World Creativity and Innovation Day - April 21, 2021

DIANE'S CORNER .. 

Celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Day

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Scott Adams

Insanity is doing the same thing, the same way, over and over, while expecting different results. We’ve all heard this saying and often apply its wisdom to reasons to change negative life habits. However, this statement can also be applied to the creative process and scientific innovation.

World Creativity and Innovation Day provides people with an excuse to try to solve old problems in new ways–with the potential of finding better and more effective methods to accomplish our goals! 

No more hum-drum day-to-day sameness. Instead, it is time to open that creative center, no matter how far inside the mind it has been buried, and try to be part of making the world a better place!

History of World Creativity and Innovation Day

In 1452, a man was born who would set the standard for what it meant to be a Renaissance man, excelling in both the arts and the sciences. He was involved with Invention, Mathematics, Music, Geology, Astronomy, Cartography, just to name a few. In just about anything he turned his mind or hand to, Leonardo da Vinci made significant advances.

In fact, this man was seen as the utterly perfect example of a universal genius, and his logical approach to the world was truly advanced and unusual for his time. And although he was admittedly unique, that doesn’t mean others can’t take a cue from him and try to think in innovative ways as well. 

World Creativity and Innovation Day was established to encourage everyone to dig deep and find their own inner da Vinci.

Creativity and innovation are beneficial in every walk of life, occupation and career. From those in customer service finding ways to improve their customers’ experiences to scientists whose every workday is filled with learning new things about the world and finding new ways to apply it. From politicians who could use their creativity to find new ways to solve problems and aid the public to medical workers who can seek out new ways of doing things that will protect their patients as well as society. 

With efforts supported by the United Nations, World Creativity and Innovation Day encourages every individual to imagine what it would be like to live in a better world with different solutions and more cooperation. 

Best Bathroom Signs Ever!

thanks, Sue

Joke of the Day

thanks, Kathy

What happened to the naughty granny square?

He got into treble.

Word of the Day

festoon

MEANING:

noun: A decorative chain or string, of flowers, leaves, ribbons, etc., hanging between two points.
verb tr.: To make or hang festoons; to decorate.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French feston, from Italian festone, from festa (festival), from Latin festa, plural of festum (festival). Earliest documented use, noun: 1676, verb: 1789.

USAGE:

“The usnea lichen hangs in festoons from the white spruce trees.”
Henry David Thoreau; Walden; Ticknor and Fields; 1854.

“Mr A asked for an opinion about the big boat in the Suez canal instead, and I told him that opinions were my bread and butter and he’d have to festoon me with cash for those.”
Zoe Williams; The Rules Are Easing, the Sun Is Out -- and I Have Forgotten How to Socialise; The Guardian (London, UK); Apr 4, 2021.

Idiom of the Day

What does 'At loose ends' mean?

If you are at a loose end, you have spare time but don't know what to do with it.

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, April 21

You are charismatic and a leader at heart. Always aware of the impact you're making, your gestures are often grand and you do things in a big way. Inner restlessness keeps your life from becoming dull, although your drive for security is very strong. In long-term relationships, your actions speak louder than words, but it wouldn't hurt for you to express your affections verbally more often! 

thanks, Lori

READERS INFO

1.

1895 -

 
  The Lathams: Otway, Woodville, Gray.

On this day, Woodville Latham and his sons, Otway and Gray, demonstrate their “Panopticon,” the first movie projector developed  in the United States.

Although motion pictures had been shown in the United States 
for several years using Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, the films 
could only be viewed one at a time in a peep-show box and not 
projected to a large audience. Brothers Grey and Otway Latham, the founders of a company that produced and exhibited films of prize fights using the Kinetoscope, called on Woodville, their father, and W.K.L. Dickson, an assistant in the Edison Lab, to help them develop a device that would project life-sized images onto a screen in order to attract larger audiences.

2.

April 22, 1970 -

 
The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans on 
this day in 1970.

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

An easily customizable pullover knitting pattern

Pictures of the Day

Unique Bill, The Netherlands

The pied avocet has a unique and delicate bill, which it sweeps like a scythe, as it sifts for food in shallow brackish water. This stunning portrait was taken from a hide in the northern province of Friesland in The Netherlands.

Sound Asleep, US

This adult humpback whale balanced in mid-water, head on and sound asleep was photographed in Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga. The faint stream of bubbles, visible at the top, is coming from the whale’s two blowholes and was, in this instance, indicative of an extremely relaxed state

knit
thanks, Ivy

Alpaca Cushion

knit
thanks, Dawn

The Upside Down Dishcloth

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Big Baby Bib Free Download

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Square Knit Tunic

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Lily of the Valley Christening Gown

Knit Patterns of the Day: 

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Kiama

Easy Puzzle Blanket pattern by Purl Soho

crochet

thanks, Karen

Darling Spa Gift Set pattern by Kim Davies

Darling Spa Gift Set pattern by Kim Davies

crochet
thanks, Phyllis

an Crapo

Origami Friendship Bag pattern by Janean Crapo

crochet

Shell Egg Wamer Selena Lazarus

Shell Egg Wamer pattern by Selena Lazarus

crochet

Shell Egg Wamer Selena Lazarus

C2C Poncho   

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Carrot Tart with Ricotta and Feta

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

thanks, Debbie

Nothing Is More Comforting than the Chickpea and Cilantro Soup My Grandmother Used to Make

thanks for the pics, Shelley

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Tina

Honey Garlic Pork Chops (Slow Cooker)

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

Artichoke Fish Cakes with Dill Mayo

COPYCAT RECIPE 

thanks, Jenny

Copycat Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

thanks for the pics, Sheri

RETRO

thanks, Ann

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Tuna Noodle Casserole

SWEETS

thanks, Gloria

Easy Banana Cake Recipe

ADULT COLORING

FUN

thanks, Lila

Just ducky

There’s a mama mallard duck hiding in the grass by the water in this image.

answer: No luck finding this duck? Look for its head and beak poking just above the strip of brown grass, among the greener grass in the middle.

thanks for the pics, Heide

CRAFTS

thanks, Jeri

How to Make a Herbal Wreath

CHILDREN'S CORNER

thanks, Mollie

How to Make Rubber Band Bracelets - Without the Loom!

PUZZLE .. sorry, no pic today :-(

Woven Color Gold Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH .. not today :-(

SUDOKU .. not today :-(

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. 

What Was The Worst Style Choice You Ever Made?

QUOTE

thanks, Helen

CLEVER 

thanks, Agnes

Help Us Complete These Sentences!

me: 11 out of 12 right

you: ?

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Mollie

15 Foods You Shouldn't Refrigerate

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights -- only murder in one form or another. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (21 Apr 1838-1914)

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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