'-ing' words wanted

[kaitou]

I think this coming November I'm going to take another stab at the same Nano project I tried and failed at last year.  Where a guy takes local trains all across an empire to get to the ocean...where he's convinced that the world will end.  Believe it or not, this is a happy story.  But anyway...I figure it will go better if I start doing all my world building, try and make it really rich, since Location is such a key thing for it.  And of course, being Nano, I want to stretch my word count as ridiculously as possible. 

So I decided that instead of saying 'March' I'd say 'the month of Fog.'  Keen, huh?  one word to four!  And then I decided to make the months follow elements, but not four, the Chinese five elements, Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal.  Those will be the 5 seasons, each with three months.  The 1st and 3rd month of each season is a noun that doesn't have a special plural form.  And I want the second to be a Verb, perferably an -ing verb.  I'm missing two for Water and Fire...any ideas?

Water: 
1.  Ice  
2.
3. Fog

Wood:
1.  Moss
2.  Planting
3.  Grass

Fire:
1.  Light
2.
3.  Smoke

Earth:
1. Soil
2. Harvesting
3.  Stone

Metal:
1.  Silver
2.  Making
3.  Glass

Also, all the towns are named after various Gods.  Each region in my 'world' will have cities corresponding to a certain Mythology, and so you can kind of trace where country boundaries used to be before they were swallowed by the empire.  Anything you're particularly interested in seeing?  Must-have God/dess names?

Comments

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

Maybe 'Mist' instead of 'Fog'?
Hmmm... Rain?

'Heat' or 'Hot' for fire?

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I waffled between Mist and Fog for awhile, but since I'm a big fan of fog (despite my AIM nick being Mistwind...)I decided to go for that. It seems like a colder thing than mist, and this is a winter-ish month.

[edwired.livejournal.com]

How about Snow, Ice, Fog for Water and Light, Flame, Smoke for Fire?

[velithya]

Got no ideas for suggestions, sorry, but the concept and what you have so far sounds pretty neat. :)

[sheraton.livejournal.com]

I would suggest "burning" for the second fire month, especially since this would be the highest month of summer heat (if the middle month was truly mid-summer). For water, perhaps "melting", since that would be a fine transition from ice to fog and the natural course of action at the time in the season's cycle. The only hitch with these suggestions is that the other "-ing" months are actions for people to do, and my suggestions are warnings or things to look for.

I really can't think of action "-ing"s that would replace my suggestions though. This is certainly a wonderful background setup. I am very very interested!

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I like 'burning,' Or Twig suggested 'Lighting' and changing Light to something else. Of course, Lighting is too much like Lightning...You're right I am kind of looking for people-doing verbs instead of happening verbs. But people can burn things, so I think I'll go with that. Thanks!!!

Water is the real tricky one. Especially since it's a winter-time thing. I may have to go with melting. I can just see someone's diary entry now... "Monday, the seventh day of the month of being slightly damp, Dear Diary..."