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NATIONAL SMILE POWER DAY

On June 15 we smile on National Smile Power Day in hopes our smile makes another person smile who makes another person smile.

When you smile at someone, you are telling them that they are valued and worth the smile that you just gave them. Smiles are morale boosters and confidence builders. On National Smile Power Day, show your power by sharing a smile with everyone you meet.

From the good morning greeting and the first “How may I help you?” present yourself with a smile. No matter where you are employed, job seeking, retired, or looking for new horizons starting the day with a smile is certainly more empowering than a pout or grump. Starting with a smile first is easier than trying to get there later in the day.

Research has proven that smiling really does increase attractiveness and likability among humans. Smiling creates greater trust and increased interpersonal cooperation. Smiling at someone can help them to relax and relieve their stress while at the same time, it will make you feel at ease, too. Even if you do not feel like it, smiling will lift your mood and can make you a happier person.

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY DAY

June 15 is Nature Photography Day as a day nature lovers and photographers capture the breath-taking beauty all around us and encourage others to see the wonders of our natural Earth. Join us and the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), along with millions of photographers and photography lovers, as we share our appreciation of nature through photography.

Whether they take photos of wildlife, landscapes, or both, they do so with a sense of awe. It’s in the spirit of preservation of these wonders that NANPA created the celebration. Every image that inspires us to care for our surroundings and preserve them for future generations celebrates the day.

WORLD MARTINI DAY
World Martini Day falls on the third Saturday in June each year. Around the world martini lover’s are shaking up their gin to enjoy this unique beverage with a twist. Join us as we learn a few facts about the martini and help you understand why we raise a glass to this summertime beverage holiday.

The Martini has grown to become one of the best-known mixed drinks for adults. A traditional or perfect Martini is made with equal parts gin and vermouth. For anyone who has never had a Martini, we have a list of terms to help get you started.

Martini Lingo
Dirty – This Martini includes olive brine or juice from the olive jar.
Dry – The vermouth is decreased significantly in the Martini, and gin becomes the primary spirit. Extra dry tips the ratio even further.
Gibson – Instead of an olive, bartenders garnish the Martini with a pickled onion.
Shaken vs. Stirred – Most bartenders will tell you that the better Martini is stirred. Shaken Martinis tend to be inferior due to a couple of reasons – ice chips water down the drink, and shaking the Martini adds air to the cocktail. A stirred Martini results in a smoother, fuller experience.
Straight Up – This Martini may be either shaken or stirred, but it is strained and served without ice – the opposite of a Martini on the rocks.
Smoky or Burnt – Scotch whisky replaces the vermouth in this Martini. A twist of lemon garnishes the glass.
Wet – Where the dry Martini has less vermouth, this one has more.
With a Twist – The bartender adds a thin strip of citrus peel to the Martini as a garnish or in the drink.

James Bond, the fictional spy, sometimes asked for his vodka Martinis to be “shaken, not stirred.”

When the James Bond movies debuted in the late 1960s, the popularity of the Martini increased. In the later decades, clear spirits like vodka overtook aged spirits like bourbon in market share. However, in recent decades, a balancing act seems to be taking place.

Dirty martini – Martini with a splash of olive brine or olive juice and is typically garnished with an olive.

Over the years, the traditional Martini inspired a variety of other cocktails such as the Cosmopolitan, chocolatini, or appletini.

Sheba, Happy Flag Day! Ca is big and there are those who think it should be split into 2 States. N and S as they are completely different in many ways,
Love the Flags.
Hope you and your family have a great Fathers Day and your daughter a Happy Birthday!

@sheba2011

As I was getting ready to see hubby and to make a couple of stops, the heavens opened up. First the lightning, then the thunder and after a while, the rain. It continued over an hour and by the time it was over it was too late to see hubby. Actually, it was too late to do the stops I wanted. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a bit different. I am petrified of thunderstorms especially when driving.

Hubby had a good urology appointment and yesterday he mentioned he needed to make another appointment. That appointment is for a year from now. Hopefully, we will be able to change it because we will be North for the spring summer and part of the fall. We shall see.

I will be thinking of you on Sunday. I can sympathize and know how difficult it will be to visit your dad’s grave on Father’s Day. However, you will feel good knowing that he was there and listening to every word you uttered and maybe enjoying a verse or two in song.

Carole King
“Jazzman”

Lift me, won’t you lift me above the old routine
Make it nice, play it clean, Jazzman

When the Jazzman’s testifyin’
A faithless man believes
He can sing you into paradise
Or bring you to your knees
It’s a gospel kind of feelin’
A touch of Georgia slide
A song of pure revival
And a style that’s sanctified

Jazzman, take my blues away
Make my pain the same as yours
With every change you play
Jazzman, oh, Jazzman

When the Jazzman’s signifyin’
And the band is windin’ low
It’s the late night side of morning
In the darkness of his soul
He can fill a room with sadness
As he fills his horn with tears
He can cry like a fallen angel
When risin’ time is near

Jazzman, take my blues away
Make my pain the same as yours
With every change you play

Oh, lift me, won’t you lift me with every turnaround
Play it sweetly, take me down, oh, Jazzman

@shoelady60,

Happy Birthday in Heaven to your Step-Father. 💕💕

May his memory be a blessing. 💕🎈

@shoelady60,

OMG! Your post is so funny I had forgot about those birthdays sis. 😘💕
I know you will remember him and all the memories. 💕😘😎

Hey get some rest now and be sure to eat and drink fluids. I am glad you are feeling
better.

Enjoy the Games and stay cool. 😎🎈

This is from my childhood. 💕

“Climb Every Mountain”
(originally from “The Sound of Music” musical)

Climb ev’ry mountain
Search high and low
Follow ev’ry by-way
Every path you know

Climb ev’ry mountain
Ford ev’ry stream
Follow ev’ry rainbow
‘Till you find your dream

A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Everyday of your life
For as long as you live

Climb ev’ry mountain
Ford ev’ry stream
Follow ev’ry rainbow
‘Till you find your dream

A dream that will need
All the love you can give
(All the love you can give)
Everyday of your life
For as long as you live
(For as long as you live)

Climb ev’ry mountain
Ford ev’ry stream
Follow ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream

@xango,

May your Father’s Memory be a blessings. 💕😘I hope it cools off a bit but OZ will be warm
too. I am going early for father’s site. I want the flowers to last a bit.

I am so glad you have the bunnies again. I keep an eye out for my three cats. I wish they
would come in two will not and one will. This tabby cat is female and I have known her
all her life since the day the owner brought her home I use to cat sit her and her sister.
My next door neighbor was the original owner and he gave cats to neighbors up the street.
The neighbors have a little girl and she wanted both of them well they favor the gray cat
which is the sister but they let the tabby cat out and about at all hours and weather.
I know she is fixed and has all her vaccines she is does not care for Poppy that is the problem.

I am going to wish you a cool night and maybe some gentle rain. 😎💕

@jmc1365,

Good evening and enjoy your trip back to NC. 😎🎈I am glad you like the Flag Day Images.

I am doing alright just getting off of meds for sinus issues everyone is fighting some kind
of battle.

I know you miss your dear mother. 💕 I love my parents and sometimes I don’t know.

Hey enjoy your summer and have fun. 🎈😎

Thank you for always being so nice to me. 😎🎈Please keep my family in your prayers.
Blessings to you and your family safe travels too.