On National Gardening Exercise Day, June 6, we appreciate the bodybuilding activity that is gardening by picking up our trowels and toiling in our gardens! Not only is it so satisfying to grow your own flowers or herbs from seedling to sprout to a full-grown plant, but it’s also great exercise! Any gardener will tell you that squatting to pick weeds or water a seedling will get those quads burning. Besides, working in the hot sun adds an extra athletic challenge.
Pi Approximation Day
Pi or pie, whether you’re a baker or a math whiz, today is your day — Pi Approximation Day on July 22 honors the concept of pi, which is denoted by the Greek letter pi and approximates to 3.14, in the most mathematically-pleasing way. To further make punny jokes out of pi day, many bake pies on the holiday. It’s a great day to appreciate the math concept used so regularly in many calculations, and eat some delicious pie!
Tracky Dack Day
We confess we had to brush up on Australian English to figure out what a Tracky Dack is and why Australians celebrate Tracky Dack Day on any day in May, May 30 this year. Tracky Dack Day is celebrated every year in Australia with gusto (an Italian term, by the way, not Aussie). To understand Tracky Dack Day, first, know that ‘dack’ is Australian English slang for trousers. The same pants that Americans traditionally refer to as slacks. Dacks can be long or short but we don’t think denim jeans are dacks. ‘Tracky’ or ‘trackie,’ spelled either way, is the Aussie slang term for ‘tracksuit,’ that unflattering, kind of masculine but unisex athletic outfit also called a jogging suit but known by most of us as warm-ups. A complete tracky consists of long pants with an elastic waist (the dacks) and a matching waist-length, zippered- or pullover jacket, with or without a hood. Trackies are usually made of a warm, soft knit or fleece fabric.