My Daily Bread Crumbs 24 Apr 2022

Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 266 April 25, 2022

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April 24th 2022 - Holidays and Observances

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Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, France)^[20]
Christian feast day:
- Benedict Menni
- Dermot of Armagh
- Dyfnan of Anglesey
- Ecgberht of Ripon
- Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Gregory of Elvira
- Ivo of Ramsey
- Johann Walter (Lutheran)
- Mary of Clopas
- Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
- Mellitus
- Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
- Salome (disciple)
- Wilfrid (Church of England)
- William Firmatus
- April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Concord Day (Niger)
Democracy Day (Nepal)
Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances:
- Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)
National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
Republic Day (The Gambia)
World Day for Laboratory Animals

Observances

National Skipping Day

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Sun Apr 24th, 2022 - Sat Apr 30th, 2022

Go Diaper Free Week

Fun Observances

World Pinhole Photography Day

The last Sunday in April is celebrated worldwide as World Pinhole Photography Day.

The day aims to encourage people to pick up pinhole photography as a hobby and profession, and to share their techniques and pictures with the pinhole photography community.

Small Hole

Unlike its more technologically advanced counterparts, a pinhole camera has no lens and usually captures images using light that passes through a small hole or aperture. The light passes through the hole and projects an inverted image on a piece of film or paper.

Make Your Own

Popularly used to take photographs of the Sun and to safely observe solar eclipses, pinhole cameras are easy to make at home and require minimal equipment.

How to Celebrate?

Learn more about pinhole cameras and photography.
Make a simple pinhole camera at home and try to take pictures with it.
Share the pictures with the pinhole photography community.

Did You Know…

…that the world's largest camera obscura is in Aberystwyth, Wales? A camera obscura is an optical device that was the precursor of a pinhole camera.

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While I was making a huge batch of snickerdoodle cookies, I asked my ten-year-old to read the recipe and ingredients off the box to me, doubling them as he went along. He did as he was told. His first instruction: "Preheat the oven to 700 degrees."

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After browsing the restaurant menu, I had a question for the waitress. "About the salmon entrée, is that a steak or a fillet?"

"Neither," she said. "It's a fish."

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When I arrived at my mother's apartment complex, I was greeted by the disconcerting sight of a fire truck parked outside. There was no sign of smoke, and the firefighters didn't seem worried. Still, I asked one, "Is it safe to go inside? I'm a little wary of entering a building when the fire truck's lights are on."

"Don't worry about it," he said. "We do it all the time."