Origins of Words

Have you ever gotten a word stuck in your head, and then started pondering the origins of the word? Today, the word 'handsome' started tumbling around in my brain. When I think about it, it's such a weird word, especially in the context in which it is used.

When typed into Google, the result is:

hand·some/ˈhan(d)səm/

Adjective:

(of a man) Good-looking. (of a woman) Striking and imposing in good looks rather than conventionally pretty.

What I don't understand is how a combination of 'hand' and 'some' can come to mean 'good-looking'. When I looked up the origins of the word, it still didn't make an extreme amount of sense. Handsome used to mean 'easy to handle'. I guess if I twist my mind a bit, easy to handle could refer to ease of handling someone's appearance. Nonetheless....

The quizzical housewife image above still stands.

Good Things

Two exciting things.

One.

 After the recent inheritance of a beautiful pull-over sweater, I discovered that the inside of the label screams my name. 'FOX'. Perfect =^.^=

Two.

Here are three types of racks that I have in my possession. Dish rack, shower rack, and deer antlers (it's a rack!). When I realized this I became bizarrely delighted and then pondered the concept of using one of them for all three things. Or mixing it up and switching the responsibility of each one.

Muffins and Pinholes

Well... I made muffins... Chocolate chip banana muffins, no less!

I have also been experimenting with pinhole cameras (which I've done before, and love the process of). So far my only truly successful photo is this one:

I'm not sure how it's supposed to be aligned, and I'm not even sure what I took a photo of. It's still the negative, so I have no idea what the big white (actually big BLACK) blur on the top left is. I took it in a cemetery on a really sunny day, and I really have no idea what happened. The other ones I've attempted either didn't expose properly or something. This one is fairly successful, despite the mystery. It looks ghostly (shocking! It's pinhole!), which I like. I'm probably not going to turn it into a positive, simply because I like it this way.