Leap Day

2024 is a Leap Year....and today is often referred to as Leap Day. I spent a few minutes looking up a few fun facts:

• Leap Year was introduced by Julius Caesar.
• It takes 365.2422 days for the Earth to revolve around the sun each year.
• Without a Leap Day the calendar would be off by about 24 days every 100 years.
• There are 1,440 extra minutes in a Leap Year. 
• The summer olympics are always held during a Leap Year.
• More than 4 million people around the world are born on Leap Day, February 29th and are called leaplings.

I hope you enjoyed your Leap Day....I spent some of mine taking a nap. 

I got down close to a frozen puddle to look for patterns.....and this particular icey bloom was quite beautiful.  It looks like the edges of a snowflake.....

.....or the bloom of wet watercolor.  This particular watercolor is an unusual combination I've been experimenting with that I'll share it sometime soon.  

Happy Leap Day!