Friday, February 10, 2023

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week - February 10, 2023

DIANE'S CORNER .. Celebrate Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week


Having a healthy heart can make all the difference in a person’s life. Of course being born with a heart defect can significantly reduce that person’s ability to interact with the world around them.

Congenital heart defects occur more frequently than many people know, and yet not much research has been funded into this cause. Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week hopes to change those perspectives. By informing people about what CHDs are and what they can do to improve those statistics.

History of Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

Congenital heart defects occur when the heart, or blood vessels near the heart, don’t develop normally before birth. While a normal operating heart has healthy valves, chambers, septums, and blood flow. Congenital disabilities may involve any one of those factors to be considered a heart defect, causing low-oxygen blood not to be transferred from the lungs and heart to the rest of the body.

Common heart defects include Aortic Valve Stenosis, Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect (CAVC), Pulmonary Atresia, and Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD). All have varying degrees of defects that can affect a person’s life. Bringing awareness to these conditions helps people further understand their risk for heart defects. It also helps that people take part in researching about congenital heart defects.

Sponsored by the American Heart Association, Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week encourages people to learn about congenital heart defects. And how commonly they occur, and how they can contribute to organizations researching into congenital heart defects.

According to the Center for Disease Control, congenital heart defects affect approximately one in 100 births every year in the United States. And an estimated 1.4 million adults in the United States are living with a CHD.

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week helps honor those born with heart defects. It also recognizes the health researchers and those who care for those with these defects.


thanks, Michele, Picture Coordinator


JOKE OF THE DAY thanks, Michele


could be why I don't bake too often....

WORD OF THE DAY

nosography

MEANING:
noun: The systematic description of diseases.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek noso- (disease) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1654.

USAGE:
“The author’s predilection for clinical notation accentuates the case history aspect of the novel: At the thought of an impending visit to her father, Lisa ‘felt a burning in her bladder and an uneasiness in her stomach. Her kidneys constricted at the base of her back.’ This nosography intrudes rather unpleasantly on the ordinary stream-of-consciousness-plus-recollection style of narrative technique.”
Sally Poivoir; The Abuse of Little Lisa; Houston Chronicle (Texas); Sep 9, 1990.


TODAY'S ARTIST thanks, Natalie

Eugeniusz Zak (15 December 1884 – 15 January 1926), 
also known as Eugène Zak and Eugene Zak, was a Polish artist.

hope she brought enough food for all...

IDIOM OF THE DAY
What does 'bright-eyed and busy-tailed' mean?

Meaning: If someone's bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, they are full of energy and enthusiasm.

they put up a Valentine tree for the seniors' home - well wishes added daily

thanks, Patsy


how to photograph a fox - they ARE curious....

(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
Eating cheese after a meal can protect your teeth. It counteracts the acid left behind by various foods and provides a temporary coating of calcium that helps harden tooth enamel.

Sarcasm boosts creative thinking because, in order to understand it, we must overcome contradictions between the literal and intended meaning of sarcastic statements.

The term 'genuine leather' doesn't simply mean "real leather;" it refers to the lowest grade of all leather products that can technically be considered authentic.


YOUR CALL by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Homemade Pancake Syrup
Cover and bring to boil:

1 c. sugar
2 c. water
1 T. fancy molasses

When sugar crystals are thoroughly dissolved, add:

1 t. vanilla
1 t. maple extract (or 1 t. rum extract)

For other syrups, omit molasses and use light corn syrup instead, and substitute one of the following for the maple extract:

1 t. coconut extract
1 t. banana extract (+ 3 drops yellow food colour)
1 t. orange extract (+ 3 drops yellow, 1 drop red food colour)

recently discovered waterfall in Peru, named Bride waterfall

PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY thanks, Valerie

sure hope so!

COFFEE thanks, Ella


PICTURES OF THE DAY

Henties Bay is a coastal town in the Erongo Region of western Namibia. It is a holiday and retirement settlement, with angling a popular activity, and also serves as a gateway to the seal colony of Cape Cross, which lies 46 kilometres (29 miles) to the north of the town. The town is named after Major Hendrik "Henty" Stefanus van der Merwe, who found the location in 1929 while looking for water, noting the abundance of fish, and was one of the first to promote the town as a tourist resort. This aerial view of Henties Bay was taken in 2018, with the South Atlantic Ocean in the background.

I talk a lot about what I see or what happens to me, although I don’t always do it in an obvious way.

he went to great measures to get that action shot!

knit
thanks, Wendy
Mini Cheerio 03 pattern by Cheryl Daley

knit
thanks, Leah
Bernie's Mittens


knit

knit
Hearts


KNIT PATTERNS OF THE DAY
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent


Owlies

Gnome of Love for Valentines

 
crochet
thanks, Jessie
crochet hooded sweater

crochet
thanks, June 

crochet
Woven Crochet Heart Bracelet

eagle mother guards her nest in the snow...

RECIPE thanks, Shelley, NY Food Correspondent

PANTRY RECIPE thanks, Debbie

CROCKPOT RECIPE thanks, Anna
It DID smell good, but I AM grateful that this is not how I start my days....

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.



COPYCAT RECIPE thanks, Jenny

before tv and cell phones....

RETRO RECIPE thanks, Ann
too cute for words

SWEETS RECIPE thanks, Cora
Mini Cherry Heart Pies

hoar frost crystals

get out there and go play in the snow!!!

ADULT COLORING


can you guess her favourite colour???

FUN thanks, Dana


answer:



a stamp

hoar frost crystals

CRAFTS thanks, Miriam

that look, filled with hope

CHILDREN'S CORNER thanks, Iris



PUZZLE
Nymphaeaceae Pair Jigsaw Puzzle

just stand on shore and watch them go by in Newfoundland

WORD SEARCH


agent
amusing

bead
bees
begun
bible

concentrate
determine		ensign
erase
erect
example
expect

gale
grant

hilt		irate
island

keen

leader
learn

mews
money		name
nasal
north

postpone

radio
region
rents		settle
sexes
shake
shrug
siren
stack

timid
tower
trail
wildnerness


The Castle of Coca is a castle in central Spain - WOW

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. 

Who From Your Past Do You Really Wish You'd Stayed In Contact With?

thanks for the pics, Molly

Dogs with Eyebrows


QUOTE thanks, Bonnie




CLEVER thanks, Joan



EYE OPENER thanks, Bonnie



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth. -Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (10 Feb 1685-1750)


OPTICAL ILLUSION

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