I know you\u2019ve heard this from me before, but here we are in February \u2014 my least favorite month. Every year I try to change my attitude about the month, but I haven\u2019t made much progress. I suppose I could look at this second month of the year as a time for true new beginnings since by now a lot of people (not me) have already given up on their half-hearted New Year\u2019s resolutions. I guess the month does have some redeeming qualities\u2026 celebration of love, a month to remember civil rights achievements, and February does have a couple of notable days dedicated to wine \u2014 the month contains both National Drink Wine Day and (the official) Open That Bottle Night. So, maybe its\u2019s not all that bad. If we could just get rid of the cold weather and snow, it might be pretty good. And after all, it is two to three days shorter than every other month, and it does have its fair share of holidays and reasons to celebrate\u2026 we\u2019ve got all these to look forward to \u2014 many of which I\u2019ll probably be commenting about when they roll around. Groundhog Day, Lincoln\u2019t Birthday and Valentine\u2019s Day are all days to look forward to, but we\u2019ve also got Susan B. Anthony\u2019s Birthday, President\u2019s Day and Mardi Gras \u2014 plus \u2014 this year we get an extra day \u2014 Leap Day on February 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
February\u2019s full moon, the Snow Moon, reaches peak fullness at 2:34 A.M. EST on Sunday February 9, 2020.
Even though there are many roses sold during February because of Valentine\u2019s Day, the symbolic flowers of the month are the Violet and Primrose.
The violet signifies watchfulness, loyalty, and faithfulness. Give a violet to someone to let them know that you\u2019ll always be there for them\u2026
The primrose lets someone know that you can\u2019t live without them\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So once again I\u2019ll attempt to embrace February \u2014 I just realized that in addition to the two special wine celebration days, February 22 is National Margarita Day. Cheers to February!!!!\u00a0
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I know you\u2019ve heard this from me before, but here we are in February \u2014 my least favorite month. Every year I try to change my attitude about the month, but I haven\u2019t made much progress. I suppose I could … Continue reading