Hello, December!

 The Month of December

 

Almanac  

According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac December’s temperature is expected to be 4 degrees below average and precipitation is expected to be 2” below average.  The month is going to be generally cold and slightly dryer.

 

Night Sky

Venus is at its most brilliant this month.  You’ll be able to find it tucked in next to December’s crescent moon on the 6^th.  By the time the holidays roll around you’ll be able to see Mercury next to Venus.

 

December’s full moon is the 18^th called the Cold Moon.

 

Holidays

Pearl Harbor Day

Hanukkah

Christmas

Boxing Day

 Kwanzaa

Read a New Book Month
Calendar Awareness Month

National Handwashing Awareness Week

National Fruit Cake Month

Symbols of December

Birthstone: Turquoise, zircon, or tanzanite

Flower: Narcissus or Holly

Fun Facts about December

It is the first month of winter and the last month of the year.

National Cookie Day is December 4th. Other snacks celebrated this month include pie, cotton candy, chocolate brownies (mmm!), cocoa, and cupcakes.

December often marks the beginning of rain, snow, and cold weather.

In the United States the month is associated with Christmas. There are Christmas decorations, sales, musicals, and parties. Many people spend their time Christmas shopping. A lot of people have days off around Christmas and before New Year's Eve.

December in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to June in the Southern Hemisphere.

The first day of Winter is on either December 21 or 22. This is the shortest day of the year and the longest night. It is called the Winter or Southern solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

 

A travesty? Or Justice?

Jury finds Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges in high-profile murder trial

Caitlin Dickson

·Reporter

Fri, November 19, 2021, 1:43 PM·6 min read

A jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty Friday on all charges stemming from the 2020 shootings that killed two people and severely injured another during chaotic protests against racial injustice in Kenosha, Wis.

There are those who claim this was a profound miscarriage of justice and then there are those who say justice was done.

Having not been on the jury nor have I read every word written about this I do have a couple of questions.

1.  Who shows up at a protest armed with an assault rifle?

2. Was the judge in this case biased to the point that he determined the outcome?

These, to me, are important questions.   I have an idea what the answer is but I'll leave it to the more informed to tell you. 

A Word About Daylight Savings Time

I think I've reached the point where I think we should just leave the clocks the same all year.  There is no longer a need for daylight savings time and it's a twice-a-year pain in the rump.  Even with various devices that automatically adjust the time there are still a lot in my house that I have to do. Plus the disruption of sleep patterns is annoying.  

 So now the question is which one is it going to be: daylight savings time or Eastern standard time.  It's basically a choice between dark mornings or getting dark more quickly at night.  I, personally, vote for dark mornings but then I think about kids waiting for school buses in the dark.  Not good.  So I'll sacrifice my choice for them and stick with Eastern Standard Time.

Anyway, it doesn't much matter what I think.  Nothing is going to change.  

Hello, November

 The Month of November

 

Sky Watch

Nov. 19-Full Moon

Venus very visible on the 7^th in the southwest.

Jupiter visible on the 11^th.

 

Holidays

Veterans Day

World Diabetes Day

Thanksgiving

American Indian Heritage Month

Good Nutrition Month
Aviation Month

National Stamp Collecting Month

National Peanut Butter Lover's Month

Symbols of November

Birthstone: Topaz and citrine

Flower: Chrysanthemum

Fun Facts about November

 

It is the last month of the Fall season.

November in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to May in the Southern Hemisphere.

Elections are held in the United States on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

The third Thursday of November is the Great American Smokeout. Smokers are encouraged by the American Cancer Society to stop smoking on this day.

Some Christian churches celebrate All Saint's Day on the first day of November and All Souls Day on the 2nd.

American football is the main sport watched in the United States during this month.

Most, if not all, of the leaves have fallen off the trees by the end of November.

Famous Birthdays

• Jonathan Swift, author of "Gulliver's Travels": November 30, 1667
• Mark Twain, American author and humorist: November 30, 1835
• British statesman Sir Winston Churchill: November 30, 1874
• American artist Georgia O'Keeffe: November 15, 1887
• Famed TV journalist Walter Cronkite: November 4, 1916
• The first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi: November 19, 1917
• Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Anne Sexton: November 9, 1928
• Bruce Lee, martial artist and film star: November 27. 1940
• Celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay: November 8. 1966

 

 

A Word About the Internet

 Just about everyone I know (and don't know) uses the Internet for something.  Sometimes it's business or playing games or social media or whatever.  Something.  And when things are going well, all is good.  It can be a great thing. But when things go haywire, look out! You're in for a lot of frustration.

I mention this because it's happening to me right now.  For example I set up payment methods of several services to be automatically deducted from a credit card I use strictly for Internet business.  For quite a while everything was fine.  Payments were made and it was easy to keep track of them.  But then, someone in San Francisco hacked my credit card and made about $500 worth of charges to Lyft.  The credit card company caught it and notified me.  They then cancelled the card and issued a new one.  Now of course I have to go back to all the services and change the payment method.  A royal pain.  Plus, somehow my credit card company neglected to cancel the fraudulent charges.  So now I have to call them and straighten that out.  Another pain.

Another totally unrelated problem relates to my Amazon account.  For some reason it is requiring approval from my grand daughter's credit card before I can make purchases. Unbelievable.  Now I have to call them and try to figure it out.  Another pain I can easily do without.

By virtue of the fact you're reading this you're an Internet user.  First, thanks for reading.  Second, I hope you're being careful.  If something goes wrong, you're in for some interesting times.

Happy surfing!

Good bye, News-Times

 For over 50 years I've been a loyal subscriber to our local newspaper, The Danbury News-Times.  There was a time when we received reliable daily delivery for a reasonable cost.  The paper covered most local, state and national news events in a fairly competent way given the fact it is a small paper compared to, say, the New York Times.

All of this gradually deteriorated over the years.  First, the cost of the actual paper started to increase a great deal while delivery became extremely erratic.  There were many days when we simply did not get a paper.  We'd always get credit for it but that's not the point.  We wanted the paper. 

So we decided to switch to the digital edition.  It wasn't as nice as sitting down with a cup of coffee and the daily paper but at least we were getting it every day and I could print out the puzzles I do.  

The problem began with the price.  It started out being $10 a month for the full digital edition.  Then it went to $14 a month.  I just received a letter announcing it was going up to $6.25 a week-or $25 a month.

All this is happening while paper content got worse and worse.  

This last increase is the last straw.  I just subscribed to the Hartford Courant for $4.00 a week.  It does have local news and very good state and national news.  It also has several other features I like.  For example it has pieces about real estate, cars, and technology.  So far it appears to be a fine paper. 

Good bye, News-Times.  You've been slowly self-destructing for 50 years!

Hey, October!

The Month of October

 

October Almanac

Full Moon Oct. 20^th

Night Sky: During the first week of October look for Venus next to the crescent moon.

The following week you will be able to see Saturn and Jupiter next to the quarter moon.

Many common constellations will also be in view on clear nights.

Holidays Yom Kippur

Columbus Day

Child Health Day

Halloween

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 through Oct 15)
Italian American Heritage Month

Polish American Heritage Month

National Breast Cancer Month

National Pizza Month

National Dessert Month

Country Music Month

 National Book Fair Month

Birthstone: Opal and pink tourmaline

Flower: Calendula

 

Fun Facts about October

It is the second Autumn month.

National Fire Prevention Week falls during the week of October 9 each year.

It commemorates the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

October in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to April in the Southern Hemisphere.

The leaves of trees often begin to change their colors during this month.

The World Series for Major League Baseball generally takes place during October.

The NBA, National Basketball League, and the NHL, National Hockey League, both begin their seasons in October.

There are many health observances that have October as their national month. These include Healthy Lungs, Breast Cancer, Lupus, Spina Bifida, Blindness, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

“Just for Fun” Dates in October

Oct. 4: International Ships-in-Bottles Day
Oct. 6: National Noodle Day
Oct. 16: National Fossil Day
Oct: 24–Nov. 11: World Origami Days
Oct. 25: Frankenstein Friday

 

 

Renewed Faith

Every once in a while something happens to renew my faith in humanity.  In spite of all you hear and see of profound idiots in this country, there are a lot of genuinely good people around.

Take yesterday for example.  I went to the dump with an especially large load of crap including an old metal swing chair that I picked up from my daughter's.  

When I initially pulled in at least two guys asked me if I wanted help unloading it.  Then when I got to the metals pile where it was to go another couple of guys offered help.

This happens frequently at the dump.  There's always someone there picking through the various piles and when ever they see another person with heavy or cumbersome objects to get off their trucks they are quick to offer help.  It's like a club there.  

Who would have thought you'd have to go to the dump to meet a bunch of nice, considerate people!?

A Very Quiet Period

It has been busy but kind of quiet the past few weeks.  I've been busy with the ever present fall chores and grand children sports events.  Also September and October are big anniversary and birthday months so there's a lot of family stuff going on.

Isn't it nice not to have to continuously post comments about the awful stuff Trump was doing?  Sure we've had a few blips, i.e. Afghanistan and immigration issues but they have been handled or are being handled quietly and satisfactorily.

Then there's the persistent pandemic.  It just won't go away.  And why? Because people are stupid.  For Pete's sake get vaccinated. Period.

Now it's back to fall chores: pruning, some waterproofing in my basement, a little more wood to get over to my wood pile. After 44 years of burning wood, it looks like this coming winter may be the last.  I've been dealing with back issues these past several months and it doesn't look like it's going to get better.  I'll be visiting a pain management doctor in a week so we'll see.

Anyway, that's about it for a while unless something really ticks me off or something else happens.  

See you soon. 

The Damage He Did

 I could fill page after page with details of the damage Donald Trump did to this nation but recent news is an example of the worst of it.  Recently the state of Texas basically ignored the law of the land to rob women of their right to choose.  When the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to intervene first they delayed but eventually ruled 5-4 to uphold the state's law thereby doing basically what Texas did: ignore the rulings of previous courts.

Trump's appointment-along with the support of republican leadership-has loaded the highest court of the land with profound incompetents.  This is the kind of thing that is not easily reversed or corrected.  Someone needs to die, resign or retire.  In extreme cases a Supreme Court justice could be impeached but it's never happened and probably won't any time soon.

So we're stuck with rulings that ignore law and the constitution in favor of personal political beliefs.  We're screwed!

Hello, September

About the Month of September

Holidays

Labor Day

Grandparents Day

Patriot Day

Constitution Day and Week

Rosh Hashanah

Talk Like a Pirate Day

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 through Oct 15)

National Potato Month

National Chicken Month

National Piano Month

National Biscuit Month

 

Symbols of September Birthstone: Sapphire Flower: Aster

Fun Facts about September

It is the first month of the Autumn or Fall season.

Constitution Week takes place during the month of September.

 September in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to March in the Southern Hemisphere.

American college and professional football begins during the month of September.

Many kids begin the school year during this month.

Teacher's Day is celebrated in India on September 5.

The Anglo-Saxons also called this month Gerst Monath meaning barley month. This is because they would harvest their barley crops during this month.

September is often associated with fire because it was the month of the Roman god Vulcan. Vulcan was the Roman god of fire and the forge.

More Fun Facts

1.The name “September” comes from an old Roman word, “septem,” which actually means 7. That’s right – September was the seventh month of the year on the Roman calendar – It did not become the ninth month until the advent of the Gregorian calendar.

2. The Romans believed that September was looked after by the god of fire. So they always expected fires and volcanic eruptions to occur during this month.

3. Out of all 12 months of the year, September is spelled with the most letters. It contains nine letters, and it happens to be the ninth month of the year. No other months have the same amount of letters as their number in the calendar year.

4. This September “Harvest Moon” is the fullest moon of the year.
When you gaze at it, it looks very large and gives a lot of light throughout the entire night. No other lunar spectacle is as awesome as the Harvest Moon.

5. The first day of fall is typically on September 22 or September 23 in North America. This is when the hours in the day are almost equal to the hours in the night.This occurs at the same time as the Spring Equinox does in Australia.

6. A little-known, but highly significant holiday falls in September. September 17th is Constitution Day, which marks the day that the U.S. Constitution was adopted.

7. There are more pop and classic songs with “September” in the title than any other month.

8. We all know that Labor Day is in September, but did you know that September also has a few  little known holidays? Among these are National Grandparent Day, National Cheese Pizza Day, and National Drink-a-Beer Day.

9. September is known as Harvest Month. It’s a great month to harvest in preparation for the coming winter months. In fact, in Old England, it was called “Haervest-monath”, meaning Harvest Month. Some of the best crops to harvest are onions, apples, raspberries, and tomatoes.

10. Zodiac signs in September are split between Virgo (August 23 – September 22) and Libra (September 23 – October 22).

Virgos are known for being loyal, practical, thoughtful, analytical people who sometimes come off as cold, but it’s only because they’re taking a methodical approach to friendship (like most aspects of their lives).

Libras are a little different. Their main characteristics include being diplomatic and fair. They like harmony, dislike being alone, and always strive for peace and justice in the world.

11. Famous people born in September include Adam Sandler, Amy Winehouse, Bill Murray, Bruce Springsteen, Confucius, Freddie Mercury, Queen Elizabeth, Stephen King, and Sophia Loren. 

12. The birthstone for September is the sapphire which is said to reduce inflammation, treat fever and act as a lucky charm for the person wearing it. It symbolizes intuition, clarity of thought, peacefulness, as well as loyalty and trust.

 

Odds and Ends

 Not much going on these days as summer draws to a close.  Here are a few highlights.

1. I am happy to report that hurricane Henri turned out to be much less dramatic than all the media hype being dumped on us prior to it.  I did the usual things people do before a hurricane just to be safe but we didn't even lose power.  We did get quite a bit of rain though but we needed it anyway.  So now it's on to the next one-when ever that is.

2.  The COVID pandemic is continuing to be a problem here.  We're back to masking inside and kids returning to school have to wear masks.  No one is happy about it and some are furious with Connecticut's governor for the new rules but guess what? It's not his fault.  If you need someone to blame I suggest you look at those stupid enough to think they don't need to be vaccinated.  That's where the problem is.

3. We have had very hot and humid weather lately-exactly the kind of weather I can't work in.  Consequently my back yard is starting to look like a hay field. It's too hilly to use a riding mower on and it's too difficult and wet to use a hand mower on.  What I need is a goat!  I'll have to think about that.

4.  I recently bought a photography course from The Great Courses foundation.  I'm about a quarter of the way through it.  I've been taking a lot of pictures which I post on my web site so don't forget to stop by.  Some of the pictures are taken with a trail cam but most are mine.  Let me know what you think. Click here http://georgeswebpage.com

That's it for now. 

A Word About Afghanistan

 It's not easy to watch or accept but Biden is absolutely correct.  When you have a country whose president runs for safety and whose army won't defend it, it's time to cut your losses and leave.  

It would be a tragedy for one more American serviceman (woman?) to lose their life over this lost cause.

 Those republican politicians who are screaming about how awful this is need to remember who got us there:  Bush and Trump.   Stop whining, hypocrites.  We're doing the right thing.

Senate close to passing $1 trillion infrastructure bill!

 So reads the headline.  I mentioned it to my nursing home group with whom I meet every week.  They wanted to know what you could do with a trillion bucks so I decided to find out.  Herewith is my shopping list.

If you’re generous:

You can give one million people one million dollars.

Harvard U. At $78,000 per year for 4 years=$312,000; you can send 3 million, 205 thousand kids to Harvard for 4 years of college.

State of the Art High School @$20 million=50,000 or 1000 in each state.

To build Hoover Dam today=$750 million.  With 1 trillion you can build 1333.

By all accounts the GW Bridge is the busiest bridge in the country.  To build GW Bridge was  $60 million in 1930.  In today’s money that is $1 billion. So 1 Trillion will buy 1000 bridges.

The latest U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier=$13 billion. $1 trillion will buy 77.

 

A trillion seconds is equal to 32,000 years. So if you're asked if you'd like to live that long, say NO!

 

Boeing 777   $442 million=enough to buy 2200

Boeing 757-Like Trump’s- $100 million=you could buy 10,000

 

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship  $1 billion=enough to buy 1000

Most expensive private yacht in history-Supreme-$4.5 billion=you could buy 222

 

Bugatti La Voiture Noire  (the most expensive car in the world) $20 million= You can buy 50,000

 

Antilia Estate (the most expensive house in the world)   $5 billion= you can buy 20

Antilia is a private residence in the billionaires row of Mumbai, India. It is the residence of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani & his family, who moved into it in 2012;^[2] at 27 stories, 173 metres (568 ft) tall, over 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft), and with amenities such as three helipads, air traffic control, a 168-car garage, a ballroom, 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, terrace gardens, swimming pool, spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls, the skyscraper-mansion is one of world's largest and most elaborate private homes.

 

132 night luxury world cruise-$75,000 each for 20 people=$1.5 million.  For 1 Trillion we can take 666,666 trips or 88 million days  or  241 thousand years! In other words you won't live long enough to spend it all!

 

You can go to the dollar store and walk out with 1 trillion items!

 

I love log cabins so I looked up a 3 bedroom log cabin on a lake with 10 acres  of land=$1 million. I could buy 1 million of them for $1 trillion!

 

And there you have it.  What you can do with a trillion bucks.

 

Hello, August

About the Month of August

 

The Month of August

August was named to honor the first Roman emperor (and grandnephew of Julius Caesar), Augustus Caesar (63 B.C..–A.D. 14). 

 

August Calendar

“After Lammas Day, corn ripens as much by night as by day.”

Friendship Day

Raksha Bandhan

Women's Equality Day

National Catfish Month
Harvest Month

National Water Quality Month

Peach Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

Get Ready for Kindergarten Month

Symbols of August

Birthstone: Agate or onyx

Flower: Gladiolus or poppy

Zodiac signs: Leo and Virgo

History: In the original Roman calendar the month of August was called Sextilis. This was because it was the sixth month of the year. Later, after January and February were added to the calendar, it became the eighth month of the year. At the time the month had 29 days. When Julius Caesar created the Julian calendar in 45 BC, two days were added giving the month 31 days. The month was later renamed Augustus in honor of the first emperor of Rome, Caesar Augustus.

Fun Facts about August

It is the last of the summer months. The Islamic holiday of Ramadan runs from July 19 to August 18 in 2012. August in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to February in the Southern Hemisphere. Augustus renamed the month of Sextilis because many of his greatest triumphs occurred during this month. August is a month of summer vacation and holiday for many children around the world. Many cultures call this month the harvest month or the time of harvest.

“Just for Fun” Days

Have fun with these strange celebrations!

• Aug. 1–7: International Clown Week
• Aug. 3: National Watermelon Day
• Aug. 8: “National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors’ Porch Day” (Or, use up that bounty with our best zucchini recipes.)
• Aug. 10: National S’mores Day
• Aug 12: Vinyl Record Day
• Aug. 13: International Left-Handers Day
• Aug. 17: International Geocaching Day
• Aug. 17: World Honeybee Day
• Aug. 25: Kiss-and-Make-Up Day

• August 1, traditionally known as Lammas Day, was a festival to mark the annual wheat and corn harvest. Lammas also marked the mid-point between the summer solstice and autumn equinox, and was a cross-quarter day. See more about Lammas Day.
• August 5 is a Civic Holiday in parts of Canada.
• August 9 starts the Islamic New Year, or the First of Muharram, beginning at sundown. Traditionally, it begins at the first sighting of the lunar crescent after the new Moon.
• August 10 is St. Lawrence’s Day. “Fair weather on St. Lawrence’s Day presages a fair autumn.” 
• August 11 marks the end of the Dog Days of Summer, which began on July 3.
• August 17 is when the Cat Nights begin, harking back to a rather obscure Irish legend concerning witches; this bit of folklore also led to the idea that a cat has nine lives.
• August 19 brings National Aviation Day, chosen for the birthday of Orville Wright who piloted the first recorded flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine in 1903.
• August 24 is St. Bartholomew Day. “At St. Bartholomew, there comes cold dew.”
• August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, which celebrates the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and, with it, women’s right to vote in the United States.

 

Back Problems

 Not much work is getting done around here lately.  I did something to my back some weeks ago and it's just getting worse.  

I finally decided it's time to do something about it so I went to a Chiropractor.  Her treatments helped a little but I had a long way to go so I got my primary care doc involved.  He ordered xrays and  prescribed a muscle relaxing drug.  No help.  The xrays showed degenerative disc disease and arthritis. 

From there we went to frequent icing, prednisone and rest.  That helped a lot but I can't be on prednisone the rest of my life so this Friday I'm getting an MRI to see more clearly what else might be  going on. 

In the meantime at least I'm able to function.  Back to mowing.  Stay tuned.

Progress Report

 A short time ago I reported on the problem I was having with our cable company.  Among other things I mentioned that I would be actively seeking alternatives to cable TV, i.e. a streaming service of some kind.

Thus far I've determined that the best service for us is YouTubeTV.  The problem is I need the app on all three of our TVs (I know, I know. It's ridiculous that two people have to have 3 TVs but what are you going to do?).  We only have one TV that has it and I have yet to figure out how to load it on the other two.  

I think what I'm going to have to do is buy something like an Amazon Fire Stick to do it even though the two TVs in question are so-called 'smart' TVs.  

I haven't bought it yet because there are several kinds and I have to figure out which one we need.  

I hope to get this done within the next few days so stay tuned. 

Hello, July!

About the Month of July

On July 2nd the year 2021 will be half over! Where does the time go?  Here are some interesting things about July.

 

Holidays

Canada Day

Independence Day

Bastille Day

Parent's Day

National Ice Cream Month

National Blueberry Month

National Hot Dog Month

National Picnic Month

National Pickle Month

 

Symbols of July

Birthstone: Ruby

Flower: Larkspur or Water Lily

Zodiac signs: Cancer and Leo

 

History:

July was originally the month of Quintilis in the Roman calendar. It was the fifth month of the year until January and February were added in 450 BC. It got its original name from the Latin word for fifth. Later the name was changed to Julius in honor of Julius Caesar who was born on July 12. This text is

Fun Facts about July

It is the second summer month after June.

There are many countries which have their Independence Day during the month of July. These include the United States, Belarus, Venezuela, Argentina, Belgium, the Bahamas, and the Maldives.

The national days for France and Canada occur in July as well.

 July is the warmest month in the Northern Hemisphere on average.

It is similar to January in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sometimes the hot, long days of July are called the "dog days of summer".

It is sometimes called the Hay month because the grass dries out due to a lack of rain and can be made into hay.
July's birthstone, the ruby, is often associated with contentment, love, passion, and integrity.

July’s Moon Phases

Last Quarter: July 1, 5:12 P.M. EDT
New Moon: July 9, 9:17 P.M. EDT
First Quarter: July 17, 6:11 A.M. EDT
Full Buck Moon: July 23, 10:37 P.M. EDT
Last Quarter: July 31, 9:18 A.M. EDT

Other Astronomy Highlights
July 5 is the time of aphelion, when Earth is the farthest it will get from the Sun for the entire year—specifically, we’ll be 94,510,886 miles away from our bright star!

Another highlight of the July sky is the “Summer Triangle.” See our free, printable Star Chart for July to learn about the three “stars of summer.”

 

 

 

The end of my rope.

 Well, that's it!  I've had it.  I'm at the end of my rope.  My Spectrum bill just went up-AGAIN!

Not too long ago it went up  to $237 a month.  Then shortly after that it rose to $250.  I just got my latest bill and it's $270!  WTF!  Almost $300 a month for cable?  Insane.  My daughter and son-in-law have been urging me to switching to an all streaming service but I kept stalling because I don't want to lose local news.  Well, guess what?  I'm thinking I can do with out local news.  

I already have Netflix and Amazon Prime and I have access to YouTube TV so I'm practically covered for everything except a few incidentals.  I'm going to research it and then bye bye cable.  

Of course I'm still going to have to pay for Internet service and our land line telephone but that's relatively cheap.  

Keep checking back here to find out how it works out.

Update to my blogspot profile

 I was looking over my blogspot recently and discovered the information I had provided for my profile was badly dated.  For example it listed interests as baby sitting for grand kids and substitute teaching.  I haven't subbed in years and although I still see my grand kids frequently, they are no longer of the age where they need to be baby sat.  

So if you look on the right side of your screen you'll see an update to the previous post.  

Also be sure to check out my website for recent posts.  http://georgeswebpage.com

Hello, JUNE!

 

About the Month of June

 

Meteorologically speaking:

Full Moon June 24^th

Length of Day June 1 15 hrs. 5 min.

Summer Solstice June 20^th Length of Day 15 hrs. 18 min.

Length of Day June 30^th 15 hrs. 14 min.

 

Holidays

Flag Day

Fathers Day

Juneteenth (The day's name is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth" in honor of the date of Granger's announcement and first appeared around 1903. It is also known as African American Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.)

Paul Bunyan Day

National Rose Month
National Dairy Month

African-American Music Month

National Ice Tea Month

National Candy Month

Fun Facts about June

It is the first month of the summer season.

June in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to the month of December in the Southern Hemisphere.

June is known as a great month to get married.

The famous English tennis tournament Wimbledon is played during the month of June.

The longest day of the year-summer solstice- occurs on either June 21st or 22nd.

Several countries celebrate their flag days during this month including the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Romania, and Argentina.

June 21st is Go Skateboarding Day.

1. Julius Caesar changed the Roman Calendar and added two months to the calendar shifting June from the fourth to sixth month of the year. 

2. The word June is believed to originate from the goddess and wife of Jupiter, Juno. 

3. The birth flowers of June are Honeysuckle and Rose which symbolize love, devotion and generosity.

4. The birthstones for June are Alexandrite, Moonstone and Pearl. 

5. June Beetles are only seen during the month of May and June in the United States.

6. June is sweet! This month is National Candy Month along with National Dairy Month, National Seafood Month and National Ice Tea Month.

7. Worldwide celebrations that take place in June are World Environment Day on June 5 and World Father's Day on June 20.

8. The longest day of the year  - the Summer Solstice - is in June.

9. Gemini and Cancer are two Zodiac signs that fall in the month of June.