Monday, July 31, 2023

Avocado Day - July 31, 2023

 DIANE'S CORNER .. 

Celebrate Avocado Day

Avocados, especially when sliced and placed on toast, may have seemed like a fad in the early 2000s. But, happily, they are here to stay.

And to make sure they are paid the attention they deserve, they have their own day – National Avocado Day!

History of National Avocado Day

Originating in south-central Mexico, avocados have been around for thousands of years, but likely were not cultivated until around 500 BC. Even then, the first mention of this fruit in the English language wasn’t until 1696.

By 1871, the avocado had been introduced to the United States, where they grew particularly well in California. But it took some time – more than 100 years – for them to come into popularity in the US. This was probably because the fruit seemed exotic and most people really didn’t know what to do with it or how to get their families to agree to eating it.

The avocado industry had taken a big hit after the 1980s “low-fat diet” trend in the US, so in the 1990s, the industry worked hard to educate and do some creative marketing for the American population. The idea was to associate the avocado with Latin dishes which brought the fruit more attention, and the idea worked.

Once considered to be a strangely colored, weirdly shaped, bumpy fruit that people didn’t know how to cut, the avocado was presented in a new way and normalized. Sales increased, crop values spiked and the California avocado industry grew by leaps and bounds.

National Avocado Day is celebrated on the last day of July, at the peak of the avocado season in California. But, luckily, avocados can usually be found in supermarkets all year round for people who want to eat them in all of the seasons.

National Avocado Day was founded in 2017 and has been observed annually and gaining in popularity ever since.


thanks, Michele, Picture Coordinator

peek

JOKE OF THE DAY 


we believed that this could cure most ailments

WORD OF THE DAY

benignant

MEANING:
adjective:
1. Kind and gracious.
2. Beneficial.
3. Not harmful.

ETYMOLOGY:
Modeled after the word malignant. From benign, from Old French benigne, from Latin bene (well) + gignere (to beget). Earliest documented use: 1782.

USAGE:
“The itch to be seen as benignant is a hell of a lot better than the studied neutralism of indifference.”
Rex Murphy; The Right Spirit Behind the Giving; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Jan 8, 2005.

“Human beings ... are forever ascribing malignant or benignant motives even to inanimate forces such as the weather, volcanoes, and internal-combustion engines.”
Stephen Budiansky; The Truth About Dogs; The Atlantic Monthly (Boston); Jul 1999.


TODAY'S ARTIST  thanks, Natalie

Johannes Itten (11 November 1888 – 25 March 1967) 

was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus (Staatliches Bauhaus) school. 

sometimes, getting up is hard to do....

IDIOM OF THE DAY
What does 'butterfingers' mean?

Meaning: Someone who has butterfingers is clumsy and drops things.

thanks, Patsy



(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY

Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption were all in theaters at the same time in October of 1994.

Ultracrepidarian: A person who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about.

If the history of the universe were compressed into one calendar year, modern
humans would appear at 11:54 PM on December 31st.

ALWAYS save an extra chair for the cat.... or stand.....

YOUR CALL  by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Ads we wont see again




COFFEE  thanks, Ella


little ones playing on the lawn :o))))

PICTURES OF THE DAY

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino RossiniVincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him. This group portrait, taken at Villa Verdi, his residence in Sant'Agata near Busseto in 1900, shows Verdi (seated in the middle) with various family and friends. His companion Teresa Stolz stands at the left, Giulio Ricordi is second from the right, and Verdi's adopted daughter, Maria Carrara, is seated at the far left. Also in the photograph is the painter Leopoldo Metlicovitz, standing on the far right.

Thailand
Children play soccer in the afternoon light in Bangkok.


knit
thanks, Ivy
knit
thanks, Grace

knit

knit

knit


her cat came back in with a twin! But which one is hers?

KNIT PATTERNS OF THE DAY 
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Summer Shrug

A Modern Baby Blanket

 
if grandma owned a bike....

crochet
thanks, Ruth

crochet
thanks, Mary 

crochet

crochet
crochet

Sawgrass Sweater

she loves the cool ocean breezes


RECIPE  thanks, Shelley,  NY Food Correspondent

PANTRY RECIPE  thanks, Debbie
Adulting fail #13: 
I turned on the wrong burner & been cooking nothing for about 22 minutes.

CROCKPOT RECIPE  thanks, Mindy

She loves this chair and sticks to the shade

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.

 

they must do this, right???

COPYCAT RECIPE  thanks, Jenny
Anne Murray shared her day with all who were visiting her center

RETRO RECIPE  thanks, Ann

pretty Meowser says hi to you

SWEETS RECIPE  thanks, Helen

Pioneer Woman Fried Apple Pies


ICE POP  thanks, Michelle

maybe a mouse got in there, but her cat will wisely wait it out

ADULT COLORING


large meteors decorates the houses in Monsanto, Portugal

FUN 


as earth heats up, do we all relocate into the ground to survive?

CRAFTS 
 thanks, Julie


CHILDREN'S CORNER  thanks, Renee
the boats with the funny names just keep coming.

PUZZLE (similar pic but not the right pic)

Sea Turtle Jigsaw Puzzle

the boats with the funny names just keep coming.

WORD SEARCH



address
animal
apart
broker

canal
careen
class
crest
cruise
desert

enter
esne
essay
estimate

gift

hush
minute

nationalize
night

officer
output

plain
reserves
ruination

scheme
sent
sore
speed
spins
suspects
there
throw
ticket
tweak

under

where


the boats with the funny names just keep coming.


SUDOKU .. very hard


solution:




the boats with the funny names just keep coming.

ICE BREAKER  thanks, Kris
You can use 'ice breaker questions' to build a report, 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. 

What’s The Funniest Thing You’ve Seen A Kid Do?

the boats with the funny names just keep coming.

QUOTE 
 thanks, Michele

the boats with the funny names just keep coming.


the boats with the funny names just keep coming.

CLEVER  thanks, Agnes

Lip Balm Cash Stash

Sometimes I don’t want to carry my wallet around. At the beach, for example, when I have to leave my belongings unattended while I go for a swim. But I still need cash on hand for food, drinks, etc. So I turned an empty tube of lip balm into a secret cash stash. You could do the same with an empty stick of sunscreen, too. Not only is the tube small enough to fit in my pocket, but it’ll also fool any potential thieves. I mean, who would steal someone’s used lip balm? — Jenny Stanley


EYE OPENER  thanks, Karen

checking i on how well the kids are doing and settling the squabble



summer fun

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Trust is the first step to love. -Premchand, novelist and poet (31 Jul 1880-1936)

not motivated enough to run after what it sees?

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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