#sand dunes of wisconsin

[rustbeltjessie]

July 10: Kohler-Andrae State Park. A taxidermy badger in the nature center, a view of the dunes as seen from the beach, a sandcastle the kiddos and I made, and another view of the dunes as seen from the observation deck atop the nature center.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 6.29

Holidays

Bonus Hole Day

Chronic Migraine Awareness Day

Coriander Day (French Republic)

Day of Partisans and Underground Resistance (Russia)

Day of the Telephone Operator (Brazil)

Engineer’s Day (Ecuador)

Eva Day (UK)

FLASCO Day (Florida)

Flower and Camera Day

Gadsen Purchase Ratification Day

Gioco Del Ponte (Pisa, Italy)

Herb Harvesting Day (East Anglica, UK)

Homosexual Pride Day

Hug Holiday

Internal Autonomy Day (French Polynesia)

International Danube Day

International Day of the Tropics

International Mud Day

International Fisherman’s Day

International Sharing Day

International Transgender Youth Day

Interstate Highway Day

iPhone Day

Leroy Experiment 629 Day (Lilo & Stitch)

MIA Azatamartik Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Missing in North Texas Day

National AMHP Day (UK)

National Amnesia Awareness Day (UK)

National Camera Day

National Darts Day

National Dieselbilly Day

National Family Day (Indonesia)

National Fred Day

National Gordon Day

National Guy Day

National Nash Day

National Paddy Day (Nepal)

National Sports Day (Fiji)

National Statistics Day (India)

Remote Control Day

Sacrament of the Silicon Host

Shipbuilder Day (Russia)

629 Day

Smith & Wesson 629 Day

Smosh Appreciation Day

Veterans Day (Netherlands)

World Industrial Design Day

World Music Designation Day

World Scleroderma Awareness Day

Yellow Cock’s Comb Day

Youth Day (Russia)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Burnt End Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Meatballs Day

National Almond Buttercrunch Day

Waffle Iron Day

Independence & Related Days

Autonomy Day (French Polynesia)

Central Province Day (Solomon Islands; 1981)

Seychelles (from UK, 1976)

Tahiti (Annexed by France; 1880)

5th & Last Saturday in June

Armed Forces Day (UK) [Last Saturday]

Bartender and Mixologist Day [Last Saturday]

Day of Inventors & Rationalizers (Russia) [Last Saturday]

Great American Picnic Day [Last Saturday]

International Handstand Day [Last Saturday]

International Scoliosis Awareness Day [Last Saturday]

National Celebrate Your Marriage Day [Last Saturday]

National Cornhole Day [Last Saturday]

National Haskap Berry Day [Last Saturday]

Vegan Pizza Day [Last Saturday]

Veteranendag (Veteran’s Day; Netherlands) [Last Saturday]

World Bike Naked Day [Last Saturday]

World Day Against Pet Abandonment [Last Saturday]

World Sand Dune Day [Last Saturday]

Festivals Beginning June 29, 2024

Adirondack Wine and Food Festival (Lake George, New York) [thru 6.30]

Blues, Brews and Food Truck Festival (New Glarus, Wisconsin)

CHUM Rhubarb Festival (Duluth, Minnesota)

Festival d’Avignon (Avignon, France) [thru 7.21]

Haro Wine Festival (Haro, Spain)

IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (Pernik, Bulgaria) [thru 7.6]

Kingston Fire Association's Beerfest (Kingston, New Hampshire)

Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire (Ansonia, Connecticut) [thru 7.14]

MuslimFest (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)

National Cherry Festival (Traverse City, Michigan) [thru 7.6]

Oxbow Music Festival (Johnson, Vermont)

Peace, Love, BBQ … and Pizza! (Plains, Georgia)

Peterborough Musicfest (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

Playtime (Paris, France) [thru 7.1]

Raspberry Festival (Middlefield, Connecticut)

Reggae Love Festival (Manassas, Virginia)

Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark) [thru 7.6]

Santa Barbara Wine + Food Festival (Santa Barbara, California)

Show-Me Gourd Society Art Festival: Gourd Tales (Lebanon, Missouri) [thru 6.30]

South Berwick Strawberry Festival (South Berwick, Maine)

Supanova Pop Culture Expo (Perth, Australia) [thru 6.30]

Tour de France (thru 7.21)

Whiskies of the World (Nashville, Tennessee)

Zoobilee! Feast with the Beasts (Providence, Rhode Island)

Feast Days

Albuquerque (Positivist; Saint)

Allan Houser (Artology)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Writerism)

Appreciate Herbs Day (Pastafarian)

Bawming the Thorn (Appleton, England; Everyday Wicca)

Bobby London (Artology)

Brian Herbert (Writerism)

Cassius of Narni (Christian; Saint)

David B. Mattingly (Artology)

Elizabeth Claire Chapel Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Emma (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Feast Day in Honor of Papa Legba (Voodoo; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (a.k.a. ... 

Day of the Christian Martyr (Voice of the Martyrs)

Doukhobor Peace Day (Canada)

Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja)

La Festa di San Pietro e Paolo (Rome, Italy)

L-Imnarja (Malta)

Miracle of the Moose (Russian Orthodox)

Ratcatcher’s Day (Hamelin, Germany)

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Funeral of Kostroma Celebration (East Slavic Fertility Goddess)

Hemma (Christian; Saint)

Knitting Day (Pastafarian)

The Koala (Muppetism)

Michael Whelan (Artology)

Oharai (Grand Purification Festival; Shinto)

Peter the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Pietro Paolo Troisi (Artology)

Salome and Judith (Christian; Saints)

Solstitium II (Pagan)

Wicked Fairies Summer Debate (Shamanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s the day Santa judges everyone to be naughty or nice.)

Premieres

Aesop’s Fable … The Mosquito (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1945)

Bachelor Party (Film; 1984)

Bad Moms (Film; 2016)

Banty Raids (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)

Colony, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

Coming to America (Film; 1988)

Conan the Destroyer (Film; 1984)

Daily Telegraph (London UK Daily Newspaper; 1855)

Dancing in the Street, recorded by David Bowie and Mick Jagger (Song; 19985)

Days of Thunder (Film; 1990)

Donald’s Crime (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

Do You Love Me, recorded by The Contours (Song; 1962)

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (TV Series; 2022)

Feedback, by Rush (Album; 2004)

Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher (Play; 1613)

The King and I (Film; 1956)

Kiss Kiss, by Roald Dahl (Short Stories; 1959)

Le Escape Goat (The Inspector Cartoon; 1967)

The Leftovers (TV Series; 2014)

Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson (Memoir; 1953)

The Living Daylights (James Bond Film, UK; 1987) [#15]

The Looking Glass War, by John le Carré (Novel; 1965) [George Smiley #4]

Magic Mike (Film; 2012)

Meatballs (Film; 1979)

Moonraker (James Bond Film, US; 1979) [#11]

Northwoods (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Day; 1931)

Ratatouille (Animated Pixar Film; 2007)

Running with Scissors, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1999)

See the World (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)

See Ya Later Gladiator (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

A Self-Made Mongrel (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1945)

Sherlock Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

The Spy in the Ointment, by Donald E. Westlake (Novel; 1966)

Strong to the Finich (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1934)

Ted (Film; 2012)

Tomorrow We Diet! (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Trap Happy (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1946)

War of the Worlds (Film; 2005)

Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1935)

Today’s Name Days

Gero, Paul, Peter (Austria)

Kamen, Pavel, Petar, Petra, Petrana (Bulgaria)

Pavao, Petar (Croatia)

Pavel, Petr (Czech Republic)

Paulus, Petrus (Denmark)

Peedo, Peedu, Peep, Peet, Peeter (Estonia)

Peetu, Pekka, Pekko, Petja, Petra, Petri, Petrus, Petteri, Pietari (Finland)

Paul, Pierre (France)

Gero, Paul, Peter (Germany)

Pavlos, Petros (Greece)

Pál, Péter (Hungary)

Paolo, Pietro (Italy)

Pauls, Pāvils, Pēteris (Latvia)

Benita, Gedrimė, Mantigirdas, Petras, Povilas (Lithuania)

Per, Peter, Petter (Norway)

Benedykta, Benita, Dalebor, Paweł, Piotr (Poland)

Pavel, Petru (România)

Pavol, Peter, Petra (Slovakia)

Emma, Pablo, Pedro (Spain)

Peter, Petra, Petrus (Sweden)

Paul, Peter (Ukraine)

Emma, Emmett, Heaven, Parnell, Parnella, Pedro, Pete, Peter, Pierce, Pierre, Salome (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 181 of 2024; 185 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 26 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 21 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 24 (Jia-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 23 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 1 Red; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 16 June 2024

Moon: 42%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 12 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Albuquerque]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 10 of 94)

Week: 4th Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 9 of 31)

[brookston]

Holidays 9.6

Holidays

Administrative Service Center Employee Day (Ukraine)

Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Aurora Asteroid Day

Barbie Doll Day

Battle of Lake Travis Anniversary Day

Bravehearts Day (Australia)

Colour Blind Awareness Day

Day of Sex (Brazil)

Defence Day (Pakistan)

Dia de Elkano (Basque, Spain)

Elcano Day (Basque, Spain)

Fight Procrastination Day

Flag Day (Bonaire)

Great Egg Toss Day

Harvesting Basket Day (French Republic)

I AM MDC Day (Florida)

Karma Puja (India)

Khurat (Elder Scrolls)

National Afro Puff Day

National Do It Day

National Little Black Dress Day (Australia)

National Read a Book Day

National Sabrina Day

National Writing Day

Newt Day

906 Day

Piggly Wiggly Day

Player Piano Day

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Prosthetics & Orthotics Day (UK)

Read A Book Day

Rettir (Sheep Round-Up; Iceland)

Septemvriana Anniversary Day

Somhlolo Day (Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Stillbirth Remembrance Day

Supermarket Day

World Oral Sex Day

World Shorebirds Day

Younger Sister’s Day (Japan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Coffee Ice Cream Day

Independence & Related Days

Ichkeria (Chechen Republic of Ichkeria; 1991)

Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland (a.k.a. Somhlolo Day; from UK, 1968)

HSSR (Hot Lads Soviet Socialist Republic, f.k.a. Hugel; Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Unification Day (Bulgaria)

1st Friday in September

Art Break Day [1st Friday]

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Belgian Beer Weekend begins (Belgisch Bierweekend) [1st Friday thru Sunday]

Bring Your Manners To Work Day [1st Friday]

Casual Day (South Africa) [1st Friday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Dri-jerbal (Labor Day; Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]

Fast Food Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Freaky Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

Freddie Mercury’s Montreux Memorial Day begins [Weekend of 1st Friday]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Labor Day (Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]

National Chianti Day [1st Friday]

National Food Bank Day [1st Friday]

National Lazy Mom’s Day [1st Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Wear Teal Day [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 6 (1st Full Week of September)

Belgian Beer Weekend (Brussels, Belgium) [1st Weekend] (thru 9.8)

Popcorn Days (thru 9.8) [1st Weekend after Labor Day]

Festivals Beginning September 6, 2024

Annunciation Greek Food Festival (Kansas City, Missouri) [thru 9.8]

Apple & BBQ Festival (Silver Lake Sand Dunes, Michigan) [thru 9.7]

Arcola Broomcorn Festival (Arcola, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Art And Apples Festival (Rochester, Michigan) [thru 9.8]

Atlantic Balloon Fiesta (Sussex, Canada) [thru 9.8]

Big Muddy Brew 'N Que (Winona, Minnesota) [thru 9.8]

Bluegrass & Chili Festival (Wagoner, Oklahoma) [thru 9.7]

Cascamorras (Baza, Spain)

Chile Pepper Festival (Bowers, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.7]

Clinton County Corn Festival (Wilmington, Ohio) [thru 9.8]

Darien Cornfest (Darien, Wisconsin) [thru 9.8]

Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival (McHenry, Maryland) [thru 9.7]

Doc Holiday BBQ Championship (Griffin, Georgia) [thru 9.7]

El Paso Corn Festival (El Paso, Illinois) [thru 9.7]

Festival Western de Saint-Tite (Saint-Tite, Canada) [thru 9.15]

Festival of the Vine (Geneva, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Great Reno Balloon Race (Reno, Nevada)

Hampton Beach Seafood Festival (Hampton Beach, New Hampshire) [thru 9.8]

Hells Canyon Mule Days (Enterprise, Oregon) [thru 9.8]

Huckleberry Festival (Bingen, Washington) [thru 9.8]

IFA Berlin (Berlin, Germany) [thru 9.15)

International Camel & Ostrich Races (Virginia City, Nevada) [thru 9.8]

Kansas State Fair (Hutchinson, Kansas) [thru 9.15]

Kazan International Film Festival “Altyn Minbar” (Kazan, Russia) [thru 9.11]

Kellogg Watermelon Festival (Kellogg, Minnesota) [thru 9.8]

Kutno Rose Festival (Kutno, Poland) [thru 9.8]

Litchfield Fair (Litchfield, Maine) [thru 9.8]

Lithopolis Honeyfest (Lithopolis, Ohio) [thru 9.7]

Mantua Potato Festival (Mantua, Ohio) [thru 9.8]

Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) [thru 9.8]

Nicholas County Potato Festival (Summersville, West Virginia) [thru 9.7]

North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest & Festival (Oxford, North Carolina) [thru 9.7]

North Carolina Mountain State Fair (Fletcher, North Carolina) [thru 6.15]

Northern Appalachian Folk Festival (Indiana, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.8]

Northern Gila County Fair (Payson Event Center, Arizona) [thru 9.8]

Norwalk Oyster Festival (Norwalk, Connecticut) [thru 9.8]

Onam Festival (Kerala, India) [thru 9.15]

Original Lobster Festival (Fountain Valley, California) [thru 9.8]

Posen Potato Festival (Posen, Michigan) [thru 9.8]

Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll (Vermillion, South Dakota) [thru 9.7]

Saint Basil Greek Food Festival (Stockton, California) [thru 9.8]

Salt Lake Greek Festival (Salt Lake City, Utah) [thru 9.8]

São Paulo International Book Biennial (São Paulo, Brazil) [thru 9.15]

South Carolina Apple Festival (Westminster, South Carolina) [thru 9.7]

Taste of Chicago Grant Park (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Taste of Greektown (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Tulsa People’s Restaurant Week (Tulsa, Oklahoma) [thru 9.15]

Vredefeesten (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) [thru 9.8]

Wine and Harvest Festival (Paw Paw, Michigan) [thru 9.8]

Wine Harvest Festival (Mikulov, Czech Republic) [thru 9.8]

Žatecká Dočesná (Žatec, Czech Republic) [thru 9.7]

Feast Days

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Begga of Cumbria (a.k.a. Bega or Bee; Christian; Saint)

Cesarean Section Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Chagnoald (Christian; Saint)

Diablo Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Donatian, Laetus and Others (Christian; Martyrs)

Ear and Trumpet Contests for Mice (Shamanism)

Eleutherius (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth Murray (Artology)

Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Gondulphus of Metz (Christian; Saint)

Horatio Greenough (Artology)

Jessie Willcox Smith (Artology)

Kalli Kalde (Artology)

Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism)

Macculindus, Bishop of Lusk (Christian; Saint)

Magnus of Füssen (Christian; Saint) [crops]

Media Aestas IV (Pagan)

Onesiphorus (Christian; Saint)

Pambo of Nitria (Christian; Saint)

Robert Persig (Writerism)

Roxanne (Muppetism)

Sacrifice to Hera Thelchinia (Ancient Greece)

Saussure (Positivist; Saint)

Sergio Aragonés (Artology)

Situa (Inca Blood Festival; Everyday Wicca)

Suibhne (Celtic Book of Days)

Teej Festival (Hinduism) [Nepal]

Tony DiTerlizzi (Artology)

Zechariah (Catholic Church; Hebrew prophet)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [25 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [42 of 60]

Premieres

The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole (Animated TV Series; 1958)

Alice Charms the Fish (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

Atlanta (TV Series; 2016)

A Bigger Bang, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 2005)

Candle in the Wind (Diana version), by Elton John (Song; 1997)

Circus Days (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Double Indemnity (Film; 1944)

Dream of Gerontius, by Edward Elgar (Orchestral Work; 1910)

The Electric Mouse (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

Flying Fists (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog Cartoon; 1930)

Go, Diego, Go! (Animated TV Series; 2005)

Hangin’ Tough, by New Kids on the Block (Album; 1988)

The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1954) [The Chronicles of Narnia #5]

The House of the Rising Sun, recorded by Tom Ashley & Gwen Foster (Song; 1933) [Earliest known recording]

The Huckleberry Hound Show (Animated TV Series; 1958)

I’m a Slave 4 U, by Britney Spears (Song; 2001)

It: Chapter Two (Film; 2019)

Jersey Lightning, recorded by Luis Russell (Song; 1929)

Jessie and James (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

Just a Little Heart Attack (Short Film; 2011)

La Clemenza di Tito, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1791)

Lady Chatterly’s Lover (Film; 2015)

La Strada (Film; 1954)

Let Love Rule, by Lenny Kravitz (Album; 1989)

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Documentary Film; 2019)

Looper (Film; 2012)

The Lucky Ducky (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Mucho Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1957)

Not Without Laughter, by Langston Hughes (Novel; 1930)

Officer Pooch (MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (Film; 1945)

Push-Button Kitty (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1952)

Regular Show (Animated TV Series; 2009)

The Rescuers, by Margery Sharp (Novel; 1959)

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (WB Animated Film; 2011)

The Secret of Moonacre (Film; 2008)

Stranger Than Fiction, by Bad Religion (Album; 1994)

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (WB Animated Film; 1996)

Weasel While You Work (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig (Novel; 1974)

Today’s Name Days

Beata, Bertram, Gundolf, Magnus (Austria)

Boris, Davor, Zaharija (Croatia)

Boleslav (Czech Republic)

Magnus (Denmark)

Aiki, Angela, Angelika, Ingel (Estonia)

Asko, Felix (Finland)

Bertrand, Eva (France)

Beate, Bertram, Gundolf, Magnus (Germany)

Evdoxios, Vivos (Greece)

Zakariás (Hungary)

Uberto (Italy)

Balva, Magnuss, Maigonis (Latvia)

Faustas, Tautenė, Vaištautas (Lithuania)

Siril, Siv, Sollaug (Norway)

Albin, Beata, Eugenia, Eugeniusz, Magnus, Michał, Uniewit, Zachariasz (Poland)

Alica (Slovakia)

Eleuterio, Zacarías (Spain)

Lilian, Lilly (Sweden)

Bartram, Bertram, Veda, Yahir (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 250 of 2024; 116 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 36 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 4 (Guy-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Elul 5784

Islamic: 2 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 10 Gold; Threesday [9 of 30]

Julian: 24 August 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 26 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Borda]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 79 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 16 of 32)

[mightyflamethrower]

U.S.

Rare "highly toxic" viper found in Ohio. Here's what to know about the eastern Massasauga rattlesnake.

Eastern Massasaugas are "small snakes with thick bodies, heart-shaped heads and vertical pupils," according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They only grow to be about 2 feet long and have gray or light brown skin with "chocolate brown blotches on the back." Those considered melanistic appear as all black. They've been found in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 

They've also been found in more than 30 counties in Ohio, but according to Ohio State University, Massasaugas have "become increasingly rare" – both through the state and its range as a whole. They've only been seen in nine counties since 1976. Extensive farming significantly reduced their populations in the state, though many of their colonies continue to exist in bogs, swamps and wet prairies, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife's reptile field guide. 

I found one of these rascals lying in the sand dunes of Padre Island. Like the story says.......they are small but deadly. My dog was two steps away from picking it up. They are thick and when they flatten themselves to absorb more of the morning heat they look like they've been run over by a car. Lots of people over the years have been bitten because they messed with one they thought one was dead.

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Golf enthusiasts around the world are constantly seeking out the best and most prestigious golf courses to test their skills and immerse themselves in the sport's rich history. The United States boasts a remarkable array of world-class golf courses, each with its unique design, challenging layout, and breathtaking scenery. In this article, we present a comprehensive list of the top 100 golf courses in the United States, capturing the essence of the country's golfing landscape and offering a bucket list of must-play courses for avid golfers. Please note that the order of the courses in this list is subjective and may vary depending on personal preferences and opinions. Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia Pebble Beach Golf Links - Pebble Beach, California Cypress Point Club - Pebble Beach, California Pine Valley Golf Club - Pine Valley, New Jersey Shinnecock Hills Golf Club - Southampton, New York Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania Merion Golf Club (East Course) - Ardmore, Pennsylvania Winged Foot Golf Club (West Course) - Mamaroneck, New York National Golf Links of America - Southampton, New York Seminole Golf Club - Juno Beach, Florida Bethpage Black - Farmingdale, New York Whistling Straits (Straits Course) - Sheboygan, Wisconsin Muirfield Village Golf Club - Dublin, Ohio Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) - Rochester, New York Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course) - Kiawah Island, South Carolina Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course) - Springfield, New Jersey Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (No. 2) - Pinehurst, North Carolina Riviera Country Club - Pacific Palisades, California Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course) - Mamaroneck, New York San Francisco Golf Club - San Francisco, California The Olympic Club (Lake Course) - San Francisco, California Chicago Golf Club - Wheaton, Illinois Oak Hill Country Club (West Course) - Rochester, New York Fishers Island Club - Fishers Island, New York The Country Club - Brookline, Massachusetts Medinah Country Club (No. 3) - Medinah, Illinois Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Pacific Dunes) - Bandon, Oregon Los Angeles Country Club (North Course) - Los Angeles, California Oak Tree National Golf Club - Edmond, Oklahoma Southern Hills Country Club - Tulsa, Oklahoma Quaker Ridge Golf Club - Scarsdale, New York Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Cassique) - Kiawah Island, South Carolina The Ocean Course at Hokuala - Lihue, Hawaii The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island - Kiawah Island, South Carolina Crystal Downs Country Club - Frankfort, Michigan The Club at Pelican Hill (Ocean North) - Newport Coast, California Trump National Golf Club (Los Angeles) - Rancho Palos Verdes, California Friar's Head Golf Club - Baiting Hollow, New York Erin Hills Golf Course - Erin, Wisconsin Whistling Straits (Irish Course) - Sheboygan, Wisconsin Somerset Hills Country Club - Bernardsville, New Jersey Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) - Bloomfield Hills, Michigan The Greenbrier (Old White TPC) - White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Osprey Point) - Kiawah Island, South Carolina Prairie Dunes Country Club - Hutchinson, Kansas The Golf Club - New Albany, Ohio The Club at Nine Bridges - Jeju Island, South Korea Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course) - Pebble Beach, California The Boulders (South Course) - Carefree, Arizona Sand Hills Golf Club - Mullen, Nebraska The Estancia Club - Scottsdale, Arizona Wade Hampton Golf Club - Cashiers, North Carolina The Quarry at La Quinta - La Quinta, California Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course) - Olympia Fields, Illinois The Sanctuary Golf Club - Sanibel Island, Florida Camargo Club - Indian Hill, Ohio The Club at Shoal Creek - Shoal Creek, Alabama The Honors Course - Ooltewah, Tennessee Sebonack Golf Club - Southampton, New York The Preserve Golf Club - Carmel, California The Country Club of Virginia (James River Course) - Richmond, Virginia

Victoria National Golf Club - Newburgh, Indiana The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe - Rancho Santa Fe, California Mayacama Golf Club - Santa Rosa, California The Golf Club at Black Rock - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Calusa Pines Golf Club - Naples, Florida The Sagamore Club - Noblesville, Indiana Peachtree Golf Club - Atlanta, Georgia Wade Hampton Golf Club - Cashiers, North Carolina The Cliffs at Keowee Falls - Salem, South Carolina Hazeltine National Golf Club - Chaska, Minnesota Victoria Golf Club - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Whispering Pines Golf Club - Trinity, Texas Butler National Golf Club - Oak Brook, Illinois Castle Pines Golf Club - Castle Rock, Colorado The Valley Club - Hailey, Idaho Aronimink Golf Club - Newtown Square, Pennsylvania Whisper Rock Golf Club (Lower Course) - Scottsdale, Arizona Carlton Woods (Fazio Course) - The Woodlands, Texas Bel-Air Country Club - Los Angeles, California The Alotian Club - Roland, Arkansas The Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club (North Course) - Aloha, Oregon Crooked Stick Golf Club - Carmel, Indiana The Dunes Golf & Beach Club - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Pine Tree Golf Club - Boynton Beach, Florida Kinloch Golf Club - Manakin-Sabot, Virginia Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) - Bethesda, Maryland The Golf Club of Tennessee - Kingston Springs, Tennessee Rock Creek Cattle Company - Deer Lodge, Montana Old Macdonald at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort - Bandon, Oregon Trump International Golf Club - West Palm Beach, Florida The Cliffs at Mountain Park - Travelers Rest, South Carolina Essex County Club - Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts The Bridge - Bridgehampton, New York Valhalla Golf Club - Louisville, Kentucky The Federal Club - Glen Allen, Virginia Sedgefield Country Club (Ross Course) - Greensboro, North Carolina Meadowbrook Country Club - Northville, Michigan The Resort at Pelican Hill (South Course) - Newport Coast, California Muirfield Village Golf Club - Dublin, Ohio Conclusion: The United States is home to an impressive collection of golf courses that capture the essence of the sport's rich heritage and provide players with unforgettable experiences. From iconic venues to hidden gems, this list of the top 100 golf courses in the United States offers a comprehensive guide for golf enthusiasts seeking to embark on an unforgettable golfing journey. Whether you're looking to challenge yourself on renowned championship layouts or revel in the natural beauty of lesser-known gems, these courses embody the best of American golf and promise to leave a lasting impression on players of all skill levels.

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The North

select notes from my trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 7/2013

MOUNTAINSIDE TOWN. A place of green and blue and sun. School by the lake. Boats, tree-laden mountains. Gulls. // For some time you couldn’t hear anything but the waves. The waves like the ocean, wounds without salt. Leaves shaking, the sun at the right angle. This tiny town stamped before a mountain. A coach whistling. Where was the football field? Little pastel houses lined up towards the green mountains. The public library attached to the high school. People who live here have gotten used to how beautiful it all is.

MINER’S CASTLE. Formation carved by Lake Superior. Drive over to Chapel, tree blocking path, black bear barreling across street–right in front of us. Walking along lakeshore to lighthouse barefoot. Slippery rocks. Shipwrecks. Wood and iron and nails. Climbing lighthouse. Wild blueberry picking. Miner’s Falls. Chinese/Thai restaurant. Grocery store and chocolate cake.

ONTONAGON. Dead town. Motel with woodland accents. A quiet planet. Slow service at diner. Taxidermy! Empty roads. Doe and fawn. Kind motel owners. Lake Superior behind, driftwood washed ashore. Gigantic trees. (Next Day) Lake of Clouds obscured by fog. Waterfalls. Drive to Wisconsin, rainbows followed by thunderstorm. IHOP in Green Bay. Feathers, fungi. Fever.

DUNES. Juniper, cedar, birch, milkweed. Sand cranes. Doe and fawn. Sitting on towel behind piece of driftwood, facing Lake Michigan. Two puppies. Reading favorite passages from The Lover. Continental breakfast.

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This is the amazing off-road travel spot no one even knows about

This is the amazing off-road travel spot no one even knows about

When we think of epic off-road travel destinations, a few special places come to mind. You’ve got the slickrock trails of Moab, the endless sand dunes of Glamis, and the epic views of Arizona’s Bulldog Canyon. What we don’t think of, however, is Wisconsin, and that needs to change. I don’t know about you, but up until a few weeks ago, Wisconsin meant two things to me: Cheddar cheese and football.…

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Geologist and author lance karlson

In: Actions éoliennes, phénomènes d'évaporation et d'hydrologie superficielle dans les régions arides, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, Colloques internationaux 35, pp. Fixation des dunes sur le littoral méditerranéen de l'Afrique du Nord (Fixation of dunes by plants on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa). United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service, Wind Erosion Research Unit, Kansas State University, 11 pp. (eds), Wind Erosion - Proceedings of an International Symposium/Workshop, 3-5 June 1997, Manhattan, Kansas. Characterization of the fine dust particle production process by wind erosion for two types of bare soil surfaces. Sabre, M., López, M.V., Alfaro, S.C., Rajot, J.L. Brickearth and clay-with-flints from Kent. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 85(2):286-305. Playas and lunettes on the Southern High Plains: Morphometric and spatial relationships. Master's thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 110 pp. Playa and lunette distribution and relationships on the Southern High Plains. (ed), Beiträge zur Quartär-und Landschaftsforschung, Festschrift z. Neue Beobachtungen zur Würmlöß-Stratigraphie südlich Heidelberg (New observations on the Wurm loess stratigraphy in southern Heidelberg). Mitteilungen aus der grossherzoglichen Mecklenburg Geologischen Landesanstalt 8, 52 pp. Die Dünen der südwestlichen Heide Mecklenbergs und über die mineralogische Zusammensetzung diluvialer und alluvialer Sande (The dunes of the southwest Mecklenberg heath and also the mineralogical composition of diluvial and alluvial sand). Full year cycle of desert dust spectral optical thickness and precipitable water vapor over Alexandria, Egypt. Remote sensing of aerosols over the Solar Village, Saudi Arabia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 59(1-2):61-77. Journal of the Franklin Institute 206(4):566-567. Atmospheric dust and condensation nuclei. Journal of the Franklin Institute 204(2):290-291. The Bibliography of Aeolian Research B i b l i o g r a p h y o f A e o l i a n R e s e a r c h

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Holidays 9.6

Holidays

Administrative Service Center Employee Day (Ukraine)

Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Aurora Asteroid Day

Barbie Doll Day

Battle of Lake Travis Anniversary Day

Bravehearts Day (Australia)

Colour Blind Awareness Day

Day of Sex (Brazil)

Defence Day (Pakistan)

Dia de Elkano (Basque, Spain)

Elcano Day (Basque, Spain)

Fight Procrastination Day

Flag Day (Bonaire)

Great Egg Toss Day

Harvesting Basket Day (French Republic)

I AM MDC Day (Florida)

Karma Puja (India)

Khurat (Elder Scrolls)

National Afro Puff Day

National Do It Day

National Little Black Dress Day (Australia)

National Read a Book Day

National Sabrina Day

National Writing Day

Newt Day

906 Day

Piggly Wiggly Day

Player Piano Day

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Prosthetics & Orthotics Day (UK)

Read A Book Day

Rettir (Sheep Round-Up; Iceland)

Septemvriana Anniversary Day

Somhlolo Day (Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Stillbirth Remembrance Day

Supermarket Day

World Oral Sex Day

World Shorebirds Day

Younger Sister’s Day (Japan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Coffee Ice Cream Day

Independence & Related Days

Ichkeria (Chechen Republic of Ichkeria; 1991)

Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland (a.k.a. Somhlolo Day; from UK, 1968)

HSSR (Hot Lads Soviet Socialist Republic, f.k.a. Hugel; Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Unification Day (Bulgaria)

1st Friday in September

Art Break Day [1st Friday]

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Belgian Beer Weekend begins (Belgisch Bierweekend) [1st Friday thru Sunday]

Bring Your Manners To Work Day [1st Friday]

Casual Day (South Africa) [1st Friday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Dri-jerbal (Labor Day; Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]

Fast Food Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Freaky Friday [1st Friday of Each Month]

Freddie Mercury’s Montreux Memorial Day begins [Weekend of 1st Friday]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Labor Day (Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]

National Chianti Day [1st Friday]

National Food Bank Day [1st Friday]

National Lazy Mom’s Day [1st Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Wear Teal Day [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 6 (1st Full Week of September)

Belgian Beer Weekend (Brussels, Belgium) [1st Weekend] (thru 9.8)

Popcorn Days (thru 9.8) [1st Weekend after Labor Day]

Festivals Beginning September 6, 2024

Annunciation Greek Food Festival (Kansas City, Missouri) [thru 9.8]

Apple & BBQ Festival (Silver Lake Sand Dunes, Michigan) [thru 9.7]

Arcola Broomcorn Festival (Arcola, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Art And Apples Festival (Rochester, Michigan) [thru 9.8]

Atlantic Balloon Fiesta (Sussex, Canada) [thru 9.8]

Big Muddy Brew 'N Que (Winona, Minnesota) [thru 9.8]

Bluegrass & Chili Festival (Wagoner, Oklahoma) [thru 9.7]

Cascamorras (Baza, Spain)

Chile Pepper Festival (Bowers, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.7]

Clinton County Corn Festival (Wilmington, Ohio) [thru 9.8]

Darien Cornfest (Darien, Wisconsin) [thru 9.8]

Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival (McHenry, Maryland) [thru 9.7]

Doc Holiday BBQ Championship (Griffin, Georgia) [thru 9.7]

El Paso Corn Festival (El Paso, Illinois) [thru 9.7]

Festival Western de Saint-Tite (Saint-Tite, Canada) [thru 9.15]

Festival of the Vine (Geneva, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Great Reno Balloon Race (Reno, Nevada)

Hampton Beach Seafood Festival (Hampton Beach, New Hampshire) [thru 9.8]

Hells Canyon Mule Days (Enterprise, Oregon) [thru 9.8]

Huckleberry Festival (Bingen, Washington) [thru 9.8]

IFA Berlin (Berlin, Germany) [thru 9.15)

International Camel & Ostrich Races (Virginia City, Nevada) [thru 9.8]

Kansas State Fair (Hutchinson, Kansas) [thru 9.15]

Kazan International Film Festival “Altyn Minbar” (Kazan, Russia) [thru 9.11]

Kellogg Watermelon Festival (Kellogg, Minnesota) [thru 9.8]

Kutno Rose Festival (Kutno, Poland) [thru 9.8]

Litchfield Fair (Litchfield, Maine) [thru 9.8]

Lithopolis Honeyfest (Lithopolis, Ohio) [thru 9.7]

Mantua Potato Festival (Mantua, Ohio) [thru 9.8]

Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) [thru 9.8]

Nicholas County Potato Festival (Summersville, West Virginia) [thru 9.7]

North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest & Festival (Oxford, North Carolina) [thru 9.7]

North Carolina Mountain State Fair (Fletcher, North Carolina) [thru 6.15]

Northern Appalachian Folk Festival (Indiana, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.8]

Northern Gila County Fair (Payson Event Center, Arizona) [thru 9.8]

Norwalk Oyster Festival (Norwalk, Connecticut) [thru 9.8]

Onam Festival (Kerala, India) [thru 9.15]

Original Lobster Festival (Fountain Valley, California) [thru 9.8]

Posen Potato Festival (Posen, Michigan) [thru 9.8]

Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll (Vermillion, South Dakota) [thru 9.7]

Saint Basil Greek Food Festival (Stockton, California) [thru 9.8]

Salt Lake Greek Festival (Salt Lake City, Utah) [thru 9.8]

São Paulo International Book Biennial (São Paulo, Brazil) [thru 9.15]

South Carolina Apple Festival (Westminster, South Carolina) [thru 9.7]

Taste of Chicago Grant Park (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Taste of Greektown (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 9.8]

Tulsa People’s Restaurant Week (Tulsa, Oklahoma) [thru 9.15]

Vredefeesten (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) [thru 9.8]

Wine and Harvest Festival (Paw Paw, Michigan) [thru 9.8]

Wine Harvest Festival (Mikulov, Czech Republic) [thru 9.8]

Žatecká Dočesná (Žatec, Czech Republic) [thru 9.7]

Feast Days

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Begga of Cumbria (a.k.a. Bega or Bee; Christian; Saint)

Cesarean Section Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Chagnoald (Christian; Saint)

Diablo Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Donatian, Laetus and Others (Christian; Martyrs)

Ear and Trumpet Contests for Mice (Shamanism)

Eleutherius (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth Murray (Artology)

Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Gondulphus of Metz (Christian; Saint)

Horatio Greenough (Artology)

Jessie Willcox Smith (Artology)

Kalli Kalde (Artology)

Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism)

Macculindus, Bishop of Lusk (Christian; Saint)

Magnus of Füssen (Christian; Saint) [crops]

Media Aestas IV (Pagan)

Onesiphorus (Christian; Saint)

Pambo of Nitria (Christian; Saint)

Robert Persig (Writerism)

Roxanne (Muppetism)

Sacrifice to Hera Thelchinia (Ancient Greece)

Saussure (Positivist; Saint)

Sergio Aragonés (Artology)

Situa (Inca Blood Festival; Everyday Wicca)

Suibhne (Celtic Book of Days)

Teej Festival (Hinduism) [Nepal]

Tony DiTerlizzi (Artology)

Zechariah (Catholic Church; Hebrew prophet)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [25 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [42 of 60]

Premieres

The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole (Animated TV Series; 1958)

Alice Charms the Fish (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

Atlanta (TV Series; 2016)

A Bigger Bang, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 2005)

Candle in the Wind (Diana version), by Elton John (Song; 1997)

Circus Days (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)

Desperately Seeking Susan (Film; 1985)

Double Indemnity (Film; 1944)

Dream of Gerontius, by Edward Elgar (Orchestral Work; 1910)

The Electric Mouse (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

Flying Fists (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog Cartoon; 1930)

Go, Diego, Go! (Animated TV Series; 2005)

Hangin’ Tough, by New Kids on the Block (Album; 1988)

The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis (Novel; 1954) [The Chronicles of Narnia #5]

The House of the Rising Sun, recorded by Tom Ashley & Gwen Foster (Song; 1933) [Earliest known recording]

The Huckleberry Hound Show (Animated TV Series; 1958)

I’m a Slave 4 U, by Britney Spears (Song; 2001)

It: Chapter Two (Film; 2019)

Jersey Lightning, recorded by Luis Russell (Song; 1929)

Jessie and James (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

Just a Little Heart Attack (Short Film; 2011)

La Clemenza di Tito, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Opera; 1791)

Lady Chatterly’s Lover (Film; 2015)

La Strada (Film; 1954)

Let Love Rule, by Lenny Kravitz (Album; 1989)

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Documentary Film; 2019)

Looper (Film; 2012)

The Lucky Ducky (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Mucho Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1957)

Not Without Laughter, by Langston Hughes (Novel; 1930)

Officer Pooch (MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (Film; 1945)

Push-Button Kitty (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1952)

Regular Show (Animated TV Series; 2009)

The Rescuers, by Margery Sharp (Novel; 1959)

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (WB Animated Film; 2011)

The Secret of Moonacre (Film; 2008)

Stranger Than Fiction, by Bad Religion (Album; 1994)

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (WB Animated Film; 1996)

Weasel While You Work (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig (Novel; 1974)

Today’s Name Days

Beata, Bertram, Gundolf, Magnus (Austria)

Boris, Davor, Zaharija (Croatia)

Boleslav (Czech Republic)

Magnus (Denmark)

Aiki, Angela, Angelika, Ingel (Estonia)

Asko, Felix (Finland)

Bertrand, Eva (France)

Beate, Bertram, Gundolf, Magnus (Germany)

Evdoxios, Vivos (Greece)

Zakariás (Hungary)

Uberto (Italy)

Balva, Magnuss, Maigonis (Latvia)

Faustas, Tautenė, Vaištautas (Lithuania)

Siril, Siv, Sollaug (Norway)

Albin, Beata, Eugenia, Eugeniusz, Magnus, Michał, Uniewit, Zachariasz (Poland)

Alica (Slovakia)

Eleuterio, Zacarías (Spain)

Lilian, Lilly (Sweden)

Bartram, Bertram, Veda, Yahir (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 250 of 2024; 116 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 36 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 4 (Guy-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Elul 5784

Islamic: 2 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 10 Gold; Threesday [9 of 30]

Julian: 24 August 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 26 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Borda]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 79 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 16 of 32)

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Holidays 6.29

Holidays

Bonus Hole Day

Chronic Migraine Awareness Day

Coriander Day (French Republic)

Day of Partisans and Underground Resistance (Russia)

Day of the Telephone Operator (Brazil)

Engineer’s Day (Ecuador)

Eva Day (UK)

FLASCO Day (Florida)

Flower and Camera Day

Gadsen Purchase Ratification Day

Gioco Del Ponte (Pisa, Italy)

Herb Harvesting Day (East Anglica, UK)

Homosexual Pride Day

Hug Holiday

Internal Autonomy Day (French Polynesia)

International Danube Day

International Day of the Tropics

International Mud Day

International Fisherman’s Day

International Sharing Day

International Transgender Youth Day

Interstate Highway Day

iPhone Day

Leroy Experiment 629 Day (Lilo & Stitch)

MIA Azatamartik Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Missing in North Texas Day

National AMHP Day (UK)

National Amnesia Awareness Day (UK)

National Camera Day

National Darts Day

National Dieselbilly Day

National Family Day (Indonesia)

National Fred Day

National Gordon Day

National Guy Day

National Nash Day

National Paddy Day (Nepal)

National Sports Day (Fiji)

National Statistics Day (India)

Remote Control Day

Sacrament of the Silicon Host

Shipbuilder Day (Russia)

629 Day

Smith & Wesson 629 Day

Smosh Appreciation Day

Veterans Day (Netherlands)

World Industrial Design Day

World Music Designation Day

World Scleroderma Awareness Day

Yellow Cock’s Comb Day

Youth Day (Russia)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bacon Burnt End Day

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Meatballs Day

National Almond Buttercrunch Day

Waffle Iron Day

Independence & Related Days

Autonomy Day (French Polynesia)

Central Province Day (Solomon Islands; 1981)

Seychelles (from UK, 1976)

Tahiti (Annexed by France; 1880)

5th & Last Saturday in June

Armed Forces Day (UK) [Last Saturday]

Bartender and Mixologist Day [Last Saturday]

Day of Inventors & Rationalizers (Russia) [Last Saturday]

Great American Picnic Day [Last Saturday]

International Handstand Day [Last Saturday]

International Scoliosis Awareness Day [Last Saturday]

National Celebrate Your Marriage Day [Last Saturday]

National Cornhole Day [Last Saturday]

National Haskap Berry Day [Last Saturday]

Vegan Pizza Day [Last Saturday]

Veteranendag (Veteran’s Day; Netherlands) [Last Saturday]

World Bike Naked Day [Last Saturday]

World Day Against Pet Abandonment [Last Saturday]

World Sand Dune Day [Last Saturday]

Festivals Beginning June 29, 2024

Adirondack Wine and Food Festival (Lake George, New York) [thru 6.30]

Blues, Brews and Food Truck Festival (New Glarus, Wisconsin)

CHUM Rhubarb Festival (Duluth, Minnesota)

Festival d’Avignon (Avignon, France) [thru 7.21]

Haro Wine Festival (Haro, Spain)

IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival (Pernik, Bulgaria) [thru 7.6]

Kingston Fire Association's Beerfest (Kingston, New Hampshire)

Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire (Ansonia, Connecticut) [thru 7.14]

MuslimFest (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)

National Cherry Festival (Traverse City, Michigan) [thru 7.6]

Oxbow Music Festival (Johnson, Vermont)

Peace, Love, BBQ … and Pizza! (Plains, Georgia)

Peterborough Musicfest (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

Playtime (Paris, France) [thru 7.1]

Raspberry Festival (Middlefield, Connecticut)

Reggae Love Festival (Manassas, Virginia)

Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark) [thru 7.6]

Santa Barbara Wine + Food Festival (Santa Barbara, California)

Show-Me Gourd Society Art Festival: Gourd Tales (Lebanon, Missouri) [thru 6.30]

South Berwick Strawberry Festival (South Berwick, Maine)

Supanova Pop Culture Expo (Perth, Australia) [thru 6.30]

Tour de France (thru 7.21)

Whiskies of the World (Nashville, Tennessee)

Zoobilee! Feast with the Beasts (Providence, Rhode Island)

Feast Days

Albuquerque (Positivist; Saint)

Allan Houser (Artology)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Writerism)

Appreciate Herbs Day (Pastafarian)

Bawming the Thorn (Appleton, England; Everyday Wicca)

Bobby London (Artology)

Brian Herbert (Writerism)

Cassius of Narni (Christian; Saint)

David B. Mattingly (Artology)

Elizabeth Claire Chapel Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Emma (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Feast Day in Honor of Papa Legba (Voodoo; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (a.k.a. ... 

Day of the Christian Martyr (Voice of the Martyrs)

Doukhobor Peace Day (Canada)

Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja)

La Festa di San Pietro e Paolo (Rome, Italy)

L-Imnarja (Malta)

Miracle of the Moose (Russian Orthodox)

Ratcatcher’s Day (Hamelin, Germany)

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Funeral of Kostroma Celebration (East Slavic Fertility Goddess)

Hemma (Christian; Saint)

Knitting Day (Pastafarian)

The Koala (Muppetism)

Michael Whelan (Artology)

Oharai (Grand Purification Festival; Shinto)

Peter the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Pietro Paolo Troisi (Artology)

Salome and Judith (Christian; Saints)

Solstitium II (Pagan)

Wicked Fairies Summer Debate (Shamanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s the day Santa judges everyone to be naughty or nice.)

Premieres

Aesop’s Fable … The Mosquito (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1945)

Bachelor Party (Film; 1984)

Bad Moms (Film; 2016)

Banty Raids (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)

Colony, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

Coming to America (Film; 1988)

Conan the Destroyer (Film; 1984)

Daily Telegraph (London UK Daily Newspaper; 1855)

Dancing in the Street, recorded by David Bowie and Mick Jagger (Song; 19985)

Days of Thunder (Film; 1990)

Donald’s Crime (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

Do You Love Me, recorded by The Contours (Song; 1962)

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (TV Series; 2022)

Feedback, by Rush (Album; 2004)

Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher (Play; 1613)

The King and I (Film; 1956)

Kiss Kiss, by Roald Dahl (Short Stories; 1959)

Le Escape Goat (The Inspector Cartoon; 1967)

The Leftovers (TV Series; 2014)

Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson (Memoir; 1953)

The Living Daylights (James Bond Film, UK; 1987) [#15]

The Looking Glass War, by John le Carré (Novel; 1965) [George Smiley #4]

Magic Mike (Film; 2012)

Meatballs (Film; 1979)

Moonraker (James Bond Film, US; 1979) [#11]

Northwoods (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Day; 1931)

Ratatouille (Animated Pixar Film; 2007)

Running with Scissors, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1999)

See the World (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1934)

See Ya Later Gladiator (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

A Self-Made Mongrel (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1945)

Sherlock Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)

The Spy in the Ointment, by Donald E. Westlake (Novel; 1966)

Strong to the Finich (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1934)

Ted (Film; 2012)

Tomorrow We Diet! (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Trap Happy (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1946)

War of the Worlds (Film; 2005)

Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1935)

Today’s Name Days

Gero, Paul, Peter (Austria)

Kamen, Pavel, Petar, Petra, Petrana (Bulgaria)

Pavao, Petar (Croatia)

Pavel, Petr (Czech Republic)

Paulus, Petrus (Denmark)

Peedo, Peedu, Peep, Peet, Peeter (Estonia)

Peetu, Pekka, Pekko, Petja, Petra, Petri, Petrus, Petteri, Pietari (Finland)

Paul, Pierre (France)

Gero, Paul, Peter (Germany)

Pavlos, Petros (Greece)

Pál, Péter (Hungary)

Paolo, Pietro (Italy)

Pauls, Pāvils, Pēteris (Latvia)

Benita, Gedrimė, Mantigirdas, Petras, Povilas (Lithuania)

Per, Peter, Petter (Norway)

Benedykta, Benita, Dalebor, Paweł, Piotr (Poland)

Pavel, Petru (România)

Pavol, Peter, Petra (Slovakia)

Emma, Pablo, Pedro (Spain)

Peter, Petra, Petrus (Sweden)

Paul, Peter (Ukraine)

Emma, Emmett, Heaven, Parnell, Parnella, Pedro, Pete, Peter, Pierce, Pierre, Salome (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 181 of 2024; 185 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 26 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 21 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 24 (Jia-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 23 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 1 Red; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 16 June 2024

Moon: 42%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 12 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Albuquerque]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 10 of 94)

Week: 4th Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 9 of 31)

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Kohler-Andrae State Park / Lake Michigan

Sheboygan, WI

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Kohler-Andrae State Park, WI on Lake Michigan

The pictures don’t do this place justice!