With spring, comes the sprouting of tulips. Personally, I love purple tulips. Although I try year after year to grow them in my gardens, the chipmunks seem to find them and haul the bulbs away!
Tulips have a very interesting history. Sharing...
World Water Day is March 22nd.
Water actually has a day when people focus on just how important water is to all of us. World Water Day is March 22nd. In 2019, the theme for world Water Day is “Leaving No One Behind”. The organization says...
HAPPY PI DAY!
FUN FACTS:
1. Pi is the circumference of any circle, divided by its diameter. No matter the size of the circle, Pi is always the same! (3.14)
2. In 2015, Rajveer Meene, of India, memorized the first 70,030 digits of pi! It took...
Did You Know?
1. The National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin, Ireland, is dedicated to the folklore and mythology of Ireland.
2. In Irish folklore, there are only male leprechauns. Leprechauns are cobblers(shoemakers) and they usually carry a...
Women’s History Month (March)
"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
—Eleanor Roosevelt
In 1978, a school district in California, organized a “Women’s History Week”. By 1981, Congress passed a...
International Polar Bear Day is February 27th. It is also called National Polar Bear Day. Polar bears are in great trouble. With the warming of the Arctic waters, there are less ice sheets for polar bears to use to hunt seals. On this day, people...
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
1. Dogs, cats and birds have often found a home in the White House.
2. There have also been some unique pets such as John Quincy Adams’ pet alligator,Martin Van Buren two tiger cubs and James Buchanan’s elephant....
Do you love chocolate? If you do, you may want to hide a few bars away for a future date. Seems that chocolate may be running out and, in the not so distant future. Researchers says that chocolate, which comes from cacao beans, may be a thing of...
Valentine's Day Fun Factoids!
At one time, Valentine’s Day was also the day to celebrate Groundhog Day!
Ever wonder why lace is associated with Valentine’s Day? Seem the word comes from a Latin word, “laques”meaning “net.” Someone tries to...
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, organized a two week period in February,in 1926, to highlight contributions of African Americans. In 1976, the month of February was established as Black History Month.
The month of February was selected as it was the...