Fascinated by Fascinators

  I have, for quite a while been taken with hats and fascinators. Millinery is an art and I don’t have the motivation to invest in all the trappings to begin quality hatwear but thought I’d try my hand at fascinators. According to Wikipedia, a fascinator is a headpiece, originally a fine lacy head covering similar to a shawl made of wool or lace but mostly feathers. A style of millinery that today with hats …

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Fascinated by Fascinators

It’s February

February has gone by many different names but all are variations of the old Roman word; the modern word not being many years old. Actually February was added to the old Roman calendar, along with January to make 12 months instead of 10. Beginning with ancient observances, Lupercalia, the longest lasting Roman pagan festival, began about 750 B.C. and went by the wayside 1200 years later. Although celebrated February 13-15, Lupercalia had little in common …

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It's February

Calendars

Funny how the modern world revolves around Latin. The word calendar has its roots in Latin, coming from kalendarium, a moneylender’s account book; interest being due on the calends, the day of the new moon. Our current calendar has undergone a lot of changes since marking time from the new moon but I was surprised to learn that the Gregorian calendar the Western world uses today is only about 500 years old with some countries …

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Calendars

MacGyveresque

Well, sometimes one just has to be creative at the spur of the moment. This is my solution to not running to the home improvement store during a continual downpour after I had gutters installed on my home but before I had any extensions or splash guards added to my downspouts. A shopping trip would have been anywhere from a 20 to 100 mile round trip and I had already ruled out the 20 mile …

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MacGyveresque
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