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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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Today is the 3rd day of the 17th week, the 25th day of the 4th month, the 115th day of 2017 [there are only 243 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- DNA Day – in 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson published "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
- Hairstylists Appreciation Day
- International Marconi Day -- a 24-hour amateur radio event that is held annually to celebrate the birth of Marconi in 1874.
- License Plates Day – in 1901 New York became the first US state to require automobile license plates.
- Malaria Awareness Day
- National Crayola Day – National Crayon Day is March 31st . The company began when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith took over Edwin's father's pigment business in 1885. The first box of Crayola crayons rolled off the assembly line in 1903, a box of eight crayons sold for 5 cents.
- National Mani-Pedi Day
- National Plumber's or Hug A Plumber Day
- National Telephone Day
- Parental Alienation [or Hostile Aggressive Parenting] Awareness Day
- Red Hat Society Day
- School Bus Driver's Day
- World Malaria Day
- World Penguin Day
ON THIS DAY: In 404 BC Lysander's Spartan armies defeated the Athenians and the Peloponnesian War ended. In 1829 Charles Fremantle arrived in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom. In 1847 the last survivors of the Donner Party were out of the wilderness. In 1858 the first wave of at least 30,000 gold-seekers reach BC from California to join the Fraser River gold rush; workings from Hope, BC to just north of Lillooet, BC. In 1859 British and French engineers broke ground for the Suez Canal. In 1933 both the US and Canada drop the Gold Standard as a basis for a currency price; countries decide to inflate currency to stimulate the economy and fight the Depression. In 1954 the first practical solar cell was publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 1959 the Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opened to shipping. In 1960 the US Navy submarine USS Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. In 1961 Robert Noyce was granted a patent for an integrated circuit. In 1972 the Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs. In 1983 Pioneer 10 traveled beyond Pluto's orbit. In 2015 riots broke out in Baltimore, Maryland following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
As I drove to work today on this fourth gloomy gray and damp day, I was struck by how bright everything looked! Most of the trees have leaves, sporting different shades of green, and the azaleas are in full bloom. I always think about Grandmom Hughes when I see the azaleas – she loved those bushes. Their house sat on a large lot with woods on the one side and the back and well back from the road, and she had azaleas outlining the entire property, a line marching next to the driveway and surrounded the house with them as well. In the spring the profusion of flowers lasted a long time because thru the years, she had moved the bushes so that there was a wonderful balance of color and bloom time. Yup, I said “moved the bushes”. As easily as arranging furniture, Grandmom [who could make anything grow anywhere] would dig up a huge bush, and trundle to where she wanted to. She was always moving some who did not meet her standards to the back next to the woods where they could rest and starting new bushes simple by weighing a branch down with a brink until it rooted.
A couple of years ago I was on that side of town when the azaleas were blooming and thought I would drive by and take a picture to show the family. To my absolute horror, the new owners had uprooted and discarded every single flowering bush on the property – there was not a flower to be seen. I turned and drove back home in tears and mourning until I realized that in our hearts they will bloom forever….
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