my birthday number is a moving target.
i love how the kinder announce they are ‘and a half!’
the moment they have a birthday.
they quite naturally understand this concept.
today, i am 64.
and a half!
Nov18
Tag Archives: celebration
Nov12
happy hour.
friends on november 12th celebrating national happy hour day to the fullest.
why limit happiness to just one hour?
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note: happy hour began as an event in the military.
it is believed that the term comes from events organized
by a club called the happy hour social for the United States Navy in 1913.
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“fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.”
-william shakespeare
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image credit: google images
Sep6
Good cheer.
Celebrating in color at the end
of a long summer season.
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“I drink to the general joy
of the whole table”
-Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 41
Aug21
oldies.
happy i’m still around and sweatin’ with the rest of the michigan oldies – one more special day to celebrate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2021 Governor Whitmer proclaims August 21 as Older Michigander Day LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), is celebrating the state’s more than 2.4 million adults aged 60 years and older by proclaiming Aug. 21 as Older Michigander Day.
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“the great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
-Madeleine L’Engle
Jul4
small arms.
“seasons pursuing each other,
the indescribable crowd is gathered,
it is the fourth of the seventh-month,
what salutes of cannon and other small arms!”
-walt whitman
happy 4th!
Jun11
feathers.
coming together
long past the calendar date
to celebrate a dear friend’s milestone birthday
as if no time has passed.
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“our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.”
-jean paul
May5
feliz.
feliz cinco de mayo
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“live every day as it is a festival. turn your life into a celebration.”
-shri radhe maa
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image credit: accordingtodevin.com
Mar17
enchanted.
“st. patrick’s day is an enchanted time –
a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.”
-adrienne cook (master gardener)
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Sláinte
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image credit: facebook
Dec31
low key.
this year’s celebration is just going to be a low key affair
how will you be welcoming in the new year?
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“embrace curiosity, be open, playful, and persistent.”
-Debra Kaye, Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections
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image credit: pinterest vintage images, the pickle sisters vaudeville troupe, 1920s
Dec23
eve eve.
in talking with the grandies
about all the excitement leading up to christmas eve
i soon realized
that i was even excited for the eve before that eve
because i know what comes next
and it just grows from there.
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“I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.”
– Fred Rogers
I didn't have my glasses on.... 