Life Just Gets Gooder: 12 Jul

12 Jul

Weather Expectations Week 23 Day 192 Flag Today 91°/60°

Wind 12 mph Gusts 18 mph

Active Fire: 33 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme

Nearest Lightning: 157 miles away Humidity: 15%

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Breezy

July Averages: Temps: 82°\51° 9 days with rain

Today’s Observances:

Different Colored Eyes Day
International Cava Day Link
International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms
International Day of Hope
National JELL-O Day Link Link
National Pecan Pie Day
Night of Nights (Maritime Radio) Link
Paper Bag Day
Simplicity Day Link

Weekly Observances:

World Orienteering Championships: 4-12 Link

Tour de France: 4-26 Link

Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 5-11
National Therapeutic Recreation Week: 5-11 Link
Running of The Bulls (Spain): 7-14
Sports Clich Week: 7-14 Link

National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week: 12-18 Link
National Farriers Week: 12-18
Operation Safe Driver Week: 12-18 Link
Nude Recreation Weekend: 12-18

Fresh Quotation:

Today’s Reflection:

A very warm Saturday. Fan is running full blast.

When I was moved to the downstairs, my good pillow stayed on the bed upstairs. The ones on the bed downstairs were far from comfortable. I switched the pillow this morning and should have even better night’s sleep tonight.

Every day I have more strength and am able to move about better. It feels good to be healing…even though it is slower than I had hoped.

The 2026 Space Race is in full swing. Will the US or China set up the first moon base at the moon’s South Pole. Both have upcoming flights and they are only a few weeks apart. This could produce the first man-made base outside of the planet earth.

Historical events

12 July History

Good to know:

Sedna: Goddess of the Sea© kaitmatthewsart

From the icy waters of the Arctic comes the haunting tale of Sedna, whose tragedy transformed her into the powerful ruler of the ocean. Once a beautiful young woman, she refused many suitors until a mysterious birdman promised her an easy life on a distant island.

His promises proved false. When her father attempted rescue, the birdman created a terrible storm. Fearing for his life, her father threw Sedna overboard, then chopped off her fingers as she clung desperately to his kayak.

Her severed fingers became seals, walruses, and whales. Sedna herself sank to the ocean floor, becoming the temperamental goddess who controls marine life—a stark reminder of humanity's dependence on nature's unpredictable forces.

Picture of the Day:

Plants For Birds Honorable Mention: Anna’s Hummingbird and cattail
The brown, cylindrical top of a cattail stands upright as a green Anna’s Hummingbird half its size pulls away seed fibers, their fluff extending from her beak to the top of the plant. The sunlit cattail is illuminated around the edges. Karen Boyer Guyton/Audubon Photography Awards/2021

Today’s Trivia:

Female African Plated Lizards lay large, oval eggs with leathery shells. They typically lay 2 – 5 eggs in soil-filled cracks in rock ledges in midsummer. Their hatchlings emerge roughly 11 weeks later.