~ A Mosaic of Musings
and Ramblings ~
Christmas Wish:
It doesn't seem like Christmas, no snow to make things white.
And according to the forecast, it's rain storms for the night.
So, how will Santa get here? He sure can't use a sled.
So, if the rain keeps coming down, he'll need a boat instead.
The reindeer will just hate it, they get seasick as you know.
They're standing in their stables just praying it will snow.
And what about the presents, all soaked with ocean spray?
The children won't like soggy toys to play with Christmas Day.
So I've thought about another plan to get Old Santa here;
We'll have to hold our Christmas at another time of year.
Then he could ride on sunbeams and land in f ields of green.
Why, everyone could be outdoors to watch him make the scene.
But no, that wouldn't be the same; I'm sure we all would grieve
If we didn't hear those little bells so late on Christmas Eve.
We'll close our eyes real tight, get on our knees and pray.
I"m sure they will be answered: There'll be snow on Christmas Day!
A
special Christmas poem written by: Phyllis
Ham, Resident of Stephenson House.
Distracted Driving:
Fines have increased to $490 and accompanied by '3-demerit
points'. Novice drivers under Ontario's Graduated Licensing System
will face an immediate 30-day suspension on a first offence.
Zit's Cartoon:
Jeremy is driving his parents to a 'shelter'...his mother, in the
front passenger seat, remarks, “It think it's wonderful that we're
volunteering at the shelter for the day.” Father, sitting in the
back seat is alarmed as Jeremy comments, “Yeah, I think it's gonna
be cool.” Mother states, “We all need to get out of our comfort
zones occasionally.” Dad, scared 'out of his wits' due to his
son's driving, exclaims, “Those of us in the back seat are there
already!!!”
Fire Warning:
$25,000 Damage in
west Burlington balcony fire.
No one was injured when a fire broke out on an apartment-unit
balcony. On arrival, firefighters located a small fire on an upper
floor. The suspected cause of the fire is improperly discarded
smoking materials. The Fire Department strongly advises, “Do not
extinguish cigarettes in a plant pot, which often contains a mixture
of peat moss, shredded wood and bark that can easily ingnite. Empty
ashes into a metal container (not a garbage can) and place it
outside.”
ISIS:
A Denver-area store called Isis
Books and Gifts
wants the world to know its name comes from the Egyptian 'Goddess of
Healing and Motherhood'...and it isn't a retail store run by
terrorists. The co-owner states his suburban Denver store has been
vandalized five times in the past year, probably by people who
mistake the name for ISIS, one of the acronyms for the Islamic
terrorist group.
John
Lennon's Guitar Sells for $2.4 Million at Auction:
It was an acoustic-electric guitar that he used to record and write,
“Love Me Do” , “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and other hit
songs. The guitar was one of only two of its type flown from the
United States to England in 1962 for Lennon and George Harrison.
Lights
on Christmas Tree Sets World Record:
An Australian set his third Christmas-themed world record in as
many years Friday, by illuminating a tree in downtown Canberra with
518,838 twinkling lights. Guiness World Records confirmed that David
Richards had broken the record for the most lights on an artificial
Christmas tree that had been held for five years by Universal Studios
Japan in Osaka. Richards, a Canberra lawyer and businessman and his
team a team erected the dazzling display.
Notable
Dates:
December 3 (Thursday) ~ “Franklin Expedition” ***
December
6 (Sunday) ~ Hanukkah begins
December
24 (Thursday) ~ Christmas Eve
December
25 (Friday) ~ Christmas Day
December
26 (Saturday) ~ Boxing Day
December
31 (Thursday) ~ New Year's Eve
*** The Rotary Club of Dundas Speakers Series features Scott
Youngblut, the 2014 Fisheries and Oceans Canada expedition's
hydrograph in charge of leading the multidisciplinary Arctic mapping
mission. Event is 6:30 pm at the Dundas Museum and Archives. For
more info, call 905-379-7353.
Wildlife:
A
Pilot Project in Prince Edward Island
will determine if 'remotely-controlled-aerial drones' can
deter ducks from eating so-called seed
mussels.
The P.E.I Aquaculture Alliance wants to replace the noisy cannons
that are now used to keep the birds away...leaving tourists and
residents aggravated by the noise that can travel more than a
kilometre.
Ohio
Rhino Travels to Asia on a Mission to Mate!
The last Sumatran rhinocerous in the Western Hemisphere is on the
way to its ancestral southeast Asian homeland to help preserve the
critically endangered species. A Cincinnati Zoo official said the
8-year-old male can mate with at least one of the three females in an
Indonesian sanctuary.
Pair
of Orphaned Polar Bear Cubs Find New Home at Assiniboine Park Zoo in
Winnipeg.
The 11-month old males are too young to live on their own. How
happy they will be!
Common
Redpoll Birds
can survive winter temperatives to -53 degrees C. During winter
months, it is known they'll tunnel deep into the snow at night to
stay warm ~ these tunnels are burrowed 10 cm deeply into the snow and
can be more than 30 cm long.
Winter
Solstice:
December 21 is considered the shortest day of the year. In the
Northern Hemisphere, here on Planet Earth, this date is the day the
tilt...the
leaning-over-of-the-Earth's axis is
pointing as far away from the sun as it can or will. All over Earth,
this time of year, winter holidays celebrate light,
sunlight and the warmth that
will return as Earth's orbit continues and that 'tilt-away'
will point back toward the 'life-giving-sun'!
Compiled by Merle Baird-Kerr...November 28, 2015
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