• I love a Nonversation. I think I will probably end up Dunandunating on that.
• Not sure how my mother would respond to being called a Vidiot
• I hope this all doesn’t cause – Xenolexica
• At least by publishing this  I will no longer be a Stealth-geek. I will be openly displaying by sadness and getting joy from words like pregreening. I’d like to know the word for cyclist who completely ignores red lights.
• I reckon Wurfing will inevitably get into the dictionary at some stage, I mean it’s what everyone does!

DICTIONARY OF NON WORDS;

• Accordionated – being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time
• Asphinxiation – being sick to death of unanswerable puzzles or riddles
• Blogish – a variety of English that uses a large number of initialisms, frequently used on blogs
• Dringle – the watermark left on wood caused by a glass of liquid.
• Dunandunate – the overuse of a word or phrase that has recently been added to your own vocabulary
• Earworm – a catchy tune that frequently gets stuck in your head
• Espacular – something especially spectacular
• Freegan – someone who rejects consumerism, usually by eating discarded food
• Fumb – your large toe
• Furgle – to feel in a pocket or bag for a small object such as a coin or key
• Glocalization – running a business according to both local and global considerations
• Griefer – someone who spends their online time harassing others
• Headset jockey – a telephone call centre worker
• Lexpionage – the sleuthing of words and phrases
• Locavor – a person who tries to eat only locally grown or produced food
• Museum head – feeling mentally exhausted and no longer able to take in information; Usually following a trip to a museum
• Nonversation – a worthless conversation, wherein nothing is explained or otherwise Elaborated upon
• Nudenda – an unhidden agenda
• Oninate – to overwhelm with post-dining breath
• Optotoxical – a look that could kill, normally from a parent or spouse
• Parrotise – a haven for exotic birds especially green ones
• Peppier – a waiter whose sole job is to offer diners ground pepper, usually from a large pepper mill
• Percuperate – to prepare for the possibility of being ill
• Pharming – the practice of creating a dummy website for phishing data
• Polkadodge – the dance that occurs when two people attempt to pass each other but move in the same direction
• Pregreening – to creep forwards while waiting for a red light to change
• Quackmire – the muddy edges of a duck pond
• Scrax – the waxy coating that is scratched off an instant lottery ticket
• Smushables – items that must be pack at the top of a bag to avoid being squashed
• Spatulate – removing cake mixture from the side of a bowl with a spatula
• Sprog – to go faster then a jog but slower then a sprint
• Sprummer – when summer and spring time can’t decide which is to come first, usually hot one day then cold the next
• Stealth-geek – someone who hides their nerdy interests while maintaining a normal outward appearance
• Vidiot – someone who is inept at the act of programming video recording equipment
• Whinese – a term for the language spoken by children on lengthy trips
• Wibble – the trembling of the lower lip just shy of actually crying
• Wurfing – the act of surfing the Internet while at work
• Wikism – a piece of information that claims to be true but is wildly inaccurate
• Xenolexica – a grave confusion when faced with unusual words

A recent visit to the iconic Glastonbury Tor. A great day out of meditation, cake and coffee; not necessarily in that order.

meditation on the unknown

Samadhi or snoremadhi?

The likely lads

A hill

Some recent photos , mainly from Oxford Botanic Gardens

More on Iris Siberica

A bearded Iris

A bee enjoys the nectar of this apple blossom

More flower photos

More at Gardeners Tips

Steve meditates from the monk’s cave

Looking towards Ullswater

Photos by Suswara – pretty impressive for a camera phone.

Lake Windermere

Ambleside – great beauty, tranquillity, and great chips and gravy.

Panoramic view of Windermere

Windermere

Near Kirkstone Pass

Sunny day

The three Muskateers and one road bike in the back of a boot.

Shap Hill Climb

• Shap Hill Climb Lake District

Lake Garda

Lake Garda

Sunny day

Pisa in early morning

Stilts and Pisa

Pisa Stilts

Leaning Pisa

Do Not Go On Grass

Cat and Ashrita

The Quadricycle Bike

Verona

Lake Garda

Snow Peaked Mountains

Sunset Oxford.

Recently, I started my self improvement blog again.

• Happiness for No Reason
• How to stop feeling sorry for yourself
• How To Be More Patient

Snowy Oxford

Crocus From St John’s Garden, Oxford

Crocus From St John’s Garden, Oxford

Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable

Classic comedy

South Parks at Sunset

The Setting Sun

Oxford Skyline

Towards Cowley Road