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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
Yesterday was February 29th - Leap Day! The reason we have this monthly extension of our shortest month is to synchronise the Gregorian calendar with the solar year – without it we would lose six hours every year. *Shock2* In your entry today, write about the phenomenon of leap years and any facts you want to share. Here’s mine: People born on Leap Day are called Leaplings. *Laugh* Do you know any Leaplings? How did you spend the bonus hours of 2020? Did you make the most of them? Awesome Extra Days Some Leap year facts: 1. There are 1/1461 chances of being born on leap day. 2.The first warrants for arrest went out on February 29,1692 for the Salem witchcraft trials in Massachusetts. (yes I to am asking why? More facts needed?) Only info I have says most were women who by some chance owned property that higher ups in government wanted to confiscate? It's always over land? 3.(My favorite) Lord of the Rings: Hobbits February, called Solmath, has 30 days. The Hobbit calendar celebrates twelve 30-day months every year. (I wonder which planet they are on? Which sun is theirs?) 4. The last two digits of a year divisible by 4 = a leap year. As for my day 02/29/2020, I spent it reading the second book of a two book series, called Bob and Sue. It's an audio book about hiking and campers in the wonderful USA parks. While the audio played I colored Mandalas, siting in a chair engulfed in a warm blanket and drank warm herbal tea. The weather was in the teens. It snowed all day. When I disturbed myself to do morning and evening chores, yes outside. I stomped through 2.5 foot of snow to fill bird feeders and feed my pony. Today, warmer temps, sunshine and snow plowing made the day easier to take. ![Merit Badge in Point of View
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