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when your mind leaves the workaday world

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 Today is the 4th day of the 35th week, the 26th day of the 8th month, the 238th day of 2026 [ with only 120 shopping days until Christmas ], and: International Dog Day - promoting dog adoption and animal welfare since 2004 Make Your Own Luck Day Musical Yoga Day National Cherry Popsicle Day National Got Checked Day National McChicken Day National Toilet Paper Day - the date when the first roll was sold back in 1871 by Scott National WebMistress Day Willing-To-Lend-A-Hand Wednesday Women's Equality Day - the 19th Amendment was ratified by the 36th state [Tennessee two days ago] and on this day in 1920, the Secretary of State officially signed the proclamation that made it part of the Constitution.   World Painted Dog Day - AKA the African wild dog   the Blood Moon is at waxing gibbous and 98% full - and there is a partial lunar eclipse tomorrow Quote of the day: " Christmas is the day that holds all time together ." ~ Alexander Smith - Scottish poet and essayist from ...
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#SilentSunday 08232026v

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  The Gunpowder from the NCR trail posted by Michael Swygert
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#SilentSunday Nagasaki 81 years ago

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#SilentSunday 08162026v

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  "Today's weather" posted by Steve Carter the NW Scottish Highlands
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Never again

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  From the Manhattan Project National Historical Park: On August 6, 1945 at 8:16 am in Hiroshima (7:16 pm August 5th on the US East Coast), after falling for 43 seconds from the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, the Little Boy atomic bomb detonated 1,968 feet (600 meters) above the city, 550 feet (168 meters) from the Aioi Bridge. One second later the fireball reached maximum size, 900 feet in diameter (274 meters). The mushroom cloud began to form. As temperatures on the ground reached 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit (3871 Celsius), buildings melted and fused together, human and animal tissue vaporized. The blast wave traveled at 984 miles per hour in all directions, demolishing over two-thirds of Hiroshima’s buildings in a massive, expanding firestorm. Eighty thousand people were instantly killed or grievously wounded. Over 100,000 more would die from the bomb’s effects in the coming months. Image Credit: US National Archives & Records Administration The United States of America is the ...
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the first #SilentSunday of August 2026

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Lake Ontario,  Sodus NY
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The last #SilentSunday of July

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  East Point Audubon Sanctuary .
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