Daily Holidays - May 3

[Sherman A1]

National Raspberry Tart Day A sweet tart, tout de suite! May 3 is National Raspberry Tart Day.

It's that time of year when fresh berries are coming into season, and filling the tables at your local farmers market or grocery store. What better time to make yourself a sweet taste of summer?

The sweet fruit tarts that we know and love today evolved from medieval tarts, which were typically filled with meat and served as dinner. But when our ancestors decided to replace the hearty meat with rich custard and fresh fruit, a whole new kind of dessert filled the realm.

Tarts are typically made using a shortbread pastry base - sweet, a little crumbly and very buttery, it tastes a bit like the cookie for which it is named. Then, vanilla custard or pastry cream is spread on top, followed by fresh raspberries standing at attention, or if you can't find any, raspberry preserves work well in a pinch. If you're feeling extra decadent, try a chocolate raspberry tart with white chocolate cream. http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/05/03/national-raspberry-tart-day/

Garden Meditation Day Garden Meditation Day provides the perfect opportunity to achieve inner peace while honoring the essential ties between people and the environment. Garden and wild plants play a huge role in sustaining life on Earth; they produce food, they make oxygen, they preserve the soil and they beautify the planet. It’s no wonder that mankind has a natural connection to plant life. Garden meditation has been practiced for thousands of years because the natural elements in a garden create a soothing, peaceful environment for retreat, and they enable the necessary focus to bring about calm and stress relief.

Participation in Garden Meditation Day can include sitting with quiet awareness in your garden or nearby park, or weeding, watering or planting in a focused, relaxed manner. Practiced with or without movement, meditation can quiet the mind and invite inner harmony, and gardening can make the world more lush, beautiful and livable. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/garden-meditation-day/

Lumpy Rug Day One of the less well-known days celebrated is Lumpy Rug Day, where we dedicate time to appreciating our rugs: no rug should ever become lumpy or ragged, and so every year people are encouraged to smooth their rugs out and revel in the beauty of a perfectly flat rug.

Think of Lumpy Rug Day as a call to arms, if you will – it is a day where we should straighten out the kinks and bulges in the mats which adorn the floors of our homes, in the hope that at least one day a year we will all see rugs in their true beauty. If you really want to celebrate you might consider buying a brand spanking new rug, washing your old one, or just showing a bit of love and affection for the woven material you trample over each day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/lumpy-rug-day/

National Two Different Colored Shoes Day There are lots of ways to express ourselves, but what better way than celebrating Two Different Colored Shoes Day? Every day we wake up and, without thinking about it, put on two shoes which are exactly the same – the only difference being one shoe is for the left foot and the other for the right. After getting fed up with the boring ritual which we all follow every day, Dr. Arlene Kaiser created what has become known as Two Different Colored Shoes Day: a day for everyone to appreciate how diverse we all are by wearing shoes of different colors.

So rather than spend a full year conforming to what society has told us is normal and appropriate, consider celebrating Two Different Colored Shoes Day. You might get some stares in public, and your boss might wonder what is happening, but you will know how important diversity is.

Paranormal Day Paranormal Day is a day for all those who believe in paranormal activity to share experiences all around the world. At the very least, it’s a great excuse to catch up with friends and watch a scary movie! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/paranormal-day/


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[pinboy3niner]

1. Nice to see that our own lumpy rug finally has his day

[femmocrat]

2. Who knows what is lurking under those lumps! LOL

[station001]

3. It may be best not to know

[Sherman A1]

7. Same here

It's been screwed up since the "charming fellows" installed it years ago.

[shenmue]

4. When is it going to be National Peanut Butter Ice Cream Day?

[Sherman A1]

6. Now, Now!

Let's don't read ahead here..... All things happen in their own time.....

I will check the "Wayback" Machine and see what I can come up with for You!

In the meantime...

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. In celebration of National Garden Meditation Day, I'm going to meditate while planing some

Flowers, herbs and vegetables. On that note, out the door I go!

[Sherman A1]

8. We did the flower shopping on Friday

and they are getting into the ground today for the most part.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. It was an excellent planting day, auspicious for above ground plants and crops.

Planted tomatoes, red bell peppers, zucchini, butter lettuce, parsley, mint, zinnias and, my fave, snap dragons.

Fingers crossed, I used to have a very black thumb but it is greening up some!