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Welcome
to National Historic Preservation Week, National Police Week, National Running
and Fitness Week, and National Etiquette Week.
Today is Hug Your Cat Day; even though cats often act as if they don’t
want or need attention, they do. Wednesday
is National Be a Millionaire Day and National Employee Health and Fitness Day.
Thursday is the anniversary of the day in 1792 when some two dozen
merchants and brokers established the New York Stock Exchange.
In fair weather, they operated under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street and
moved to a coffeehouse to conduct their business in bad weather.
Friday
is International Museum Day, Saturday is Armed Forces Day, Sunday is Neighbor
Day, and Monday is National Waitstaff Day – for restaurant managers and
patrons to express appreciation for the fine service they receive.
WHAT’S
HAPPENING?
Wednesday’s 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. story
times feature ladybugs in stories and crafts.
Saturday morning’s 10:00 story time celebrates buttons and bows.
On May 25, the library will offer a class on Intro to Internet for
beginners to learn how to set up and use an e-mail account and search the web in
the public computer area. The class
is limited to five, so call or stop by the Reference Desk to reserve your place!
BOOK
TALK
Children’s
Librarian Mary Stickford provides this week's book information.
It’s time to
start planning for planting! Introduce
your children to gardening now, and they will have the foundation of a life-long
hobby. The Children’s Branch
offers a great selection of titles to get you going and growing.
Simple starts are provided in “Green Thumbs:
A Kid’s Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening.”
It offers over a hundred great ideas, each on one page with clear
directions and a line drawing illustration.
Included are planting basics, natural pest controls, attracting critters,
harvest recipes, herb helps, and garden-related craft projects.
If you want to make herbal soap, grow a cucumber in a bottle or put in a
garden pool, “Green Thumbs” is
the book for you.
At
the opposite end of the spectrum is “Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the
Young at Heart,” which begins with a quote from Plato: “The most effective
kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.”
It continues with six too-short chapters of poetic musings on gardening
and ends with “Hold these simple pleasures and mysteries close, and you will
always have the secret recipe for childhood.
When you are 85 years young, you will still be a child at
heart—planting gardens and searching the night sky for a moonbow.”
More
high energy is “Roots, Shoots, Buckets, & Boots: Gardening Together With
Children,” which provides zippy ideas. For
example, you can make a Pizza Patch with slices of tomatoes, zucchini, oregano,
and onions, planted in a pie shape; a Flowery Maze with a path leading to a
secret hideaway center; or, a Moon Garden to visit at night.
This ambitious work even offers addresses, phone numbers, web sites, and
e-mail addresses for seed companies and nurseries.
If
you have been searching for new ideas for the garden and the family, try
“Native American Gardening: Stories, Projects, and Recipes for Families.”
It offers Native American lore and tradition, along with tips for
planting historically authentic gardens, making gourd birdhouses and corn husk
dolls, journaling, playing games, and singing traditional chants in native
languages.
DID
YOU KNOW?
According to allergist Linda Ford, MD, to create a low-allergen garden we
should buy insect-pollinated plants because their pollen is too heavy to blow
around and too large to inhale. Keep
your lawn cut short because grass can trap pollen and mold spores.
If you have allergies, wear a hat while gardening to catch airborne
allergens and take it off before going inside.
Once inside, take a shower and put clothes in the laundry.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "If at first you don’t succeed, try trying.” (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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