April
is also the peak of tornado season that runs from March to June. Be prepared. Lists exist.
Some other April-long
observances are: Autism Awareness; International Guitar;
Keep
America Beautiful; National
Child Abuse Prevention; National
Frog; National
Humor; National Parkinson’s Awareness; National
Volunteer; National Mathematics Education; National
Poetry; Stress
Awareness.
And
then there are special “days,” either important events --or not. Depending on you.
April 18th -- First laundromat opens in
Fort Worth Texas – 1934; * Great San
Francisco earthquake in 1906; * Paul Revere Day--Paul
Revere rode to alert patriots that "The British are coming..." in
1775. * Pet Owner's
Day.
Take some time to
celebrate the furry family members in your life!
April 19th--Humorous Day. Tell someone a joke—old or new. “Did you hear the one about…?”
April 19th--Humorous Day. Tell someone a joke—old or new. “Did you hear the one about…?”
April 20th--Cuckoo Day. Cuckoo Day? In Britain, various places celebrate the coming of the bird
between mid-April and June. Some hold cuckoo fairs. (See more online.) * National Pineapple
Upside-Down Cake Day. Yum, yum!
April 21st-- Kindergarten
Day. The first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich Froebel in
Germany in 1837.
April 22nd-- Earth Day, the day each year on which events are held
worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The April 22
date was designated as International
Mother Earth Day by a
consensus resolution adopted by the United Nations in 2009. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and is celebrated in more than 192 countries
each year [Wikipedia]. *
Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day. I wasn’t offered any cookies this year,alas.
April 23rd-- Home Run Day. Hank
Aaron hits his first home run in 1954.
International Sing Out Day. “Take me out to the ballgame.” Oh, wait.*
William
Shakespeare's Birthday. The bard was born in 1564.
April 24th-- Administrative
Professional's Day,
the fourth Wednesday of April. *Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day.
Did you happen to notice that one of the month-long April observances is
National Poetry Day? Aw, you should have known I’d come back to that!
To close this week’s April ramble, here are some haiku of mine published during
2008 in the now-defunct online-journal, “Thirty-Seven Cents,” a branch of the
Missouri State Poetry Society that began when a postage stamp cost 37 cents.
“early spring warmth/ a mourning cloak butterfly/on the witch hazel”
“redbud in full bloom/ poet
colleague discovers/ she has lymphoma”
“lady in new grave/ owing the
cemetery/a clean-up fee”
“bedraggled pansies/ in the
newly-green garden/ dianthus blooming”
May the remainder of your April be
filled with working in the dirt of your flowers or your vegetables, raking last
year’s leaves, mowing the hen-bit and clover, uncovering violets, weed-eating around the lilacs and
azaleas, sitting in the shade with a glass of tea and inhaling the fragrance of
newly-bloomed narcissus.
Ah, April. What a month.
3 comments:
This was very informative and provided me with possible future blogging material:) I wish I had known you missed out on the girl scout cookies. The girl scouts were in full bloom in our neighborhood around March 1. I had about 20 boxes - would have brought you some in Piggott.
Oh, well, I've made do, but thanks anyway. None of the little girls around here peddle cookies door to door, of course. xoxo
May your Apri blessing come back to you! Two of my granddaughters have birthdays this month, so I especially love it!
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