Tanja's Little Corner of The World
A Texas city girl in a small New England town …
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In 2013 I painted three terracotta pots and a terracotta plate. I glued some rope around the pots, stacked them together, and set them on the painted plate. Since I had a bag with decorative gravel, I filled the bottom of the plate with these small rocks. For the light and old garden solar lamp had to do it. When the terracotta lighthouse was done, it looked quite cute. It found its place in our Texas greenhouse.
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At one point or another in our lives, we’ve found ourselves craving a donut. When we think about it, it’s not really a surprise that this treat hits the spot like no other. They pair exceptionally well with tasty hot beverages, they can be had as a quick snack or to accompany a long conversation. Most of all, there’s a donut out there for all of us; from traditional glaze to daring recipes such as maple bacon donuts.
The origins of National Donut Day are traced to the Salvation Army’s involvement in World War I. During this time, a group of volunteers was dispatched to the frontlines with the mission of providing comforting meals for the troops. They soon found out that donuts were an effective way to provide food while navigating the difficulties of cooking in very dire circumstances. These brave volunteers would later be known as “donut lassies”. They would even use war helmets as a utensil to fry up seven donuts at a time.
In 1938, National Donut Day was established as a way to honor the members of the Salvation Army who came to the aid of soldiers during World War II. National Donut Day is widely celebrated on the first Friday of June. Many donut shops are known to give them out for free, giving a good reason to take some time out of the day to enjoy this most cherished treat.
There is a serious debate that goes on between ice cream connoisseurs. Some people say vanilla ice cream came first, while others say chocolate ice cream came first. Instead of picking a side, we decided to present some simple facts and let you decide which ice cream came first chocolate or vanilla.
The earliest frozen chocolate recipe was published in The Modern Steward by Antoni Latini in 1693. Cocoa was readily available in the form of coffee and tea, so it makes sense that people would freeze those beverages to eventually create a frozen chocolate treat.
Vanilla ice cream, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to appear in any ice cream recipe until the 1760s. Unlike cocoa, vanilla was not available to anyone. In fact, vanilla was rarely found in common households and only available to royalty. There are some publications that state vanilla ice cream was served in royal courts, but there is little evidence to back that up in the form of handwritten recipes.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-chocolate-ice-cream-day
June bugs are a type of beetle in quite a wide variety. The word ‘June bug’ refers to any of about 100 species of beetles in the family of scarabs. They are of the genus Phyllophaga and the order Coleoptera. Another common name for the June bug is either ‘June beetle’ or ‘May beetle.’ The common June bug measures between one-half and five-eighths of an inch, and its color is reddish-brown. As with every other beetle, it also has shiny wing covers, which are called ‘elytra.’ June bugs can cause damage to gardens, lawns, and pastures, but can generally be controlled with prescribed pesticides. June bugs are regarded as chafers because they feed on vegetation, particularly leaves. The diet of a June bug can further comprise grass, flowers, fruit, and food crops such as grains. They are also known to consume decaying organic material as part of their diet. It is this leaf-eating characteristic that is responsible for their scientific name ‘Phyllophaga,’ which is the Greek expression for ‘leaf eater.’ June bugs are nocturnal, meaning that they are typically most active after nightfall and before dawn. They usually feed from dusk through the evening, to avoid predators. June bugs are so-called because their adults emerge from the soil at the end of spring or the beginning of the summer, which is in June.
The females bury their eggs just below the surface of the soil. June bug larvae typically hatch within three to four weeks and then feed on grass and plant roots from their formative months and for as long as three years. In spring and early summer, the larvae grow into pupae and mature into adults in a space of three weeks.
Adult June bugs are generally harmless. But their attraction to light makes them a nuisance to humans. Even light from inside the home can attract June bugs in large numbers. The sound of June bugs bumping and buzzing against window screens is closely associated with summer in many parts of the United States. Scientists and researchers have yet to come up with an explanation for this particular behavior, and although several hypotheses have been advanced, no single theory can account for any reason for which different nocturnal insect species gravitate toward sources of illumination.
Resource: https://nationaltoday.com/june-bug-day/
People have lived in what is now Oklahoma since the end of the last ice age. Permanent villages, such as the Spiro-mounds, existed around 850 A.D. European explorers first visited the area in the 16th century. The Louisiana Purchase, which took place in 1803, made the land a part of the United States. Even though the territory was previously occupied by the Osage and Quapaw people, the ‘Indian Removal Act of 1830’ and the ‘Indian Intercourse Act of 1834’ forced thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral lands and transferred them to Oklahoma. The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail spans nine states and tells the story of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles who were forcibly removed from their homelands.
In the mid-19th century, ranchers in Texas and Kansas struggled to meet the food demands of the great cities. ‘The Dawes Act’ was passed in 1887 as a result of the push to make more land available for farming, removing Native Americans’ control of much of Oklahoma’s territory. From April 22, 1889, this territory was offered to European immigrants. Several counties in Oklahoma were available for colonization by Land Run in 1889. Only after a specified time, typically by noon on a specific date, could settlers claim quarter-acre plots of land. Oklahoma Day commemorates the anniversary of this date. On November 16, 1907, Congress conferred statehood.
Resource: https://nationaltoday.com/oklahoma-day/
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