So today is July 7th, 2007...07/07/07 and many people have been telling me it is a lucky day...a significant day...I am not really sure why (although I have enough religion in my youth to know that seven was a biggie in the bible...). So in the interests of good research I looked on Yahoo Answers. The following is what 'they' say is importance of July 7, 2007 to various groups:
There are a number of reasons people believe 07/07/07 to be auspicious, and in particular there will be a huge number of weddings on that day as many people believe the triple 7's bring good luck and fortune. Ever heard the term "luck number 7?". In gambling 3 sevens gives you 21, which is blackjack. Also on older Vegas style poker machines one of the jack pots was three sevens.
On a more spiritual note, there are connections with the number 7 in most of the worlds religions. Catholics have seven virtues, seven deadly sins, and seven sacraments. Hindus recognize the seven chakras of the body. And probably most notably for christians is that on the 7th day that God rested after creating the earth. And the 7th of july is the day of the annual lovers festival in Japan.
Me? I am going with Japan's festival! Mmmmmwwwwaaaaa!
Two 'lucky' things in the Boulevarden is that our second chair has not been 'borrowed' from the garden (the first chair was taken after it had been out there for three weeks or so), and many of the transplants are perk'n up. Paul and I have decided that if someone takes the second chair and leaves a note asking for a table to finish their set we will get them one...who knows though maybe the other one will come back...its a possibility.
Below are the lanterns of the Physalis plant...they are still wonderfully green - soon they will be orange, which is lovely too. Further below that is what they look like if they are left on the plant...I always pick most of them when they are orange...but as you can see they are magical (and very fragile) when they are left to go to seed.
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