Google’s Doodles are impossibly quirky and befitting of a company that wants to remain slightly off-center and immature as it ages.

For myself, and most people, the day’s doodle (if there is one) is the first thing they see on the ‘New Tab’ when they open Chrome. It has come to serve as a PSA of sorts for anything important that is happening that day.

It reminded me today’s the first day of Fall:

The last time I was more formerly reminded of a holiday was back in elementary school; when looking at the calendar was a daily occurrence to start the day off. The gigantic wall calendars marked off special occasions (like holidays) and vacation periods and people’s birthdays. Of course, most holidays are rather trivial and likely the only reason they were marked up on school calendar’s was to provide a brief history lesson of sorts behind the day that is being marked. There’s definitely something whimsical about it.