Arbor Day celebrate last Friday in April every year.
Friday, April 24, 2020
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Celebrating Earth Day!
Happy 50th Anniversary Earth Day
1970 - 2020
The celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd began in the United States in 1970. There are actually two Earth Day celebrations. The first one is held in March on the equinox and the second is on the April 22nd Earth Day, which is now celebrated in most countries of the world. Earth Day is a perfect time to reflect about what you are doing to help protect the environment. There are many ways that you can celebrate alone and with others.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Girl Scout Day
Did you know April 21st is Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day. So drink a cup of tea for all leaders of United States to celebrate that day.
I baked cupcakes. This is my final bake cupcakes and cakes for the summer. Too hot to bake.
Girl Scout Lemonade cookies.
Girl Scouts Daisy Cookies Monday, April 20, 2020
Philanthropy, Charity and Volunteer Work
Philanthropy, Charity and Volunteer Work
"...It is more blessed to give than to receive." ~ Acts 20:35
"God loves a cheerful giver." ~ 2 Corinthians 9:7
Charity Donation Generosity Volunteer Charitable Share Giving Volunteering Gifts Happy Community Helping Others Gifts Love Make a Difference Day Philanthropy Almsgiving Good Works Good Deeds Humanitarian To Aid Inspired Change Outreach Share Drive Encourage Blessing
* Help Your Community - Know that you are giving your time, talent, wisdom and experience to your community and neighbors who need you.
* Help Yourself - Through service, you can add to the quality and health of your life. Research indicates that volunteers enjoy better health, make new friendships, stay active and involved in the community, and learn new skills.
* Make a Difference - Be part of a national movement to transform America through the involvement of its citizens.
* Save Money for the Organizations You Serve - By donating your time and skills, you help make funds go farther for organizations that address critical needs in your community.
"...It is more blessed to give than to receive." ~ Acts 20:35
"God loves a cheerful giver." ~ 2 Corinthians 9:7
Charity Donation Generosity Volunteer Charitable Share Giving Volunteering Gifts Happy Community Helping Others Gifts Love Make a Difference Day Philanthropy Almsgiving Good Works Good Deeds Humanitarian To Aid Inspired Change Outreach Share Drive Encourage Blessing
* Help Your Community - Know that you are giving your time, talent, wisdom and experience to your community and neighbors who need you.
* Help Yourself - Through service, you can add to the quality and health of your life. Research indicates that volunteers enjoy better health, make new friendships, stay active and involved in the community, and learn new skills.
* Make a Difference - Be part of a national movement to transform America through the involvement of its citizens.
* Save Money for the Organizations You Serve - By donating your time and skills, you help make funds go farther for organizations that address critical needs in your community.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
National Volunteer Month
The Joy of Giving
Donate your unwanted items to help you to clear up your clutter and make a room for something new. Giving away the toys or clothes feels just as good as receiving them.
Local Community Organizations and Charities frequently in need of Donations:
Churches –Anything and Everything!
Camp – Sporting goods and fishing equipments
Drama departments – Vintage clothing, old costumes, formal wear
Food shelves and soup kitchens – Canned goods and other non-perishable food items
Historical societies – Antique photographs, journals, postcards
Homeless Shelters – Toiletries
Hospitals and clinics – Current magazines
Libraries – Wooden puzzles for children
Nursing homes – magazines
Military organizations – Manufacturer’s coupons (they are valid for use to up to six months past expiration date on military base)
Schools – School supplies, books
Scouts troops – Craft supplies
Women’s shelters – Cell phones, clothing, toys
ASPCA
Humane societies – Office furniture, pet food, pet supplies
Veterinary clinics – Old blankets, towels, bedding
Houston SPCA
- Rabbit Food – Timothy Hays pellets or Timothy Hay
- Small TVs with built in VCR/DVD
- Nature’s Miracle Cleaner
- Cat Litter
- Soft Chewable Dog Treats
- Current Key Maps
- Batteries (AA, AAA0
- Disposable Rubber Gloves
- Digital Cameras
- 8” and 12” Cable Ties (50 Ib strength)
- Newspapers
- Food for Hamsters, Rats, Guinea Pigs, Ferrets, and Gerbils
- Rabbit Litter – Feline Pine or Yesterday’s New’s
- Halters – small and medium size
- Horse Scissors
- Fly Spray and Masks
- Thrush Medicine
- Mucking Forks/rakes
Donate your unwanted items to help you to clear up your clutter and make a room for something new. Giving away the toys or clothes feels just as good as receiving them.
Local Community Organizations and Charities frequently in need of Donations:
Churches –Anything and Everything!
Camp – Sporting goods and fishing equipments
Drama departments – Vintage clothing, old costumes, formal wear
Food shelves and soup kitchens – Canned goods and other non-perishable food items
Historical societies – Antique photographs, journals, postcards
Homeless Shelters – Toiletries
Hospitals and clinics – Current magazines
Libraries – Wooden puzzles for children
Nursing homes – magazines
Military organizations – Manufacturer’s coupons (they are valid for use to up to six months past expiration date on military base)
Schools – School supplies, books
Scouts troops – Craft supplies
Women’s shelters – Cell phones, clothing, toys
ASPCA
Humane societies – Office furniture, pet food, pet supplies
Veterinary clinics – Old blankets, towels, bedding
Houston SPCA
- Rabbit Food – Timothy Hays pellets or Timothy Hay
- Small TVs with built in VCR/DVD
- Nature’s Miracle Cleaner
- Cat Litter
- Soft Chewable Dog Treats
- Current Key Maps
- Batteries (AA, AAA0
- Disposable Rubber Gloves
- Digital Cameras
- 8” and 12” Cable Ties (50 Ib strength)
- Newspapers
- Food for Hamsters, Rats, Guinea Pigs, Ferrets, and Gerbils
- Rabbit Litter – Feline Pine or Yesterday’s New’s
- Halters – small and medium size
- Horse Scissors
- Fly Spray and Masks
- Thrush Medicine
- Mucking Forks/rakes
Monday, April 13, 2020
I (heart) Straw Hat
Did you know?
April is National Straw Hat Month.
Quotes
- I consider that without hats, an intrinsic part of fashion, we would have no civilization.
Christian Dior
- Why mind the fashion? Wear a big hat, and be comfortable!
Little Women
- When I was six I made my mother a little hat – out of her new blouse.
Lilly Dache
- There is not so variable of thing in nature of a lady’s head-dress.
Joesph Addison
Hat Glossary
Boater - A stiff, straight-brimmed, straw hat with a flat crown and a ribbon band. Introduced about 1864 for children, then worn by women. Also called Sailor.
Bowler - In 1850, William Bowler made a hard felt hat. It was created to protect the head while riding horseback. The hat has a low melon-shaped crown and a rounded brim that turns up at the sides. The hat shape was adapted for women and children. Also called Derby.
Brenton Sailor - Woman’s hat with a brim that turns up evenly all around.
Chapeau - French word for outdoor head covering. A chapeau has a crown and a brim.
Cloche - (Klosh, French word for bell.) Soft style of the 1920’s, fashioned from a hood of chiffon or handkerchief felt. Hat that covered the head to the neck in back; it came to the eyebrows in front. A flapper age, boyish style.
Cowboy Hat - Originally a felt hat worn by cattle herders. The 1980's “urban cowboys and cowgirls” were wearing straw and felt versions of this wide, rolled brim hat with high creased crown. Also called Stetson.
Derby - stiff, hard, brown felt hat that had dome-shaped crown and a narrow, a slightly curled brim. Also called Bowler.
Fedora - Men’s soft felt hat with brim and lengthwise crease in crown, adopted by women. The name Fedora was after the heroine of Victorian Sardou’s drama presented in Paris in 1882.
Newsboy Cap - Soft fabric cap with full crown and visor that snaps to crown. Cap worn by children around 1920, who were also newsboys. Adapted for women’s wear in 1980’s.
Panama - Hand woven straw hat from leaves of the jipijapa (he-pi-ha-pa) plant that grows in Central and South America. Takes its name from Panama where it is sold.
Pillbox - Small cap that has a flat crown with straight sides. Fashion made popular in 1960’s by Jackie Kennedy.
Pork Pie - Men's hats with a low crown with telescoped flat top. Adapted for women.
Sailor - Flat-crowned, straight brimmed hat, usually made of straw. Grosgrain headband trimmed with flat bow at the side. Also called Boater.
April is National Straw Hat Month.
Quotes
- I consider that without hats, an intrinsic part of fashion, we would have no civilization.
Christian Dior
- Why mind the fashion? Wear a big hat, and be comfortable!
Little Women
- When I was six I made my mother a little hat – out of her new blouse.
Lilly Dache
- There is not so variable of thing in nature of a lady’s head-dress.
Joesph Addison
Hat Glossary
Boater - A stiff, straight-brimmed, straw hat with a flat crown and a ribbon band. Introduced about 1864 for children, then worn by women. Also called Sailor.
Bowler - In 1850, William Bowler made a hard felt hat. It was created to protect the head while riding horseback. The hat has a low melon-shaped crown and a rounded brim that turns up at the sides. The hat shape was adapted for women and children. Also called Derby.
Brenton Sailor - Woman’s hat with a brim that turns up evenly all around.
Chapeau - French word for outdoor head covering. A chapeau has a crown and a brim.
Cloche - (Klosh, French word for bell.) Soft style of the 1920’s, fashioned from a hood of chiffon or handkerchief felt. Hat that covered the head to the neck in back; it came to the eyebrows in front. A flapper age, boyish style.
Cowboy Hat - Originally a felt hat worn by cattle herders. The 1980's “urban cowboys and cowgirls” were wearing straw and felt versions of this wide, rolled brim hat with high creased crown. Also called Stetson.
Derby - stiff, hard, brown felt hat that had dome-shaped crown and a narrow, a slightly curled brim. Also called Bowler.
Fedora - Men’s soft felt hat with brim and lengthwise crease in crown, adopted by women. The name Fedora was after the heroine of Victorian Sardou’s drama presented in Paris in 1882.
Newsboy Cap - Soft fabric cap with full crown and visor that snaps to crown. Cap worn by children around 1920, who were also newsboys. Adapted for women’s wear in 1980’s.
Panama - Hand woven straw hat from leaves of the jipijapa (he-pi-ha-pa) plant that grows in Central and South America. Takes its name from Panama where it is sold.
Pillbox - Small cap that has a flat crown with straight sides. Fashion made popular in 1960’s by Jackie Kennedy.
Pork Pie - Men's hats with a low crown with telescoped flat top. Adapted for women.
Sailor - Flat-crowned, straight brimmed hat, usually made of straw. Grosgrain headband trimmed with flat bow at the side. Also called Boater.
Friday, April 10, 2020
ASPCA Day - Go Orange!
Paint the town ORANGE
for Animals!
for Animals!
April 10th is America Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Click below for more information:
http://www.aspca.org/
"WHAT IS ASPCA DAY?
Every year on April 10, the anniversary date of the founding of the ASPCA in 1866, the ASPCA will be celebrating ASPCA Day and encouraging animal lovers of all ages nationwide to GO ORANGE FOR ANIMALS! Going Orange on ASPCA Day is a tribute to the work of the ASPCA and a celebration of compassion and kindness for all living things everywhere. (Orange is the official ASPCA color and what better to celebrate than our love of animals?)....."
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Humor of the Month
April is National Humor Month!
"So polish up your favorite knock-knock joke, grab the Sunday comic, and get ready to share smiles with those you love all April long!"
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
National Garden Month
April is National Garden Month
Planting a garden is good for the plant and for your soul.
A garden is where the soul feels at home – Unknown
Plant seeds of Friendship and grown a garden of delight
Friends are flowers in life’s garden Little acts of kindness are like flowers along life’s way – Anonymous
Monday, April 6, 2020
April is National Volunteer Month
Philanthropy, Charity and Volunteer Work
"...It is more blessed to give than to receive." ~
Acts 20:35
"God loves a cheerful giver." ~ 2 Corinthians 9:7
Charity Donation Generosity Volunteer Charitable Share
Giving Volunteering Gifts Happy Community Helping Others Gifts Love Make a
Difference Day Philanthropy Almsgiving Good Works Good Deeds Humanitarian To
Aid Inspired Change Outreach Share Drive Encourage Blessing
* Help Your Community - Know that you are giving your time, talent, wisdom and experience to your community and neighbors who need you.
* Help Yourself - Through service, you can add to the quality and health of your life. Research indicates that volunteers enjoy better health, make new friendships, stay active and involved in the community, and learn new skills.
* Make a Difference - Be part of a national movement to transform America through the involvement of its citizens.
* Save Money for the Organizations You Serve - By donating your time and skills, you help make funds go farther for organizations that address critical needs in your community.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Friday, April 3, 2020
National Find-A-Rainbow-Day!
"A Child's Rainbow of Virtues"
Red is for LOVE, friendship and caring.
Orange is for JOY with laughter for sharing.
Yellow is for HOPE to brigten each day.
Green is for FAITH to follow God's way.
Blue is for PEACE in our world and our heart.
Violet is for PRAYER every day from the start.
Thursday, April 2, 2020
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