From Planet
Earth Calendar
Continental Bridge: (about
which you may or may not know). My
initial introduction to this was, when several years ago, I read several novels
about “early civilization” along what is now the Alaskan coast line and
extending southward with settlements along our province of current British
Columbia.
Today, about 10% of the world
is covered in ice. During the last great
Ice Age, however, more than 30% of the earth's surface was ice-bound. Massive glaciers were formed and began the
movement ~ carving out the earth's features.
Since there is only a finite amount of water on the planet, as the glaciers formed, they
sucked up water from the oceans and caused the sea level to drop. This revealed a plain, now referred to as
“Beringia” which connected Siberia and Alaska.
Beringia acted as a bridge...from the Old World to the New.
It allowed plants, animals and people to move from one
continent to another. Its climate could
support a variety of flora and fauna, beckoning many living creatures across
this bridge.
When the ice flows
retarded and melted, the oceans rose
and the
“continental bridge” once again disappeared under water.
The Canadian
Red Cross
This organization provides
in-home community services to help individuals,
who reside in Ontario, New
Brunswick and the greater Halifax
area of Nova Scotia, live as
independently as possible. These
in-home health care services enhance the well-being and dignity of people of
all ages. Some of the home-care services
include meals and general assistance for seniors, medical equipment rentals and
transportation for those in need.
MADD Facts
One in
three...eighth graders has tried alcohol.
More than half of
all tenth graders drink alcohol.
Kids who start
driving young, are 7 times more likely
to be in an
alcohol-related crash!
Did You Know?
(from Niagara Falls of Canada Calendar 2014)
The Niagara River is part of
the longest peaceful border in the world. ~ the International Boundary between Canada and United States. The terrestrial boundary (including small
portions of maritime borders on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic coasts, as
well as the Great Lakes) is 8,891 kilometres (5,525 miles) long including 2,475
kilometres (1,538 miles) shared with Alaska.
Did You Know?
(from the Canadian
Wildlife Federation Calendar 2014)
The Trumpeter Swan
is the largest waterfowl species in North America. Large swans can be more than a metre long and
weigh an average of 11 kilograms.
The Canadian Wildlife Federation
was a founding supporter of the Canada Forest Accord, created in
1998. The Accord champions the long-term health of our ecosystems.
Amphibians...like the
Northern Leopard Frog overwinter in well-oxygenated bodies of water
like rivers and lakes that do not freeze all the way to the bottom. They spend their time in small excavations in
the surface of the mud and emerge when the ice melts in the spring.
Special Event Days
February 2 (Monday) ~
Groundhog Day
February 14 (Friday)
~ Valentine's Day
February 15
(Saturday) ~ National Flag Day of Canada
February 17 (Monday)
~ Family Day...Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario
Louis Riel
Day...Manitoba
Heritage Day...Yukon
Islander Day...Prince
Edward Island
February Musings
“Late February and the
air's so balmy, snowdrops and crocuses might be fooled into early blooming.
Then the inevitable blizzard will come, blighting our harbingers of
spring...and the numbed yards will go back undercover.”
(Gail Mazur)
“Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a
miracle...a seed waiting to sprout...a bulb opening to light...a bud straining
to unfurl. And the
anticipation...nurtures our dream.”
(Barbara Winkler)
“Away in a meadow all
covered with snow,
The little groundhog looks for his shadow.
The clouds in the sky determine our fate
If winter will leave us all...early or late.”
(Don Halley)
“If we had no
winter...the spring would not be so pleasant.”
(Anne Bradstreet)
Flower Garden
Philosophy
What's in a
name? That which we call a rose...
by any other name
would smell as sweet.
(William
Shakespeare)
Compiled by Merle
Baird-Kerr...January 7, 2014
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