Author: Lisa Mungovan

Quick, cover your kitty’s ears. It’s Take Your Cat To The Vet Day. They need their vaccinations just like humans! It’s also Eat A Peach Day. A big, juicy, peach, is delicious on a hot summer day. Since today’s also Be An Angel Day, do nice things for people. Like giving them a peach!

With climate change threatening the planet, people are trying to use less coal. In West Virginia, an old coal mine is getting a new life, as a lavender field. Appalachian Botanical uses the lavender in lotions and essential oils. They also have beehives, who love the lavender crops. Lavender smells better too!

Who is your favorite poet? Right now it might be Dr. Seuss or Shel Silverstein. As you get older and explore other poets, maybe it will be Maya Angelou, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, or Shakespeare. Maybe you’ll become, your own favorite poet! Spend the day reading or writing poems, in honor of Poet’s Day.

Today is Spumoni Day. Even though it’s often hard to find, it’s my favorite ice cream flavor! It has cherry, pistachio, and chocolate layers with candied fruits and nuts. It’s also Senior Citizens Day. Seniors can tell you awesome stories about the olden days before cell phones. Just ask!

Do you do the same thing every day? Even if it’s something you love, like playing video games, your brain would like to try something new for Break The Monotony Day. Start with something new for breakfast. Next, how about a treasure hunt, for Geocaching Day? Check out Geocaching.com, to get started. Good luck!

Bees are essential to pollinate crops, but honey bee populations have been declining. You can help the honey bees by planting more flowers, setting out water for them, and not using pesticides. Or start a beehive! Say thank you to a bee today, for World Honey Bee Day!

When you’re out in the water, enjoying a nice relaxing float on your back, remember to move around every once in a while. Authorities in Oklahoma were called, to investigate a body in the river, but it was just a guy lying in shallow water and soaking up some sun.

Bandicoots, also known as talpero, are small marsupials that live in Australia. They were extinct in New South Wales, but a new population is now living in Sturt National Park. The park, which is protected from predators like cats and foxes, is also home to new groups of small mammals, like bilbies and mulgaras.

For the first time in recorded history, it rained at the summit of Greenland’s ice sheet. That’s because temperatures at the glacier’s peak were above freezing, in a normally frigid zone. Greenland has been experiencing a heatwave, and the amount of ice lost in 1 day, was 7 times higher than average.

National Lemonade Day, helps kids become entrepreneurs. Set up a lemonade stand, to start your business. If you really want to impress people, butterfly pea flower, can make your lemonade turn purple, pink, or indigo. First make a tea with the flowers, then pour it into a glass of lemonade, for a colorful show!