A is for...

...awesome second blog post!

Welcome back, friends!  Today, this magnificent day of all days, we open our American Heritage Dictionaries to page one and we sigh.  We sigh with satisfaction.  We sigh with hope.  And yes, we sigh with a healthy amount of tiredness, because just looking at how many pages are behind that first is quite exhausting.

But there's no time like the present, so let's begin!  I will consistently give you the best definition for the word, that is to say I will give you my favorite definition.  (Yes, I have favorite definitions.)

a:  1.  The first letter of the modern English alphabet.

Things I like that begin with A:
aster flowers
auburn hair
aunts
A Christmas Story  (you know, the movie)
art (which probably should have been first)
apples
afternoon naps
agriculture
anklets (not that I wear them, but still enjoyable)

That isn't everything, but I wanted to leave room for you!  So, comment with your favorite nouns that start with A.  (People, places, things.)  I'll be very interested.  I promise.

Be sure to catch the next posting of your new favorite blog!  We will be covering Aachen, the German city.  Very exciting.  You won't want to miss it.  Did I mention this blog is illustrated?  Yes!  This is an illustrated blog, with all images copyrighted by me, Rachel Ohls!  You don't want to miss education, art, and me, do you?  Of course not!

For your viewing pleasure, until next time:

Welcome

Welcome to my blog!

First, a bit of legal to-do.  All dictionary definitions, unless otherwise stated, will be from the American Heritage College Dictionary, fourth edition.  Copyright 2004, 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company.  Their words are their words, and not mine.

Now, the origins of the blog!  It was a warm and sunny day, or perhaps a dark and stormy night; I'm a little fuzzy on the specifics.  Anywho--I decided that a blog was in order.  I thought for a long time and decided that I had terrible ideas.  So, in the interest of my artistic pursuits and for the educational benefit of us all, I present to you:  the dictionary.  Illustrated.  By me, Rachel Ohls.  But only with the fun-to-draw nouns.

So, join me!  I enjoy talking to people, so feel free to chat me up.  Also, if any of you are in the market for an illustrator, please think of me.  :)