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National Theme Day For April 8th: National All is Ours Day, National Zoo Lovers Day, and National Empanada Day.

🍁National All Is Ours Day can be looked at as a time to reflect on all of the beauty of nature and all the wonderful things in life. All the natural wonders of the world are there for all to enjoy. Become aware of all of the beauty in your surroundings. All of these spectacular gifts we have been given are shared by all. Another way to view National All Is Ours Day is to appreciate everything we have. Don’t dwell on what we don’t have. All that we have is a blessing, and our lives are a blessing. Some people also look at it as a day to share all that you have. The greatest times and the greatest things in life are those that are shared.

❤️National Zoo Lovers Day! This would be a perfect day to visit a zoo and be one of the millions of people who visit them each year. Enjoy seeing your favorite animals swinging from the trees or splashing in the water and have a fun-filled day. A few zoo facts: 🍃The Vienna Zoo is the oldest existing zoo and was opened to the public in 1765. 🍃The United State’s first public zoo, Central Park Zoo, opened in 1874 in New York. 🍃There are 350 zoos in the United States 🍃Approximately 175 million people visit a zoo each year. 🍃Disney’s Animal Kingdom has had more than 9.8 million annual visitors. 🍃More than 3.2 million people visit the San Diego Zoo each year.

🍞National Empanada Day. Empanadas are a stuffed bread or pastry that is baked or fried. The name empanada comes from the Galician, Portuguese and Spanish verb em pandar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanadas are made by folding the dough or bread around a seasoned stuffing. The filling usually is made from meat, cheese, vegetables or fruits but may be made with other ingredients. A cookbook published in 1520 in Catalan, the Libre del Coch by Ruperto de Nola, mentions empanadas filled with seafood. In the Southern and Southwestern United States, empanadas are called Creoles. They are a half-circle flaky crust filled with seasoned pork, beef or chicken, and cheese. In the Southeastern United States, empanadas are referred to as a “fried pie” and are a pastry filled with fresh or reconstituted dry fruit such as apples, apricots, peaches or sweet potatoes and then fried. In New Mexico, it is a winter tradition to make sweetmeat empanadas for Christmas. They are made with ground pork, sugar, pinon nuts, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg, sealed in a tortilla-like dough and then deep fried in lard.

I love zoos, especially the ones with the huge aquariums. I think I would like to go through one of those water tunnels they have now. Empanadas sound good, maybe a fruit filled one or a meat and cheese one.

Yike! Flood watch, not good. You stay safe my twin. Where I live we take just the word flood seriously. We almost lost our new home of six months to a flood in 2008.

Warm hugs!🐶💕🌧🌤