An beautiful photo podcast becomes a horse

Today I have a word that was inspired by a photo taken by Will Simpson of PalousePhotography.com. When you are back at your computer be sure to take a look at the beautiful photo titled "Palouse Morning on Linville Road."

Today's word is Palouse. It is a proper noun. It both the name of a river that flwos through north western Idaho and south eastern Washington state. It flows west into the Snake River. Palouse is also the name of the fertile hilly region in the same region.

I have never heard of this region but Will's beautiful photo made me want to visit.

Will also shared with me an interesting fact- the Palouse was home to the Nez Perce tribe. The Nez Perce are credited with developing the Appaloosa horse. Originally the Nez Perse breed was called a Palouse horse. Eventually the name evolved to Appaloosa. So I guess we get two words for today.

I first came across Will's podcast when he suggested the word abracadabra. Unfortunately Will hasn't been podcasting lately, but his photos and earlier podcasts are available at PalousePhotography.org.

A final note about Will: He is an artist living in Moscow Idaho. You can see some incredible examples of his wood working at kestrelcreek.com.