22 March 22

This year's theme for World Water Day (always 22 March) is groundwater, an incredibly significant element in our biosphere that stays almost entirely out of sight. But I'm celebrating oceans and the orcas who live in that realm. My tie bar is a tiny thermometer, and I'm wearing it to remind us about the ocean's role in regulating global temperatures. When granddaughter Evelyn saw the tie bar she said "What that?" and I explained that "red" thermometers measure temperature (and she is familiar with the digital one we've used on her forehead very recently). A little later Beth asked her "What is on Papa Seeds' tie?" and she called it a "tie-mometer" -- which is a very, very appropriate name!