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  • #814969
    Jeankit
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    Continuing with Summer fun in northern hemisphere & Winter in southern hemisphere!

    Time to turn over the calendar to August 2014!

    Food for this month:

    http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-august.asp

    Trivia/fun:

    http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/

    Holidays for August:

    http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/august.htm

    Continuing with fun link/need to wait for actual day to check out!
    Odd Loves Company fun:

    http://oddlovescompany.com/

    New Links to check out:

    http://www.gardendigest.com/monaug.htm

    http://birthdaygems.org/birth-month-flowers/august-birth-flower.htm

    Come on along & join the fun!

    #814970
    Jeankit
    Participant

    From the Nibble!
    Food is a great way to start the month:
    August is the biggest vacation month, but it is also:
    •National Brownies At Brunch Month
    •National Catfish Month
    •National Panini Month
    •National Peach Month
    •National Sandwich Month
    •National Apple Week Is The Second
    Week
    And, there are plenty of single day holidays to celebrate:
    •National Mustard Day: The First Saturday
    •August 1: IPA Day
    •August 2: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
    •August 3: National Watermelon Day
    •August 3: Grab Some Nuts Day
    •August 4: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
    •August 5: National Oyster Day
    •August 6: National Root Beer Float Day
    •August 7: National Raspberries in Cream Day
    •August 8: National Zucchini Day
    •August 8: National Frozen Custard Day
    •August 9: National Rice Pudding Day
    •August 10: National Banana Split Day
    •August 10: National S’mores Day
    • August 11: National Raspberry Tart
    Day
    •August 12: Julienne Fries Day
    •August 13: National Filet Mignon Day
    •August 14: National Creamsicle Day
    •August 15: Julia Child’s Birthday
    •August 15: Lemon Meringue Pie Day

    #814971
    Jeankit
    Participant

    What we can look forward to:

    Month:
    • Admit You’re Happy Month
    • Family Fun Month
    • National Catfish Month
    • National Eye Exam Month
    • National Golf Month
    • Peach Month
    • Romance Awareness Month
    • Water Quality Month
    • National Picnic Month

    Weekly Events:
    • Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
    • Week 2 National Smile Week
    • Week 3 Friendship Week
    • Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week

    August, 2014 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:

    1 National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

    2 Chinese Valentine’s Day/Daughter’s Day – 7th day of 7th Lunar Month

    2 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

    2 National Mustard Day first Saturday

    3 Friendship Day – First Sunday in August

    3 International Forgiveness Day – First Sunday in August

    3 National Watermelon Day

    3 Sisters Day – First Sunday in August

    4 U.S. Coast Guard Day

    5 Work Like a Dog Day

    6 Wiggle Your Toes Day

    7 National Lighthouse Day

    8 Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day – now that’s nasty!

    9 Book Lover’s Day

    10 Lazy Day

    10 National S’mores Day

    11 Presidential Joke Day

    11 Son and Daughter Day

    12 Middle Child’s Day

    13 Left Hander’s Day

    14 National Creamsicle Day

    14/15 V-J Day – which date do you mark the end of WWII?

    15 Relaxation Day – now this one’s for me!

    #814972
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August – Summertime Quotes
    “Summertime
    And the living is easy
    Fish are jumpin’
    And the cotton is high

    Oh, your daddy’s rich
    And your mama’s good lookin’
    So hush little baby now
    don’t you cry

    One of these mornin’s
    You’re gonna rise up singin’
    Then you’ll spread your wings
    And take to the sky

    But til that mornin’
    Ain’t nothin’ can harm you
    With your daddy
    And your mammy
    standin’ by.”
    – George Gershwin and Dubose Heyward, Porgy and Bess

    “All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth,
    soon slays with parching power.”

    #814973
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August Birth Flower
    The August Birth Flower is the Gladiolus, as shown in the opposite picture

    Meaning of the August Birth Flower:
    The meaning of the August Birth Flower, the Gladiolus is sincerity and symbolizes strength of character

    Sign of the Zodiac and Dates:
    Leo – July 23 – August 23

    August Birthstone: The Peridot
    Characteristics of Leo : Honest, Generous, Self-motivated, Warm-hearted & Enthusiastic
    Gladiolus
    glads

    #814977
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Tks JK,
    Next week’s Café openings promise to be just as “interesting” as that “interesting” list. Whoever comes up with these “days” must also be “interesting”. LOL
    We sang selections from “Porgy and Bess” back in jr. college. Brings back memories as had first BF, the choir catch, gorgeous guy, lead bass, now in opera, very short-lived relationship. Was never serious but when I saw him with another girl it broke my heart. Anyway Nick Cave (of “Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds” fame) does a version of “Summertime” that one of my spin instructors uses as cool down song. And yes, I sing along LOL.

    #815036
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August 1, 2014 Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – G.B. Stern
    TODAY – AUGUST 1st – FRIDAY 213th day of 2014 with 152 to follow.
    Holidays for Today:
    *International Beer Day
    cat with beer pic
    LOL
    cat in beer lol
    😉 Oh those orangies!
    *World Scout Scarf Day
    *National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
    *Statehood Day in Colorado
    *Admit You’re Happy Month

    – See more at: http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/#sthash.b8i6UCCg.dpuf

    #815059
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    JK, thank you for this awesome thread each month.
    Turned the page on my US Dept. Of Agriculture calendar to see peaches! (July was blueberries)
    Guessing there will be peaches and peachy yummy creations as well as ice cream sandwiches in the lounge this weekend!

    #815060
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Yum, peaches & ice cream sammies – save some for me Joan as Moanday’s left overs/LOL!

    #815061
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Absolutely JK, will stash some goodies for you!

    #815213
    Jeankit
    Participant

    First Monday in August fun from Odd:

    Coast Guard Day, Watermelon Day


    coast guard day
    🙂
    watermelon day
    Yummy & healthy watermelon
    Louis a
    Happy Birthday Louie Satchmo Armstrong!

    #815277
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August 5, 2014
    Today’s fun is from:

    Work Like A Dog Day,Oyster Day


    work like a dog
    LOL
    oysters
    Fave or foe – you decide: Oysters!
    Li'l orphan annie
    ?~ 1924 – The comic strip Little Orphan Annie debuted in the New York Daily News. Annie and her little dog, Sandy, were creations of cartoonist Harold Gray.
    And for dessert:
    peach dessert
    Yummy peach treat for it’s Peach Month!

    #815339
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Today is a very special day in TDK Land!
    Happy Birthday Dee!
    Although she mostly hangs out on FB we still need to celebrate!
    Dee was very instrumental in starting many of the chats/threads we now find on this forum!
    Today in Strangeness…recipes galore…trivia fun…you name it…Dee shared it! 😀
    (Anyone remember Frugal Feline Fanciers where deals were found/shared?)
    Thanks Dee…happy purrday with Lemon treats all day!
    Lemon Dessert

    #815340
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Adding this…hope it’s the right link…

    http://unexplainedthings.net/post/14507873256/today-in-strangeness

    #815341
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August 6, 2014
    If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. – Sheryl Sandberg
    TODAY – AUGUST 6th – WEDNESDAY 218th day of 2014 with 147 to follow.
    Holidays for Today:
    *Wiggle Your Toes Day
    *National Root Beer Float Day
    root beer float
    root beer float cake
    Yum
    – See more at: http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/#sthash.ifGR6SpM.dpuf

    #815343
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Happy Birthday Dee!

    #815435
    Jeankit
    Participant

    It’s Throw Back Thurs with new link added:
    http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history
    August 7

    1782 General George Washington authorizes the award of the Purple Heart for soldiers wounded in combat.
    1864 Union troops capture part of Confederate General Jubal Early’s army at Moorefield, West Virginia.
    1888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia receives a patent for the revolving door
    find more on link… 😉

    #815436
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August 7, 2014 Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. – Vince Lombardi
    TODAY – August 7th – THURSDAY 219th day of 2014 with 146 to follow.
    Holidays for Today:
    *National Raspberries ‘n Cream Day (Fresh Fruit or Raspberry Ice Cream)
    triple choco rasp ice cream
    Triple Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream sundae 😀
    *National Lighthouse Day
    – See more at: http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/#sthash.kNhZXABQ.dpuf

    #815533
    Jeankit
    Participant

    August 8, 2014
    If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. – Robert Quillen
    TODAY – AUGUST 8th – FRIDAY 220th day of 2014 with 145 to follow.
    Holidays for Today:
    *National Zucchini Day
    http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/09/zucchini-spice-bread-ice-cream-recipe.html
    zucchini bread ice cream
    *Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
    *National Frozen Custard Day
    frozen custard
    Yum!
    *Happiness Happens Day
    – See more at: http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/#sthash.XU3OQQxT.dpuf

    #815718
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Back track to Sat 8-9-14

    Book Lovers, Polka, Rice Pudding


    book store
    Book Lovers Day
    Polka Day
    Hope you kicked up your heels & enjoyed a polka or two – good exercise too!
    rice pudding
    Yummy treat as Old fashioned Rice Pudding

    Today – Monday:

    Shark Week, Dog Days, Presidential Jokes, Raspberry Tart Day


    Presidential joke day
    Chuckling with the prez!
    Raspberry Tart
    Yummers!
    Dog days of Summer
    Last Day of Dog Days of Summer!

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