Make a Hat Day - September 15, 2021

DIANE'S CORNER .. 

Celebrate Make a Hat Day

You know you’ve always wanted to let your inner milliner shine and what better way to do so than celebrating Make a Hat Day? This is the day when anyone and everyone can express their creativity and artistic skills through the creation of some fantastic head wear to delight and amaze. Whether you style a hat for your own use, or make one to give to a friend or sell for charity, Make a Hat Day gives you the reason you need to make something wonderful.

Playgroups or school classes may celebrate Make a Hat Day by facilitating a hat creation session. Craft clubs and social groups may also want to do something a little different and make some hats. It’s also an opportunity to produce headgear gifts or even hats to sell. However you want to mark it, Make a Hat Day is a fantastic chance to have fun.

thanks for the pics, Renee

Covid-19 Posters

JOKE OF THE DAY

thanks, Mollie

WORD OF THE DAY

sinisterity

MEANING:

noun:
1. Left-handedness.
2. Skillfulness in the use of the left hand.
3. Awkwardness or clumsiness.
4. Evilness, unluckiness, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

Earliest documented use: 1623. 

USAGE:

“I caught the errant missile left-hand, backhand without thinking or blinking.
‘Well held!’ exclaimed Percy, astounded at my feat of instinctive sinisterity.”
Ben Schott; Jeeves and the King of Clubs; Hutchinson; 2018.

“The sinisterity of Mitterand’s presidency was manifested in a ballooning of the French secret services and numerous wiretapping scandals.”
Jonathan Widell; Jacques Vergès, Devil’s Advocate; McGill University; 2012.

TODAY'S ARTIST 

thanks, Natalie

Tommaso Redi (22 December 1665 – 10 October 1726) 

was an Italian painter, active during the late-Baroque in his native Florence.

IDIOM OF THE DAY

What does 'Be careful what you wish for' mean?

Meaning: If you get things that you desire, there may be unforeseen and unpleasant consequences. ('Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.' and 'Be careful what you wish for; you may receive it.' are also used.)

DAILY SQUEEK

If You Were Born Today, September 15

Artistic talent is strong with this birthday. As grounded as you are, now and again, you face deep changes that force you to let go and then reinvent yourself. Your experiences in life bring greater awareness and heightened intuition. You have strong sex appeal and are highly attracted to romantic relationships. You draw others to you for advice, help, and comfort. Your intuition is well-developed, and so is your imagination, which seems to know no bounds. You’re a bit of a maverick. Although sensitive, you are not afraid to do your own thing. Famous people born today:

1254 Marco Polo, Italian explorer (Il Milione), born in Venice, Venetian Republic (d. 1324)

1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist (The Last of the Mohicans), born in Burlington, New Jersey (d. 1851)

1857 William Howard Taft, 27th US President (Republican: 1909-13) and Chief Justice, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1930)

1890 Agatha Christie, English crime writer (Murder on the Orient Express), born in Torquay, Devon (d. 1976)

1909 Jean Batten, New Zealand aviator (first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936), born in Rotorua, New Zealand (d. 1982)

1984 Prince Harry [Henry Charles Albert David Windsor], Prince of Wales, 6th in British succession, born in London, England

(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY

Istanbul has vending machines that dispense food and water for stray animals when you insert a plastic bottle. They feed an estimated 150,000 strays throughout the city.

Initially, monkeys were supposed to be used in the 1984 film "Gremlins," but the test monkey panicked when production put a mask on him. He then ran around the editing room, screaming and pooping everywhere.

Theodore Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to have a confirmed tattoo on his body. He had a tattoo of his family crest on his chest.

READERS INFO

1.

1949 -

The Lone Ranger, originally a radio series, debuted on television, with Clayton Moore as the renegade lawman and Jay Silverheels as Tonto.

2.
Sept 16, 1949

TODAY: In 1943, James Alan McPherson, the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is born.

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Money–Saving DIY

Air & Fabric Freshener

• Concentrated fabric softener of your choice
• 100ml alcohol
• 300ml water
• 1 t. baking soda

In a spray bottle add a capful of fabric softener, the alcohol, the water, and baking soda. Cap the bottle, shake well to mix everything and spray on curtains, rugs, sofa and armchair, wardrobe.

COFFEE

thanks, Ella

PICTURES OF THE DAY

The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and a member of the shrike family, Laniidae. It breeds in a range stretching from western Europe eastwards to central Russia, and it overwinters in the eastern areas of tropical and southern Africa. About 17 centimetres (7 inches) in length, it feeds on large insects, small birds, frogs, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes, it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a "larder". This male red-backed shrike was photographed at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece.

French Polynesia

A grey reef shark cruising alongside molluscs over the Fakarava Atoll

knit

City Chic Winter Hat

knit

Four Winds Hat

knit

Snowflower Hat pattern by Marcie Nishioka

knit

Seaforth Hat

knit

Hat on the Go

KNIT PATTERNS OF THE DAY

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Fair Isle Poncho & Arm Warmers

Canaan Cardigan

crochet

Nordic Hat

crochet

Gumdrop Slouchy Hat

crochet

Berries and Bow Hat

crochet

Uppercross Women's Beanie

crochet

Fairytale Slouchy Hat

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Enchiladas Con Carne Recipe

PANTRY RECIPE

thanks, Debbie

The Pantry Cookie

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Denise

Crock Pot Mississippi Chicken

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

Ultimate Tofu Breakfast Burrito Bowl

COPYCAT RECIPE 

thanks, Jenny

Maialinos Copycat Orange Olive Oil Cake

RETRO RECIPE

thanks, Ann

Baked Spaghetti

SWEETS RECIPE

thanks, Carol

3-Ingredient Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake

ADULT COLORING

FUN

Can you guess what is mentioned in the picture below?

Answer: Mark My Words   

Explanation: The words MY WORDS are marked

CRAFTS

thanks, Jeri

How to make a herbal wreath

CHILDREN'S CORNER

thanks, Natalie

Leaf Printing to Make Fall Cards

PUZZLE

Rope Cleat G Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH

blemish break charity faded father flee friend

ground hunger immobile impossible light lone

mass money motion naked raise reason respect river

shining shout silver speak spend steam sword

table television there throat train until winter

SUDOKU .. hard

solution:

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. 

Would You Rather Live (Permanently) In A Roller Coaster Park Or A Zoo?

QUOTE

thanks, Tina

CLEVER 

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Anita

22 Ways to Relieve Stress in 5 Minutes or Less

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them. -Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (15 Sep 1613-1680)

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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