Picture of the day for January 8, 2017

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 8, 2017: Tulum is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city serving as a major port for Coba. The ruins are situated on 12-meter (39 ft) tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. http://ift.tt/2j3qHT4

sitting pretty: Word of the day for January 8, 2017

sitting pretty , adj :
(idiomatic) Having a comfortable or certain supply of money or resources. (idiomatic) In a favorable situation, especially a situation in which one possesses an advantage.

Picture of the day for January 7, 2017

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 7, 2017: Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Winter pine wood near Kratovskoe Lake. http://ift.tt/2iLsdfd

pantechnicon: Word of the day for January 7, 2017

pantechnicon , n :
(chiefly Britain) A building or place housing shops or stalls where all sorts of (especially exotic) manufactured articles are collected for sale. (chiefly Britain) Originally pantechnicon van: a van, especially a large moving or removal van.

Picture of the day for January 6, 2017

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 6, 2017: View of a part of the city of Salvador, Brazilian state of Bahia and its land as seen from the Fort of Barbalho. Panoramic painting in watercolor by an anonymous artist during the 1700s. http://ift.tt/2iJO04V

Twelfthtide: Word of the day for January 6, 2017

Twelfthtide , proper n :
(archaic or obsolete) The season including Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas) and the evening of the preceding day (Twelfth Night), regarded as the end of the Christmas season; Epiphany itself. In Western Christianity, today is Epiphany, which commemorates the visit of the Magi to the Christ child.

Picture of the day for January 5, 2017

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 5, 2017: Maiden voyage of the Rio de Janeiro Light Rail service passing Rio de Janeiro's city centre, Brazil. http://ift.tt/2icgYt3