Couchwood bed, early last year
Early in June, I thought to look up the national holidays for this already-sixth month in what used to be "the new year." Instead, I found June full of "month-long" celebrations or active thought andactivity times; times to stop and think, stop and do; go and do, etc.
1. Adopt a Shelter Cat Month - no thank you, I have two cats already; don't need or want another one.
2. Audio Book Month - Again, no thanks. I have a Kindle, and a library of hold-in-your-hands books; don't need to hear any more than what's already in my head or the birds or the construction sounds from the next lot over.
3. Cancer From the Sun Month - The amount of sun I get sitting in the swing in the mornings or from working in the yard during the day will not be a problem. Next.
June 1st – Statehood Day - In Kentucky and Tennessee, in the United States, a celebration held on June 1 each year touting the states' admissions as the 15th and 16th states.
June 6th – Jefferson Davis Birthday also known as Jefferson Davis Day, commemorates the birthday of a Confederate leader during the American Civil War in the 1860s. It is a state holiday in Alabama on the first Monday of June each year.
June 6th - D-Day - The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front.
June 6th or 7th – Ramadan begins - A crescent moon can be seen over palm trees at sunset in Manama, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramadan in Bahrain. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours in a complete fast.
June 10th – Kamehameha Day observed; June 11th – Kamehameha Day, honors Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who united and established the Kingdom of Hawaii.
June 12th – Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.
June 14th – Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777.
Next time, I’ll find out about the special days for the remainder of June, some of which are: June 17th – Bunker Hill Day; the 19th – Fathers’ Day, Juneteenth and Emancipation Day; the 20th – June Solstice.
Here are two quotes I taped to the desk lamp: "Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." – Franz Kafka, and "Beauty is not caused. It is." – Emily Dickinson
Brother Guy's begonia--last year
Son Eric's hanging baskets - last year
2 comments:
I won't be adopting any cats. I'm doing my share for the cause. Once again, you're collecting facts to pass along. Will these celebrations become part of your compendium?
Emily Dickinson was so very right.
Love those plants.
And have given up on the multitude of special labels attached to any given day.
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