Posts by Becca Puglisi, Founder

Real World Comparisons Light: Margarine Butter Cooking oil/olive oil Ripe honeydew melon Spaghetti squash Pasta noodles… Medium: Bananas Lemons The sun Buttercups, dandelions, black-eyed Susan, daffodils, sunflowers, forsythia Canola fields…

Sight flashing lights, domed cameras in ceiling, mirrors, slot machines, stools, buckets of coins, card tables (blackjack, poker, baccarat), chairs, cards, chips, roulette wheels, craps tables, dice, TV monitors, dealers,…

Natural: There are no squares in nature Man-made: Blocks Dice Keyboard keys Baseball diamonds Air conditioning vents Coasters City blocks Cereal pieces Window panes Hopscotch sections Rubik’s cube sections Tic-tac-toe…

Sight Wide open fields, corrals, wooden fences, gates, cattle runs, cattle, horses, chickens/roosters, dusty ground, dust puffing under horse’s hooves/cowboy’s boots pick up trucks, horse trailers, sprawling farmhouse, large barn,…

Natural: Rotting leaves Oils Fat Snot Snail slime Slugs… Man-made: Dog chew toys Grease Jelly/jam Congealed gravy Rotten garbage Paper mache… Synonyms: Slippery, Slick, Oily, Viscous, Glutinous, Sludge, Gunk, Mucous……

Real World Comparisons: Light Muddy water River after the rain Weak tea Water stain Cricket Stone… Medium: Tree bark Mud Dirt Petrified wood Cinnamon stick Leather… Dark: Oaks Twig Strong…

Sight chairs, couches, carpeted floor, little end tables, parenting/educational magazines, desks for receptionists with all the secretarial paraphernalia (phone, computer, desk calendar, files, stapler, pens, post-it notes, markers), smudged plate-glass…

Natural: Dirt Mud Sand Morning eye gunk Tartar on teeth Dried tears… Man-made: Toothpaste Sandpaper Sugar Salt Nail file/buffer Facial scrubs (exfoliation)… Synonyms: Mealy, coarse-textured, tophaceous, rough, sandy… Describing texture in…

Sight Fans, team jerseys, face paint, ball caps, sweaters, rain gear, beer in plastic cups, hard plastic benches or seats, air horns, foam fingers, plastic bull horns, pennants, flags, hand-made…