Vernant

VERNANT

-adj.

(obsolete) blooming or flourishing; vernal

Exuberant spring explosion

Vernant pink and cream

Basking in a low sun beam

Vernation

VERNATION

-noun

the way in which leaves are arranged in the bud

Studying vernation

With a macro lens

Damning breeze

Lapse

LAPSE

-noun

1. a drop in standard of an isolated or temporary nature

2. a break in occurrence, usage, etc.

3. a gradual decline or a drop to a lower degree, condition, or state

4. a moral fall

5. (law) the termination of some right, interest, or privilege, as by neglecting to exercise it or through failure of some contingency

6. (insurance) the termination of coverage following a failure to pay the premiums

-verb (intr.)

7. to drop in standard or fail to maintain a norm

8. to decline gradually or fall in status, condition, etc.

9. to be discontinued, especially through negligence or other failure

10. (usually followed by “into”) to drift or slide (into a condition)

11. (often followed by “from”) to turn away (from beliefs or norms)

12. (law) (of a devise or bequest) to become void, as on the beneficiary's predeceasing the testator

13. (of time) to slip away

In a happy cloud they flock

Lapsing into parley for a while

Before taking flight again

Leaving crumbs and torn papers

In their noisy wake