Putting Down Roots
This plant is considered a weed, but given how difficult it is to pull up its deep taproot, maybe you’re better off leaving it alone and enjoying it for its cheery yellow flowers and tasty edible leaves.
What is dandelion?
This classic toy was invented by accident when Richard T. James, a naval mechanical engineer, knocked a spring off a shelf and saw that it “walked” before coming to rest upright. His fine-tuned version was sold with the tagline “walks downstairs.”
What are slinkies?
This World War II general succeeded Harry Truman as U.S. President and served from 1953 to 1961. He died March 28, 1969.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
James T. Kirk, Jean Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway, Christopher Pike
What is the Captain?
This cleaning chemical and common cooking ingredient is diluted acetic acid and has been used since at least 3000 BC and is produced by fermentation.
What is vinegar?
Empty Bowls on March 19, 2026
What is Community Kitchen?
The host plant of the monarch butterfly, you might have a hard time transplanting this species for your pollinator garden as it dislikes having its long and sometimes brittle taproot disturbed.
What is milkweed?
Hop to it! This toy uses a spring to allow a rider balanced on footpads to bounce high into the air.
What are Pogo Sticks?
This woman headed up the touring Trapp Family Singers. Her memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers would inspire the musical The Sound of Music. She died March 28, 1987.
Who was Maria von Trapp?
Joseph M’Benga, Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir, T’Ana, Leonard McCoy
What is the Chief Medical Officer/Doctor?
Members of this class of cleaners are usually sodium hypochlorite. They are used as disinfectants or to whiten clothes.
What is chlorine bleach?
A Tasteful Event on May 27, 2026
What is FISH NWCT?
You’ve certainly seen this orange storage taproot on your last trip to the grocery store.
What is carrot?
This category of toys use a spring to store energy (usually created by turning a key) which then powers a clockwork motor.
What are Wind-Up Toys?
This author was a member of the Bloomsbury Group along with other luminaries like economist John Edward Keynes and author E.M. Forster. Her works include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and A Room of One’s Own. She died March 28, 1941.
Who was Virginia Woolf?
Spock, William Riker, Kira Nerys, Chakotay, Michael Burnham
What is the First Officer?
This white powder can be used to leaven baked goods, hence its common name, but it can also be used to absorb odors in the fridge or or as a mild abrasive agent for scrubbing.
What is baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)?
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on May 17, 2026
What is the Susan B. Anthony Project?
This favorite subject of Van Gogh has a taproot that is typically around three feet deep, but can grow up to six feet for certain cultivars under certain conditions.
What is sunflower?
This toy is a music box fitted with a crank. When the song (often “Pop Goes the Weasel”) ends, the lid of the box opens and a toy on a spring pops out!
What are Jack-in-the-Boxes?
This tsar, who ruled from 1533 until his death on March 28, 1584, has a reputation for brutality that often overshadows his political achievements - at least in English-speaking countries, where the epithet “the Terrible” holds on despite being an older translation of a term that may be better rendered as “terrifying” or “formidable.”)
Who was Ivan the Terrible?
Geordi LaForge, Montgomery Scott, Miles O’Brien, B’Elanna Torres, Charles Trip Tucker III
What is the Chief Engineer?
This chemical, when diluted, is used to clean and degrease surfaces. It is also excreted by most animals in urine and has a powerful, unpleasant smell. Leaving a rag soaked in this chemical in your trash can can help to deter bears.
What is ammonia?
Annual Mini Golf Classic in June of 2026
What is the United Way of Northwest Connecticut?
When you find this type of seedling (or sometimes sapling) growing in your hedges, you're in for a hard time pulling it up, as one of the first things a sprouting acorn does is put down a taproot around a foot deep.
What is oak?
This classic arcade machine, which uses a spring to shoot a small metal ball into an often themed play area, was first mass produced in 1931 under the name Baffle-Ball.
What are Pin-Ball Machines?
This playwright, who wrote the play Rhinoceros inspired by his experience during the rise of fascism in Romania, contributed significantly to the Theater of the Absurd in the mid-twentieth century. He died March 28, 1994.
Who was Eugene Ionesco?
Tasha Yar, Tuvok, Odo, La’an Noonien Singh, Hikaru Sulu (Mirror Universe)
What is the Security Officer?
This crystal is sold as a powder and can be used as a pesticide. It can also be used as a laundry booster and stain remover.
What is borax?
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What is the Connecticut Community Foundation?