Calendar amusement
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altivoFor years (nearly 25 years in fact) we have had the "Teddy Bear Calendar" from Workman Publishing in our kitchen. It featured photos of antique and modern handmade teddy bears, costumed and in settings, with props. It's just one of our traditional amusements here.
Last year was the 25th anniversary of the calendar, with much hoopla. This year, Workman dropped it. There are other calendars with teddy bears, of course, but none are the same. After hunting through the options available, I realized that Gary has been saving them every year, and we have the complete run or nearly so. Checking a perpetual calendar, I find that in 2001 the days of the week matched up exactly to those for 2007. The lunar phases were different, but as it happens, this particular calendar doesn't show the moon phases. So I pulled out the 2001 calendar, dusted it off, and hung it back up in the kitchen. Easter and Ash Wednesday will no doubt be wrong, and perhaps some other foreign or religious holidays, but everything else should still come up correctly I think. We'll see.
Just out of curiosity, I looked for the most recent year in which both the weekdays and the phases of the moon would match up. It looks as if that would have been 1855. I don't think we have one of those lying around, but it would be fun to put it up if we did.
Last year was the 25th anniversary of the calendar, with much hoopla. This year, Workman dropped it. There are other calendars with teddy bears, of course, but none are the same. After hunting through the options available, I realized that Gary has been saving them every year, and we have the complete run or nearly so. Checking a perpetual calendar, I find that in 2001 the days of the week matched up exactly to those for 2007. The lunar phases were different, but as it happens, this particular calendar doesn't show the moon phases. So I pulled out the 2001 calendar, dusted it off, and hung it back up in the kitchen. Easter and Ash Wednesday will no doubt be wrong, and perhaps some other foreign or religious holidays, but everything else should still come up correctly I think. We'll see.
Just out of curiosity, I looked for the most recent year in which both the weekdays and the phases of the moon would match up. It looks as if that would have been 1855. I don't think we have one of those lying around, but it would be fun to put it up if we did.
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Date: 2007-01-01 10:23 pm (UTC)Hmm, I do have an 1878 almanac, but I guess that's not even close with the dates... =)
Though, it's printed in blackletter, making it a bit tricky to read at first, and I'm not sure I want to know all the birthdays of the Russian royalty either...
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Date: 2007-01-01 10:43 pm (UTC)We get lots of calendars in the mail from places that want us to donate money to this or that cause. Most don't have photos that I find appealing, though. Our feed store gives us one every year with animal pictures and we hang that in the barn. Gary writes notes on it, like how many eggs there were each day and when the horses were groomed or got new bedding.
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Date: 2007-01-02 02:41 am (UTC)I didn't get any calenders either o.O
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Date: 2007-01-02 12:02 pm (UTC)Moon phases would still shift from year to year, of course, but the basic arrangement of days, including fixed holidays, would always be the same. I think the idea has a lot of merit. Easter would still shift around with the moon, I suppose, as would the Jewish and Islamic feasts and fasts.
Of course, like switching QWERTY keyboards to Dvorak, it will never really happen.
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Date: 2007-01-02 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-02 09:00 pm (UTC)I have to look and see if I still have the 2001 version of that one.