[JustAmy]

All Angels Day

Today is Michaelmas, or St. Michaelmas Day. This holiday isn’t celebrated in the United States to my knowledge, but it is observed in England.

Michaelmas Day, the 29th of September, properly named the day of St. Michael and All Angels, is a great festival of the Church of Rome, and also observed as a feast by the Church of England. In England, it is one of the four quarterly terms, or quarter-days, on which rents are paid, and in that and other divisions of the United Kingdom, as well as perhaps in other countries, it is the day on which burgal magistracies and councils are re-elected. The only other remarkable thing connected with the day is a widely prevalent custom of marking it with a goose at dinner.

During medieval times, Michaelmas was a great religious feast and many popular traditions grew up around the day, which coincided with the harvest in much of Western Europe. The traditional Celtic feast consisted of eating goose, harvest vegetables, apples and blackberries. Traditionally, in Ireland, finding a ring hidden in a Michaelmas pie meant that one would soon be married.

Goose Day


Pumpkin Day


Coffee Day

Black Coffee

It grows on little bushes,
Not trees or even vine.
The bean needs to be roasted,
Then brewed into fine wine.
Colombia, does grow the best,
I like mine mountain grown.
No cream, no sugar in it,
Starbucks, yeech, I moan.
Just hot and fresh and in a cup,
I really like it black.
You keep your Cappuccino,
I’d want my money back.

Conspiracy Guy 11/04/03
© 2003 - 2008

[Diver Dave]

Coffee Day, eh?

I’ll drink to that... again and again. :)

[MEG33]

Isn't Morning 'Til I've Had My Coffee.

[yorkie]

Lessons From Geese

FACT 1: Do you know why geese fly in a “V” formation? Because the aerodynamics of the “V” formation enable the geese to fly over 70% further than if they fly alone. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an updraft for the bird behind it.

LESSON 1: Do you see the analogy here? They can go a lot further if they work together and help each other out. What a beautiful picture of the synergy of God’s creation – the sum of the whole being much greater than the sum of the individual parts

[jaycee]

~~HAPPY ALL ANGELS DAY~~






BBL!!!

[luvie]

I like punkin'...don't you?

[Billie]

These are the most awesome illustrations for the holidays yet!

I'll be back later tonight. Sorry - have been gone all day.