National Pluto Day and Chocolate Mint Day

I'm one of those who doesn't want to accept the demotion

of Pluto as a planet and still want to celebrate him. Outer space was one of the few

things in school that actually interested me and I remember feeling so

accomplished in elementary school learning all the planets in order.

Pluto was discovered in February 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh and named by an 11-year-old

girl named Venetia Burney who loved mythology.

National Pluto Day is on February 18.

Here's a greeting card to send a hello note to someone

if you still like to acknowledge Pluto as a planet, too.

Do you like chocolate mint ice cream, mint Oreos, or those

fabulous thin mints the Girl Scouts sell each year?

February 19 is the day to indulge if you do.

It's said when the Europeans discovered chocolate

from the Mayans and Aztecs they didn't care for the

bitter taste and usually drank hot chocolate to which they added

mint, cinnamon, other spices, and eventually sugar.

Speaking of the Girl Scouts thin mints, they were first sold in 1953

and are still their most popular cookie.

Here's a greeting card if you have a friend with a sweet tooth

for chocolate mint.

Cathie Richardson Illustration