best days to get married in 2013

if you're planning to get married in 2013, you may want to heed the wisdom of the farmers' almanac. up here in the northeast the farmers' almanac is read and consulted throughout the year. we're all especially keen to see what kind of winter it says we're going to have. from the sounds of it it's going to be an unusually cold and blustery winter with "above normal" percipitation. oh no!

those of you with summer weddings* may want to refer to the following dates. according to the farmers' almanac, what follows is a list of the Best Days in 2013 to Get Married. 

• May: 4-6, 9-11, 14-17, 20, 21
• June: 1, 2, 6, 7, 10-13, 16-18, 30
• July: 3-5, 8-11, 14, 15, 30, 31
• August: 1, 4-7, 10, 11, 28, 31
• September: 1-4, 7, 8, 18, 28-30

you may want to know that the "peak foliage date" in maine in 2013 will be october 5-21 on the coast and october 1-17 inland. 

i love the almanac! there are so many other cool things to read about. for example, it'll tell you the best days to busy a car, or dig holes, or cut hair to increase growth, or potty train! and just for fun see if you can figure out any of the following puzzles, which also come from the farmers' almanac (see answers below).

missing letters what three letters can be placed in front of each of these words to form a new word?
SPORT  SWORD  SAGE

name that state rearrange the letters of the following phrase to give the name of a us state: 
VIEWING A STIR 

flower fun here are the names of four flowers with the vowels removed. what are the four flowers? 
GRNM GRDN CLMBN 

thanks to renys your maine department store for the free 2013 almanac!

*if you're having a wedding in a month not listed here, just shoot me an email and i'll give you the best dates to get married of the month in which you're getting married.

puzzle answers:
missing letters: PAS
name that state: west virginia
flower fun: geranium, gardenia, columbine