Arboretum (n): A plantation devoted to specimen trees, a tree collection or botanical garden featuring trees.

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Still life (n): An artistic composition featuring an arrangement of objects, often everyday items, typically to provide practice in draftsmanship.

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Tau (n): The nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet; a number proposed by some mathematicians as a more logical alternative to Pi when working with circles.

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Roundel (n): A circular design for the purposes of decoration or identification.

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Orchid (n): A group of plants prized for their complex and often elaborate flowers. While some are rare hothouse plants, many grow wild in the UK.

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Roadworks (n): Repairs or improvements to a section of the highway, sometimes resulting in its partial or complete closure.

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Chicken (n): A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat.

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Impasto (n): A technique used in painting that involves using paint thickly enough to render the brush strokes visible and also mixing it on the canvas.

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Berry (n): A small fruit, often circular in shape, juicy or multi-seeded, with fleshy pulp. Many berries are grown or foraged as food crops while others can be extremely poisonous.

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Summer solstice (n): The day on which when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky; the longest day of the year; the first day of summer.

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Heavy plant (n): A term for industrial-grade maintenance equipment used for tasks like building and road maintenance.

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Wreath (n): An arrangement of leaves and flowers, usually circular in shape, designed to commemorate a lost loved one.

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Decomposition (n): The process of disintegrating, rotting or decaying.

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Aurora (n): Coloured lights in the night sky around the earth's polar reasons, usually green or reddish-pink, caused by charged particles from the sun colliding with the upper atmosphere.

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Plafond (n): A word of French origin meaning ceiling, particularly if decorated, or the top of a room.

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Public footpath (n): In the UK, a route along which pedestrians (but not cyclists, horse-riders or drivers of powered vehicles) are legally entitled to go.

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Mural (n): An artwork painted directly onto a wall, often on a large scale and displayed outside.

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Parallel (adj): Something that corresponds, reflects, is similar or is analogous to.

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted a LOLcat on here – so let’s rectify that with this offering today, featuring an all-too-familiar story of haunting, death, and thwarted love.

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The mundane task of getting train times on the National Rail website has been transformed this morning thanks to a quirk of its print stylesheet.

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