This and That: A Blog

 So, it's Presidents' Day.  When I was in elementary school we had days off for Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays, whether they fell on a Monday or not.  February 12 for Washington, and February 22 for Lincoln, although Washington was born February 11, 1731 under the old Julian calendar.  In 1752 Britain and the colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar and his birthday was "moved" to the 12th.  The Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971, changing some, but not all, federal holidays to Mondays.  Lincoln's birthday was never a federal holiday, but was a state holiday in about a dozen states, including mine at the time, California.  It still is a state holiday in a few.  Some states treated it as a school holiday, but not an official state one.  Getting on to the garden, here is what was going on yesterday. Autumn crocus, not actually a crocus, grows its leaves in late winter/spring, they dry up completely before the blooms emerge ...

   "Welcome to  “ The Numbers Game #95 ”. Today’s number is 217 . To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my  Numbers Game  blog of the day."

 

  Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2025.  Garlic Chives, Dazzler Penstemon, Black-eyed Susan   Persian Catmint  Autumn Crocus  Blanketflowers - the yellow is Spintop®     Mango Blanketflower Spintop® Orange Halo and Little Lemon Goldenrod  Sungold tomato, Swan River Daisy, Abelia Aster KICKIN® Carmine Red Happy Fall Gardening!  Linking to Cee's Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) since the prompt this week is Photos of Your Hobby Part II .  Gardening is one of my hobbies.   Last week for Photos of Your Hobby Part I , I posted about my collecting hobby.