Happy Saturday from cloudy and damp Florida! Florida is a great place to live work and play! It is currently a dreary 59 degrees in my part of the swamp with the promise of more rain. I am so over yucko weather and am starting to get closet fever. I need to get outside and play in the gardens or go fishing or something outdoorsy. Weatherman promises that tomorrow will be sunny and bright, so I will get busy and do all the scud work I have been putting off for a rainy day. Today’s unique holiday is Boy Scout Day and Go Fly a Kite Day! Really fly a kite in the middle of winter? When? Feb. 08! British Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in Britain. In 1907, he published the first scouting manual, titled Scouting for Boys. Lord Robert Baden-Powell was born on February 22, 1857. Lady Olave Baden-Powell founded Girl Guides. The wife of Lord Baden-Powell, she was also born on February 22 (1889). The Boy Scout motto is Do a good turn daily. Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts offer a tremendously valuable program of life skills and values for millions of boys. It has been popular ever since Lord Baden-Powell founded Boy Scouts in the early 1900s in Great Britain. The top award of Eagle Scout is an accomplishment that reaps recognition, rewards, and benefits for a young man throughout his life. Did you know? Kites were first used by the military in ancient China over 3,000 years ago. Now about flying kites today…If your weather permits and this is fun, then today is the day to enjoy kite flying. As for me I am telling my weather to go “fly a kite” Now that should put a smile on your face. Have a fun Saturday. And remember every day is a good day to smile.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 16:08:11 +0000
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