Pretty Words

I love words — especially words that sound pretty, or musical, when spoken. For example, the word fleur de lis, sounds as elegant as the graceful images it brings to mind ...

And the word verandah, with an "h," as in, "Let's have tea on the verandah."

Doesn't that sound more gracious than having tea on the porch?

And with our tea, we could have some Petit Fours, another word I like, probably because I LUV Petit Fours.

Here are a few more of my favorite words and the images they bring to mind when I hear them:

Lanterns

Wildflowers

Ruffles

The word "ruffles" also makes me think of "Ruffles and Flourishes," which I've always heard of but never really knew what it meant until I looked it up on Google. Ruffles and flourishes refers to the fanfare that precedes ceremonial music for distinguished people. Ruffles are played on drums, and flourishes are played on bugles. Four ruffles and flourishes is the highest honor, and the President of the United States receives four before "Hail to the Chief."

Picket Fence

Carriage

Candlelight

Lily

Serendipity

Doesn't serendipity sound like a happy word! It means, "a propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated," and I experience it often.

Here are some more of my favorite "pretty words" and expressions:

Serenity
Classic
Twilight
Cottage
Sunlight
Heavenly
Gracious
A Gracious Plenty
Splendor
Glory
Blessings
Grace
Levee
Gatherings
Hearth
Dixie
Garden
April Showers
May Flowers
Bliss
Southern
Thee and Thou
Cross
Lagniappe
Ivy
Mississippi
Petite
Delicate
Hawaii
Amazing Grace
Chandeliers
Lullaby
French Country
Sweet Spirits
Liberty
Semper Fi
Gallery
On Gossamer Wings
Grandmama (music to my ears, when spoken by my granddaughter Avery Grace)

I could go on and on, but would love for you to share some of your favorite words and expressions.