Farmworker Appreciation Day - August 6, 2020

DIANE'S CORNER ... 

Celebrate Farmworker Appreciation Day

We are only shoulders here, wanted because we do the work no one else wants to do.

Every year you can see them as you drive by the fields, hundreds of strong backs laboring under the hot summer sun to bring in the harvest. Their work only happens during this time of year, and it is inevitable that many of these individuals are here only for this task, and set to return to their home country afterward. Farmworker Appreciation Day was made to help raise awareness of these often forgotten bastions of the economy, and remind us to be thankful for all they’ve done.

History of Farmworker Appreciation Day

Farmworker Appreciation Day was created to be a moment of action and appreciation for these workers and to raise awareness of the issues they face every year. Farmworkers help keep the world fed and work what is considered to be one of the most dangerous jobs in the first world, and yet the often not protected by the same laws that protect other workers. This is due in part to their seasonal status and their tendency to be immigrant workers who return to their home country after the harvest is complete.

Some of the hazards they face in their line of work include exposure to pesticides and fertilizers that can be toxic and cause rashes or worse to those exposed to them and the perils of working under the punishing summer sun for hours on end without shade. In the course of their jobs they apply pesticides, dig in fertilized soil, and harvest those same plants they previously doused with poison. In such perilous conditions, it’s not surprising that many die and fall sick each year from the hazards of their job.

thanks for the "Too Much Virus Time in the Kitchen pics, Bev

Joke of the Day

thanks, Sue

'OLD' IS WHEN......

Your sweetie says, 'Let's go upstairs and make love,' 

and you answer, 'Pick one; I can't do both!'

 

'OLD' IS WHEN......

Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot.

 

'OLD' IS WHEN.....

A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door.

 

'OLD' IS WHEN.....

You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

 

'OLD' IS WHEN......

You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police.

 

'OLD' IS WHEN....... . 

'Getting a little action' means you don't need to take any fiber today.

 

'OLD' IS WHEN.....

'Getting lucky' means you find your car in the parking lot.

 

'OLD' IS WHEN.....

An 'all nighter' means not getting up to use the bathroom.

 

AND

 

'OLD' IS WHEN......

You are not sure these are jokes

Word of the Day

chicken-livered

MEANING:

adjective: Cowardly; easily frightened.

ETYMOLOGY:

The word chicken has traditionally been used to describe a coward. Also, earlier people believed that the liver was the seat of courage. But chicken-livered or chicken-hearted, it’s all the same. Earliest documented use: 1616.

NOTES:

The English language hasn’t been very kind to the domestic fowl. Some similar terms are chicken hawl and Chicken Little. Also see lily-livered and white-livered.

USAGE:

“Hadn’t I told her that he was no better’n a chicken-livered traitor?”
Theresa Nelson; The Year We Sailed the Sun; Atheneum; 2015.

Idiom of the Day

A rolling stone gathers no moss

People say this to mean that an ambitious person is more successful than a person not trying to achieve anything. Originally it meant the opposite and was critical of people trying to get ahead.

This Day in History

1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.

1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career.

1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. She was 19 years old at the time. The swim took her 14 1/2 hours.

1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed. (8:16am Japanese time)

1960 - Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" on American TV for the first time on "American Bandstand."

1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate.

1986 - William J. Schroeder died. He lived 620 days with the Jarvik-7 manmade heart. He was the world's longest surviving recipient of a permanent artificial heart.

1996 - NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil.

2012 - The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the floor of Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on November 26, 2011.



DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, August 5

You are gifted creatively, possessing a powerful imagination and a distinctly spiritual side, but also make an excellent business person. Security-conscious and savvy with practical matters, you have a knack for sales and promotion as well as the more factual side of business. You can be exceptionally gracious, diplomatic, and peace-loving. Others easily find the warmth and beauty in you. You love a good debate and solid conversation. Family means the world to you. In love, you easily make sacrifices and you are often drawn to people who are youthful in spirit (sometimes there can be a big age difference), playful, and creative. Famous people born today: 

1809 Alfred Tennyson, British Poet Laureate of Great Britain (Charge of the Light Brigade), born in Somersby, Lincolnshire (d. 1892)

1861 Edith Roosevelt [Carrow], US First Lady and wife of Teddy Roosevelt, born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1948)

1881 Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist (invented penicillin; Nobel Prize 1945), born in Lochfield, Scotland (d. 1955)

1911 Lucille Ball, American comedienne and actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1989)

1928 Andy Warhol, American pop artist and film producer (Frankenstein, Bad), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)


1972 Geri Horner [Halliwell], British pop singer "Ginger Spice" (Spice Girls), born in Watford, England

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READERS INFO

1.

(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

In the movie Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, Director David Fincher made sure that there was a visible Starbucks cup in every scene in the movie.

Lego doesn't make any military-themed sets because the creator didn't want to make war seem like child's play.

'Phantom traffic jams' (jams that are not caused by collisions or roadwork) occur when a single driver brakes suddenly, causing each successive car to brake to a greater degree, creating a wave of slowed or stopped traffic.

2.

1923 -

Henry Sullivan became the first American to swim across the English Channel. Sullivan had made six previous unsuccessful attempts at the swim, his first attempt taking place in 1913. Finally, on his seventh attempt, Sullivan's perseverance paid off and he was able to complete the journey in a total of 27 hours and 25 minutes. Exactly three years later, American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Prior to her swim, only five men had completed the grueling trip. Ederle completed her swim in an astonishing time of 14 hours and 31 minutes -- nearly 2 hours faster than the men. Ederle's swimming record would remain until 1950. When speaking of her accomplishment Ederle said, "People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could."

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

This makes wonderful, buttery flavored cream cheese, but I like it better without the whipping cream unless I am using it for a cake topping, etc. You can beat in a bit of plain yogurt or sour cream to give it a more clabbered flavor, if you like. I get over twice the amount of quality cream cheese by making it myself.

Make Your Own Cream Cheese

Pictures of the day

Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010) was an  American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. Beginning in  the 1960s, she made a career out of delivering deeply felt  presentations as well as writing and singing her own material.  Her lyrics often reflected the ideals of the civil rights movement and helped in generating passion for the cause in the minds of her listeners. She explored more philosophical themes during  the later years of her songwriting career and remained  professionally active until well into her seventies. She also  ventured into acting and appeared on television, and in films  such as The Girl Can't Help It and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.  This photograph shows Lincoln in performance at the  Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and is part of the collection of  Anefo, a Dutch photograph press agency.

England

A brief but fiery sunrise behind Saltburn pier in Saltburn By The Sea

knit
thanks, Connie

Safety Perception – Not a Medical Device pattern by Alice Twain

knit
thanks, Ruth

Nymphalidea shawl: Deep Fall 2013

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Caterpillar pattern by Ashley Hawthorne

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Crashing Waves

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Cheery Littlebottom pattern by Allison Lake

Crochet Pattern of the Day: 

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Easy Free Striped Baby Blanket

Crochet Sun Hat Free Pattern, No Wire

crochet
thanks, Lois

Pineapple Pageantry Centerpiece pattern by Della Bieber

crochet
thanks, Ava

Diplodeano the Dino

crochet

FLY cat toy pattern by Kamila Krawka Krawczyk

crochet

Flore Dress

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On-Point Lace Throw pattern by Margret Willson



Quarantine Cooking Recipes

thanks, Debbie

A Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Without a Machine!)

RECIPE

thanks, Denise

Joe Gurrera’s Simple Ceviche

Ingredients

• ½ pound raw sea scallops cut into ½-inch pieces
• ½ pound raw large shrimp (16 to 20 per pound) peeled, deveined and cut into ½-inch pieces
• ½ pound skinless fluke or skinless striped bass fillet cut into ½-inch pieces
• 2 plum tomatoes seeded and pulp discarded, cut into ¼-inch dice (about ½ cup)
• 1 small yellow onion cut into ¼-inch dice
• 1 to 2 jalapeño peppers seeded and finely chopped
• Sea salt to taste
• ½ cup roughly chopped cilantro leaves
• 1½ cups freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 10 limes) plus more as needed
• 2 ripe avocados peeled, pitted and sliced for garnish
• White rice for serving (optional)

Instructions

• In a large bowl, combine the scallops, shrimp, fluke, tomatoes, onion and jalapeños to taste and toss to combine.
• Sprinkle with a few generous pinches of salt and the cilantro and toss again.
• Pour the lime juice over the mixture, making sure the mixture is completely covered by the liquid.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for at least one hour. (Once “cooked,” by the limes, the ceviche can keep for about three days refrigerated.)
• Use a slotted spoon to serve as is or over white rice.
• Garnish with avocado. 

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Zoey

Crock Pot Zucchini Bread Gluten Free

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE

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.

thanks, Alice

One Pot Pizza Zucchini Noodles

COPYCAT RECIPE 

thanks, Jenny

Chef John's Chicken Lettuce Wraps

SWEETS

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

4-Ingredient Frozen Lemonade Pie

ADULT COLORING ... Henri Matisse

FUN

Answer:

It’s a trick optical illusion, there are no more actual tigers in the picture above.

It’s written on the tiger’s body.

If you look at the stripes on the tiger properly you will see The words “The Hidden Tiger”.

CRAFTS

thanks, Kay

Nature Weaving

CHILDREN'S CORNER

thanks, Sonja

Hope you’ll enjoy making cities and skyscrapers.

Cities & Skyscrapers

PUZZLE

Heart Cake Jigsaw Puzzle



WORD SEARCH

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orphan other people radar rates reasonable rights roast

sail savor seam sense sleigh slim south station store

tear teeth thanks watchdog women

SUDOKU ... hard

solution:

QUOTE

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

CLEVER 

How Risky is it to Fly?

Coronavirus FAQs: How Risky Is It To Fly? Is There Any Way To Reduce The Risks?

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Julia

Watch bears, puppies, otters and more animals frolic on these 10 live cams

Watch bears, puppies, otters and more animals frolic on these 10 live cams

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged. -Richard Hofstadter, historian (6 Aug 1916-1970)

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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