Thirty (30) days has September, April, June and November.
All the rest have Thirty-one (31), except for February which has Twenty-eight (28) days.
Unless it is LEAP YEAR, that is the time, when the days of February are Twenty-nine (29).
This is how children in the USA are taught to remember how many days are in each month, throughout the year.
It works well, if you understand the English Language.
Here in Japan, they have another method.
It involves starting with a closed fist, and counting from the the knuckle of the index finger which is up high (January), to the valley between the index finger and the middle finger, which is low (February).
Up to the next high point of the knuckle of the middle finger (March), down into the valley between the middle finger and the ring finger (April) then up to the knuckle of the ring finger (May) then down into the valley between the ring finger and the little finger (June) then up to the knuckle of the little finger (July).
At this point, you start at the knuckle of the little finger where you already are and count that as August.
Then you go back down into the valley between the little finger and ring finger (September) up to the knuckle of the ring finger (October) back down into the valley between the ring finger and middle finger (November), and finally back up to the knuckle of the middle finger (December).
The meaning of this exercise is that the high points on the knuckles, represents the months with 31 days.
The valleys between the knuckles represents the months with 30 days.
The only exception being February which has either 28 days or 29 days, depending on the year.
Which method works best for you? I use both of them.
By the way, the photo in today's blog was taken just today in the Nagayama District of Asahikawa, not to far from the campus of Asahikawa University.
You can clearly see that there is a lot of new snow since September 24, when it all started again for the foreseeable future.
From this day forward, you will be able to see the snow line get lower and lower on the mountains, and then onto the flatlands were most of the humans live.
There is no escape. Unless,.....
You get aboard an airplane and fly off of the island of Hokkaido.
I'm staying here. In the hot tube.
Catching big fluffy snow flakes on my tongue, as they fall from the sky.
It's just another way to fly.
All the rest have Thirty-one (31), except for February which has Twenty-eight (28) days.
Unless it is LEAP YEAR, that is the time, when the days of February are Twenty-nine (29).
This is how children in the USA are taught to remember how many days are in each month, throughout the year.
It works well, if you understand the English Language.
Here in Japan, they have another method.
It involves starting with a closed fist, and counting from the the knuckle of the index finger which is up high (January), to the valley between the index finger and the middle finger, which is low (February).
Up to the next high point of the knuckle of the middle finger (March), down into the valley between the middle finger and the ring finger (April) then up to the knuckle of the ring finger (May) then down into the valley between the ring finger and the little finger (June) then up to the knuckle of the little finger (July).
At this point, you start at the knuckle of the little finger where you already are and count that as August.
Then you go back down into the valley between the little finger and ring finger (September) up to the knuckle of the ring finger (October) back down into the valley between the ring finger and middle finger (November), and finally back up to the knuckle of the middle finger (December).
The meaning of this exercise is that the high points on the knuckles, represents the months with 31 days.
The valleys between the knuckles represents the months with 30 days.
The only exception being February which has either 28 days or 29 days, depending on the year.
Which method works best for you? I use both of them.
By the way, the photo in today's blog was taken just today in the Nagayama District of Asahikawa, not to far from the campus of Asahikawa University.
You can clearly see that there is a lot of new snow since September 24, when it all started again for the foreseeable future.
From this day forward, you will be able to see the snow line get lower and lower on the mountains, and then onto the flatlands were most of the humans live.
There is no escape. Unless,.....
You get aboard an airplane and fly off of the island of Hokkaido.
I'm staying here. In the hot tube.
Catching big fluffy snow flakes on my tongue, as they fall from the sky.
It's just another way to fly.
