Holidays 2021-05-13
Holidays today are about experiencing the Top Gun movie, cocktails in general, fruit cocktails in particular, apple pie, hummus, tulips, leprechauns, and jumping frogs: Frog Jumping Day Leprechaun Day National Apple Pie Day National Fruit Cocktail Day National Hummus Day Top Gun Day Tulip Day World Cocktail Day Frog Jumping Day is believed to relate to a short story by Mark Twain, though a connection between the story and today's date hasn't been discovered. As someone who attempts to photograph frogs, I can confirm that they do jump, and frequently use that skill to get in the water to hide from would-be photographers. Here's someone who did exactly that as I circled around a small pond to try and get pictures of him and his froggy friends. April 27, 2021 at the Delaware-Raritan Canal Photo 127321939, (c) jpviolette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)