It has been a busy week this week for Special Days. Tuesday was the last day of the month aka Pay Day for many (We have spoken about that before!) Wednesday was the First of April- April Fools Day. I hope that you did not get caught out by too many pranks! Today is Maundy Thursday the start of Easter for Christians and commerorates the last Supper and the washing of the feet of the disciples by Jesus. Also every year the reigning monarch distributes silver coins at a special

Apparently today is Happiness Day. It seems that every day now celebrates something. It is also the spring equinox when the daylight and night time hours and nearly identical. Lighter days are coming. Well one thing that makes me happy is a good jigsaw puzzle with an interesting and engaging picture, 1000 pieces or 500, and the time to do it! At Grovely puzzles we make lots of different styles and types of puzzles, Photographs, Artist Puzzles even a bit of AI and some cartoon

Well its the last working day of the month. For many people this is payday. Its also a Friday and for those who may be paid weekly it too is Payday. I started my working life in a Bank. Wednesday and/orThursday was the day that the bigger companys and firms rang in with their order for the wages, which were paid in cash. We would have to put together the required amount, in the specified breakdown, so that the companies could make up the wage packets for handing out to their

I was born in the 1950's and was a child in the 1960's when it was almost compulsory to joining the Brownies for girls and the Cub Scouts for boys. Consequently we always celebrated the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell on 22nd February, the day being known as Thinking Day. As Brownies and Cubs we were encouraged to think of others and help others not just on this day but throughout the year. This year was the 100th Anniversary of Thinking Day and it was commemorated across the