It was originally
known as Quintilis.
When Julius Caesar
updated the Roman calendar,
he renamed this month
after his own name.
There are numerous legends and myths about Birthstone healing
powers and their
therapeutic influence.
According to these legends, wearing a gemstone during its
assigned month heightened healing powers. For the full effect, individuals needed
to own all twelve and alternate them monthly.
Birthstone ~ Ruby
Flowers ~ Larkspur
and Water Lily
Noteworthy Days
July 1 ~ Canada Day … celebrates the British North
America Act (July 1, 1867)
which united Canada as a single country of four provinces...Ontario, Quebec,
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This Act
stated that Canada
would become
an independent dominion (territory) of England which
is why Canada Day
was originally called
Dominion Day...and our country The Dominion of Canada.
July 4 ~ Independence Day … is an extremely patriotic
holiday,
celebrating the independence of the United States of America. The Declaration
of Independence on July 4, 1776 declared independence of the Thirteen Colonies
from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
celebrating the independence of the United States of America. The Declaration
of Independence on July 4, 1776 declared independence of the Thirteen Colonies
from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
New England:
Province of New Hampshire
Province of
Massachusetts...and later Maine
Colony of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations and
Connecticut
Colony
Middle Colonies: Province
of New York...and later Vermont
Province of
New Jersey
Province of Pennsylvania
Deleware
Colony
Southern Colonies: Province of Maryland
Colony of
Dominion of Virginia...later Kentucky
and West Virginia
Province of
North Carolina...and later Tennessee
Province of
South Carolina
Province of
Georgia
July 20 ~ Ramadan Begins …and ends August 17 in North
America,
South America and in Europe.
July 22 ~ Parents' Day … is celebrated in United
States on the 4th Sunday
of July each year recognizing and promoting the role parents
play in children's
lives as a crucial part of families and the wider community.
July Musings
Summer is the time
when one sheds one's tensions
with one's
clothes...and the right kind of day
is jeweled balm
for the battered spirit.
A few of those
days and you can become drunk
with the
belief...that all's right with the world.
(Ada Louise
Hauxtable)
Summer is the stuff of dreams. When adults sit at their
desks and children sit in
school, they dream of summer...and all its warm sunny days.
It is a time of gently falling rain on golf greens...oft' cooling high temperatures.
It is a time of gently falling rain on golf greens...oft' cooling high temperatures.
It is a time of possible thunder and lightning…later
compensated, perhaps by a
gorgeous rainbow..arcing from heaven to earth.
It is a time for holidays…camping, swimming, beaches and zip lines.
Summer is the time of infinite fun.
It is a time for holidays…camping, swimming, beaches and zip lines.
Summer is the time of infinite fun.
The day seems to last forever and the fun never stops. It is
a time of romance,
excitement and an enhanced enjoyment of life. Somehow summer never seems
to last long enough. Often, it is over…before we can fully
experience its power.
This is true of all things wonderful!
They always seem too short.
(modified from Family
Friend Poems)
Pearl of Wisdom
Rain is refreshing.
Wind braces us up.
Snow is exhilarating.
There is really no such thing as bad weather ~
only different kinds of good weather.
(John Ruskin)
Merle Baird-Kerr …
written June 14, 2012
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