My new words

 Skiff – flat-bottomed open boat Moor – Anchor, Harbour, make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor. Mildew – become moldy A few skiffs were moored at the end of the wharf, their rusted bottoms spread with mildewed nets. In Turkish: Skiff – yarış kayığı Moor – Demirlemek…

Pizza a la Oya – CA

Pizza is easy meal to cook especially on Sundays. This Sunday again I’m cooking it. I bought ingredients on Friday from market, since Fridays are cheap days. I most of the time buy pizza dough separately.  I prefer the wet uncooked dough. I tried the precooked once, the taste is not better as the uncooked…

Forgetting – #morningthoughts –

I just finished an English novel last week. Reading helps me to learn about words and the sentence structure. I also need those words stay with me 🙂 So do not forget them I first tried post them at G+ under ‘My new words‘ collection with my Turkish translation – I did not get any…

My new words

Exoskeleton – a rigid external skeleton which is covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection. Brittle – Fragile, thin, crunchy, hard but easily breakable, sensitive. Chitter –  Make a twittering or chattering sound.   Their exoskeletons made a brittle chitter.   In Turkish: Exoskeleton – Dış iskelet Brittle…

My new words

Squirm – Wriggle, turn, curl or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort. Quarrel – Have an angry argument or disagreement, fight, conflict. Quarrelsome – Combative, grumpy, The insects squirmed quarrelsomely on the man’s head which was covered with wispy white hairs as downy as those on…

My new words

Eel – a fish looks like snake Sinuous ribbon – to describe the eel which looks like ribbon moving like sinuous wave. Dart – to move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly. Pluck – take off, pick. (pluck up courage)An eel – a black, sinuous ribbon – darted out, plucking up a crab before vanishing…

Trip to San Francisco Zoo

I am on the way of the zoo. I missed bus and walked to Sunnyvale Caltrain station about half an hour from home and now waiting for train, and having coffee at Bean scene coffee on Historic Murphy Avenue which reminded me Murphy rules and made me smile. I need to leave in five minutes..…