August 2011 Calendar shot.
Comes August here creeping in through the winds.
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Details of the Capture
Camera: Nikon D3000.
Place: Leavenworth,WA.
What's it? : String of beads on a lampshade.
Some facts of the month August which might interest you:
* It was originally known as Sextilis in Latin , mainly named so as it was the sixth month of the original ten-month Roman calendar in 753 BC under Romulus[one of the founder of Rome].
* In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus.
* In the United States, August is National Goat Cheese Month
* In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers
* And Yes Am not forgetting 1947, 15th August - Indian Independence day.
The list doesn't end here. If you have something new to share about August please do not hesitate putting it up here.
And now for the September which pic do I choose???
Please check my photoblog thats running from about a month now @
"Unveil the Colors"
Feedback much appreciated.
[Click on the image for a better resolution]
Details of the Capture
Camera: Nikon D3000.
Place: Leavenworth,WA.
What's it? : String of beads on a lampshade.
Some facts of the month August which might interest you:
* It was originally known as Sextilis in Latin , mainly named so as it was the sixth month of the original ten-month Roman calendar in 753 BC under Romulus[one of the founder of Rome].
* In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus.
* In the United States, August is National Goat Cheese Month
* In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers
* And Yes Am not forgetting 1947, 15th August - Indian Independence day.
The list doesn't end here. If you have something new to share about August please do not hesitate putting it up here.
And now for the September which pic do I choose???
Please check my photoblog thats running from about a month now @
"Unveil the Colors"
Feedback much appreciated.
Comments
I have a fact too; August 5th is International Beer Day - holiday in celebration of beer :P
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Mahesh (born in August)
To add about August, for South-Indian married girls/women, it is a taxing month, coinciding with 'Shravana-masa' with a demanding series of poojas and festivals and the like!!! I usually dread this month, he he :)
Of course your name starts with 'A', that is why you write so good :)))
Bikram's
@Spicy Sweet: That calls for a celebration.. Treaaaaat me:) and Thanks for the tips you give me on my photography, helps me evolve.
@Insignia: International Beer Day! Whoa... That was something interesting.I hadn't heard of it.
@Mahesh: Thanks for that information you've shared. Good to know so many things of the month August. And yes - Happy birthday!
@ Sum: Shravana Masa and the festivities - Ooooo I look forward to them cos its not much for me to do except from munching the tasty yummy delicious stuff prepared at home.. Don't mind those few caories you see :)
@ Pradeepa: Thanks!
@ Kavita: hmmmm how could I miss Raksha Bandhan on the list.. Thanks for having put it down here.
@ A: Thanks for your generous words. 'A' - always on the top:) :)
@ Bikram: Happy off time. What's that you've planned for that week?
A wonderful birthday wish to your sister. Please do convey them. And do enjoy the month.
@ Sujatha: Varamahalakshmi and Bangalore - wow.. Let me click some snaps of the celebrations at few of my friends place and share them later. (We dont celebrate it at home - From Udipi you see).
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