LEAP Day
February 29, 2008 at 10:42 amDC, Interiors, People, buildings, glass
Welcome to Leap Day 2008! According to my readings on Yahoo!, we have Julius Ceasar and the ancient Romans to thank for introducing this extra day into our calendar, sometime around 46 B.C. It makes up for the extra six hours, nine minutes and 9.7 seconds it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun each year.
Apparently, it is known as a popular tradition for women to propose to men on this day. Has anyone even heard of this?? I definitely have not.
The photo is from the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum. It opened just last November, and you should probably go check it out — it’s fun to watch kids, and adults too, walk and splash through the planes of water on the ground, while looking around to see if it’s ok…
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