Beginnings

Main Entry: aus·pice
Pronunciation: 'os-pis
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural aus·pic·es
Etymology: Latin auspicium, from auspic-, auspex diviner by birds, from avis bird + specere to look, look at -- more at AVIARY, SPY
1 : observation by an augur especially of the flight and feeding of birds to discover omens
2 plural : kindly patronage and guidance (doing research under the auspices of the local historical society)
3 : a prophetic sign; especially : a favorable sign


Sometimes, the most favorable of outcomes spring from the most inauspicious of beginnings. Here's to a year that is, in every way, favorable.

But before I toast, I'd better put some seed out for those birds.