Month: February 2016

Just A Quick Note From Little Old Me…..

Maybe it is because Spring is almost here or my brain has come out of hibernation, lol! I found myself surfing the internet and running across things, I would love to have here. You have already found out about my passion for old spell pages and that was a super hit (wish I am so grateful that you liked them). I like sharing my passions with my family and I always hope you enjoy the things we put on here as much as we do.

Today after hunting through the internet, I ran across hundreds of witchy sayings. Before that, I ran across hundreds of magickal tips too. After finding these two new finds, I couldn’t resist myself. I asked everyone what they thought about us opening up two more sections. After everyone seen the material, they thought it was a wonderful idea. Now with fingers and toes crossed, I hope you think so too. One of the new sections will be called, “The Witch Said What?” This section will be full of quotes, sayings and info that pertains to witches that we don’t have a category for. If you see some you like, grab them for your site, do a daily thought or something like that. Now the other section, will be “Magickal Tips,” tons of these and some I have never heard of. They are definitely interesting and I know if us older witches, excuse me, more mature witches don’t find them interesting the younger ones will. All of them will be printable, so you can put them in your BOS. And of course, we will still be working on the printable spell pages section, tons more to come!

This afternoon we are going to be posting in all three categories. A spell, then a witchy saying or quote, then a magickal tip, just to give you an idea of what you can find in those two new sections. Again, well really, all the material in the new sections will be printable, so I don’t see a need to put printable out beside them.

I am off for now, just wanted to let you know what was going on. I hope you enjoy these new sections and feel free to grab anything you want for your site.

Love ya,

Lady A

A Little Humor for Your Day – “Hay”

Hay

A clergyman, walking down a country lane, sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off.

“You look hot, my son,” said the cleric. “Why don’t you rest a moment, and I’ll give you a hand.”

“No thanks,” said the young man. “My father wouldn’t like it.”

“Don’t be silly,” the minister said. “Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water.”

Again the young man protested that his father would be upset.

Losing his patience, the clergyman said, “Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I’ll give him a piece of my mind!”

“Well,” replied the young farmer, “he’s under the load of hay.”

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WOTC Quiz of the Day: Mermaid Purses & Gynandromorphs, Just A Little Quirky Animal Quiz

Mermaid Purses & Gynandromorphs: A Quirky Animal Quiz

Mermaid Purses & Gynandromorphs…Do you know what these are? Take this fun 15 question quiz and find out, plus learn a handful of other quirky conversation starters for your next coffee break or dinner party.

1. Some chickens are born half male and half female. True or False?

2. Which animal produces an egg case that is often called a “mermaid’s purse”?

a. octopus
b. oyster
c. shark
d. cuttlefish

3. Squirrels sweat through their feet. True or False?

4. Whales can shoot water from their blowhole how high?

a. 15 feet
b. 30 feet
c. 300 feet
d. 1000 feet

5. Salt and sugar are both poisonous to snails. True or False?

6. A chameleon has a fast tongue. About how fast can it zip to zap a bug?

a. 13 miles an hour
b. 25 miles an hour
c. 50 miles an hour
d. 100 miles an hour

 

7. A group of meerkats is called a _________________.

a. gang
b. google
c. village
d. mob

8. A group of sea otters is called a ________________.

a. gang
b. raft
c. pod
d. mob

9. A group of camels is called a __________________.

a. flock
b. mob
c. drift
d. pack

10. At what age could a reindeer likely outrun you?

a. one hour old
b. one day old
c. two weeks old
d. two months old

11. Male honeybees (drones) are missing which of the following?

a. stinger
b. stomach
c. abdomen stripes
d. antennae

12. A baby jellyfish is called a _____________.

a. medusa
b. ephyrae
c. fry
d. nymph

 13. A group of squid is called a ______________.

a. pod
b. cephalopod
c. dynasty
d. squad or shoal

14. A baby ant is called a/n _______________.

a. antling
b. cria
c. larva
d. nymph

15. Anteaters can eat up to ________________ insects per day.

a. 30,000
b. 60,000
c. 100,000
d. 800,000

1. Some chickens are born half male and half female. True or False?

True.  Called gynandromorphs, one side looks male, while the other appears female. Surprisingly, this is due to a cellular mix-up rather than due to hormones.

2. Which animal produces an egg case called a mermaid’s purse?

c. shark

Skates make a similar egg case, also sometimes referred to as a mermaid’s purse.

3. Squirrels sweat through their feet. True or False?

True

4. Whales can shoot water from their blowhole how high?

b. 30 feet (and they can also shoot rainbows from their blowholes!)

5. Salt and sugar are both poisonous to snails.  True or False?

b. True

Fermented sugar traps are often used by organic gardeners to manage snails without toxic chemicals.

6. A chameleon has a fast tongue. How fast can it zip out to zap a bug?

a. 13 miles an hour

7. A group of meerkats is called a _________________.

d. mob

8. A group of sea otters is called a ________________.

b. raft

9. A group of camels is called a __________________.

a. flock

Sometimes, they are also referred to as a caravan, a herd or a train of camels.

10. At what age could a reindeer likely outrun you?

a. one hour old

11. Male honeybees (drones) are missing which of the following?

a. stinger

12. A baby jellyfish is called a _____________.

b. ephyrae

13.  A group of squid is called a ______________.

d. shoal or a squad

14. A baby ant is called a _______________.

a. antling

15. Anteaters can eat up to ________________ insects per day.

a. 30,000

Giant anteaters can gobble-up 30,000 insects per day. To aid the digestion of this crunchy diet, their stomachs secrete formic acid, instead of the more typical hydrochloric acid.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day – Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the Stars

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2016 February 25

Highest, Tallest, and Closest to the Stars
Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai, O Chul Kwon, Stéphane Guisard (Los Cielos de America), TWAN

 

Explanation: Fans of planet Earth probably recognize its highest mountain, the Himalayan Mount Everest, on the left in this 3-panel skyscape of The World at Night. Shrouded in cloud Everest’s peak is at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) elevation above sea level. In the middle panel, stars trail above volcanic Mauna Kea forming part of the island of Hawaii. Festooned with astronomical observatories, its summit lies a mere 4,168 meters above sea level. Still, measured from its base starting below the ocean’s surface, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 meters tall, making it Earth’s tallest mountain from base to summit. At right, beneath the arc of the Milky Way is the Andean mountain Chimborazo in Ecuador. The highest equatorial mountain, the Chimborazo volcano’s peak elevation is 6,268 meters above sea level. But rotating planet Earth is a flattened sphere (oblate spheroid) in shape, its equatorial diameter greater than its diameter measured pole to pole. Sitting nearly on top of Earth’s greatest equatorial bulge, Chimborazo’s peak is the farthest point on the planet’s surface from the center, over 2,000 meters farther from the center of the Earth than Everest’s peak. That makes Chimborazo’s summit the place on Earth’s surface closest to the stars.

Earth Sky News for February 25: Moon and Spica on February 25

Moon and Spica on February 25

Tonight – February 25, 2016 – stay up late (or wake up early) to see the moon with the star Spica. And if you miss them tonight, try again over the next several nights. At mid-northern latitudes, the waning moon and Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden, climb up above the horizon by around 10 to 11 p.m. local time. At southerly latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, the moon and Spica are up by mid-evening.

As the Earth spins eastward beneath the starry sky tonight, the moon and Spica will move upward and westward until reaching their high point for the night around 3 a.m. local time tomorrow, on February 26. Before daybreak, look for the moon and the star Spica to shine in the western half of sky.

The moon rises and sets an average 50 minutes later each day. On the other hand, the backdrop stars of the Zodiac rise and set about four minutes earlier daily. That’s why the moon and Spica shine together on the sky’s dome for only a few days of the month.

The star Spica rises and sets about one-half hour earlier with each passing week, or some two hours earlier with each passing month. So by the time April comes rolling around, Spica will be up by nightfall. That’s why we in the Northern Hemisphere associate this sparkling blue-white beauty with the season of spring!

Bottom line: Either late this evening – February 25, 2016 – or in the wee hours before sunrise on February 26, see the waning moon paired up with Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo.

 

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