AUGUST - Facts, Myths, Trivia

@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you, the weather is so bad that almost all my neighbors forgot to hang out the Swiss flag... I forgot too.

It is storming here too, the sky became darker and now it is a thunderstorm. Go back to bed!

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@DaddyEvil In fact I am noticing one on a balcony already half ripped off. You need a brunch first and then you go back to sleep. I quickly went out to tie the tomatoes to the stakes before the wind breaks the plants.

what a year!

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@DaddyEvil (137634)

• United States

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck You're welcome... In a storm, it isn't necessary to hang out a flag. It would be ragged in no time from the winds. I'd love to go back to sleep but I'm going to have to get up... I'm hungry.

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prashu

@prashu228 (37524)

• India

1 Aug 21

Happy Swiss National day.. Good story about cats nine lives ..never heard about it..interesting though.. August 11 to August 13 is the best time for star gazing..wow i will remember to check ..does this apply world wide ?

My day just going on ..its hot here too much sweaty..

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prashu

@prashu228 (37524)

• India

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck that's awesome..I will check.. I like cat's ..any colour.. they should behave well .. that's it .

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@prashu228 I love cats a lot, some of them are really sweet,others are pests!

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Start Gazing should apply worldwide, I hope for day without clouds. I like black cats, I will try to remember to celebrate.

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58472)

• Germany

1 Aug 21

Happy Swiss national day to you. It is a nice day today although we had light rain in the morning for a little while but now kids are starting to play outside and me enjoying mylotting

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you, no big celebrations due to Covid. I just heard a thunder, not surprising with this sky. Enjoy your Sunday.

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simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58472)

• Germany

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck You`re welcome. It is kind of sad but it is much safer like that. It is really not good to have big celebration nowadays.

I`m scared of thunder but I like light rain

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@m_audrey6788 It is weird to have all the celebrations cancelled because of the virus. It is raining again right now.

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Porcospino

@Porcospino (31366)

• Denmark

1 Aug 21

I didn't know that legend. That is interesting. I went to a second hand store this afternoon, but aside from that I don't have many plans today. I hope we will be able to spend some time outside. Yesterday it rained so much, and it was impossible to do any work outside.

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Porcospino

@Porcospino (31366)

• Denmark

1 Aug 21

@marlina I hope so. We have a large yard and there are plenty of things to do.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

1 Aug 21

@Porcospino, I hope that you do get some "outdoor" time today,

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

It rained yesterday, it is raining today, we have no luck this year, it is such a horrible summer.

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Torunn

@Torunn (8607)

• Norway

1 Aug 21

I have been doing exciting things this first day of August: my first corona test. Just in case I need it for the plane tomorrow. I sneezed so loudly I scared the poor person taking the test ... Star gazing sounds nice, I'd like to see the Milky Way. Might wait til September, it's still very light in August.

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Torunn

@Torunn (8607)

• Norway

3 Aug 21

@LadyDuck I will scare someone again on Thursday, I keep sneezing just because of the mask so the test will definitely make me sneeze again. I know where I should go, I have to find somewhere dark and facing south-east. I usually have the best views north - West, but no Milky Way in that direction

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

3 Aug 21

@Torunn

I started to cough the other day because I chocked on saliva. I am sure that I scared some people in the Mall. I have the best views east, south and west, hard to see well the north.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

Oh my, I know that the Corona test is a bit annoying, I had one 10 days ago. Your revenge was to scare the person taking the test.

I have to find a darker place to see the Milky Way, too much light pollution in all this area now. This morning I have seen Sirius "the dog star".

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49723)

• Mojave, California

1 Aug 21

Happy Swiss day is that why black cats are also considered evil? One of them is a witch.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49723)

• Mojave, California

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck Me too and I already know witch one it is, Its Scar, we all know it.

See what I did there.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@crossbones27

SCAR, the most famous cat in the world.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you. Yes, black cats are considered evil because they "could be" a witch. I love black cats.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (47077)

• India

1 Aug 21

The Cat Nights sounds interesting. We have some festivals like Raksha Bandhan and Janmasthami (Birth day of Lord Krishna) in August. 15th August is a big day for us - Independence Day for India! And we are also having a pickup in rains here.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (47077)

• India

3 Aug 21

@LadyDuck That sounds interesting. So for what do you have 15th August as a holiday?

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (47077)

• India

4 Aug 21

@LadyDuck That is a special day indeed.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

15th August is also a holiday here, a religious Holiday. It is raining right now, we got so much rain this year.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

1 Aug 21

I am so happy that you FINALLY posted . I always enjoy reading those posts of yours. And thanks for the story about the "9 lives cats"

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck , the cat story is a thing that I learn from you this morning as I did not know it

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@marlina I usually research to know from where some saying come, but it took time to discover the 9 lives of cats.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

You are so kind, thanks. I read the story of the cats and I thought it was interesting to share.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

2 Aug 21

I wish I were a cat! We have been on vacation for over a week. Back on vacation again. Hope to see you soon!

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popciclecold

@popciclecold (39510)

• United States

2 Aug 21

Glad when you come home.. Lol.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

I would love to be able to understand what cats say. I noticed that you were missing, I hope you enjoyed your vacation. We had a terrible weather.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

3 Aug 21

@LadyDuck Home now, thank goodness. Crazy almost two weeks. We lucked out with the weather. Oh, kitties kill me. Can’t have enough of them. Just came in from visiting Kuma and Doodles. Still miss them every minute.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77165)

• Germany

1 Aug 21

Happy Swiss National Day! Thanks for sharing the information. I am having a lazy day today. August is my birth month.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you Thelma. I am also having a lazy day, the weather is not good. Which day is your birthday?

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

4 Aug 21

@thelme55 Same here, it rains all the time, I have plenty of tomatoes but they do not arrive to turn red.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77165)

• Germany

3 Aug 21

@LadyDuck You are welcome Anna. Sunday is my lazy day. We have shower very day. This coming Friday. Thank you. Have a nice week.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87854)

• Bangalore, India

1 Aug 21

Happy Swiss National Day

. It's good to read your posts. I wish you made discussions more often. That's an interesting story about nine lives of cats. I heard it for the first time

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

Thank You. I am often lazy writing because I have always so many notifications to clear, in fact I left some behind yesterday. Old legends are interesting.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

3 Aug 21

@arunima25

I think that the other myLotters are so kind to visit my posts because I visit their posts every day... well not all, there are few users that I visit every day who never visited my posts.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87854)

• Bangalore, India

2 Aug 21

@LadyDuck I see you are regular and active here. And everyone enjoys the interaction with you

. And when you write a post here, it gets responses in abundance

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

1 Aug 21

July was hot and humid, hopefully as we lose daylight in the month of august (nearly 40 minutes of daylight lost in the 31 days of the month)!!!! i am going to tell my wife it is swiss national day - time for chocolate to celebrate!!!!

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

I am noticing how dark are the morning, we are losing light more in the morning right now. I am going to make a chocolate mousse for dessert.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck yum! i adore chocolate mousse! it is one of my favs!

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@DocAndersen I have always loved, I do not prepare often because I eat too much.

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Soireemar

@asianlady (2697)

• Ireland

1 Aug 21

Happy Holiday... and thank you for sharing the trivia about the cat because I'm a cat person.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

Thank you and glad to meet you. I am also a cat person, I like all cats and I particularly like black cats. May be I am a witch.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

@asianlady I love cats. My neighbors have a ginger cat who is the sweetest cat I ever met. I adopted a "tuxedo", left behind by a family who moved to an apartment.

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Soireemar

@asianlady (2697)

• Ireland

2 Aug 21

@LadyDuck I'm delighted to meet you, Anna. Well, I have 1 black cat, 1 ginger, and 1 black & white. Maybe, you are a witch in your story. LOL

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Faru Mesh

@FaruMesh (3508)

• India

1 Aug 21

From the picture it's looks like cloudy. Late Happy national day for you.

. We celebrate our Independence day of Aug 15th. Actually no celebrations from past one year.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

We had a thunderstorm later. The 15th of August it is a religious celebration here, another Sunday, so no additional holidays.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

@FaruMesh Black Cat Day is the 17th, the Catholic celebration is the 15th "Assumption of Mary to Heaven".

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Faru Mesh

@FaruMesh (3508)

• India

2 Aug 21

@LadyDuck The 15th of August it is a religious celebration here What type of religious festival is that, are you talking about Black Cat day?

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)

• China

1 Aug 21

Happy National Day to you ! I know the saying "cats have nine lives",but have no idea of what it originated with before now.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)

• China

3 Aug 21

@LadyDuck Over here some also say so,not sure if it is because of cats being able to survive the falling down from high place ,

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

1 Aug 21

I did not know either

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you, no celebrations again due to Covid. I always was curious about the saying "cats have nine lives".

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ultraman cosmos

@id_peace (14005)

• Singapore

1 Aug 21

Happy national day. For us, it is one of the hottest Jul with the dry spell final end just today which lasted for nearly 1.5 week.

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ultraman cosmos

@id_peace (14005)

• Singapore

3 Aug 21

Talking about thunderstorm, we have a few storm and the temperature is slightly cooling now.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

4 Aug 21

@id_peace It is not at all hot here this year, the temperature in the morning is from 14 to 16 Celsius and we do not even reach 27 C during the day.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you. We had a cool July compared to the other years. Today started with rain, a bit of sun later and now another thunderstorm. Well, we will see what the new moon will bring.

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rakski

@rakski (126056)

• Philippines

1 Aug 21

Just the same here. Nothing special. Happy national day, Do you know that for Chinese, August is consider a ghost month?

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

Thank you. I did not know that August is considered a ghost month, interesting. I will search to know more.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

@rakski I know about the "Ghost Festival" held in August. I have researched and now I know about the "Ghost Months", it is interesting.

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rakski

@rakski (126056)

• Philippines

2 Aug 21

@LadyDuck I think they believed August is a bad month for investment and business and that it brings bad luck

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paigea

@paigea (36315)

• Canada

1 Aug 21

I am spending the day cleaning, organizing, weeding. Hubby is out all day so i can get lots done.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

I have work waiting for me in the garden, but if it does not stop raining there is nothing I can do.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 21

@paigea We had a very bad storm the past Monday, many roads were flooded and covered with mud and debris, some houses are still covered with mud. They said that the last time we had so much rain was in 1951, the year I was born. The garden is fine, I cleaned after the storm, the lawn is overgrown but too wet to be mowed.

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paigea

@paigea (36315)

• Canada

1 Aug 21

@LadyDuck We need rain so badly. The sun is a red circle barely showing through the smoke. We are far from the fires, so I don't smell the smoke but it is here. I need to get into my overgrown garden and catch up a little in case we do get rain.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

2 Aug 21

Happy National Swiss Day! Cats, how interesting. Ahh, star gazing 11-13tg, ok. I'm going to relax all lazy Sunday.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

Thank you. I have to remember to go out in the evening and look for the falling stars.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

3 Aug 21

@oahuwriter Should this work I would.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

3 Aug 21

@LadyDuck Wishing on them too?

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

1 Aug 21

What a dramatic sky, love the clouds. I hope you have a better August. Interesting to read about the legends.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

This month of August started with two storms, easily predictable when I noticed the dark clouds. Today it seems a clear sunny day, of course, it is a working day.

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@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 21

@CarolDM We reached the 70s, but we did not go higher, it is a temperature that I like.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Aug 21

@LadyDuck So far we have 80s instead of 90s. Off to a good start.

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