Hideously

I was at the store earlier this week and saw this.  This is one of the most frightening Thanksgiving cakes I have ever seen.  That's a "hard no" right there!

I hope you have a succulent, tasty Thanksgiving – everything this cake isn't.

Modesty

 The only turkey in this house is me.  Modesty – I have none.

Bouncily

I wasn't jumping on the bed.  Honest.  

Prosperously

When I was still living with my parents, I used to have a bedraggled coleus plant.  It didn't get much sunlight, which caused its colors to be very washed out, almost to the point of being only green leaves.

But every spring, I would take a few cuttings, put them in water until they grew roots, and then stuck them in a planter outside.  The bright, sunny days would bring out the best in those plants and they looked beautiful. 

I should start doing this again.

Circa 1988.

Burgundy

All the leaves have blown away now, but photographs allow the beauty to remain.