Tuesday 4

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4, who can be found here: https://lemonscottage.blogspot.com/

I want to wish you a very Happy New Year! 

 

January is named for Janus the two-faced god who looked into the past and future. Some believe he was Noah who may have been worshipped by his progeny. He certainly looked into the pre flood world and the new world.  

The Anglo Saxons called January Wulfsmoanth meaning Month of the Wolf and the Wolf moon appears in January.

January 1, 1892, Ellis Island opened it's doors.  Did any of your relations enter the United States through Ellis Island?  If not, do you know your family's history?

I’m Australian so no, but my dad traced our family tree back many generations, and my eldest daughter has been adding to it.

January’s birth stone is garnet, and the flower is the carnation.  Do you have favorite gemstones or flowers?

Nope don’t have a favourite gemstone but my favourite flower is carnation, particularly pink carnations.

January 6 is Epiphany. Many take that day as the final day of the Christmas celebration and take down their decor. What about you?

Didn’t know that, in the past the decorations would come down around the 30 now some years I take them down on the 27.

There is some scientific evidence that January can set the tone for your entire year. What do you think of this? Do you make resolutions, etc? Do you pick a word of the year or have any traditions like that?

No resolutions can’t see the point never stick to them I have zero follow through. I do pick a word for the year been thinking about what next year’s word will be, still undecided.

Does January set the tone for the year, only if one lets it and I don’t.