Today is No Housekeeping day! Finally a holiday worth celebrating! But they put in on a day when we lose an hours sleep! Go figure....
Don't forget to "spring ahead" and remember to change your smoke detector batteries...!!!

and most of all....NO HOUSEWORK!!!!

Way to go, Meryl! I think this should be an "Every Day Holiday"! No housecleaning....can you imagine? Ah, to dream....Carole.....42 days and counting! cb

Way to go, Meryl! I think this should be an "Every Day Holiday"! No housecleaning....can you imagine? Ah, to dream....Carole.....42 days and counting! cb

Good morning! This is screwy clock day! They say you gain an hour but it's all in how you look at it. If you're an early riser you lose an hour in the morning. No lazing about for an hour before you have to start getting ready for work. Phht.



Off to check the archives...

Got a couple of the early sunrisers from the archives - interesting to see the light at that time of day:

Two names - same holiday:

Let Someone Else Clean Day / No Housework Day

Daylight Savings Day
Check Your Batteries Day - smoke detectors need love, too!

Just got news from my sister in NY she had 3 embryo's implanted and just got a positive preg test....whoo whoo...can't believe she has the possiblility of 3! and she already has a 3year old....Hope she takes advantage of the NO HOUSEWORK day!

Charlotte venturing out for a swim

Meryl, that is exciting, incredible, amazing news and I'm sending lots of good wishes her way! Another miracle of medical science!

I will forward this to her, she's still hysterically crying so it will add to their special day!

Ham Radio Day

Amateur radio is a community of people that use radio transmitters and receivers to talk to each other. They are called ham radio operators or just "hams." (The origin of this nickname is lost, so nobody knows why.) But, it's more than just a high-tech hobby. Normal means of communication are often lost during floods, hurricanes or earthquakes. Hams are always ready to use their radios for emergency services and help. ~HiDates.com

Meryl - nice action shot. How are your critters after the smoke? What bird(s) do you have in the house?

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
1770 - William Wordsworth, poet laureate (Prelude)
1860 - W K Kellogg, invented corn flakes
1915 - Billie Holiday, singer (Aint Nobodys Business)
1928 - James Garner, actor (Rockford Files)
1939 - David Frost, tv talk show host
1954 - Jackie Chan, martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx)
1964 - Russell Crowe, academy award winning actor (Gladiator)

Boat's here - can the divers be far behind?

Morning ladies. Meryl, what great news. I'll only be around for a few minutes this morning. We're heading out to an art show.

Jim called me out a few minutes ago to take a picture of him and his cabbage. LOL I have to share it with you. It's huge.

Spring Ahead - now we're on BONAIRE TIME. Eternal Happy Hour! Don't you feel better already, East Coasters?



Check your smoke detector batteries today - small thing that could save your life!

Cowabunga - what do you guys use for fertilizer? Way to go, Jim! Time for Golabkis!

Cabbage Rolls

we grow them in Earth Boxes. They're really special. grow tomatoes, peppers and okra in them too.

love the cow Rusty, I'll have to share that with Jim.

Cindy - is it a design or something you buy ready-made?

Here's the web site Rusty. They were developed by this man in Ellenton down around Sarasota. We buy them directly from him, but he sells them on the net too.
http://www.earthbox.com/

Nice diver capture

Just for continuity - I grabbed the Oleander Caterpillar and Polka-Dot Wasp Moth shots from University of FLA. I'm glad you found them - strange looking adult, huh?

I think they're both quite fetching. Lovely plumage...

we're heading out now. I'll check in later.

CYA, Cindy! I'll hang in here - too chilly to sit out back yet. Even the frogs are staying in the water today.

TODAY'S TRIVIA:
1827 - English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches
1652 - The Dutch established a settlement at Cape Town, South Africa.



1864 - The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California.



1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.
1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit."

Beauty of a Stoplight Parrotfish and a Princess to the back:

Beauty of a Stoplight Parrotfish and a Striped(?) to the back:

No Shirt Day on Bonaire!

Rusty ,all the parrots are inside right now and we have 1 ailing pigeon...(he's going out soon to give him more room to recover) My little one a rainbow Lory is still sneezing..we have her under a light and are giving her more tenderloving care. We leave on Weds. morning..so hope she's better by then.
I had checked into Ham radios once and was taken aback by how much they cost....another expensive hobby!

Cindy,,,great cabbage,,,I looked at that web site and emailed it to my sister, she has room for a garden and will be delighted with the idea..looks good...unfortunatly I have rocks outside too sandy to grow anything here. I could do pots though!

I didn't realize you had parrots, too. I remember you said saomthing about getting food ready for the birds - for while you're away. We've kept Blue Fronts and Senegals and Rosellas and an Umbrella Cockatoo - but we're stuck to parakeets and cockatiels the last ten years or so. One birdroom and one fishroom are enough to keep after.