It's National Carrot Day!

I missed posting yesterday, the halfway point of winter. Known as Groundhog Day, Imbolc, Candlemas Day - the sun was up over 1 hour longer than on the first day of winter!

Today we celebrate a delicious vegetable - the carrot. They now come in several colors, including the traditionally known orange. Hope you will help your health by eating carrots often!

Peace, Judi

Random Things

An inspirational quote: “Nothing is easier than being busy, and nothing more difficult than being effective.”
-- Alec MacKenzie, time-management expert

2/2, now known as Groundhog Day, is actually the midpoint of the winter quarter of the year. The pagens call this day Imbolc. The day was/is used to forecast the following six weeks, just as Puxatawny Phil is used now - by the weather backwards. A clear day would indicate 6 more weeks of winter weather - like Phil seeing his shadow. The best part of this is no matter the weather, we are more than halfway to spring - yippee!

2/7 is Chinese New Year this year. We are about to enter the year of the rat. The date is determined by the second new moon following winter solstice - again, close to halfway through winter.

If you missed making resolutions or just haven't kept the ones you made at the Gregorian new year - why not make them now; anytime is a good time to decide to make your life better.

Peace, Judi