Day 8.068: Littoral litotes

I mentioned the other day that I'd been for a run along the coast and hadn't seen the sea because it was still dark. What I missed were views (looking out over the littoral zone) like this:

That was on Saturday during my long run - not too bad.*






* This is an example of litotes.

One of the words in Exile #3's rather tricky-sounding spelling test today was "hyperbole" (it's the best thing ever!) which started a conversation about examples of hyperbole and litotes. Our kids have the most fun at the dinner table!