DAY 60 Daddy's birthday he would have been 103 if heaven hadn't beckoned him home.

RUTILANT

adjective, having a reddish glow

He was tall and thin, having outgrown his pudge, while I was still layered with bad fat, rutilant cheeks glowing like apples.

"Rutilant," which first appeared in English late in the 15th century, is used in English today to describe anything with a reddish or fiery glow, such as a sunset, or flushed skin. It derives from Latin rutilus, meaning "ruddy," which is probably related to Latin rubber, meaning "red." Ruber itself is a direct ancestor of our word "rubella" (a disease named for the reddish color one's skin turns when afflicted with the condition) and "rubric" (which, among other things, can refer to a book or manuscript heading that is done or underlined in red). Ruber is also a distant relative of several English words for things that bear a reddish tone (including "russet," "rouge," and "rudy") and even of the word "red" itself.

hugs always 

karen charlie and enzo

Daddy and Karen at Westwood Racing Track