Thursday, October 31, 2019

Herself a Study (Six Sentence Story), True to the Season (Good Fences), Hide the Photo, Please! (Sammy's Poetry Day), and Great Neighborhood Candy Exchange (Brian's Thankful Thursday)

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"What are you studying?"

"Biology."

"And what will you do with that -- medicine?"

"No, I don't have enough patience with people for that.  I want to work with animals, beginning with an internship at a rescue in Florida that works with large felines.  Eventually I'd like to study whether or not climate change disrupts patterns of migration in large herd animals in Africa."


Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Migration.       

(The above is how Bigger Girl describes what she wants to do, at least in the near future; my baby who tested as autistic, dyslexic, and a whole host of other things, whom i was told would probably have to live in a group home and have menial jobs all her life, is graduating college and is a scientist!)


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Gosia at Looking for Identity has taken over Good Fences, and it's now Good Fences Around The World.  Post a picture of a fence or gate, link back to her blog, and go visit other blogs to see what interesting fences there are out in this big world.     gosiablogs.blogspot.com

A delightful holiday scene, nicely fenced:






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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day!  This week's image and my poem:    



"Sissy, why are we dressed this way?"

"I'm not sure, I really can't say."

"Mom keeps saying 'Halloween.'"

"And Daddy says she's off her bean!"

"Grandma says we are cute as a bug."

"Aunt Lizzy says on her heart we tug."

"Well, whatever we are doing one thing I say,

I hope future boyfriends never see us this way!"


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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  

It's the day of The Great Neighborhood Candy Exchange, and we get to give out candy and see all the kids and parents.  Also, we have plenty of candy, and the candy bowl for which to be thankful.

Plenty of candy, including some for kids who can't have peanuts or gluten
  
Our Candy Bowl


Several years ago, i hit upon the idea of buying a small bag of candy with every trip to the store as soon as it appeared, in early September.  That way, i don't even notice it in the budget!  Another thankful, there's no more last minute panic of trying to find the money to go buy candy.

Happy Halloween!


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Today is:

Admission Day -- Nevada, US

Allantide -- Cornwall, England

All Hallows Eve -- Christian

Apple and Candle Night -- Wales

Books for Treats Day -- San Jose, CA, US (give gently used books to kids, not candy -- feed their brains, not their cavities!)

Chiang Kai-Shek Day -- Taiwan

Day of the Seven Billion -- day in 2011 the UN declared the world population to have reached 7,000,000,000     

Dia de las Iglesias Evangelicas y Protestantes -- Chile (Day of Evangelical and Protestant Churches/Reformation Day)

Dias de los Muertos -- Mexico, esp. Michoacan and Oaxaca (through Nov. 2; ceremonies, sand sculptures, decorated altars, and parties through the nights in the cemetaries)

Dookie Apple Night -- Newcastle, England

Duck Apple Night -- Liverpool, England

Feast of Sekhmet Bast Ra -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Festival of Inner Worlds -- Pagan (fight between the old and new year)

Founder's Day -- Girl Scouts of the USA (Juliette Gordon Low's birth anniversary)

Ghostwriter's Day

Hallowe'en or Beggar's Night

Increase Your Psychic Powers Day -- originated in England in the 19th century, some celebrated on the 30th

King Father Nordom Sihanouk's Birthday -- Cambodia

National Candy Apple Day

National Knock-Knock Joke Day
    Knock, Knock
    Who's There?
    Police.
    Police who?
    Police stop telling knock-knock jokes!

National Magic Day -- Society of American Magicians (in honor of Harry Houdini, who died on this day in 1926, and who was president of the SoAM)   

National UNICEF Day

Nut-Crack Night -- England; Scotland

Old Celtic New Year's Eve

Out of the Broom Closet Day -- Pagan, Heathen, and all earth-based and ethnic religions

Punkie Night -- Hinton St George, Somerset, England (a celebration for children and adults who carry candle-lit punkies -- the best one wins a prize -- made out of mangel-wurzels, a type of beet, and sing old punkie songs asking for money or treats)

Reformation Day -- Protestant Christian (trad.)
    Official Holiday -- Germany; Slovenia

Samhain (northern hemisphere) / Beltane (southern hemisphere) -- Druids, Gaels, Welsh peoples, Neopagans, Wiccans (begins at sunset)

Scare a Friend Day -- just not so much that he/she isn't a friend any more

Senior Absurdity Day -- Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY, US (a day the kids look forward to each year)

Sneak Some of the Candy Yourself Before the Kids Start Knocking Day

St. Quentin's Day (Patron against coughs)

St. Wolfgang of Ratisbon's Day (Patron of apoplexics, carpenters, paralysed people, stroke victims; Regensburg, Germany; against apoplexy, paralysis, stomach diseases, strokes)

Thump-the-Door Night -- Isle of Mann

Trick or Treat Night

Vetmaetr -- Norse Calendar (Winter Nights; beginning of winter, the New Year, and the start of Odin leading the Wild Hunt)

Youth Honor Day -- Iowa, US



Anniversaries Today:

Mt. Rushmore is completed, 1941
Nevada becomes the 36th US State, 1864


Birthdays Today:

Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle, 1967
Adam Horovitz, 1966
Dermot Mulroney, 1963
Rob Schneider, 1963
Peter Jackson, 1961
Larry Mullen, Jr., 1961
John Candy, 1950
Jane Pauley, 1950
Deidre Hall, 1947
Stephen Rea, 1943
David Ogden Stiers, 1942
Ron Rifkin, 1939
Michael Landon, 1936
Dan Rather, 1931
Michael Collins, 1930
Barbara Bel Geddes, 1922
Dale Evans, 1912
Ethel Waters, 1896
Chaing Kai-shek, 1887
Juliette Gordon Low, 1860
John Keats, 1795
William Paca, 1740
Jan Vermeer, 1632


Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Car Talk"(Radio), 1987 (national debut, ten years after their start as a local show in Boston)
"Jamaica"(Musical), 1957
"Capricio Espagnol"(Rimsky-Korsakov Op. 34), 1887
"Tamerlano"(Handel opera, HWV 18), 1724


Today in History:

Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites after their return to Jerusalem from exile, BC445
First All Hallows Eve observed to honor all the saints, 834
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the Wittenberg church door, marks the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, 1517
Georg Ludwig van Hannover is crowned as the English King George I, 1714
Execution of Girondins at Paris during the Reign of Terror, 1793
Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents the miner's safety lamp, 1815
A standard uniform is approved for US Postal workers, 1868
A tropical cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die, 1876
John Boyd Dunlop patents the pneumatic bicycle tire, 1888
Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", 1892
Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across United States, 1913
The Battle of Beersheba of WWI marks the last successful cavalry charge in history, 1917
The first of 160 consecutive days of 100°F + temps at Marble Bar, Australia, 1923
World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress, 1924
Mt. Rushmore sculptures are completed, 1941
The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal, 1956
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two security guards, 1984
EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board, 1999
Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted, 1999
Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station, which has been continually crewed since, 2000
Surfer Bethany Hamilton loses her left arm and 3 liters of blood in a tiger shark attack; within a month she would be back on her board, and competing again within the year, 2003
The NYSE reopens after its first weather related shut down since the late 19th century; the two-day closure was due to Hurricane Sandy, 2012
In a landmark verdict, the Pakistani Supreme Court acquits a Christian woman of blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed after eight years on death row, 2018

23 comments:

  1. I love your Six! Congratulations to the Bigger Girl. That is such a great accomplishment.
    Your poem is so cute and the photo to go with it.

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  2. I like the fence pictures. The fence is attractive. It protects the yard but doesn't have that "KEEP OUT" feeling that so many fences do.

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  3. That house gives me serious porch envy...

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  4. Well done BG, a lovely poem and thanks for the giggle with the knock-knock joke!

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  5. A worthy ambition, indeed.
    (And pass along our Congrats on the graduation)

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  6. Nice to have the spooky stuff fenced in so it can't get us when we walk by! Happy Howloween! When Mom used to give out candy, she always bought it early, but we don't do that anymore, so no need for candy.

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  7. That was a terrific story and hooray, hooray, hooray for the Bigger Girl, that's wonderful. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

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  8. Good idea on buying candy, I'll try that next year - Happy Halloween!

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  10. Love the poem and the twins. Super cute for Halloween. Good six. Animals are probably earier than people. Right?

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  11. A nice six. Congrats to your bigger girl :)

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  12. I am lucky to have dedicated parents like you are, and I found my way like your Bigger Girl. Will!
    Happy Halloween!

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  13. Wonderful fences. I like metal works.

    God bless.

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  14. Your daughter sounds amazing! Great poem and great idea about buying candy. Of course, I would eat it all before Halloween. Happy Halloween! XO

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  15. Congratulations, Bigger Girl! What a cool avocation to pursue. Adorable poem and an excellent idea buying a small bag at a time. Candy is expensive! ('course I'd have to resist the temptation to eat it, lol)

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  16. Well done Bigger Girl! I like your plans for your future.

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  17. Yay bigger girl! I have a friend who is a scientist. She goes by Fancy Scientist and advocates for women. She's been to Africa and has special interests there too. I should send her blog link to you for bigger girl.

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  18. Great fences and Halloween decor and sweet 6 sentence story ~ ^_^

    Happy Day to You,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  19. goodness! what a cute cat bed and what a cute cat!

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  20. Yes. I was thinking along the lines of animal migration and climate change, but then went in another direction. Nice Six.

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