Friday, March 31, 2023

Crayon Day - March 31, 2023

DIANE'S CORNER .. 
Celebrate Crayon Day

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet…no, this isn’t just a list of all of the colors of the rainbow, but rather just a few of the more than 400 different shades of crayon colors that Crayola has produced since its humble beginnings in Pennsylvania in 1903!

What a perfect opportunity to celebrate the bright and colorful addition these simple wax sticks have made to the world with National Crayon Day!


History of National Crayon Day

Crayola began its life as a company in 1885 when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith took over a pigment business that Edwin’s father had previously owned. By 1903, the cousins had created a set of colorful drawing sticks for young artists by combining paraffin wax with non-toxic, kid-friendly pigments. While children had often used chalk or paints for drawing, those were both messy. Crayola came up with their brilliant solution–and it has lasted for more than a century!

The name Crayola seems to have come from a combination of two words created by the founder’s wife. It combined craie, which was French for “chalk” and oily, to create the company’s brand name.

The first set only contained 8 crayons, but now the boxes have gotten much larger with many more colors. Since the beginning, the company has developed a core set of 120 crayon colors; but they have also come out with many unique sets. This includes metallic colored crayons, gem tones colors, and even scented ones. One important development made by the company was a box of skin tones that make it possible to color pictures of humans of almost any cultural background.

Over time, the colors have changed, and the names have become more creative. Some of the most interesting Crayola crayon names include:

  • Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown
  • Robin’s Egg Blue
  • Tropical Rain Forest (blue-green)
  • Macaroni and Cheese (yellow-orange)
  • Razzle Dazzle Rose
  • Purple Mountains Majesty
  • Tickle Me Pink
  • Granny Smith Apple (medium green)

In the more than 100 years since the company began making them, more than 50 colors have been retired.

Today, the company makes about 12 million crayons every single day. Obviously, children (and kids-at-heart) all over the world enjoy and appreciate the artistic ability that is afforded them by the use of Crayola crayons.

And that’s a great reason to celebrate National Crayon Day!


thanks, Michele, Picture Coordinator

JOKE OF THE DAY 


waiting patiently to go for a walk...

WORD OF THE DAY

encyclical

Vatican stamps commemorating Pope Leo XIII’s encyclicals “In his famous 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum, Pope Leo outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions ...”

MEANING:
noun: An official letter.
adjective: For wide circulation.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek kyklos (circle, cycle). Earliest documented use: 1616.

NOTES:
A more common word for an encyclical is circular. In the Roman Catholic Church, a letter from the pope to bishops, usually dealing with the matters of doctrine, is called an encyclical.

USAGE:
“[Robert Armstrong] also possessed a dry humour. One encyclical he sent to senior Whitehall officials deploring leaks was itself leaked. When the journalist, now filmmaker, Paul Greengrass, raised this during a Granada TV World in Action interview, Armstrong replied: ‘I was very sad that it took so long as six weeks to leak. I hoped it would leak much sooner than that.’”
Richard Norton-Taylor; Lord Armstrong of Ilminster; The Guardian (London, UK); Apr 5, 2020.

it was a windy day for this tugboat


TODAY'S ARTIST thanks, Natalie
Louis Schanker (1903 – May 7, 1981)
was an American abstract artist.

human, I don't think I like it up here...

IDIOM OF THE DAY
What does 'bull-headed' mean?

Meaning: If you're a bull-headed, you're stubborn or inflexible.



is this where I planted my little dappled willow?

thanks, Patsy


Spring is a time for births

(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY

What do you call the top (or tip) of umbrella? The part that extends above the umbrella canopy itself is called a ferrule.

Outer space is only an hour away, if you could drive your car straight into the sky at 60 MPH.

Pangolins are the only mammals with scales.

where did my parents go????

YOUR CALL by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

plenty busy this Spring

PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY

Crochet Flower Patterns

this little kit found the perfect spot for a nap

COFFEE thanks, Ella

she wondered if her cat would open the box if she left it there long enough

PICTURES OF THE DAY

The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a critically 

endangered species of North American bird in the New World 

vulture family Cathartidae. It has the largest wingspan of any bird 

found in North America and is one of the heaviest. The condor is

scavenger and eats large amounts of carrion. The California 

Condor is one of the world's rarest bird species. In 1987, all 22 

remaining wild individuals were captured. Thanks to captive 

breeding, numbers rose, and beginning in 1991, they were 

reintroduced to the wild. As of March 2008, there are 297 

condors known to be living including 146 in the wild.


UK
The beach at Morecambe

waits by the door for as many walks as human can give him 

knit
thanks, Stella
Ginne
KNIT PATTERNS OF THE DAY
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Forest Lodge Chunky Throw Blanket

crochet

crochet

cutie says 'good morning' xoxo

RECIPE thanks, Shelley, NY Food Correspondent

PANTRY RECIPE thanks, Debbie
this sauna exists at the Arctic circle - special isn't it?


CROCKPOT RECIPE 
thanks, Anna

did someone pick the wrong pieces to make this cutie?

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE thanks, Alice

Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.

what she creates with clay for dollhouses xoxo

COPYCAT RECIPE thanks, Jenny

This Mi’kmaq coat is older than Canada

RETRO RECIPE thanks, Ann
this Maine Coon lives in Saskatchewan and hates snow :o)))

SWEETS RECIPE thanks, Julie

Easy Apple Pie


abandoned silver mine shows man-made holes DO exist on earth....

COOKBOOK FRIDAY


ADULT COLORING


Romeo and Juliette?

FUN 



Answer: The man’s son



Answer: Fire

 
imagine the families who pioneered the area... the sollitude...

CRAFTS 
thanks, Ellie

when the sun finally comes back to our area

CHILDREN'S CORNER thanks, Renee

Cardboard Tube Bunnies and Chicks

Transform upcycled supplies into these cute animal figures. Use colorful party napkins for clothes (and the chick's nose), cardboard tubes for the bodies, and card stock for the bunny ears. Draw on faces with black and pink paint pens.


PUZZLE
Pine Wall Lamp Jigsaw Puzzle

he so enjoys his rides

WORD SEARCH


black
board

carry
cheap
clock
closest
common
convey
crazy

dreadnaught

element
exhibit
extreme
halyard

lest
locker

plain
premium
preservation
remember
roam

sadness
select
settle
shook
snapshot
spring
standard
strike

tear

venture



SUDOKU .. medium


solution:




thanks for the pics, Bev


ICE BREAKER thanks, Kris

You can use 'ice breaker questions' to build a rapport, enabling strangers to engage in back and forth conversion. With a little practice and possibly a beer or two, you’ll be breaking more ice than the Titanic. 

If You Could Learn Any Language Fluently, What Would It Be?

Olympics I'd prefer

QUOTE 
thanks, Michele

Food security here involves taste testing...



CLEVER thanks, Stacy

Passover planning: Nine tips that will make your holiday easier


EYE OPENER thanks, Mia



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia, author, speaker and professor (31 Mar 1924-1998)

OPTICAL ILLUSION
These atom particles moving in unison are a trick to your eyes.

Are the big atoms moving?

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