There are some fun things going on in the month of August…

Starting with Lammas Day & Frey’s Feast on August First…..

…..then the Full Sturgeon Moon on the Third…

Abbey Road’s famous Beatles photo was taken fifty-one years ago on August 8th…

Oops…..Betty Boop made her debut on the same day in 1930…

National Honey Bee Day is August 18th…

The Mona Lisa was stolen from The Louvre on August 11, 1911…

It’s Paolo’s and my 43rd wedding anniversary on August 6th…..we’re like well-aged wine…

Disney’s “Bambi” premiered on August 13, 1942…….and National Roller Coaster Day is August 16th…

AND…….the electric guitar was invented on August 10th…….(but I don’t know what year)…

Senator Strom Thurman began his infamous 24hr. and 18 min. filibuster on August 28th in 1957 (phew)…

And in 1797…..Mary Shelley was born on August 30th…

Here’s a little tidbit…….National Dog Day and Women’s Equality Day are the same day…..August 26th…..along with Mother Teresa’s Birthday…

Plus Drogo and Ben share a Birthday on August 31st…..Ben will be three and Drogo will be five…

And Smokey the Bear was chosen on August 9th, 1944…

…..there’s more stuff going on in August…..it’s a busy month…..

…..like Davy Crocket & Leonard Bernstein & Isaac Singer & Napoleon Bonapart & Kenny Rogers’ Birthdays…..

I miss Kenny Rogers…….

 

*****(here’s an honorable mention:  July 31st. was also Neville Longbottom’s and Harry Potter’s Birthday)