Hello, April

 April Fools' Day
Autism Awareness Day
Easter
Earth Day
Arbor Day
National Poetry Month

National Arab American Heritage Month
Teacher Appreciation Week
Jazz Appreciation Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Cancer Control Month

Symbols of April

• Birthstone: Diamond
• Flower: Daisy and the sweet pea

Interesting Facts about April

• It is the second month of spring. It is a time of planting and spring cleaning.
• In the Southern Hemisphere, April is the same as October in the Northern Hemisphere.
• The diamond of April symbolizes innocence.
• The Boston Marathon is held during April.
• In Ancient Rome the month of April was sacred to the goddess Venus.
• The Japanese fiscal year for most businesses starts on April 1st.
• In England there are many cuckoo festivals. The arrival of the cuckoo bird in April is a signal that spring has arrived.
• April is the month when the professional baseball season begins in the United States.
  

 

Update to my website

 I recently made some changes and updates to my web site.  Take a look.  Lots of good nature pictures.

http://georgeswebpage.com

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 Here are a few things about St. Patrick that you may not have known.

1. He was actually born in Britain

2. He did not drive the snakes out of Ireland.  There are no snakes in Ireland.

3. The shamrock is a sacred plant.  My lawn is apparently full of sacred plants.

4. Corned beef and cabbage is American.

5. The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.  I'll leave you with my favorite Irish blessing. 

Get tough with Mexico!

By now everyone has heard about the 4 people who were kidnapped in a border town in Mexico.  Two of them were found dead, one injured and the other unharmed.  It appears they were caught in the middle of a drug gang shootout. 

Granted they should have heeded the state departments level 4 warning which says basically do not under any circumstances visit this area so the four people bear some of the responsibility but I wonder why the U.S. hasn't taken a tougher stance with Mexico about this issue along with people entering the U.S. illegally.  

Is Mexico doing anything to help us with this issue or are they just looking the other way as more and more people pour through our borders?  And what is Pres. Biden doing to address this problem?  This whole issue is a major problem for him and his administration.  

The issue of illegal immigration was supposed to be handled by VP Kamala Harris.  When Biden and Harris were elected it was announced that that would be her primary responsibility.  Someone was going to finally solve this problem.  What happened?  From where I sit I haven't seen, heard or read of any progress.  In fact it's worse-to the extent that scumbag governors like Florida's Desantis and Texas' Abbott are randomly rounding up confused and helpless immigrants and shipping them like cattle to other states.  

Get with it, democrats.  You've got an opportunity here to solve a big problem and put yourselves in a better position for the upcoming elections.