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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[Billie]

MMMM! BASKIN ROBBINS!
That does it!
I know where I'm going when I get off work tonight! :O)

Aha! We gotcha, didn't we?! :)

[LadyX]

Hmmmm - I wuz robbed!!

My two sisters and I had to take turns cranking the handle of the old ice cream churn.

Hard on the arms, but the product was so wonderful on a hot day!

[Billie]

Oh, how pretty that bluebird is! LadyX must've whispered in your ear. :) Thank you, Kitty!

[Pippin]

sigh!

YESSSSSSS!

[Kitty Mittens]

That's cute, sweet Lady! I LOVE that special name of Woofie Toofums! (giggle) That's really one of the most endearing things I've seen on Free Republic.

I'm thankful to our Lord for allowing me to meet such kind and caring people as you, Louie, Billie, Mama Bear, the Mayor, Pippin, Deadhead, Aquamarine, and SO MANY MORE! I'm BLESSED by the Lord beyond measure! :)

[Pippin]

We are blessed in having you here too! :O)

[MeekOneGOP]

That's Barbara ? Wow. Hasn't she turned out nice ?? :^)

[Billie]

"We Are Family". The *Finest* Family. :)

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Good grief, that is some sickening stuff.

[MEG33]

I remember putting towels on the top of the freezer and sitting on it while someone else turned the crank...

We had our own cow and chickens so we had rich and creamy ice cream when we could spare the sugar during the WW2 years...

Wonderful ice cream is available at the market and ice cream parlors today but I will never forget the joy and anticipation of the old fashioned homemade kind.

[Kitty Mittens]

I am SO honored to know all of you wonderful people! The Lord has been SO Gracious to me!

I'm off to go and pray with more of the Lord's people at the Dubya prayer thread; I love you all here at the Finest! God bless and keep you all, is my prayer. :)

[LadyX]

(Pretend this says, "You Light Up Our Life" )

[LadyX]

"That's Barbara ? Wow. Hasn't she turned out nice ?? :^)"

It is so confusing to me, knowing they named the twin girls for their grandmothers.

However, "Barbara" has coloring like Laura's mother, Jenna - -
and "Jenna" resembles GW's mother, Barbara!

[MeekOneGOP]

Well, we're gonna take care of that Rascal Jean Keri November 2nd !

[deadhead]

Hi all, happy to stop in and find it is ice cream day at the finest!

Colleen

[LadyX]

!! F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C !!

Nice to see some of the reasons we gather here, Colleen..:))

[deadhead]

"Nice to see some of the reasons we gather here"

:-)

Hi there LadyX, hope all is well with you.

[dutchess]

Hi sistah billie...yum....I'll take ice cream any time...any day. Just perfect for a hot sultry afternoon!!!!

[dutchess]

Oh that picture is way too cool colleen!!!

[dutchess]

Need to get to work on tomorrow....hopefully you all save a bowl of ice cream for me for a late night snack :o)!!! Have a great evening everyone...