You may think that Labor Day is the only holiday worth celebrating this weekend. You’d be wrong.

Sunday, September 2 marks the first annual International Rock-Flipping Day. As its co-creator, Via Negative, describes (emphasis mine):

The point is simply to have fun, and hopefully learn something at the same time. We don’t want to over-determine what that something should be: those of a more scientific frame of mind might focus on i.d.s or ecological interactions, while those of an artistic or poetic bent could go in a different direction entirely. Pictures alone would suffice, of course. But whatever you do, please be sure to replace all rocks that you flip as soon as possible, so as not to disrupt the natives’ lives unduly. (Unless, that is, you plan on incorporating some of what you find into your next meal — crawdads? escargots? — which would also make a interesting subject for an International Rock-Flipping Day blog post, I’m thinking.)

Though I’m not so interested in eating any under-rock creatures, I’ll try to do some flipping tomorrow at my local outdoor bar. And if I find anything interesting, I’ll take a picture. If you do the same, be sure to upload them to Via Negative’s Flickr group.

And Happy Labor Day, too!