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d crabs create patterns that suggest a rose and its leaves others mirror a grove of trees some plants grow anywhere ducks they re just like us calm on the surface paddling furiously to stay afloat a surreal beachscape summer hack how to keep sand from sticking to feet first of all why does it stick sand is highly hydrophilic water loving i e water molecules attach to each grain this creates tiny water channels that attract additional moisture from anything that s even slightly damp what to do shake a little baby powder on your feet it s even more hydrophilic than sand so the grains should fall away also the powder is less sticky and any residue is more easily brushed off when you leave the beach share this tweet print opens in new window print more share on tumblr like loading this entry was posted in uncategorized and tagged beach bloggers 50 early morning how to remove sand nature oregon pacific ocean red tide sand walking on july 31 2020 by adguru101 featured post good news monday bad and good women get what they deserve 4 replies first up breaking news amy cooper the white woman in central park who called the police on a black bird watcher will be charged with filing a false report a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail ms cooper will be arraigned in october if convicted which seems likely since the incident was captured on video and went viral she could be given a conditional discharge or sentenced to community service or counseling rather than jail time counseling seems like an excellent idea regardless of any other punishment on memorial day ms cooper who d been walking with her dog encountered christian cooper no relation a harvard graduate and bird watching enthusiast in the ramble a semi wild part of the park where dogs must be leashed mr cooper said that he asked ms cooper to leash her dog and when she refused he attempted to lure the dog with treats hoping to compel her to restrain her pet pet owners don t like strangers to offer treats and usually leash their dogs to avoid this the encounter then got ugly when ms cooper decided to call 911 and tell them that an african american man was threatening her life that s the bad women part of this report now let s celebrate more illustrious women on a more positive note this year marks the centennial of the 19th amendment which gave women the long overdue right to vote in honor the national trust for historic preservation is currently crowdsourcing locations where women made history savingplaces org directs visitors to a number of distinctive destinations including the house where susan b anthony was arrested for voting in 1872 the first ladies museum frederick douglass d c home which helen douglass and the national league of colored women worked to save the first secondary school for women the home where the initial girl scouts meeting was held and many others they re hoping to receive hundreds of suggestions pixabay com share this tweet print opens in new window print more share on tumblr like loading this entry was posted in good news observations uncategorized and tagged 19th amendment bloggers 50 central park good news monday national trust preservation savingplaces org suffragette women in the news on july 6 2020 by adguru101 why do we wear halloween costumes 1 reply edited from historyfacts com samhain pronounced sow in the ancient celtic festival that inspired many of our modern day halloween traditions represents the end of the harvest season and the onset of winter an irish gaelic word also used in scottish gaelic and manx samhain translates to summer s end traditionally celebrated on november 1 it marked the time when the harvest had been gathered and stored cattle were moved to closer pastures livestock were secured for the winter and communities were hunkering down for the long cold months ahead samhain was also believed to be a time when the spirits of those who had died during the year traveled to the otherworld people believed that during samhain the boundary between the living and the dead was at its thinnest allowing the spirit world to interact with the human world to protect themselves from restless or malevolent spirits people would light fires leave offerings for deceased loved ones and wear disguises today much of what we know about samhain is rooted in irish mythology making it difficult to discern truth from lore but here are five things we do know about this ancient and mysterious holiday credit heritage images hulton archive via getty images it dates back to the iron age observed by the ancient celts across ireland scotland and the isle of man samhain dates back to the iron age more than 2 000 years ago the celts divided the year into two halves samhain the darkness and beltane the light those two halves were further divided by imbolc a holiday marking the beginning of the spring season and lughnasadh marking the beginning of the harvest season these four cross quarter days as they were known were celebrated with fire festivals and were among the eight sacred days in ancient celtic tradition along with the spring and fall equinoxes and summer and winter solstices known as quarter days some historians believe that samhain which fell on the day that corresponds to november 1 on the contemporary calendar marked the beginning of the celtic new year while others argue there isn t enough evidence to support that hypothesis what we do know for certain is that elements of samhain influenced the celebration of halloween as we know it samhain came before all hallows eve irish immigrants brought the traditions of samhain to the united states in the 1800s but the name halloween traces back to influences of early christianity as the church sought to incorporate pagan traditions into a christian narrative in order to woo converts in the eighth century pope gregory iii designated november 1 as all saints day to honor christian martyrs and saints by the 10th century november 2 was recognized as all souls day a time to remember the souls of the dead over time all saints day became known as all hallows day and the evening before called all hallows eve eventually morphed into halloween celebrated on the night of october 31 halloween isn t the same thing as samhain but the celtic holiday inspired several traditions of our modern day halloween including carving vegetables dressing in costumes and visiting homes to receive treats fire was central to the celebration marking the midpoint between the fall equinox and winter solstice samhain was the most important of the four fire festivals coming as it did at the end of the harvest and the beginning of the colder darker days ahead the festival was observed over several days as a means of celebrating the harvest appeasing the gods honoring the dead and warding off spirits conflicting sources say that people s hearth fires would either burn out from being left unattended during the gathering of the harvest or were deliberately extinguished at the start of the samhain festival in either case after the harvest had been gathered a large communal fire was lit by celtic priests known as druids sacrifices of crops and animals were made and the animal bones were then tossed into the bone fire which is where we get the word bonfire celebrants would light torches from the bonfire to take back to their homes in order to relight their own hearth fires credit comprimido istock people believed they could commune with spirits the celts believed that samhain was a time when the spirits of the dead could walk the world of the living and that this temporary thinning of the veil between life and death meant it was possible to communicate with the deceased a tradition known as a dumb supper involved setting a place at the head of the table to invite deceased ancestors to visit the meal was served in absolute silence and celebrants avoided looking at the head of the table because they believed seeing the spirits would bring bad luck after the supper the untouched meal of the spirits was taken out and left in the woods divination practices were also popular during samhain because people believed the heightened spiritual energy of this liminal time was conducive to fortunetelling apples and nuts were used to predict the future and answer questions about the unknown some of these traditions later evolved into games such as bobbing for apples credit sally anderson news alamy stock photo costumes and carvings were meant to deter spirits during the ancient festival of samhain people would wear masks veils and ghostly disguises to conceal their identity confuse the spirits and protect themselves from evil costumes were generally made from animal skins and face coverings might have been an effort to impersonate dead ancestors children meanwhile would go from house to house showing off their disguises and singing or performing silly tricks in exchange for treats the celts also created lanterns by carving faces into root vegetables that had been gathered during the harvest including turnips beets and potatoes these lanterns were illuminated with candles and placed in windows and outside of homes to ward off mischievous otherworldly visitors including demons this vegetable carving tradition came to the u s with irish and scottish immigrants who discovered that pumpkins which weren t indigenous to ireland were well suited for carving photo by gantas vaiu010diulu0117nas on pexels com so there you have it happy halloween everyone share this tweet print opens in new window print more share on tumblr like loading this entry was posted in uncategorized and tagged ancient festivals bloggers 50 celebration celtic costumes halloween history holidays lifestyle samhain spirits traditions trick or treat on october 31 2024 by adguru101 i won t wedzillas 6 replies it s been a while dear readers but i can t resist sharing the ultimate imho tacky story couples who ask guests to pay to attend their wedding and not pocket change mind you we re talking major bucks whatever happened to a meaningful and personal experience vs an opportunity to show off for one s friends family instagram emily post would be horrified read on and do share your opinion is this ever ok with many guests already spending hundreds of dollars to attend a wedding some experts say that requiring an entrance fee to your nuptials is in poor taste credit getty images from the ny times by sadiba hasan planning a wedding has become so expensive that some couples are asking their guests to pay to attend their special day hassan ahmed 23 is charging his guests 450 for a ticket to his wedding next year in houston where he lives mr ahmed said he hadn t heard back from many of his 125 wedding guests but he has already spent over 100 000 on the wedding including deposits for the venue the d j and the photographer in a video on tiktok he said he was confused by the response noting that many of his guests had spent more money on beyoncé or chris brown tickets according to a study by the wedding planning website the knot the average cost of a wedding ceremony and reception in 2023 was 35 000 an increase of 5 000 from the year before the knot surveyed about 10 000 couples who had married in the united states in 2023 but the approach of selling tickets to a wedding has mostly upset guests many of whom have expressed the opinion that it is in poor taste for the couple to put their financial burden onto their guests and that there are more cost effective ways for couples to have a wedding matthew shaw the founder of sauveur a wedding planning company in london said that selling tickets introduces a strange relationship between you and your guests turning your guests into customers he added you re no longer hosting you re offering them a paid experience which introduces a very different narrative in terms of what guests are expecting though the cost of having a wedding is increasing mr shaw added i think there s this assumption that we must have these big weddings you can have really magical scaled back and simpler celebrations or more intimate and fewer guests when we all went through the pandemic we found other ways to celebrate the cost of being a guest is also becoming more expensive the average cost of attending a wedding is 580 according to a 2023 study by the knot which surveyed 1 000 people who had attended a wedding in the previous year that was an increase of 120 compared with 2021 nova styles and reemo styles who were married at st patrick s cathedral in new york in june 2023 charged guests 333 and sold all their tickets the couple who live on the upper east side said they had not charged guests to cover the cost of their wedding which was upward of 70 000 rather they had needed to winnow their guest list down significantly the couple hired a double decker bus that took guests to new york landmarks that were significant in their love story the first stop was the legal ceremony at the cathedral other stops included hudson yards where mr styles 31 proposed and the 42nd street amc theater where they played a video of their journey together the final stop was the reception which was held at a private event space on the 102nd floor at the one world observatory the couple originally had a 350 person guest list but the bus had space for only 60 people it was stressful mr styles said we had to figure out a way for them to choose us because we can t choose them ms styles added we wanted people who really wanted to be there they felt that the ticket system was the best way to do it lola marie 41 a close friend of the couple who paid the 333 ticket price was at first confused when she received the invitation i was definitely hesitant ms marie said i was shocked pay for a wedding i never heard nothing like that that sounds crazy who y all think y all are she called the couple and once they explained their reasoning for selling tickets to their wedding she understood she decided to pay immediately after the call it was worth more than 333 ms marie said adding that she knew the couple s intention was not to make money from their guests she said she had a lot of fun celebrating and would have paid much more for the steak and lobster dinner at the top of one world trade center with stunning views of the city and a surprise performance by the rapper fabolous jamie wolfer the founder of wolfer co a wedding planning company in waco texas said that while she understood that each couple would have a unique situation generally charging guests for tickets really does kind of feel like a social faux pas that can lead to conflicts between couples and their guests mr shaw added that he could see a situation where couples ask guests to throw in 50 because times are tough or a request for cash gifts but this is serious money people are asking he said sadiba hasan reports on love and culture for the styles section of the times share this tweet print opens in new window print more share on 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