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Celebrate Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day

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Quilt shops don’t get anything like the recognition they deserve for the vital role they play in supplying quilts. Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day aims to change all that by bringing people together, in their local quilt shop, to celebrate all things quilty.

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Let’s face it, a quilt shop is so much more than just a shop. It’s a place to hang out, have a cup of coffee, make new friends, and talk about quilts. Fabric shops of any kind can take part too, widening the scope of the day even further.

If you’ve never made a quilt, and surely that applies to one or two of you, then maybe this is the time to start quilting. Why not go along to your local quilt shop and find out how it’s done? If you don’t have a local quilt shop, visit someone else’s – they won’t mind!

Word of the Day

contraption

MEANING:

noun: A device that appears to be strange, makeshift, or complicated.

USAGE:

“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s just a police officer on a hoverbike. Dubai’s cops are training on the hi-tech contraptions.”
Cops Putting Crims in Spot of Hover; The Daily Telegraph (Surry Hills, Australia); Nov 10, 2018.

Idiom of the Day

Cloud Nine

To be on 'cloud nine' means you are extremely happy or blissful.

Example: For a few days after I heard I'd got the job, I was on cloud nine.

Did you know...? This idiom originates in the fact that weather experts classify cloud nine as a particular type of cloud that is white and fluffy and very high up in the sky. To be up high in the sky is likened to paradise or being happy.

Idiom with similar meaning: To be 'over the moon'

This Day in History

1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovered Brazil.

1784 - In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey.

1788 - The first European settlers in Australia, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in what became known as Sydney. The group had first settled at Botany Bay eight days before. This day is celebrated as Australia Day.

1837 - Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States.

1875 - George F. Green patented the electric dental drill for sawing, filing, dressing and polishing teeth.

1905 - The Cullinan diamond, at 3,106.75 carats, was found by Captain Wells at the Premier Mine, near Pretoria, South Africa.

1911 - Inventor Glenn H. Curtiss flew the first successful seaplane.

1934 - The Apollo Theatre opened in New York City.

1940 - In Rockford, IL, Frank Sinatra made his first public appearance with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Coronado Theater.

1950 - The American Associated Insurance Companies, of St. Louis, MO, issued the first baby sitter’s insurance policy.

1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy appointed Dr. Janet G. Travell as the first woman to be the "personal physician to the President".

1979 - The ‘Gizmo’ guitar synthesizer was first demonstrated.

1988 - The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Phantom of the Opera" opened at Broadway's Majestic Theater.

2010 - It was announced that James Cameron's movie "Avatar" had become the highest-grossing film worldwide.

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, January 26

As strong as you are with business and practical matters, you have a philosophical bent and love learning and sharing what you know with others. You are very personable and extroverted for the most part, enjoying good company and good conversation. Financial success is likely with both your people skills and your executive ability. You are active and a true individualist. Others readily follow your cause. You age gracefully, truly growing more and more comfortable in your skin. Famous people born today:

1880 Douglas MacArthur, American General in World War II, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1964)

1904 Seán MacBride, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and founder of Amnesty International (Nobel 1974), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1988)

1925 Paul Newman, American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), racing car driver and charity food company founder (Newman's Own), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2008)

1955 Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands

1958 Ellen DeGeneres, comediene (Ellen Morgan-Ellen), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

1961 Wayne Gretzky, Canadian NHL great scorer (Oiler, King, Rangers), born in Brantford, Ontario

1993 Cameron Bright, Canadian actor (The Twilight Saga, X-Men), born in Victoria, British Columbia

READERS INFO

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Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo 2019

Jan 18 - Feb 9, 2019 | Fort Worth, TX

Stock Show Grounds|3400 Burnett-Tandy Dr.

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The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo is over a hundred years old and still going strong. Several different events and attractions are showcased over the festival’s multiple weeks including special activities for kids. The Children’s Barnyard houses various mama animals and their babies, and an engaging magic show teaches children about agriculture. There’s also a parade, various animal and livestock classes and shows and of course, rodeos. Live music and delicious regional fare add to this delightfully Texan experience.

further information: FWSSR – Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

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Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships 2019

Jan 21-30, 2019 | Breckenridge, CO

During the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships, 16 teams from around the world descend on Breckenridge, Colo. to hand-carve 25-ton blocks of snow into enormous, intricate works of art. Artists are only allowed to use hand tools, creativity and inspiration to bring their ideas to life. No power tools allowed!

further information: International Snow Sculpture Championships - Breckenridge, Colorado

3.

Bloomington PRIDE Film Festival 2019

Feb 1 - 2, 2019 | Bloomington, IN

The Bloomington PRIDE Film Festival explores the lives and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community through feature-length and short films, talkbacks, and programming that promote community-wide attitudes of awareness, acceptance, and appreciation of diversity.

further information: PRIDE Film Festival — Bloomington PRIDE

Pictures of the day

Samanea saman, also known as the rain tree or Albizia saman, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Central and South America. It is a wide-canopied tree with a large umbrella-shaped crown, and usually reaches a height of 15–25 m (49–82 ft) with a diameter of 30 m (98 ft). The tree has pinkish flowers with white and red stamens, set on heads with around 12–25 flowers per head. These heads may number in the thousands, covering the whole tree.

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