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Themes for March 13: National Good Samaritan Day, National Earmuff Day, National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day, National Coconut Torte Day, National K9 Veterans Day, National Jewel Day, and National Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day.

🥇National Good Samaritan Day is also known as Good Samaritan Involvement Day. This is a day for unselfish actions to help those in need and to celebrate kindness. The term “good Samaritan” comes from the Bible parable where a Samaritan helped a stranger who had been robbed and beaten and left to die by the side of the road. The Samaritan not only cleaned the man’s wounds and clothed him, but took him to an inn where he paid for the man’s care. The term is used today to describe those who perform acts of kindness for those in need, especially those who are strangers. This day is in honor of the death of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese who was murdered near her home on March 13, 1964, in New York City. For Miss Genovese, had just one good Samaritan stepped forward that night, she may be alive today. Her killer was interrupted two times, each interruption witnessed by neighbors or passersby, but no one called the police. After his third and successful attempt, one person called, but it was too late for Miss Genovese.

👂National Earmuff Day! If you live in a cold climate like Chester Greenwood did, you might be thankful for his invention. National Earmuff Day honors the man who found a better way to keep our ears warm all winter long. After a day of ice skating in the cold, 15-year-old Chester came up with an idea to keep his big ears warm. Partnering with his grandmother who sewed tufts of fur between loops of wire, Chester soon had a working model. Farmington, Maine is now the “Earmuff Capital of the World”. On March 13, 1877, he was awarded a patent. It was one of many. He was a prolific inventor, but the invention he is most known for is the earmuff. For almost 60 years, Greenwood manufactured these ear protectors, which provided jobs for the people in the Farmington, Maine area.

☂️National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day! There is an old superstition about opening your umbrella indoors and that it would bring you bad luck. National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day encourages you to do just that and note if you have any bad luck. While umbrellas have been around for over 3000 years, the origin of the superstition is strangely obscure. There is some suggestion that ancient Egyptians thought it offended the gods to open an umbrella where there was already shade. However, the more modern version of the superstition would suggest bad things happening as a result of poor timing or inconvenience.

🍰National Coconut Torte Day! The word torte is German and literally means cake. Torte refers to both a multi-layered cake filled with buttercream, jam, or cream and to a rich, moist and dense single-layered cake. A torte may be made with little to no flour, but instead with ground nuts or breadcrumbs, as well as sugar, eggs and flavorings. Coconuts were available in the United States in the early 1700s even though the palm was not indigenous to the continental United States. There are many recipes using coconut, including cakes, cookies and tortes from that era, so it was certainly as popular an ingredient as it is today. Coconut trees can grow up to ninety feet.

🐕National K9 Veterans Day! A lot of things changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Oil, leather and rubber were rationed. Men were drafted. Women rolled up their sleeves and built war supplies. And dogs were called to duty. During the first world war, the United States took notice of the European use of canines as sentries, message carriers and several other functions. Dogs for Defense was a program initiated by a private citizen by the name of Mrs. Alene Erlanger. Along with the American Kennel Club and a handful of breeders, the group aimed to train the dogs for military use. By November of 1942, the first Dogs for Defense were prepared for duty in North Africa. While at first they were gun shy, they proved to be well trained. As the war progressed, Dogs for Defense was unable to keep up with the demand and the Remount Branch, Service Installations Divisions took over training of the dogs. Over the years the military, police and rescue have developed a variety of training methods for K9 units. Their training is tailored to meet the demands of the job and each animal and handler carries out his or her duties to the fullest. National K9 Veterans Day is celebrated today, the official birthday of the US Army K9 Corps, which was formed in 1942. Joseph White, a retired military working dog trainer, originated the idea for the day.

👑National Jewel Day! While this day may be a day to give or receive jewelry, it could also be a day to recognize jewelers. It may also be a day to wear those gems you may already have! Birthstones by Month: January – Garnet, February – Amethyst, March – Aquamarine, April – Diamond, May – Emerald, June – Pearl, July – Ruby, August – Peridot, September – Sapphire, October – Opal, November – Yellow Topaz, Citrine, and December – Tanzanite, Zircon, Blue Topaz.

👩‍⚕️National Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day celebrates the contributions of these medical professionals. For more and complete information, click on the links below: https://www.eatright.org/food/resources/national-nutrition-month/registered-dietitian-nutrition-day. National Dietitian Nutrition Day was created in 2008 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association), to raise awareness of the indispensable role that registered dietitian nutritionists play in helping people enjoy a healthy life.

My grandmother use to crochet earmuffs that slip on your ears. They were better than any you could buy. Plus they fit easier in your coat pocket. Oh, and they were attached together too. I don't do umbrella's🌂 indoor or outdoors period. I'd rather not have an eye poked out, thank you! I've never heard of coconut torte. But I'll pass I'm no coconut fan. I'm glad the K9's are getting their own day. They deserve the recognition for their service. I don't wear jewel any more. I even had to remove my wedding ring. My RA makes my joints swell, plus I didn't want to have to have a ring cut off. Have a healthy day to all the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist out there.

I found them! And boy did I find them. I was beginning to think I was going to have to go and build one but I found those hidden jewels of waterfalls. I would love to do them all but I don't think I would get them all done in two days. I will try to pick some good ones.

Sending warm hugs!🐶🐶💕🌥💕