August Starts With A Celebration

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By Anna
@LadyDuck (471002)
Switzerland
August 1, 2018 7:46am CST
Today 1st of August is the "Swiss National Day". On this day the Nation celebrates the creation of the Swiss Confederation, back in 1291. The month of August gets its name from the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. In several countries, this is the hottest month of the year. The birthstones of the month are peridot and the onyx, the flowers the gladiolus and poppy. Among the many "unofficial" celebrations during this months, I am sharing some: 9th - Book Lover’s Day (this is for me) 13th - International Left-handers Day - celebrate if you feel discriminated 15th - Relaxation Day - I will, I surely will. 18th - National Bad Poetry Day - try your chance, write a poem 26th - Women equality day - an important day to celebrate We have a saying for this month: "If the first week in August is unusually warm,the coming Winter will be snowy and long." Well, this is the case, it's unusually hot and I do not like the idea of a snowy and long winter. Any special plan for this month of August? The picture is the Google Doodle for the Swiss National Day.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
2 Aug 18
Hope you had a lovely Swiss Day! It was cool here today, but I'll be in Florida, so who cares about the winter. Lol! We are celebrating our wedding anniversary this month and have a full calendar for the month. Sigh....
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
You married on a very hot month. This year the Swiss Day has been without fireworks due to the heat and the danger of wildfires, but we enjoyed anyway.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
5 Aug 18
@arunima25 Thanks so much!!!
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@arunima25 (87747)
• Bangalore, India
2 Aug 18
Happy Wedding anniversary!! Wish you many more years of togetherness
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• Preston, England
1 Aug 18
Happy Swiss National Day I write Bad poems all the time any way See that bit rhyme Doesn't happen every time The line after this for example Doesn't rhyme at all and it's far too long to scan with the rest of the poem, ruining the whole thing
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• Preston, England
1 Aug 18
@LadyDuck shame about the fireworks but it is for the best not using them
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
@arthurchappell It has been the most quiet 1st of August I can remember. A strong thunderstorm has started around 8 PM and has lasted until early morning. After all I appreciated.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
1 Aug 18
Your poems are very good Arthur, you do not need to write on bad poems day. No fireworks for the Swiss National Day this year, the wildfires risk is too high.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
1 Aug 18
One of our sons is left handed.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
My husband is also left handed, his mother could use both hands.
@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
4 Aug 18
@MarshaMusselman When we were young in Italy (Catholic country) the left hand was considered "the hand of the devil", the teachers did not allow kids to write or eat using that hand. I can use both, because of the accident I had to my right arm, I was unable to use my right arm for almost 2 years.
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• Midland, Michigan
3 Aug 18
I am also left-handed but I don't feel discrimination because of it. If anyone gives me grief I just tell them at least that makes me smarter than they are. I'm sure you've heard why that is before?
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
1 Aug 18
Happy one there.I like the image
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
1 Aug 18
@LadyDuck you can find so many things there.I loved it
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
1 Aug 18
The 9th day Anna
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
I could not miss to mention that one, but I will not allow my husband to buy more books on that day.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
4 Aug 18
@Lucky15 Yes, he let me stop him, we have no place left to store more books.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
4 Aug 18
@LadyDuck hhahahaha. Will he let you stop him?
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
1 Aug 18
Good to know about those holidays.. Happy Swiss National Day!
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
1 Aug 18
Thank you, it is a very hot day, I am not sure they are going to play the fireworks tonight.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
@Jessabuma It rained during the night, it's less hot today.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
2 Aug 18
@LadyDuck you're welcome. It's cloudy here today
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Aug 18
congrats to your wonderful country. hope you have a great celebration, yes i know a lot of that about this month . it is also our biggest month for birthdays in our family and friends alike
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Aug 18
@LadyDuck good for you my friend.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
We have no birthdays during August, it should be a quiet month and I intend to have a lazy month.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Aug 18
I don't like that saying either as it is quite warm today. The weekend will be very warm, higher than 40 C. So my goal for August is to survive the heat.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
3 Aug 18
@LadyDuck Oh, how I hope that is true!
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
I have the same goal. August has started with a very hot day and ended with a strong thunderstorm. Mixed signals, may be the winter will not be so bad after all.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
3 Aug 18
@1hopefulmanI hope too, winter seems to never end.
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@much2say (55387)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Aug 18
Happy Swiss National Day! For us, there is not a whole lot of celebrating this month (except that my family still needs to celebrate July birthdays ). The kids start school in a couple weeks. A left handers day - well I should celebrate that one!
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
1 Aug 18
I think my husband will celebrate left-handers day, he tole me he was so upset when they did not let him write using his left hand when he was a kid.
@much2say (55387)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Aug 18
@LadyDuck My dad suspects that he was a lefty. I know in his time too it was improper to be "lefty".
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
@much2say I know that when I went to schools the teachers banned kids to write with the left hand.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
No special plan but today August 2 is the day two of my friends were born. One lives in Canada now and the other is busy as a school administrator. I will send them my greetings later. On the 11th, is my French friend's birthday and these days he's one of my closest friends even though we live far from each other. 14th there's another birthday, she was one of my closest friends back in law school and she's in Switzerland now. She's married to a Swiss. Finally, the 25th is supposed to be my mothers 73rd birthday. It makes me wonder how she might have looked like if she were alive.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
@LadyDuck I think so too. I can only remember an image of her in her 40s.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
@toniganzon My mother did not change a lot until the age of 80, only the last few years she looked like an old lady.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
You have many celebrations for the month of August. It was a quiet 1st of August yesterday here in Switzerland, due to the heat wave in many Cantons fireworks were not allowed, I do not know if they had a better celebration where your closest friend lives. Your mother would still look very pretty, I am sure.
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@Juliaacv (50919)
• Canada
1 Aug 18
Happy Swiss Day! Today is only the very first day of the month, and its a bit on the cool side here, but the long weekend coming up is forecasted to be very hot. We'll see if this old saying still holds true today with our global warming.
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@Juliaacv (50919)
• Canada
2 Aug 18
@LadyDuck I hope the same for us, we had a terribly snowy and cold season last winter, and I only hope that this winter is a bit lighter or closer to normal.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
@Juliaacv I know that winter is cold, but too much snow and too cold it's not something I want to see.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
It was very hot yesterday, but it ended with a strong thunderstorm. Let's see the next few days, but I hope for a not too cold winter.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
1 Aug 18
My hubbyos birthday day is the 15th, granddaughter the 20th, and brother the 27th. I guess we will be having a big combined birthday party.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
The 15th we celebrate The feast of the Assumption of Mary, it's a holiday, nothing else for August.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
3 Aug 18
@HazySue When I can stay at home and I have nothing wrong going on, it's always a day to celebrate.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
2 Aug 18
@LadyDuck You can make your own holiday celebration for loving your life day.
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@dgobucks226 (35552)
2 Aug 18
Very nice write about August. My plan is to enjoy the last unofficial month of Summer. At least at the Jersey Shore we kind of look at it that way. By Labor Day "That's All Folks."
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
September is back to school, even if the temperature is still hot we also consider that Summer is over.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
3 Aug 18
@dgobucks226 Now it's dark at 9 PM, we have almost lost a full hour of light.
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@dgobucks226 (35552)
3 Aug 18
@LadyDuck I agree. Here, even with the warm weather it gets darker earlier and earlier and I can just sense a change.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
1 Aug 18
No special plans this month Anna, just for myself to recover. Those are interesting days you have mentioned. I hope this month brings everything good for you there.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
1 Aug 18
@Courage7 We had a cool month of June with a lot of rain and the first three weeks of July were cooler than average.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
1 Aug 18
I only ask for a relaxed month, I need some rest to recover. It is so hot today, but may be we are going to have a thunderstorm.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
1 Aug 18
@LadyDuck Good you are thinking the same then. It has been rather cool here strangely and a few storms.
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@snowy22315 (179935)
• United States
2 Aug 18
Well this weekend I am going to Medeival Times with the Fam..for a rip roarin good time. It is also my son's birth month so we will certainly have some small celebration.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
We went to Medieval Times in Anaheim years ago, it was a good show.
@topffer (42156)
• France
1 Aug 18
Are you dancing tonight ? A lot of sarcasm needed to create a "National Bad Poetry Day"!
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
No fireworks due to the heat and a seriously strong thunderstorm that started around 8 PM and that has been more than welcome. Americans have invented many weird celebrations.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
1 Aug 18
Thanks for sharing! We are praying this will be the month we find our home! =)
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
I sincerely hope you can find the home you need.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Aug 18
this is great. thanks for the educational information. here in my country, August has a week celebrated as "Linggo ng Wika" or the week of celebrating our national language. when i was in my senior collegiate level, i won 2nd place in an oratorical contest, of which the results were already decided before i did my piece.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
If I want to apply to acquire Swiss Nationality I must study to know more of Swiss history and geography. I am not ready to do this.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
1 Aug 18
Happy National Day! It is so amusing that there is a Bad Poetry Day! It encourages aspiring poets to try and try till they improved their craft.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
2 Aug 18
It is funny, but I agree that this encourages to write poems, even those who are not talented.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Aug 18
I am left handed so that is a good day.
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@LadyDuck (471002)
• Switzerland
1 Aug 18
My husband is also left handed, when he was a kid, they tried to force him to use his right hand, he felt discriminated.
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