Daily Quote: May 27, 2020

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Any change, even a change for the better,
is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
~ Arnold Bennett (English – Novelist May 27, 1867 – March 27, 1931)

National Senior Health & Fitness Day

(USA – Last Wednesday in May)

Children’s Day (Nigeria)

Daily Quote: May 26, 2020

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No entertainment is so cheap as reading,
nor any pleasure so lasting.
~ Mary Wortley Montagu (English – Writer May 26, 1689 – August 21, 1762)

National Book Day

(Día del Libro) – Uruguay

Mother’s Day

(Dzień Matki) – Poland

National Paper Airplane Day

USA

To help Uruguay celebrate National Book Day, let’s all find a quiet spot today to curl up and read a book.

Daily Quote: May 22, 2020

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Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
~ Gerard De Nerval (French – Novelist / May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855)

International Day for Biological Diversity

My oldest grandson used to call these wish flowers.  He would grab them and blow the parachutes everywhere.  This growing patch in my backyard feeds the Chipping Sparrows that come visiting.

I harvested the flowers I needed for dandelion wine about 2 1/2 weeks ago.  The bubbling has stopped and the 2nd phase  (anaerobic fermentation) has begun.  In about 3 months I’ll be able to rack the wine into bottles for aging.  The last time I did the second phase with balloons on the bottles and the wine turned out amazing, but there was a lot of sediment.  I’m hoping by investing in an airlock and carboy then racking the wine I will end up with a clearer finished product.

Daily Quote: May 21, 2020

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To err is human; to forgive, divine.
~ Alexander Pope (English – Poet / May 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744)

Emergency Medical Services Day

Ascension Day

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Remembering my visit to the National Art Gallery last year.  This year any visits to Museums and Galleries can only be done virtually.  And even something as simple as going to the hairdresser is still illegal.  Schools will remain closed until September.  And although we can go to Provincial Parks the washrooms there still can’t be used.

 

Daily Quote: May 20, 2020

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If you’re going to have a cabin fever,
have a big cabin, you know.
~ Joe Cocker (English – Musician May 20, 1944 – December 22, 2014)

Flower Day

Eliza Doolittle Day

Cabin fever may be hitting many of us during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as some of the restrictions are being lifted and we are trying to advance towards our new normal.  In Ontario the school won’t be opened until September.  So the students have their “holiday” extended from March break through to the next school year.

The circles are widening from immediate family to include house cleaners and other services, but not our extended families.

I saw one meme that said we’re allowed to have our house cleaners enter our homes but not Grandma, so they were going to call Nana’s cleaning service.

I actually got to see Joe Cocker perform live once at the Walkerton festival.  2020 is the 20th anniversary of the Walkerton water horror story.  Each year there is a celebration to remember the tragedy and to ensure that safe water is a right not an assumption.  However, like everything else this remembrance celebration was also canceled.

Daily Quote: May 19, 2020

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Only when we are sick and tired
of being sick and tired
do any of us do something different.
~ Amanda de Cadenet (English – Photographer / Born: May 19, 1972)

Plant Something Day

I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with,
not media-fabricated ideals that even the ‘role models’ themselves can’t live up to.
~ Amanda de Cadenet