A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-13-04....Gimme Some Ice Cream and Nobody Gets Hurt

Billie

[Billie]

July is Hay Month, National Baked Bean Month, National Hot Dog Month, National Ice Cream Month, National Blueberries Month, and Tahiti Awareness Month.

Following is a day-by-day listing of holidays in July. Today, of course, we're HAVING ICE CREAM ALL DAY!  The daily holidays and miscellaneous July information is from:  

www.web-holidays.com

1. Canada Day
2. National Anisette Day; Madonna di Provenzano Festival (Italy)
3. National Chocolate Wafer Day
4. US Independence Day
5. Fiesta do Tapuleiros begins (Portugal)
6. National Pickle Festival; National Fried Chicken Day
7. Tanabata (Star Festival; Japan); Fiesta de San Fermin (Spain); National Strawberry Sundae Day
8. Heritage Day; Festa dos Tabulerios (Portuga)
9. Lobster Carnival (Nova Scotia, Canada)
10. Knut the Reaper's Day (Scotland); National Pina Colada Day
11. St. Benedict II's Day (patron of Europe)
12. Orangemen's Day
13. Bon Festival; Obon (Japan);

NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY!

• Bastille Day; Bon Festival
• Bon Festival; St. Swithin's Day (England); Black Ship Festival (Japan)
• La Paz Day (Bolivia)
• Avocado Festival; Gion Matsuri (Japan)
• Chrysanthemum Day (USA)
• Woman's Day
• Moon Day; National POW-MIA Recognition Day; Bregenz Festival (Austria)
• Schoelcher Day (French West Indies); National Crème Brulee Day
• St. Mary Magdalene's Day
• Fiesta De Santiago (Guatemala)
• Pioneer Day (Utah)
• National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
• Slepnir (Celtic Horse Festival)
• Procession of the Witches (Beselare, Belgium); St. Pantaleon's Day (patron of physicians, trousers, Venice); UFO Days begin (Elmwood, Wisconsin)
• Festival of Hungry Ghosts (China)
• National Lasagna Day; Cherry Feast (Germany); Olsok (Norway)
• National Cheesecake Day; Marseillaise Day (France)
• Lammas Eve; National Raspberry Cake Day; Loki and Sigyn's Day (Norse)

Did you know......?

If you were born in July, your birthstone would be the Ruby. Ruby comes from the Latin word rubber meaning “more red”. Rubies comes in a many shades of red, it depends on the chromium and iron content of the stone. It is the second hardest mineral known to exist, diamond is the first.

Legends & Lore:

Ruby is known as the love stone; it is given to open the heart, reconcile lover’s quarrels, express passion and promise love. It is believed to stop hemorrhaging and inflammatory disorders. Ruby is the gemstone for Wisconsin.

If worn on the left hand or as a brooch on the left side the wearer would live peacefully with his enemies.

An ancient verse:

"The gleaming ruby should adorn,
All those who in July are born.
For thus they’ll be exempt and free,
From lover’s doubts and anxiety".

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Flower for July

Larkspur is the common name for flowering plants in the buttercup family. Colors range from a pale pink to deep purple. There is a white variety as well. Larkspur can attain heights up to 7 feet. In the past, the name larkspur has been used interchangeably with the name delphinium; however, they are now considered to be separate genus's; the larkspur is annual while the delphinium is perennial.

The name larkspur comes the belief that the flowers looks like a lark's foot: larkspur, lark's heel and lark's claw have all been used.

The color for July is pink and means open heart, pink in particular means fickleness and talkativeness.

But enough about jewels ... can't eat them! And flowers, though some are edible, simply cannot compare to ICE CREAM!, and I think I hear the distant sound of the ice cream truck....

Double Dip Chocolate Please!

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[jwfiv]

Oh yes, foxes love ice cream.

One of my favorite memories is Mom and Dad making banana ice cream in the little maker with the wooden tub and the cast iron turner ... the salted ice tasted so good ... and us kids would fight over who got to lick the dasher.

yum

[Pippin]

HI!

(((KITTY))))

[Billie]

I've gained 15 pounds reading this thread today. You ladies are killing me.

LOL! Hi, Texagirl! I know what you mean - there's only been *one* picture of ice cream that didn't just make my mouth water. You can probably guess who posted it! LOL!

[jwfiv]

((( Pippin )))

You're quite welcome.

[Billie]

Hi, dixie! Wonder how many who've been reading this thread are going to make a stop at Baskin Robbins on their way home from work - or while out playing. :)

[Pippin]

I have a picture of myself from 1978 when I was in Canada visiting my grandmother for her 93rd birthday. I was cranking up the old Ice Cream maker they used when my mom was growing up.

[LadyX]

You *know* you are speshul when you rate a genuine
Louie-Louie, Woofie Toofums graphic..:))

[Pippin]

MMMM!

BASKIN ROBBINS!

That does it!

I know where I'm going when I get off work tonight! :O)

[Pippin]

((((LOUIE))))!

[Pippin]

RE #109

OOPS!

That was supposed to be posted to Louie, I should have looked on the TO line, sheesh!

[Billie]

Hi, dansy! Chocolate Chunk, it is! Sounds great to me, too.

Thank you for your sweet mail this weekend. I will have pictures for you in just a few days!

[Billie]

That smiles shines right through those eyes!

He always has a twinkle in his eyes when he smiles, doesn't he? But Laura does, too.

[Kitty Mittens]

Louie is such a thoughtful, caring person; everyone here at the Finest is!

And that Wolfie Toofums graphic of his is adorable!

[Billie]

Hi, Miss Kitty! I'm happy to see you here today - seems I miss you most of the time (but then, you may have come and gone while *I* was out, too. Had planned to spend most of the day here today since I've been AWOL so much lately, but our fridge/freezer died this morning, and I had to go out and buy a new one. (Good thing it was grocery-buying time anyway, so not too much in it to transfer to the smaller one in the garage!)

[Billie]

One of my favorite memories is Mom and Dad making banana ice cream in the little maker with the wooden tub and the cast iron turner ... the salted ice tasted so good ... and us kids would fight over who got to lick the dasher.

The crank kind, right? Those make much better homemade ice cream than the electric ones. Did you take turns sitting on the towel-covered ice cream bucket while *Daddy* turned the handle? :)

[Billie]

Louie is such a thoughtful, caring person; everyone here at the Finest is!

And that Wolfie Toofums graphic of his is adorable!

I think we should all give him a great big hug 'n a smooch for being so thoughtful and caring and adorable!

Oh, woofieeeeeeee.........

[LadyX]

It is "WOOFIE Toofums," that I dubbed him as my 'special name' for our beloved Wolfie...:))

I once gave him the howling wolf graphic, and he added my name for him, and in the cry placed ((((Exie)))) - his sometimes nickname for me of Sexy Exie - -
he is a lovable one-of-a-kind of Animal..:))

[jwfiv]

Yes, we didn take turns sitting on that towel-covered bucket while Daddy turned the handle ... can still see it all in my mind's eye ...)

[Billie]

:) I can still taste my Mom's! Mostly vanilla, but her fresh peach was the best!

[Kitty Mittens]

My fridge died not too long ago, and I lost a few stored vittles; it was annoying! But it was nice getting a brand new fridge! :)