Day 60 Leap leap

Well this day comes once every four years.

It reminds me of the movie Leap Year

Rating: PG · Genre: Comedy · Run time: 1 hrs 37 min

Synopsis: A woman (Amy Adams) heads to Ireland in order to force her boyfriend (Adam Scott) to accept her wedding proposal by scheduling it on leap day, the only time when he couldn't refuse due to the country's tradition in this Spyglass Entertainment romantic comedy. Shopgirl's Anand Tucker directs from a script by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan. Matthew Goode co-stars as a handsome innkeeper who throws a wrench into the woman's plans.

Gioacchino Rossini 220th Birthday

Frogs: photos taken around the house

Google Doodled this

...oh and the stamp post was on a letter from the Inland Revenue with a check for the Tax rebate of when I returned to work after having my son; an incentive to return to work! Nuff said.

Day 53 Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.

According to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting.

Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.

At Masses and services of worship on this day, ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful (or on the tonsure spots, in the case of some clergy). The priest, minister, or in some cases officiating layperson, marks the forehead of each participant with black ashes in the sign of the cross, which the worshipper traditionally retains until it wears off. The act echoes the ancient Near Eastern tradition of throwing ashes over one's head to signify repentance before God (as related in the Bible). The priest or minister says one or both of the following when applying the ashes:

Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.

—Genesis 3:19

Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.

—Mark 1:15

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Maltese script

Day 52 Shrove Tuesday

In most traditions the day is known for the eating of pancakes before the start of Lent. Pancakes are eaten as they are made out of the main foods available, sugar, fat, flour and eggs, whose consumption was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting associated with Lent. (from)

I got this recipe from the blueberries pack. If you want the thin crepe-like pancakes, I guess you would have to substitute self-raising flour with plain, and omit the baking powder.

Day 51 Carnival

This is a rough sketch of the costume I sewed for my son. Well at least the costume turned better than this depiction :-)




I wanted to print this one out and actually attach the feathers to it, but I ran out of printer ink, so here it is! I got the template from:

http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/masquerademask.html

Day 37 Happy Birthday

Guess this explains it all...

... best wishes to friends who celebrate this day with me xxxxx