Leap Day!

Week 10 Day 60 of 2024 - February 29

Rosieness Revue
February 29th, 2024

What is Leap Day?

We all use the Gregorian calendar which follows the earth's orbit around the sun, which takes 365.25 days. To keep things simple, that number is rounded down to 365. And the extra .25 or six hours? Every four years, those six hours add up to one whole day, which is added to the calendar in February. That's why in a leap year, February has 29 days instead of the standard 28. The first leap day was introduced in 45 B.C. by Julius Caesar.

People born on Leap Day are called Leaplings

The odds of being born on Leap Day are 1-in-1,461.h

8 leap year traditions and superstitions from around the world

Including decorating birch trees with ribbons in Germany and women proposing to men with consequences for those who refuse.

www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a46658567/leap-year-traditions/#6-france-read-the-la-bougie-du-sapeur-newspaper

This French newspaper is only published on February 29th

Leap Day Menu

Leap Year Cocktail Recipe

Created in 1928 by Harry Craddock for leap year celebrations at The Savoy Hotel in London. Grand Marnier, sweet vermouth, gin, and a dash of lemon juice

www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1136/leap-year-cocktail

Toad in the Hole -

Toad in the hole with juicy sausages, crispy, puffed, and tender Yorkshire pudding, and delicious onion gravy made using Chef John easy "cold oven" method. Pair with a Caesar Salad.

www.allrecipes.com/recipe/284679/toad-in-the-hole

Write a Leap Day letter to yourself

Future you will love getting a letter from 2024 you. Sit down and write yourself a letter that includes details of your life right now. Include your current favorites like TV shows, movies, music, food, books and anything else that captures the moment, including current prices of items in your world and goals for where you'd like to see yourself four years from now. Seal it up, then don't open it until Feb. 29, 2028. Fun for all ages and for multi generations to do together.

Everyone can make a difference

How One Man Saved a Future Nobel Laureate From Nazi Germany

Arno Penzias won the Nobel Prize in Physics. But without the kind stranger who helped him escape the Nazis, he may never have had the honor.

nicenews.com/acts-of-kindness/nobel-laureate-arno-penzias-saved

This Week in History

1940 Hattie McDaniel Becomes First African American Actress To Win Oscar for her portrayal of Mammy in “Gone With the Wind.”

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcdaniel-wins-oscar

Word of the Week

INTERCALARY

inserted in a calendar; containing an intercalary period (such as a day or month); inserted between other things or parts :

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercalary

What We are Listening To

My Name Is Barbra (Audible Audio Edition)

The audiobook edition is read by Barbra Streisand. Features additional anecdotes and music that are exclusive to the My Name Is Barbra audiobook. We always like it when musicians add music to their memoirs.

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What to Watch

Leap Year (2010) ⭐ 6.4 | Comedy, Romance

1h 40m | PG Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it. Cute Rom Com with Amy Adams

www.imdb.com/title/tt1216492/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

From our Readers

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