Tag Archives: celebration

Apr13

joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it. – mariella frostrup

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IMG_0605FestiFools-Logofestifools brings students and community volunteers together to create

unique public art that is free and accessible to everyone by making

huge-mongous papier-mâché puppets and marching them down main

street in ann arbor in a experience that embraces and celebrates

the joy of community and uninhibited fun.

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and everyone

is playing

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and sharing

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and in no time at all

the entire community

is in the street dancing

having become

a part of the parade

and the joy

is infectious

and

impossible to resist

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if you wait for inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.
– ben nicholas

Mar27

today was good. today was fun. tomorrow is another one. – dr. seuss

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– sure signs of a fun spring birthday celebration for baby v-

Mar25

opa!!!!!!

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poseidon

greek god of water

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ouzo 

greek god of alcohol 

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how to make a mean ouzo cocktail:

shake equal parts

ouzo

and

lemon juice

pour over ice

top with seltzer

 add honey and fresh mint

—

enjoy

with some friends

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and what’s below is optional.

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happy greek independence day!!!

Mar20

welcome home, spring.

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“is the spring coming?” he said.

“what is it like?”…

“it is the sun shining on the rain

and the rain falling on the sunshine…”

― frances hodgson burnett, the secret garden

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Mar17

if a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? ~stanislaw j. lec

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as mg and i prepare to head out

for an irish breakfast

in celebration

of st. patrick’s day

we feel lucky.

we both

still have

most of our

fur

and

teeth

and

a taste for

good music

holiday beer

adventure

and

good cheer.

he is the one on stage left.

—

you gotta try your luck at least once a day,

because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.

– jimmy dean

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 happy st. pat’s day to all!

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Feb19

when holidays collide.

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happy chinese lunar new year 2015

apparently

there is some controversy.

is this

the year of

the sheep,

the ram,

or

the goat?

opinions differ

but

everyone agrees

on one thing

it’s  a horned animal

of some sort

and

it

looks like

these two

either

started early

or

wandered in

from an

extended

mardi gras

celebration.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-31511109

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– credits: google images, bbc.com

Feb17

flamin’ fat tuesday.

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today is a day of celebration

mardi gras

fat tuesday

from life on the mississippi

and

new orleans

is 

in full swing

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in keeping with

the spirit

of the holiday

i

shall celebrate

with 

a bag of

flamin’ hot cheetos

and stay up

one hour late.

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it has been said that a scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an american has not seen the united states until he has seen mardi-gras in new orleans.

– mark twain – march 1859

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image credits: ‘life n the mississippi’ first edition, tumblr

Feb2

to be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~george santayana

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once in a while

there are those perfect days

when holidays collide

today is one such day

groundhog’s day

and

an official snow day from school

a surprise gift from the universe

and i will celebrate both

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“today is  “ground-hog’s day” in many parts of the united states,

and candlemas day in many other parts of the world.

from time immemorial,

it has been a critical day in the affairs of the weather.

the character of the second of february is

really of much more importance

than whether the first of march comes in like a lion or a lamb.”

the simplest form of the adage is:—

if candlemas day be bright and clear,
there’ll be two winters in that year.

~hartford courant, 1877

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image credits: genuinemudpie.org, brownie groundhog, the february fox, by susan blackaby

Dec29

no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly. ~ desiderius erasmus

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it’s just not a party

until

the

accordion

and

the

watermelon dancers

come out.

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Dec25

merry.

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a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

– king solomon

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