Here are seven inspirational eco-friendly Earth Day quotes sure to motivate you to take notice and action. Go "green" and make a difference to the planet. One person can make a difference. It begins with an earth-friendly consciousness. It begins with you.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
Native American Proverb
Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The earth is what we all have in common.
Wendell Berry
The world is such a cold dark place and there's nothing I can do,
but God in all His/Her wisdom said: just build a better you.
Author Unknown
Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea."
George Carlin
Every day is Earth Day. ~Author Unknown
Celebrate Earth Day--and every other day--with eco-friendly Earth Day gift baskets and organic gift baskets from Cachet Baskets. We're committed to making our world--and your world--a better place.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Holidays and Dates to Remember: April through June
Here are some special holidays and dates to remember for 2nd quarter--April, May, June--o8. How much would a loved one enjoy receiving a unique gift basket from you on one of these special occasions? From parties, celebrations, and holidays to sympathy, bereavement, and condolences, we've got a custom gift basket for every reason and every season.
April
May
June
View all of our April, May, June holiday gift baskets by clicking on our Seasonal Themes menu, then Spring.
Visit the January 08 archives for the 2008 list of dates to remember.
April
- April Fool’s Day, April 1
- Easter Sunday, April 16
- Orthodox Easter, April 23
- Earth Day, April 22
- Administrative Assistants' Day, formerly Secretaries' Day, is the Wednesday of the last full week of April (that is, the Wednesday before the last Saturday in April)
- Arbor Day is often the last Friday in April
May
- National Day of Prayer, May 5
- Nurses Day (week), May 6-12
- Mothers' Day, second Sunday in May
- Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May
- Memorial Day, last Monday in May
June
- Fathers' Day, third Sunday in June
- Flag Day, June 14
- First Day of Summer, June 21
View all of our April, May, June holiday gift baskets by clicking on our Seasonal Themes menu, then Spring.
Visit the January 08 archives for the 2008 list of dates to remember.
Friday, April 4, 2008
May Day Baskets and other May Day Traditions Worth Observing
"April showers bring may flowers."
May is just around the corner, and March is going out like a shivering, cold lamb which means we're expecting a lion's share of snow here in Colorado. All the better to bring those May Day flowers.
The tradition of giving May Day gift baskets of flowers is as old as the ancient pagan tradition of Beltane itself. Beltane, observed on May 1st, celebrates the Goddess of Spring whose purity, strength, fertility and passage to womanhood is honored. Today, I use May Day as a measure of how much I've grown. Each year the perennials come back--iris, daffodils, lilacs, and violets--remind me of my own rights of passage. Not typically a Christian associated holiday, we can all relate to the cycle of death into birth--winter into summer. Some communities still observe May Day by selecting a May Day Queen, dancing around the May Pole, and giving May Day baskets.
Flowers are the primary staple of a typical May Day basket. Growing up in Iowa, violets were my flower of choice. And if the lilacs were early, the fragrant, purple flowers looked and smelled wonderful spilling out from the top of the basket. We included popcorn and small candies--usually Starbursts or Tootsie Rolls--in a colorful homemade basket. We used Styrofoam cups (not today's "green" container of choice), the bottoms of liter pop bottles cut off (definitely a "green" choice), and construction paper covered boxes. We'd make a dozen baskets the evening before and then drive them around to our neighbors. And in proper May Day tradition, we'd ring the doorbell, then run! (A quiet, undiscovered get-away was tough when we had to drive.) At least we weren't catchable...which meant no May Day kisses--as tradition calls for when a "basketeer" is caught.
So who gives May Day Baskets today? Sadly, the tradition is falling to the way-side. And I haven't seen a May Day Pole since elementary school--and that was in the late 60's. May Day is the perfect opportunity to send a surprise gift! Why not send it to any young girl you know--especially those teenagers who are going through their own rights of passage. Send one to an expectant mother or your grandmother as a nostalgic reminder?
Or save yourself the time it would take to assemble the essentials and have Cachet Baskets put together a May Day "flower" basket that will last all year. A floral-themed coffee mug or writing journal outlasts fresh flowers. Or surprise a gardening fanatic with Spring-themed gardening basket full of gardening tools that'll take them well into the fall.
Take your first April showers rainy day and plan your May Day Basket list. Rain is to flowers as baskets are to friends. One helps the other grow. Let's take this May Day to honor our friends and all the growing we've done.
May is just around the corner, and March is going out like a shivering, cold lamb which means we're expecting a lion's share of snow here in Colorado. All the better to bring those May Day flowers.
The tradition of giving May Day gift baskets of flowers is as old as the ancient pagan tradition of Beltane itself. Beltane, observed on May 1st, celebrates the Goddess of Spring whose purity, strength, fertility and passage to womanhood is honored. Today, I use May Day as a measure of how much I've grown. Each year the perennials come back--iris, daffodils, lilacs, and violets--remind me of my own rights of passage. Not typically a Christian associated holiday, we can all relate to the cycle of death into birth--winter into summer. Some communities still observe May Day by selecting a May Day Queen, dancing around the May Pole, and giving May Day baskets.
Flowers are the primary staple of a typical May Day basket. Growing up in Iowa, violets were my flower of choice. And if the lilacs were early, the fragrant, purple flowers looked and smelled wonderful spilling out from the top of the basket. We included popcorn and small candies--usually Starbursts or Tootsie Rolls--in a colorful homemade basket. We used Styrofoam cups (not today's "green" container of choice), the bottoms of liter pop bottles cut off (definitely a "green" choice), and construction paper covered boxes. We'd make a dozen baskets the evening before and then drive them around to our neighbors. And in proper May Day tradition, we'd ring the doorbell, then run! (A quiet, undiscovered get-away was tough when we had to drive.) At least we weren't catchable...which meant no May Day kisses--as tradition calls for when a "basketeer" is caught.
So who gives May Day Baskets today? Sadly, the tradition is falling to the way-side. And I haven't seen a May Day Pole since elementary school--and that was in the late 60's. May Day is the perfect opportunity to send a surprise gift! Why not send it to any young girl you know--especially those teenagers who are going through their own rights of passage. Send one to an expectant mother or your grandmother as a nostalgic reminder?
Or save yourself the time it would take to assemble the essentials and have Cachet Baskets put together a May Day "flower" basket that will last all year. A floral-themed coffee mug or writing journal outlasts fresh flowers. Or surprise a gardening fanatic with Spring-themed gardening basket full of gardening tools that'll take them well into the fall.
Take your first April showers rainy day and plan your May Day Basket list. Rain is to flowers as baskets are to friends. One helps the other grow. Let's take this May Day to honor our friends and all the growing we've done.
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