Morton's toe

What is a "Morton Toe or Morton Foot"?

Morton's Toe is a common term used where the second toe is longer than the Big Toe. First identified by a famous foot doctor - Dr. Dudley Joy Morton. The 2nd toe of the foot, not the big toe, is longer than all the other toes. Although commonly described as a disorder, it is sufficiently common to be considered a normal variant of foot shape. its prevalence varies with different populations, but around 10% of feet worldwide have this form.

the Statue of Liberty has toes of this proportion- (she can't wear birkenstocks either)

today is Winnie the Pooh day in observance of Author, A.A Milne's birthday

(I did copy and paste for this- too much to type, I'm feeling particularly lazy today.)

Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. His toys also lent their names to most of the other characters, except for Owl and Rabbit, who were probably based on real animals, and the Gopher character, who was added in the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is now on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York.^[1]

Harry Colebourne and Winnie 1914

Christopher Milne had named his teddy after Winnipeg, a bear which he and his father often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met while on holiday. Winnipeg the Bear was purchased from a hunter for $20 by Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn in White River, Ontario, Canada, while en-route to England during the First World War. He named the bear "Winnipeg" after his hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba. "Winnie", as she became known, was surreptitiously brought to England with her owner, and gained unofficial recognition as a regimental mascot. Colebourn left Winnie at the London Zoo while he and his unit were in France; after the war she was officially donated to the zoo, as she had become a much loved attraction there. Among her many young fans was Christopher Milne, who named his own teddy bear "Winnie".^[2] Pooh the swan appears as a character in its own right in When We Were Very Young.

In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply "Pooh": "But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think - but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh."

The home of the Milnes, Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England, was the basis for the setting of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. The name of the fictional "Hundred Acre Wood" is reminiscent of the Five Hundred Acre Wood, which lies just outside Ashdown Forest and includes some of the locations mentioned in the book, such as the Enchanted Place.

flowers of January

• The Chinese floral emblem of January is the Plum Blossom
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Japanese floral emblem of January is the Camellia

happy birthday Ricky!

• Emanuel Pogatetz , Austrian footballer who currently plays for Middlesborough as a defender. shares the same birthday. and Galgactus, The devourer of booze was born one year prior!
  
  
• today we also honor St. Fursey ( (also known as Fursa, Fursy, Forseus, Furseus) (died 650) was an Irish Monk who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles and particularly in East Anglia. He reportedly experienced angelic visions of the afterlife.
  
  
• National teachers day in Thailand
  
  
• there is also a legitimate website (not created by anyone I know..I just randomly found it) www.happybirthdayricky.com
  
  
  
  I have no clue who these people are but I think it's funny that the boy in this picture kinda resembles Ricky..
  

feed me!

today i learned that my son thinks it's the funniest thing in the world to feed me his cookie.

some one else learned- tried something new

this little puppy went to the market- this little puppy stayed home!

my pea pod delivery was amazing. they brought them in the house and all i had to go was unpack and store the grub!

I haven't done any outside leisure learning today due to the following reasons:

Chris and I have been looking for houses- we found one that is sideways on the lot and I absolutely love that fact. If you know me at all- you know that nothing excites me more than an abnormal house!

Cameron has also been occupying my time very much lately, he keeps me on my toes with exploring new finger foods. ( wait - i think i learned something... ) I cut honeydew into strips and he eats them like a Parana.

and my last excuse is work. I have been spending countless hours researching power struggles, strong willed behaviors, deviance.. etc


so yeah- you know what i did learn something.. BE DIFFERENT - CUT YOUR MELONS DIFFERENT THAN YOU NORMALLY WOULD- GO CRAZY!
( just don't go to crazy and move your house sideways)