Springhaven Croft

oday is:
National Aviation Day
International orangutan day
International bow day
National hot and spicy food day
National root beer float day
National sandcastle sculpture day
National soft serve ice cream day
World photography day
National potato day
4 men and 1 woman executed in Salem for witchcraft 1692

and to smile:
My friend Emily and her mother bumped into an old family acquaintance on the street. “Is this your daughter?” the woman asked. “I remember her when she was this high! How old is she now?” Without pausing, Emily’s mom said, “24.” Emily, 35, nearly fainted on the spot. When the woman left, Emily asked her mom why she told such a whopper. “Emily,” her mother replied, “I’ve been lying about my age for so long, it suddenly dawned on me that I’d have to start lying about yours too.”

Have a grand and peaceful day!

Today is:
Bad Poetry day
Never give up day
Serendipity day
Virginia Dare born in 1587, first born in US colonies.
National science day
National fajita day
National ice cream pie day
National mail order catalog day
Black Cat Appreciation Day
I love my feet day
National workman’s comp day
National thrift shop day

and to smile:
A couple of hours into a visit with my mother she noticed I hadn’t lit up a cigarette once. “Are you trying to kick the habit?”
“No,” I replied, “I’ve got a cold and I can’t smoke when I’m not feeling well.”
“You know,” she observed, “you’d probably live longer if you were sick more often.”

We're heading off shortly on a supply run; take care of yourselves. Baby Peni has a tooth!

It's not raining! And I finished the last edit on Life Flashbacks- cover reveal coming-and will receive last edit on "You were Never meant to be a Snail" shortly. Things are hustling along. And today is:

National Honey bee day
National vanilla custard day
Davy Crockett born in 1786
Black cat appreciation day
National pineapple juice day
Balloon airmail day
National non profit day
National #2 pencil day
Baby boomer recognition day
National I love my feet day
National thrift shop day
Stay home with your kids day

and to smile
• Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s largest note passed in class. More on this story as it unfolds.
• You can’t stop and smell the flowers if you haven’t botany.
• I have a date for Valentine’s Day: February 14th.
• I was addicted to the hokey pokey, but I turned myself around.
• You can never count on stairs. They are always coming down with something.
• Can I be frank with you? You can pick a new name too.
• Our wedding was so beautiful, even the cake was in tiers.

Have a great, not as soggy, day full of small acheivements.

Rain has stalled, hope all is well with you. Today is:
National bratwurst day
National Airborne day
National roller coaster day
National tell a joke day
Surveillance Day
Trus Love Forever Day
International Homeless animal day
National Independent workers day
National multiplier Day

and to smile:
A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore, where a seagull lay dead in the sand. “Daddy, what happened to him?” the son asked. “He died and went to Heaven,” the dad replied. The boy thought for a moment and then asked, “Did God throw him back down?”

Have a grand if soggy day. Great day to clean the basement...

Besides raining again, today is
lemon meringue pie day
Will Rogers was killed in a plane crash in 1935
National leather craft day
National relaxation day
Check the pet chip day
National shoe donation day
World honeybee day

and to smile
When the family's dog died, a mother tried to gently break the news to her little 5-year-old daughter. “We can all be happy now, that little Bo is up in heaven with God.” Replied the little girl: “But mom, what's God going to do with a dead dog?”

Besides raining and difficult out, the kids are supposed to perform at the Mt Vernon Music and Arts festival at 11. I pray it's not raining by then, because this Traveler will be there. Having watched the little ballerinas go from we don't know how to stand in line to being able to stand with backs to the audience, turn around(Mostly the same direction) and then fall down from dizziness, it's going to be adorable. Have a great almost weekend day and remember, today is:
National creamsicle day
Love your local bookstore day
National financial awareness day
National tattoo removal day
World lizard Day
1st printed book published, Psalms, in 1457, bestseller
National Navaho code talkers day
First claimed powered flight by Gustave Whitehead in his No. 21 aircraft near Bridgeport, Connecticut August 14, 1901
and to smile in spite of rain:
A mother took her three-year-old daughter to church for the first time. The church lights were lowered, and then the choir came down the aisle, carrying lighted candles. All was quiet until the little one started singing in a loud voice, “Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you...”

It may be soggy, but it's going to be a good day!

Today is foggy, stuffy and:
National prosecco day
National Filet Mignon day
International lefthanders day
National Day of Service
National blame someone else day
Woman’s and family day
1942: Walt Disney released the animated classic Bambi.
1961: East Germany began building the Berlin Wall.

and to smile
Three writers, Al, Ben, and Carl, who were attending a writing convention, booked a room on the 75th floor of a hotel.
When they arrived back at the hotel from the convention, the receptionist told them, "I'm terribly sorry, but the elevator is broken. In the meantime, you will have to take the stairs."
Now, Al was a writer of funny stories, Ben was a writer of scary stories, and Carl was a writer of sad stories. The three of them agreed that, to make it less boring, Al would tell the other two his funniest stories while they climbed from floors 1 to 25, Ben would tell his scariest stories from floors 26 to 50, and Carl would tell his saddest stories from floors 51 to 75.

They started to climb the stairs, and Al started to tell funny stories. By the time they reached the 25th floor, Ben and Carl were laughing hysterically.

Then Ben started to tell scary stories. By the time they reached the 50th floor, Al and Carl were hugging each other in fear.

Then Carl started to tell sad stories. "I'll tell my saddest story of all first," he said. "There once was a man named Carl who left his hotel room key in the car..."

So nice waking up to thunder and lightning! Makes you want to cuddle down and just stay there. However, the appointments race on and so here we are. Today is:
Play in the sand day
Kinetic sand day
National presidential joke day
National raspberry bombe day
National sons and daughters’ day
Mountain day
National facemask day
National align your teeth day?
The death of prophet Mohammed day

and to smile:
Putin is held hostage by a terrorist. A Russian truckdriver stops at the back of a long queue on the motorway. He sees a policeman walking down the line of stopped cars to briefly talk to the drivers. As the policeman approaches the truck, the truckdriver rolls down his window and asks, "What's going on?"
Policeman: "A terrorist is holding Putin hostage in a car. He's demanding 10 million rubles, or he'll douse Putin in petrol and set him on fire. So we're asking drivers for donations."
Driver: "Oh, ok. How much do people donate on average?"
Policeman: "About a gallon."

Ouch! And the rain increases outside and I make plans to get much indoor stuff done. Rainy days exist because gadreners need to catch up the house work...love to all.

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you."
The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son?" The boy takes the quarters and leaves.
"What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"
Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream parlor.
"Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?"
The boy licked his cone and replied:
"Because the day I take the dollar the game is over!"

Today is the first day of my annual summer cold. I shall keep a box of kleenix handy as I work...poor Peni thinks I am blowing my head off and is concerned. Or perhaps she thinks the fair band is going to come by again. Today is also:
International day for Indigenous peoples
National book lover’s day
National passionfruit day
National VEEP day (Veep Day recognizes the American constitutional role of the Vice President )
National garage sale day
National rice pudding day
Perseid shower peaks tonight
National handholding day
National bowling day
and to smile before I head off to make pancakes:
Four engineers are in a car. The car won’t start.
The mechanical engineer says, “I’ll bet it’s a broken starter.”
The Electrical engineer says, “It’s a dead battery.”
The Chemical engineer says, “There are impurities in the gasoline.”
The IT engineer says, “Hey, guys, why don’t we try getting out of the car and then get back in and see if it starts?”

Have a grand day free of sneezing.