I wanted to bring you our post for the series Daily Bizarre and Unique Holidays – April, 2021. Let me know if you celebrate any of these Holiday and why.
Fields of California poppies are known in California and elsewhere as “fields of gold. This is a day set aside to honor Poppies and wildflowers.
California poppies are native to the western coast of North America, from southern Canada, southward into Mexico. Poppies grow wild, sometimes covering huge fields in a sea of gold, when in bloom.
In the late 1800’s, Californians were working toward making the California Poppy their state flower. It didn’t happen until March 2, 1903. And, it wasn’t until more than a century later, when California Poppy Day was created.
Celebrate California Poppy Day by planting Poppies in your flower garden, enjoying pictures and information about them, or holding teaching sessions and talks to children or groups.
Look up why your American Legion created Poppy Day
Celebrates Scottish heritage and the distinct pattern “tartan”, which is commonly seen in clothing and many other items. When we see this tartan pattern, we think of Scotland, bagpipes, kilts and other things “Scottish”. On this day in day in 1320, the Scottish Declaration of Independence was signed.
Let’s Celebrate! You can do so, by watching or participating in a parade. New York City and many other cities hold Tartan Day parades. You can also listen to Scottish bagpipes. Perhaps the most fun of all, is dressing in a Kilt. Do you know someone who has worn a Kilt? Do they wear Underwear with the Kilt?
Today is New Beer’s Eve. Sit back and enjoy a bottle or two of suds. Have you ever heard of this Holiday because I hadn’t until today. I can’t tell David about it until he comes home from work because he would think he needs to grab a Suds or two to celebrate and he can’t drink before going to work and you shouldn’t either.
Did you know that for over a decade (1920-1933), beer and alcohol were banned in the United States. The ban was set in place by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
The 18th Amendment failed miserably and the law was largely ignored. Millions of people turned to making their own bathtub beer and made alcohol in homemade stills.
Bootleg beer and alcohol, which was smuggled in from Canada, causing the loss of millions of dollars in potential tax revenues. What can you expect people like to drink…
The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. Taking effect at 12:01a.m on April 7, 1933. On the evening of April 6th, anxious Americans lined up at breweries and distilleries to purchase legal beer and alcohol at the stroke of midnight. That night, someone coined the term “New Beer’s Eve“, and a new annual holiday was born!
We hope you enjoy New Beers’ Eve and if you celebrate the Holiday do so responsibly. If you drink, don’t drive.
Additional Day related to Beer. More reasons for David to drink…
I could see asking Charlie to do this is our Homeschool Classes but I could also see Charlie and David saying quit being morbid.
My first thought was who would create this day? And, why? I don’t want to think about it, let alone plan it. But then it could be fun because you know what your Epitaph would say.
If you wait for a friend or family member to do this you never know what may put on your tombstone once you’re gone. Or, worse still, what if they “don’t” say anything?
While we’re young, we think this is a long ways away but remember tomorrow isn’t PROMISED… As we age, and get wiser, more of us consider getting directly involved with our epitaph, as well as all of the details of our demise.
Why in the World do we need a “Sorry Charlie Day‘ as the mom of a child named Charlie I seem to say I am sorry Charlie a million times a day. Isn’t that more than enough? Can’t we have a “I’m sorry mom day”???
Have you ever been rejected? For anything? Sure you have! Or at least I have been more than once.. Sorry Charlie Day is for all of us who have been spurned, and yet somehow survived it.
Before you ask me no, Charlie hasn’t been spurned yet he isn’t old enough enough but it is coming and I don’t want it to happen but I can’t stop it can you?
Today is Teflon Day, a special day to stick on your calendar, even though little or nothing sticks to Teflon. In cooking class this morning Charlie can use our Teflon Pans and prepare Eggs and he will see things don’t stick to Teflon.
What an amazing discovery. Teflon coated on kitchen pots, pans, cookie sheets and other cooking objects, saves you countless time in scouring and scrubbing at the kitchen sink. While it is best known as a nonstick coating for cookware, it has many other uses.
Polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) is widely used as an industrial coating. It also is used in many other common products, including fabric and rug protection, hair styling tools, nail polish, and windshield wiper blades, to name a few.
Some of the inventions were made by accident. Dr. Roy Plunkett was working in the laboratory trying to create a refrigerant. On April 6, 1938, he accidentally discovered Teflon.
Teflon was trademarked in 1945 in 1961. Kansas City, Missouri professor Marion A. Trozzolo took Teflon from the lab to the kitchen. The first Teflon coated frying pan was called “The Happy Pan”. Cookware has not been the same since.
Here is a Science Fact: Teflon is a good electrical insulator, resulting in Teflon tape.
Celebrating Teflon Day
Can you think of any better way to enjoy this special day, than to get your families into the kitchen to cook and bake on Teflon coated cookware? Neither can we!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
