarian how to say one of the words in the title. I'd read it but never heard it said. She said it as I guessed it probably was. Cerulean = serulean as in cerise. But it could have been Kerulean as in cook. The book is called The House in the Cerulean Sea, and I am enjoying it very much.

I'm also happy doing my next jigsaw. It's called Ocean Life. 

Imagine thinking you're a big brave sea dragon and then being called Weedy! Or what about Barreleye or Horse-eye Jack? Did anyone think about self-esteem issues when they were naming these poor creatures?

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Helped in Parent & Toddlers in church this morning as they were short-staffed. Oh, I miss babies.  Then it was back to gardening. I transplanted another azalea and a yellow bush. I am good at digging and chopping. Everything else just so-so. 

Even chopping goes amiss sometimes. So I cut a few more and plonked them in a bowl.