January 7th is

National Tempura Day!  Yeah, that is interesting. LOL

Here are a few of the recipes that are featured:

http://www.food.com/recipe/tempura-bacon-237161

http://www.food.com/recipe/tempura-onion-rings-275869

http://www.food.com/recipe/chicken-tempura-pancakes-151696

I missed yesterday.

It was just one of those days that computer time was minimal.

So... on January 6th, 1540, King Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves.

Anne of Cleves was the Queen of England for a little over 6 months.  King Henry had their marriage annulled on the claim that it was never consummated.

I guess she should be happy she was allowed to live, since that was not the case with most of his wives........

We had some visitors today....

This was the view from our back door today:

On this date.... years ago

Felix Manz, a Anabaptist leader in Zurich, Switzerland, was executed.  By drowning.  OUCH

On this date....

in 1809, Louis Braille was born.  He was the inventor of Braille. :-)

On this day....

in 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien was born.....

On this date....

In 1873 Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.  Or what we just consider "the calendar." LOL

From Wiki:

Most western European countries changed the start of the year to January 1 before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. For example, Scotland changed the start of the Scottish New Year to January 1 in 1600. England, Ireland and the British colonies changed the start of the year to January 1 in 1752. Later that year in September, the Gregorian calendar was introduced throughout Britain and the British colonies. These two reforms were implemented by the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750.

It is interesting to read.  I never thought much about it before.  I knew there were other "calendars" and other New Years, but I learned something.  Pretty cool.