{"id":2951,"date":"2018-07-18T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:34:12","slug":"razzle-dazzle-sis-boom-bah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2951","title":{"rendered":"Razzle, dazzle, sis, boom, bah!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word for our blog posts today is &#8220;dazzle.&#8221; So, of course I couldn&#8217;t just stop there. I had to go the whole nine yards, well, OK, five words &#8211; razzle, dazzle, sis, boom, bah!<\/p>\n<p>When in doubt look it up &#8211; &#8220;razzle dazzle&#8221; means<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white;color: #222222;, sans-serif;font-size: 12px\">1 : a state of confusion or hilarity. 2 : a complex maneuver (as in sports) designed to confuse an opponent. 3 : a confusing or colorful often gaudy action or display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I could write about any of these. Well maybe not the sports so much, but there are other maneuvers out there designed to confuse an opponent and I have examples of colourful, gaudy displays, in spades &#8211; maybe not the best metaphor!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-68IV4LuLftIszidN5_9cgDRxwBVC0DuGxmDhE22jfVAhnnXHOh3scaxC3Ld5n2uSUZopXIhY0WMMTL8pPob_sLihvRJ6jC1IRW8WQ4B5fl1aWP83h7D75_073x4JAStjLJUsAw\/s320\/house2018+-+1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1008\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj-68IV4LuLftIszidN5_9cgDRxwBVC0DuGxmDhE22jfVAhnnXHOh3scaxC3Ld5n2uSUZopXIhY0WMMTL8pPob_sLihvRJ6jC1IRW8WQ4B5fl1aWP83h7D75_073x4JAStjLJUsAw\/s320\/house2018+-+1.jpg\" width=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Breaking it down, we have:<\/p>\n<p><b>razzle<\/b>&nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;<span class=\"css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6\" style=\"color: #666666;, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 24px\"><span class=\"idiom bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">on&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"the\">the<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"razzle\">razzle<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"italic\" style=\"font-style: italic\">or<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"idiom bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">on&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"the\">the<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"razz\">razz<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"label\" style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"british\">British<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"label italic\" style=\"font-style: italic;font-weight: bold\"><span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"informal\">informal<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6\" style=\"color: #666666;, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;line-height: 24px\"><span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"out\">out<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"enjoying\">enjoying<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"oneself\">oneself<\/span>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"celebrating\">celebrating,<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"esp\">esp<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"while\">while<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"drinking\">drinking&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"one-click\" data-term=\"freely\">freely.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<b><br \/><\/b><b>dazzle<\/b>&nbsp;&#8211;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"vg\" style=\"color: #3b3e41;, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing: 0.6399999856948853px;margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<div class=\"sb has-sn\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px;position: relative\">\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sense\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">to arouse admiration by an impressive display<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"vis\" style=\"list-style-type: none;margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span class=\"dt \" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sense\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white\">to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now to be perfectly honest, I gave the word &#8220;dazzle&#8221; so I should stick to that, even though I have always had trouble focusing and tend to bring in all the possibilities all at once, which is usually at the start.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiWT6qfH6Qp5RnCmp6yliIU7ccFxN9iboLDr274GKs2L9sXJSG3Na4pq4X6RFeHJrsVHIG82zkqgnt1O0HneZsAkT55LmZt41y5cRFJnGHO4HZCqSJ3-LqYVieethMH9CvunN79pg\/s320\/house2018c+-+1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"806\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiWT6qfH6Qp5RnCmp6yliIU7ccFxN9iboLDr274GKs2L9sXJSG3Na4pq4X6RFeHJrsVHIG82zkqgnt1O0HneZsAkT55LmZt41y5cRFJnGHO4HZCqSJ3-LqYVieethMH9CvunN79pg\/s320\/house2018c+-+1.jpg\" width=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I need to focus &#8211; back to dazzle &#8211; to arouse admiration by an impressive display!! Well, that would be my garden, although I did not set out to &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>1. Create an impressive display or to arouse admiration. It, like life, happened. I wanted a modest tasteful rock garden. WHAT HAPPENED!! Things got out of hand fairly early and it went from there.<br \/>\n2. Lose clear vision. Obviously, I have lost the vision of a small tasteful rock garden.<\/p>\n<p>It is now an orgy of colour and texture in a gaudy display. It is, however, me<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhYv0lN1_xCAq0Or0l4vnqZo3j6Q3Io3VVap4wgDkI8UG97Es70Ey-0M0A3gPU-GV50_IwIQMA_urT83XWcKxHMTUsfZU3fSlp7zOwE_mxSerMRX7m2Gnq9Yv1i6FQywlUhO1Te1A\/s320\/house2018a+-+1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1085\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhYv0lN1_xCAq0Or0l4vnqZo3j6Q3Io3VVap4wgDkI8UG97Es70Ey-0M0A3gPU-GV50_IwIQMA_urT83XWcKxHMTUsfZU3fSlp7zOwE_mxSerMRX7m2Gnq9Yv1i6FQywlUhO1Te1A\/s320\/house2018a+-+1.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Now, I do admire tastefully planted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Floret-Farms-Cut-Flower-Garden\/dp\/1452145768\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1532777858&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=gardens\">gardens<\/a>. I love their form, their order, their control over nature and the elements. I love these gardens in the way I love good writers &#8211; I marvel at the precision of their words, the exquisite flow of their sentences, their levels of meaning and their subtle nuances.<\/p>\n<p>Will I ever be able to tame my wild ramblings into the finely honed structure of a book? Can I trick myself with a complex maneuver designed to confine myself to a more controlled version of myself? Meh, maybe I should just write free verse \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The pictures &#8211; My garden summer 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Have a colourful day!!<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"vg\" style=\"color: #3b3e41;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing: 0.6399999856948853px;margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<div class=\"sb has-sn\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 18px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px;position: relative\">\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sense\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span class=\"dt \" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span class=\"dt \" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span style=\"background-color: white\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span class=\"dt \" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span class=\"dt \" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span style=\"background-color: white\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><span class=\"dt \" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sb-1\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vg\" style=\"color: #3b3e41;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;letter-spacing: 0.6399999856948853px;margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">\n<br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word for our blog posts today is &#8220;dazzle.&#8221; So, of course I couldn&#8217;t just stop there. I had to go the whole nine yards, well, OK, five words &#8211; razzle, dazzle, sis, boom, bah! When in doubt look it up &#8211; &#8220;razzle dazzle&#8221; means 1 : a state of confusion or hilarity. 2 : [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2955,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions\/2955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}