Goodbye Summer – Hello Fall !
Author: Colleen Butler
Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Yes! Once again it is “Talk like a Pirate” Day The Official Website is Here: Talk like a Pirate
Friday the 13th!
Yes, It’s Friday the 13th! – one of 2 in 2013. Take care today … we hope that you don’t suffer from
Riggatriskaidekaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th). No one knows for sure the origin of this suspicion.
Perhaps it is a combination of 13 being unlucky and Fridays also considered to be unlucky.
Grandparents Day!
Did you know that there is a Grandparents Day?? Grandparents Day is celebrated the first Sunday after Labour Day, This year that makes it September 8th.
In 1970 Marion McQuade from West Virginia thought that people should make sure they visit their Grandparents – and she lobbied policy makers for years!
Then in 1978 – President Jimmy Carter Signed Grandparents Day into Law!
Grandparents are Awesome!
Back to School Day!
We hope that all the School Kids out there are all rested up and ready to head back to School!
5 Things to Remember when Planning a Kids Theme Party !
Congratulations !
Happy Dog Day!
In the Last of the “Dog Days of Summer” – we have National Dog Day! Founded in 2004 by Colleen Paige to Honour Man’s Best Friend and to try to improve the conditions in Animal Shelters.
Mosquito Raffle!
August 20th 2013 is World Mosquito Day! To celebrate this day we are having a Raffle!
This is a day to commemorate Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that Mosquitos transmit disease. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has been celebrating this day since the 1930’s.
A Little about the Raffle:
- 2 Net and Critter Sets
- 2 Bug Bottles
- 2 Magnifying Glassses
- 2 Nature Explorer Sets
- 2 Bug Bungalows
(50$ Value)
A Little about the Mosquito:
- The males usually live around a week or so and the females around a month (depending on conditions).
- There are around 2500 different types of mosquitos and the females of most of these species need a blood meal to lay eggs, the male mosquitos feed on plant juices and saps.
- Mosquitos species vary – some bite humans while others bite animals or birds, some bite in the day and others bite at night.
- Mosquitos can drink twice their weight in blood! That’s like a 150 pound human drinking a 300 lb milkshake.
Rick Mercer has started a great initiative – Spread the Net – 10$ for each mosquito net donated.
Contest Closed
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Finally … a cloud!
Here in Vancouver there has been a miracle… A July with no Rain whatsoever! 30 Days of Sun … First time Ever!
Strangely enough I do miss the clouds and so I made one … a Party Fun Box Tag Cloud! 🙂