Names of outdoor stains, from the Cabot Premium Woodcare line:
Snowfield, Arboretum, Cinder, Milkweed, Frontier, Plum Island, Cavalry, Rose Quartz, Golden Husk, Saltmarsh, Pepperwood, Hedgerow, Shade Tree.
Names of iris varieties, from Scheiner's Iris Lover's Catalog:
Hemstitched, Immortality, Merchant Marine, Dusky Challenger, Daughter of Stars, Hello Darkness, Kind Word, Who's Your Daddy, Salamander Crossing, Over in Gloryland, Anvil of Darkness.
I could look at lists like this for hours. Here's my contribution, a start at least. Some Long Island street names: Lost at Sea Memorial Pike, Hot Water Street, The Serpentine, Highway Behind the Pond, Toilsome Lane....
ReplyDeleteMarvellous. I'm trying to work out whether the lists are more/less beautiful if the original compilers were aware/unaware of their beauty.
ReplyDeleteIt could go either way...