let the sunshine in

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awards, friends, fun, people, random, sunshine

I didn’t see it at first but lovely NotLostJustWeird nominated me for my second award … yeah me and yeah  those who are reading me … not quite a month in and I am amazed at the positive response I am getting. So go and check out Mr Weird and the truly entertaining thoughts of his sometimes lost mind.,

And there are MORE rules to follow.  So here we go:

The Sunshine Award rules:

• Include the award’s logo in a post or on your blog.
• Answer 10 questions about yourself.
• Nominate 10-12 other fabulous bloggers.
• Link your nominees to this post and comment on their blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.
• Share the love and link the person who nominated you.

Here are some questions you might find interesting;

1. Favorite color? I have  a thing for green … all greens from vivid apple-green to the darkest forest green
2. Favorite animal? I think I would have liked the Dodos, just look at the drawings and you know they are a little bit stupid but so much fun
3. Favorite number? Have none, but one with 1/2 in it … always good to have that little bit extra
4. Favorite non-alcoholic drink? Tea, black tea, really strong with a drop of milk … otherwise water
5. Preferred Body Part? Have a freckle on my right foot that I enjoy
6. What Are You Passionate About? Shoes, laughing and my friends
7. What is the phrase or sentence you are least likely to hear? You are going bald
8. Favorite place? Anywhere near water, preferably the sea but a beautiful lake is also lovely
9. Favorite day of the week? Saturdays … everything and anything is possible on a  Saturday
10. Favorite flower? Love most flowers but have a thing for forget-me-nots, poppies, cornflowers and  Sunflowers … but any will brighten my day
11. If a rhinoceros is trotting across the Serengeti, and it rains while you’re standing near the river, what do crocodiles eat for dinner? crocodiles don’t do dinner, are strictly breakfast creatures

And here are my nominees … wonderful blogs I pop in on and that inspire me:

The lovely Miles

Gorgeous jotsfromasmallapt

Entertaining morezenow

Funny lilandjill

Readable Kate

The fabulous  Sorryiamnotsorry

Pink Suzy

Interesting 400days

Insightful Jen

Creative The middlest sister

black cats and lucky numbers

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black cats, friday 13, luck, miscellaneous, numbers, random, superstition, thoughts

I am not superstitious. I walk under ladders, like black cats and if I knock over the salt I am definitely not going to blind the guy sitting behind me in the cafe by trowing it over my shoulder. However as today is Friday the 13th and people all around the world are popping lucky tokens into their pockets and pulling up their charmed socks I can’t help but wonder what it is that makes this day so special.

Now I know that many believe the number 13 to be unlucky because of the 13 apostles at the Last Supper, or because a coven of witches was made up out of 13 women. But I didn’t know that even the Egyptians associated the number 13 with the stages of afterlife and thought it to be unlucky. The Vikings with all their fancy hats and sharp weapons also were a little bit iffy about this particular day as their god of mischief Loki showed up at a banquet uninvited bringing the number of guests up to 13 and in a round about way causing one of them to die. And here I was thinking that only bad fairy’s or nasty godmothers did that kind of thing.

Some people even have a fear of the number 13 and this oddity is called “triskaidekaphobia”, and if this unlucky number and Friday coincide it causes others to freak out (friggatriskaidekaphobia), both really high scorers on a scrabble board.

Another prime number that people seem to have certain feelings about is the number 7. It took God seven days to create the world. Pythagoras called it the perfect number, as it is a combination of both the triangle and the square and if you roll two dice, seven is the most frequent combination possible. Maybe that is why people call it lucky number 7.

But numbers seem to influence us in many ways. Some people believe their birth-date to be their own personal lucky number or tattoo significant dates onto their bodies. And then there is the Enneagram that categorizes you into one of nine personality types. Some people even rate attractiveness on a scale of 1-10. And who wasn’t scared when their mom started to count to three, even if you never quite knew what would happen if she ever got there.

With all that in mind I count my pennies to see if I’m lucky and they add up to the figure of my bus-fare and watch as the neighbours black cat suns itself on the pavement. And even if I don’t know what my personality number is and I am no 10, who knows maybe today will be my lucky day and something special will happen.