Double Rainbow! My teen and I made an emergency French Silk Pie run between the storms that descended on Chicago today, and much to our delight we were treated to a double rainbow. Emergency averted, safely home again, I google a few rainbow facts to share along with the pictures. ~ The sun is always … Continue reading Double Rainbow Delight
Homemade Bread Day, Take A Hike Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 17, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: “A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said, “is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides are very good indeed.” From “The Walrus and the Carpenter” ~ Lewis Carroll ★~ Homemade Bread Day: Breaking bread is a universal sign of peace. Early Egyptian writings urged … Continue reading Homemade Bread Day, Take A Hike Day
Button Day, Fast Food Day, Odd and Ends
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 16, 2013 ★~ Todays Quote: “Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.” ― Dorothea Brande ★~ Button Day: Buttons, offer everyday pleasures. Their little faces turn up agreeably, asking for personality to be impressed upon them. Buttoning oneself up is a slower, contemplative act; unbuttoning someone else, … Continue reading Button Day, Fast Food Day, Odd and Ends
Recycle Day, Clean Out Fridge Day, Raisin Bran Day
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 15th, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. ~ Al Franken ★~ Recycle Day: Since you are judged by the company you keep…I consider myself a first-rate recycler. My dad’s garbage men tip him at Christmas. Cousin Carla turns empty plastic liter soda … Continue reading Recycle Day, Clean Out Fridge Day, Raisin Bran Day
Pickle Day, Loosen Up Lighten Up Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 14th, 2013 Updated; November 14th, 2014 ★~Today’s Quote: Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. ~ Claude Monet ★~ Pickle Day: Pickles have been popular for thousands of years. In fact Cleopatra “attributed her good looks … Continue reading Pickle Day, Loosen Up Lighten Up Day
Embossing the World
Embossing the World My life is filled with talented, crafty people. I’ve never been able to find my niche in this group of people who can turn sows’ ears into silk purses…until now. Attention, please: My life has been changed. The Paper Source is a unique store filled with stationery items, artisanal papers folded over … Continue reading Embossing the World
World Kindness Day, National Indian Pudding Day
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 13, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ― Dalai Lama XIV ★~ World Kindness Day: No matter where we are, today is our day to change the world with one simple act of kindness.C onceptual physics teaches us that the world has a … Continue reading World Kindness Day, National Indian Pudding Day
11/12/13, Chicken Soup for the Soul Day, Pizza With Everything Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ 11/12/13 ★~ Today’s Quote: “Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what” ― Jack Canfield ★~ 11/12/13: Today is the next to the last sequential date of this century. The last sequential date of will … Continue reading 11/12/13, Chicken Soup for the Soul Day, Pizza With Everything Day
Chicago Loves Winter
Chicago Loves Winter Today's snowy preview remind me that it was going to get cold again in Chicago this year.... Ah, Chicago winter. Yes, it will come again this year. That notoriously bleak sludgefest, bone chilling and impenetrable. Ice scrapers and road salt stains, moldy boots and slippery driving, lumpy gray snowdrifts punctuated by flaxen splashes of dog pee. … Continue reading Chicago Loves Winter
Forget Me Not Day, Tongue Twister Day, Vanilla Cupcake Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 10, 2013 ★~ Today’s Quote: “The person who gets the gig is the person who knows how to hang. Nobody hires you because you’re the best musician.” — Larry Legend. ★~ Forget Me Not Day: A Medieval knight and his beloved were walking near a river when he fell into … Continue reading Forget Me Not Day, Tongue Twister Day, Vanilla Cupcake Day