Vernal Equinox

The unofficial Earth Day Flag

Spring? I am not in the least convinced that it is spring. Steve got home in the middle of the night and was chilled to the bone - winter returned in the middle of the night and was in full force today: blustery high winds (arrrr) and a new coat of paint - snow snow snow everywhere. Blah. But, equinox has come and gone nonetheless... Apparently today was also International Earth Day (or International Equinoctial Earth Day - what a mouthful) even though Earth Day is celebrated/recognized in Canada on April 22nd... I'm not too savvy on Earth Day days, EVERY day should should be earth day! Okay, enough. It was also World Storytelling Day - I've never heard of this one but I like it... I love stories. Here is the official flag, which I also like.


I read on Wikipedia that there was the first officially organized storytelling "concert" last year in Newfoundland, and the theme was The Wanderer (this year's theme was Dreams). I'm sure it was really neat - probably a little weird in an nice, eclectic way, with lots of characters... and not just from books and stories! I have so many great memories of reading and stories and being read to ... yay. There is a Storytellers of Canada site with links to events, and I'm sure there are many events at local libraries... though I'm not sure if anything happened here. The only library that I've seen here was housed in a very old, grey building (it looked like an old dead monster-building) and showed no signs of life... sad. Anyways, Earth Day, Storytelling Day and Equinox - a notable day overall.

The only thing of note from our day today was the semi feast we enjoyed for dinner: roast chicken, mashed potatoes, candied carrots and a yummy salad - with chocolate pudding cake for dessert. It was SO good and now I am SO full and I'm going to try to heave myself off of the couch and finish my book. I hope. This might be our Easter dinner, as Easter isn't celebrated here for another month or so... will the Easter bunny know about this change of date? We'll have to wait and see....