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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 January 10, 2005
9:50 AM Post #1231016
| There are a total of 204 votes:
| Gardening or flower-themed
(62 votes, 30%) |  |
| Favorite pet or animal (which one?)
(37 votes, 18%) | |
| Landscapes
(26 votes, 12%) | |
| Jokes or humor
(4 votes, 1%) | |
| Favorite artist or artwork (who?)
(12 votes, 5%) | |
| Religious/spiritual
(8 votes, 3%) | |
| Almanac
(6 votes, 2%) | |
| Healthy living/diet
(2 votes, 0%) | |
| Sports-themed (favorite team or sport?)
(1 votes, 0%) | |
| Other?
(46 votes, 22%) | |
|
Previous Polls |
ceedub
Whitby, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 10, 2005
10:07 AM Post #1231035
| Ours is a Calendar House. We have calendars in bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, etc. I chose my favourite pet or animal - which is cats - because the majority of the caledars are cats. However, we have two theme bathrooms - fish and frogs, so we also have a frog calendar and a dolphin calendar. In the kitchen, however, is a calendar from a local florist and has lovely flowers on it for each month; our local newspaper gives away a milk calendar in December so that's also in the kitchen. January's is a daylily. We also have a calendar that friends put together of their favourite photos each year, and we have that one in our den. |
spklatt
Ottawa, ON
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2005
10:38 AM Post #1231069
| Ours is a calendar house too! My mom always gets me the Canadian Church Calendar for Christmas; it's hanging up by our phone. One year they'll have pictures of churches across Canada on the big picture for each month, and small pictures of flowers on the lower half of the page - then the next year they alternate, and have big flower pictures with thumbnail church pictures on the lower half.
My favourites are the small rural churches...they're so humble, and beautiful; an important part of our country's cultural and architectural heritage. Even though it doesn't happen to be my religion, I always like getting this calendar.
My 2nd-favourite is an Inuit art calendar that we get each year...beautiful!
Happy New Year to everyone,
Shannon |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 10, 2005
12:06 PM Post #1231184
| Have to have a calendar in most rooms to list where I'm supposed to go.Memory doesn't suffice anymore.This year I had a calendar made with 12 photos of my Missy girl.May have to have another made for my "office" area.Used to buy Sheltie calendars but now a local photo shop can make one from your own photos. |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
January 10, 2005
2:02 PM Post #1231372
| I voted 'other'...got a freebie at the parts store with wildlife in seasonal shots on it...I like freebies. |
spklatt
Ottawa, ON
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2005
2:16 PM Post #1231392
| Freebies are cool...we get one every year from our home-tending/plant-watering/kitty-feeding person, when we go away for the holidays. It's a nice calendar, all on one page for easy ref. Some gas stations have good ones too, and credit unions. We like to cut off the advertising part that sticks out from the bottom, if possible :-) |
ceedub
Whitby, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 10, 2005
2:23 PM Post #1231401
| I agree; freebies are very cool. Our florist gives a gorgeous freebie calendar, with each month having an incredibly beautiful picture of a flower. |
Karrie20x
Spokane, WA
(Zone 6a)
January 10, 2005
2:28 PM Post #1231409
| OTHER, lol! Our kid's orthodontist has a art contest for their patients every two years and makes a 2 year calendar with the winners. It is very cute and very creative. |
spklatt
Ottawa, ON
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2005
2:57 PM Post #1231438
| The local SPCAs make some good ones, for fundraisers. In Edmonton they chose one animal for each month from a photo contest, but in Yellowknife they plastered each month with a collage of animal photos - I think they got every photo that had been submitted in the whole city, into the calendar! It was fun to look at. |
KaperC
No. San Diego Co., CA
(Zone 10b)
January 10, 2005
3:05 PM Post #1231443
| Other.
A friend gave us a calendar with the tides on it because she knows we like to go walk on the beach when it is low. Very thoughtful
Second is a sailing calendar my DH 's brother sends him from England each year.
And third is one from a British charity my m-i-l used to send every year. It has pictures of local scenes (Bolton) by an artist that are also postcards. My s-i-l keeps up the tradition now that mum is gone.
Next year I hope to make my own with old family photos -- just for the family.
|
picturelady
San Jose, CA
(Zone 9a)
January 10, 2005
3:56 PM Post #1231510
| I made my own calendar including special dates to remember from my own photos of flowers...mostly close-ups!
My second calendar is from the "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat..." |
celia
Cleveland, OH
(Zone 5b)
January 10, 2005
3:59 PM Post #1231519
| A freebie from the dry cleaners. Has a couple of puppies on it. |
danak
Olympia, WA
(Zone 7b)
January 10, 2005
4:07 PM Post #1231533
| We can only vote for one? I have three calendars this year: one from our trip to Japan, which has Japanese art on it, one with landscapes/wild animals, and one of the Seattle Mariners. We got some people the Sierra Club calendar as gifts this year-- it has such gorgeous pictures! |
BetsyBug
Memphis, TN
(Zone 7b)
January 10, 2005
4:37 PM Post #1231586
| Kittens! 365 Kittens a Year as a wall calendar at work. 365 Cats at home next to dresser and online -I DO have a gardening theme calendar...but it's gotta be cats... |
MsMaati
Newburgh, IN
(Zone 6a)
January 10, 2005
9:03 PM Post #1231984
| I chose other.
My new calendar by my computer is called an Easy ScrapBooking Calendar. Each day is a different template to cut out and use in a scrapbook. I hope this gets me to put my photos in an album.
The Kitchen calendar is from church. Lists all those special days etc.
The one on my palm is pictures of my grandkids.
The one downstairs is of cats. The dog got left out this year, last year is was daschunds.
|
spklatt
Ottawa, ON
(Zone 5a)
January 10, 2005
9:13 PM Post #1231994
| At Christmastime about 10 years ago, my dad gave everyone in the family their own personalized calendar made from family photos that he had - like the ones you can do yourself now, but he got it done at a printer's which I think was the only way, at that time. It has some wonderful photos, such as of my grandmother in her healthier days, and my grandfather who had passed away a few years earlier. I still look at it from time to time. I highly recommend DIY calendars, for those who have the means - it's a wonderful keepsake.
Shannon |
mgh
Willamette Valley, OR
(Zone 8a)
January 10, 2005
9:51 PM Post #1232067
| Other...I have a "More time Moms" calendar. It has nice big squares to write in! |
mydaisy
San Augustine, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 10, 2005
10:06 PM Post #1232082
| Lab puppies. Too cute. We always have an "outdoor" or "wildlife" calendar for DH too. |
Plantcrazii
Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 10, 2005
11:46 PM Post #1232197
| I have a Shrek 2 Calendar. I loved the movie so much and someone gave me this one for Christmas. However, I really like it so I guess that is what matters. :)
JesseK |
DiOhio
Corning, OH
(Zone 6a)
January 11, 2005
12:19 AM Post #1232233
| Other...Sealife and Native American/wildlife |
philomel
Termes d'Armagnac
(France)
(Zone 8a)
 January 11, 2005
3:53 AM Post #1232346
| Other - the class photograph of one of my granddaughters :)
Also a number of freebies or charity - they're all at it out here. We bought from 'les Sapeurs Pompiers' (firemen), La Poste (postman) and were give one by the local pharmacy... |
soozer
Safety Harbor, FL
(Zone 9b)
January 11, 2005
4:23 AM Post #1232357
| My "other" vote is the calendar my daughter-in-law made for us with the photos of their Thanksgiving trip here -- her first trip from Minnesota to the Sunshine State! |
htop
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 11, 2005
5:20 AM Post #1232379
| Other ... the place where I buy the dirt for my yard gave me one that is dedicated to the memory of the owner of the business who was killed in a car accident last year. It has photos of him on it. |
bootandall
Blenheim
(New Zealand)
January 11, 2005
5:33 AM Post #1232383
| dig up the lawn, and plant more shade trees and have something for climber. |
jdee
Paris, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 11, 2005
7:03 AM Post #1232420
| Mine has cats and kittens. Who would hve guessed? lol |
philomel
Termes d'Armagnac
(France)
(Zone 8a)
January 11, 2005
7:32 AM Post #1232447
| Ah boot, is that what you have written on yours? |
KE6KAD
Yucaipa, CA
(Zone 9a)
January 11, 2005
8:13 AM Post #1232484
| Other--Cuz we have 2 calendars in the house.
A Jewish 1 in the kitchen. The kitchen
calendar theme changes from year to
year. Just happened to see this 1 at
the fair & thought it looked interesting.
My room has a Victorian. It goes with
the house decor I'm working on. I try to
get 1 every year.
We get lots of freebies from organizations
we donate to. If there's 1 that I
really like, it goes in the kitchen. Any
we don't want, we give away. |
Dravencat
Edgewater, MD
(Zone 7a)
January 11, 2005
8:17 AM Post #1232491
| I usualy get one with horses or Chihuahuas but mom bought one for me for Christmas that has poems about daughters, a new poem for each month and printed on handmade paper with flower petals in it. Very pretty too. Im sure Ill get another one because I write all over the place on my calendars and dont want to mess this one up. I think at the end of the year Ill see about framing some of the poems and putting them around the house. |
spklatt
Ottawa, ON
(Zone 5a)
January 11, 2005
9:47 AM Post #1232619
| If you really like a particular calendar, you can save it and use it again another year! Here's a link that explains how to figure when it'll next be useable.
[HYPERLINK@www.eskimo.com]
The only things that won't line up are holidays based on the lunar position, and holidays that aren't aligned with our dates of the year, such as Jewish holy days. The rest will work out perfectly...even with leap years!
Recycling at its finest... :-) |
gabagoo
Yonkers, NY
(Zone 5b)
January 11, 2005
11:48 AM Post #1232823
| My cousin gave me a Lemony Snicket Calendar. I also have a free MArch of Dimes one with children's drawings. Very cute. |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 11, 2005
1:03 PM Post #1232942
| my choice: pets. I love having calendars all around the house. I have a black lab dog calendar, black cat, bunnies w/ lots of black bunny pix.
This makes me think of something funny I saw yesterday. I was at my favorite nursery in Dallas and in a corner they had a calendar put out by the FIRST MEN's GARDEN CLUB (all Dallas residents). It's a spoof on the movie Calendar Girls and all the guys are naked but cleverly covered by garden tools, plants, etc. They are $15 and proceeds go to scholarships. These guys not only have a sense of humor but quite comfortable in their skins. Should have bought one, but didn't want to make DH jealous...(he he he) |
Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
January 11, 2005
2:31 PM Post #1233087
| My new calander is a memorial for the Police and Firemen who lost their lives on 9-11. It has lots of flags waving. |
Kathleen
Panama, NY
(Zone 5a)
January 11, 2005
4:55 PM Post #1233277
| Other - most of our calendars have tractors and farms on them - John Deere and New Holland freebies. Stan gave me a Border Collie calendar for the main keeping track of life calendar this year and we got some nice ones from the hardware, the building supply stores, a seed dealer, and will get one from a friend sometime in the year that comes from Hoard's Dairyman. He gets several as he usually has at least one photo on it. Stan sells him hay, so we get one to keep us happy! lol |
Kelli
Los Angeles (Canoga , CA
(Zone 10a)
January 11, 2005
5:35 PM Post #1233334
| Between DH and I, we must get half a dozen free calendars from various charities. However, DH likes bigger calendars so he got one with Caribbean scenery that we have up in the kitchen. One is all that I need. If I had to buy a calendar, I probably would have gotten a Dodgers one.
When I was working, I used to put up five calendars at work because I had so many. I would have one set at the current month, one at two months back, one at one month back, one at one month ahead, and one at two months ahead. |
kikisdad
Apalachin, NY
(Zone 9a)
January 11, 2005
6:46 PM Post #1233437
| I voted "favorite artist or artwork" because the calendar here in the computer area is festooned with Norman Rockwell's Americana humor. We also have lots of flower and cat calendars and one from my financial guy with hot air balloons plus a coca cola cloth spreadout type.
So how come I don't know what day it is??? |
QueenB
Shepherd, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 11, 2005
7:16 PM Post #1233468
| I have a garden themed freebie from Lowe's. Gotta love those freebies! |
flowerpot
St. Thomas, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 11, 2005
9:37 PM Post #1233661
| what a dummy I didn't read the title right I was thinking about getting back on my diet and thought it said what's on your calendar(thinking meaning what are you doing this year) ha ha ha well I'm going to lose weight, but my calendar is a differant bird on each month. My DH and I feed the birds and love to watch them we have so many goldfinch on our feeders they are hanging off the neighbours wall waiting their turn to feed. It's funny to watch. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
January 11, 2005
9:45 PM Post #1233675
| Mine's pictures of my Grandson...his Mom made it for us!!! |
momcat
Des Plaines, IL
(Zone 5a)
January 11, 2005
11:14 PM Post #1233781
| I voted for other, that's not really right, either. I don't have a calendar in the house. Just on my computer at work. Important appointments, dates, etc., get written on a post it note, and stuck to a cabinet in the kitchen! |
Yuska
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 12, 2005
11:11 AM Post #1234289
| Two lovely freebies - one is close-ups of flowers and the other is scenic landscapes. My favorite though was part of a Christmas gift - the most gogeous cottage gardens |
Kaufmann
GOD's Green Earth
(United States)
(Zone 8b)
January 12, 2005
12:38 PM Post #1234398
| We get freebies from the Feed Store, the Bank, etc. DH has one that his sister made with pix of their family when they were kids. I'm using the annual ABADS calendar, in which a photograph of one of my seedlings graces "July", so I voted for the gardening/floral type. Gretchen |
NatureWalker
New York & Terrell, TX
(Zone 9b)
January 12, 2005
3:26 PM Post #1234617
| I picked 'Other,' because I have so many different types.
A 'Religious/spiritual' that one is in my bedroom.
I also have one for 'Favorite artist or artwork (who?)' - Norman Rockwell; in the kitchen.
One in my living room; a beautiful one based on my 'Unicorn' theme.
One that is 'Gardening or flower-themed' with an 'Almanac' included.
And I also have one that is a book/desk type 'Flower Themed' that is for Birthday's, Anniversaries, Special Rememberance days, Doctor appointments etc. on my computer desk. A pen & pencil back-up for when my computer gives me a hard-way to go.
So I won't actually lose my mind, I'll just feel that way!
~* Robin |
beclu727
Dacula, GA
(Zone 7b)
January 12, 2005
4:18 PM Post #1234700
| I picked favorite pet or animal. Its a hummer calendar. How else can I get through Hummer withdrawal until they come back in spring. (Except by looking at the B & H forum pics, of course.) |
elsie
Lafayette, NJ
(Zone 6a)
January 12, 2005
7:44 PM Post #1234998
| I chose pets. I got two cat calendars for Christmas. I also got a family photo one from my parents |
Sunrize
North Vancouver, BC
(Zone 8b)
January 12, 2005
9:09 PM Post #1235089
| Like skplatt, I use one of family pictures my daughter gives us each year. January has my grandson, who is now 2, with his Jan. 2004 snowman; July is his 2004 holiday at our summerhouse on the beach, etc. Nice to see him a year younger, but shows how fast he is growing up. Yipes! Otherwise, it would be flowers or dogs for sure. |
OrchidMan10
Parkersburg, WV
January 12, 2005
10:40 PM Post #1235224
| Our calendars are of :1. hummingbirds--God's hyperactive little gifts for us to admire, and 2. turtles that my girls enjoy to visit at the zoos. (polar ends in terms of speed, huh?) |
floridagurl46
North Port, FL
(Zone 9a)
January 13, 2005
11:03 AM Post #1235873
| my desk calendar is the artwork of thomas kinkade and has garden and nature verses on it...i just started a garden journal and i take the pics and tape it my journal...i love thomas kinkade...very soothing...
my wall calendar is TWEETY,,, |
SoCal
Huntington Beach, CA
(Zone 10a)
January 13, 2005
1:54 PM Post #1236130
| I voted "Other" as I have no pictures on top. My DD bought me a Large Grid type calendar, so I can have lots of space in each day to write things. It also has some space on the bottom for comments of the month.
Love it for sure,
Donna |
hag49
China Spring, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 13, 2005
8:22 PM Post #1236725
| American cottage gardens in the kitchen and European/English gardens in the office/study.. I'm waiting from the calendar from ARS.. Love the gardening ones.
I just bought some software to start making my own, so for Christmas everyone is getting their own personalized calendar. Should be fun.
Hilary |
NatureWalker
New York & Terrell, TX
(Zone 9b)
January 13, 2005
8:48 PM Post #1236773
| Hilary,
Could you define which ARS you are talking about? Please.
~* Robin |
SudieGoodman
Broaddus, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 13, 2005
10:45 PM Post #1236944
| Sudie Goodman
Zone 8b
Southeast TX
Voted for Gardening or flower-themed.
Each Christmas I purchase Neil Sperry's T E X A S Gardening Calendar. It contains all national holidays and a wealth of gardening information. Each month displays colorful photo of "Plant of the Month."
Neil enters monthly detailes on what to plant, prune, fertilize, what insect, fungi, etc to be on the lookout for as well as valuable odd jobs to be accomplished. It's my gardening Bible.
Neil has the definitive word in Texas Horticulture and resides in McKinney, Texas. neilsperry.com |
HERBIE43
wappingers falls, NY
(Zone 5b)
January 14, 2005
11:22 PM Post #1238564
| i always get golden retriever calendars |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
January 15, 2005
12:30 AM Post #1238647
| My friend, who is originally from England, went over there this past week and she brought me back a calendar of Stonehenge in all the different months. It is pretty neat. I was just saying the other day, I didn't have a 2005 calendar and voila...Ask and ye shall receive.
She took her daughter over with her and they went to see Stonehenge. |
scooterbug
TwinLakes,WI Athens, TN
(Zone 7a)
January 15, 2005
9:52 PM Post #1239997
| I voted OTHER , 'cause I always get 2 calenders for my main work areas in the kitchen.
It brightens my day to see pretty pictures of things I love.
I usually get these 2 ...
"Out on The Porch"
The literary equivalent of an afternoon in a fav rocking chair
viewing spectacular vistas from wonderful porches.
"The Secret Garden"(Smith & Hawken)
...some are grand - centuries in the making - and others are casual ; a pond surrounded by flowers ,
a couple of chairs planted in a plot of wild flowers.
All provide a kind of sustenance to my daily life.
This message was edited Jan 15, 2005 8:54 PM
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ladyrowan
Garberville, CA
(Zone 9a)
January 16, 2005
12:56 AM Post #1240390
| For the last two years, I have had the "Lady Coddington's Pressed Fairies" calendar, although I just found the "Long Tom Grange" calendar, which is a "Calendar Girls" style calendar done with the Men of the Long Tom Grange. It is hilarious!
The Mayor of Junction City Oregon is doing a Ribbon Cutting with the HUGE bow obscuring the interesting bits. There is a man pruning bonsai, another pushing a wheelbarrow FULL of daffodils.
Two local doctors are standing behind X-rays of their pelvic sections, a rancher is astride his horse. The local deputy sherrif is wearing his hat, badge, tool belt, and "hiding" behind an entier box of donuts!
A tennis instructor, a fisherman, a runner.
An Oregon Ranger standing behind his rescue board with a caption, "Lions and tigers, I'm bare! Oh my!"
I local winery owner posing behind his 'best' vintages, a retired grass seed grower on his tractor.
As a bonus, we even got Jan and Feb 06, a retired hospital administrator with some blueprints, and a cowby wearing his Stetson, a lariat, and his shotgun.
The Cover is of all of the men alongside the road wearing an assortment of hats, ties, and holding suitcases and briefcases trying to 'thumb' a ride! The back cover has them facing the other direction, with the cases hiding their behinds!
This is a fabulous calendar, and I'm sorry I ran-on about it, but it raises money for their local schools, and I have a lot of respect for a bunch of aging men willing to do such a "silly" thing for a good cause.
Lori
~who will be enjoying the next 14 months even more now! |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
January 16, 2005
10:07 AM Post #1240930
| So where can we get one of those Lori. Sounds pretty funny :) |
picturelady
San Jose, CA
(Zone 9a)
January 16, 2005
11:22 AM Post #1241055
| Misty...doing a google search...got me to this...
[HYPERLINK@grangecalendar.com]
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scooterbug
TwinLakes,WI Athens, TN
(Zone 7a)
January 16, 2005
11:52 AM Post #1241110
| That is way too funny *wicked grin* |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
January 16, 2005
12:18 PM Post #1241154
| thank you picturelady...:) |
Moda127
Morristown, NJ
(Zone 6a)
January 16, 2005
6:48 PM Post #1241815
| Marjolein Bastin Calendar from Hallmark |
Joan
Belfield, ND
(Zone 4a)
January 16, 2005
8:09 PM Post #1241906
| I had to vote other, because we don't have a calendar. When we need to know a date we have to go through everyone's checkbooks to see if one of the check registers is new enough to have a calendar. Or, we get it off the computer. LOL
Maybe we should think about getting one, but I don't want to hang it on the walls anywhere. That's why we don't have one. It would mess up the decor. ;) |
MistyMeadows
Payneville, KY
(Zone 7a)
January 16, 2005
8:48 PM Post #1241962
| Get one that matches your walls :) |
Joan
Belfield, ND
(Zone 4a)
January 16, 2005
10:14 PM Post #1242097
| Yeah, maybe. LOL |
CApoppy
Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
(Zone 9a)
January 16, 2005
10:37 PM Post #1242129
| This year I have an Escher calendar that a friend gave me. She has a friend who has a large collection of original Escher prints. Way out of my league.
But last year I had my all-time favoite calendar and I hate to retire it. It was called Women of the African Ark. It had gorgeous photos by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher of gorgeous African women from many cultures--Kenya, Namibia, Eritrea, Ghana, Niger, Togo and Ethiopia in their wonderful native attire. This varied from body paint to totally veiled splendor revealing only the eyes. Every day I looked at it and thought about how different our lives were, yet how similar. It was an exquisite jolt of reality. Thanks, spklatt, for letting me know when I can use it again. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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KatieLovesDogs
Indianapolis, IN
January 30, 2005
10:43 PM Post #1266523
| Dilbert |
spklatt
Ottawa, ON
(Zone 5a)
January 31, 2005
12:18 PM Post #1267264
| That sounds like a really neat calendar, CApoppy. I like your way of reflecting upon it.
You're welcome for the link; I was so happy when I came across that - now I can re-use all my faves!
~Shannon |
