Day 5 #100DaysOfThoseDays
Today is World Spay Day
Dog and cat spaying wasn’t as common back in the 70s as it is now. I remember in those days, dogs roamed the streets and puppies and kittens were born in the hedges on the back lane. Not all the time of course, but sometimes!
Once, my father found a bag of newborn kittens at the foot of a steep hill. The person who got out of their car and threw the bag across the hill was aiming for the river, but they missed!
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Today is National Pistachio Day
(Lucy does not feel like being creative today.)
I was in my late teens when I first heard of pistachio nuts. In those days we had salted peanuts. When the notions set in, we then had dry roasted peanuts.
The dry roasted with their strong flavour were more for the hardened nut lovers in my opinion. They came in a bigger bag and they were a bit more expensive too. They weren’t for me to be honest. I missed all the salt.
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Today is World Bookmark Day
I have several bookmarks but my favourite one is the one in this photo. It was a present from a friend. It’s not every book it suits though.
The problem with bookmarks is that they’re easily mislaid, lost, and in my case, eaten by our dog. I’ve often had to resort to the type of bookmarks I used when I was a child; a piece of cardboard, an old playing card, a length of wool, a strip of paper, a photograph or a ribbon. (I like using ribbons) But I WILL NOT bend a page as my bookmark. I have done in the past… years ago… I was a child… I knew no better…I’m sorry now! It will never happen again. Everyone did it back in those days.
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Today is National Tortilla Chip Day.
Are they a love hate thing? I can take them or leave them. My husband calls them cardboard crisps. He’ll only eat them as nachos and even at that, only if he’s in the mood.
Tortilla chips are not a patch on the crisps I ate when I was a child. Tayto salt and vinegar, and King cheese and onion.
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