SamArtDog: julep

Friday, August 3, 2012

julep

Julep,

from Middle English,

from Middle French,

from Arabic julab,

from Persian gulab,

from gul rose + ab water.

I love etymology.

And mint juleps.

8 comments:

Katherine van Schoonhoven said...: What a beauty! Shady and cool place for sipping your libation. Do you have a special recipe or a someone special who makes them?; August 3, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Celeste Bergin said...: ...I saw a mint julep once...and it looked a bright bright green, like an illuminated light! I see the similarity.; August 3, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Kevin Mizner said...: Entymology and Juleps. Two good things that go good together...; August 4, 2012 at 6:45 AM
SamArtDog said...: Xcuse me, Kevin, but isn't that a fly in your drink?; August 4, 2012 at 4:17 PM
SamArtDog said...: Katherine--
Shady and cool sound heavenly these days.
I painted this a few years ago, back when hard edges were all the rage. Heh.

Celeste--
This green hurts my teeth.; August 4, 2012 at 4:22 PM
http://carolking.wordpress.com said...: I too like etymology. I don't think I've ever had a mint julep.

I love the bright spots in an otherwise dark painting. Sorta like my life sometimes.; August 8, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Sarah Bachhuber Peroutka said...: Gulab Jamuns are one of my favorite desserts from India: little milky doughnut balls soaked in rosewater syrup. Mmm to them and to your refreshing painting which soothes my sunburned eyeballs (too much plein air this week!); August 8, 2012 at 9:33 AM
SamArtDog said...: A mint julep usually involves bourbon, but make it with rum, and you've got a mojito. Make it with chocolate tequila, and call it a Girl Scout. Then call the EMTs.; August 8, 2012 at 3:41 PM

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