Showing posts with label moths flies beetles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moths flies beetles. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

8 January 25

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As requested by Carter Rae Beatty, I'm wearing my moths-flies-and-beetles tie, to honor their birthday (7 January). Carter is my niece, ...
Monday, September 25, 2023

25 September 23

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Today marks the birthday of Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945), early-20th-century researcher in genetics. He was born in Lexington, KY, and hi...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

23 May 23

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Carl Linnaeus, the "Father of Taxonomy," was born on this date in 1707. Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist....
Monday, May 23, 2022

23 May 22

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I'm wearing my moths-flies-and-beetles tie to honor the birthday of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), the creator of the taxonomic system we g...
Friday, February 12, 2021

12 February 21

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 Today marks the birthday of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). As noted by others, there's a calendar-counting...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

25 September 19

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Today marks the birthday of Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945), early-20th-century researcher in genetics. He was born in Lexington, KY, and hi...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

22 May 19

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Happy Birthday, niece Aimee Moiso! Aimee is married to my oldest nephew C. Nolan Huizenga, and they live in Nashville, TN. Aimee is a doctor...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

3 July 18

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Today's tie featuring moths, flies and beetles honors the birthday of German writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924). His most popular work, Meta...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

23 May 17

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Carl Linnaeus, the "Father of Taxonomy," was born on this date in 1707. Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist....
Sunday, September 25, 2016

25 September 16

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Today marks the 150th birthday of Thomas Hunt Morgan, native of Lexington, Kentucky, who pioneered genetic research with Drosophila melanoga...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

24 November 15

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On this date in 1859, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," documenting the theory of evolution through natural sel...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

3 July 14

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The bugs on today's tie are celebrating the 1883 birthday of Franz Kafka, most famous as the author of "Metamorphosis." That i...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

20 August 13

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Today is World Mosquito Day , honoring the date of the discovery (in 1897) that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans. My tie fe...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

23 May 13

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Carl Linnaeus, the originator of modern biological taxonomy, was born on May 23, 1707. My tie celebrates the orders of moths, butterflies, b...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

22 May 12

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To celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity , I'm communing closely with my office Norfolk Island Pine and also sporting my ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

23 May 11

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Today is the 101st birthday of Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and other children's books. I don't have any appropria...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

16 November 10

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Celebrating taxonomy, even without a specific occasion for this date. The detail photo is accurate for the tie but didn't capture the tr...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

22 April 09

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Today is Earth Day. Beth suggested dragging a tie through dirt before wearing it, but I chose to celebrate moths, butterflies and beetles in...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

26 October 08

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With no special occasion known for today, I asked my mother-in-law to select a tie, and she chose the one that shows typical specimens from ...
Sunday, July 6, 2008

6 July 08

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In summer our yard is filled with bees, beetles and butterflies, buzzing and fluttering around wonderful flowers like bee balm and lilies.