Picky Eaters (Cajun Joke), Sunday Selections, and Sunday Selfie

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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.

Grandma is at a point where she only wants the same few things to eat over and over, as she claims everything else gives her an upset tummy.  One of her favorites is egg drop soup.  As she was not a very adventurous eater even back when she was healthy and going out to restaurants, it took her a long time to try it and now it's one thing she will ask for regularly.

Clothile done be tryin' cook som'pin new fo' de fam'ly, she be tired o' de same ol' t'ings all de time.

One night she cook a new receipt she done got from de paper an' she ax Boudreaux how he done like it.  "It gots de imported cheese in it," she say.

An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, I t'ink it need be exported again!"

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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files.  The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please.  Our friend River is hosting, and other participants often include Charlotte/Mother Owl, Andrew, and WiseWebWoman.  

A few items which caught my eye.

Flowers and a crepe myrtle tree.

Sky photos.

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This week, Cookie wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.  

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Today is:

Family History Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, urging people to brush up on family history during summer family reunions

Feast Day of Elisha the Prophet -- Christian

Flag Day -- United States

Freedom Day -- Malawi

Leinapaev -- Estonia (Mourning and Commemoration Day; remembering those deported under Soviet rule)

Liberation Day -- Falkland Islands

Missing Mutts Awareness Day -- to help families whose beloved pets have gone missing, the Missing Mutts Awareness Society was formed; it no longer seems to sponsor a particular day, though its Facebook Page is active  

Mourning and Hope Day -- Lithuania (remembering those exiled to Siberia under the Soviets)

National Bourbon Day -- celebrating America's "Native Spirit"   

National Strawberry Shortcake Day

Pause for the Pledge Day -- US, in conjunction with Flag Day, all citizens are asked to pause at 7pm EDT to recite the Pledge

Pop Goes the Weasel Day -- and just as no one knows for sure the origins of the song or its meaning, no one knows why it is celebrated on this day

Rice Planting Festivals -- Sumiyoshi Shrine, Osaka and Izawanomiya Shrine, Mie Prefecture, Japan (rice planting at sacred fields, some rites date back over 1,700 years)

Runic Half-month Dag (day) commences

Sandpaper Day -- Isaac Fisher, Jr., of Vermont, was issued the first US patent for sandpaper on this day in 1834

St. Basil the Great's Day (traditional date in Roman Catholic Church, current date in Episcopal Church; Patron of education, exorcisms, hospital administrators, monks, liturgists, reformers; Cappadocia; Russia)

St. Castora Gabrielli's Day (Patron of difficult marriages, widows)  

World Blood Donor Day -- International ("One Drop of Humanity. Give Blood. Save Lives.)

     Blood Type Awareness Day -- while donating, make sure you know your type, and that of your loved ones; in an emergency, it's good to know

Anniversaries Today:

The United States Army is founded, 1775

Munich, Germany is founded, 1158

Birthdays Today:

Daryl Sabara, 1992

Lucy Hale, 1989

Kevin McHale, 1988

Diablo Cody, 1978

Steffi Graf, 1969

Yasmine Bleeth, 1968

Traylor Howard, 1966

Boy George, 1961

Eric Arthur Heiden, 1958

Will Patton, 1954

Eddie Mekka, 1952

Donald Trump, 1946

John F. MacArthur, 1939

Jerzy Kosinski, 1933

Joe Arpaio, 1932

Marla Gibbs, 1931

Che Guevara, 1928

Pierre Salinger, 1925

Gene Barry, 1919

Burl Ives, 1909

Alois Alzheimer, 1864

John Bartlett, 1820

Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811

Debuting/Premiering Today:

The Cable Guy(Film), 1996

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves(Film), 1991

"The Gong Show"(TV), 1976

Today in History:

Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria, 1287

Richard II in England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath and the Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance, 1381

Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony, 1648

The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States, 1777

Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,000-mile) journey in an open boat, 1789

Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig, who named it Bourbon because he lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1789

Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom, 1821

The village of Henley, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first Royal Regatta, 1839

Trade unions are legalised in Canada, 1872

Norway adopts female suffrage, 1907

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, 1919

Action Comics issue one is released, introducing Superman, 1938

The Canadian Library Association is established, 1946

UNIVAC I, the world's first commercial computer, is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau, 1951

The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency, 1962

The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1966

The 1994 Stanley Cup Riots occur after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, 1994

The Wallow Fire becomes the largest wildfire in the history of the US State of Arizona, 2011

Australia announces its plan to create the largest marine reserve in the world, 2012

The women of Switzerland hold a strike to protest the slow change of pace toward equality in their country, 2019

Denmark and Canada agree to split the arctic Hans Island, ending their 50-year "Whiskey War", where each country laid claim by buying whiskey on the island, 2022

After working around a previous problem with quantum noise, IBM's quantum computer manages to simulate a magnetic material in a benchmark experiment, 2023

Scientists announce the last of the essential ingredients for life as we know it, phosphates, have been found on Saturn's moon Enceladus, raising the possibility it may harbor life, 2023

Stop and Count, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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It generally feels like i run full speed into Thankful Day, when it's about time to stop and count the good things.

Thankfully, Grandpa had agreed i could spend the night in NOLA last Saturday, as Uncle J wanted to go out with his friends to see a special band and he didn't want to spend the whole time out worrying about Grandma and Grandpa.

I was thankful i remembered everything, including supper, thankful Grandma only got me up once in the night, just after midnight, and thankful i was able to get on the road back home on time.

Once back in town, i stopped and dropped stuff at home then, as arranged, i thankfully got to church in time to meet up with Ms. A and Becca so she and i could have tea and a cookie and Ms. A could join the choir for practice.

Sunday evening, our little Annie and i stopped at Ms. D's house, where we are thankful for our weekly visit.  This one was rather warm, as her A/C had gone out, i was thankful to be there to empty her dehumidifier so she had that and the fans to take the edge off.

I was thankful to make a good bit of progress at Carl's place, then back to Ms. D's for the every-other-week cleaning.  She and i were both thankful the electrician had replaced the circuit breaker for the A/C and it was running well.

Also, i was thankful she let me do a good cleaning, since her daughter is coming this week and i want her to know i am trying to keep it up well even if Ms. D is always telling me i do too much.

I'm always thankful to spend Tuesdays with Annie.  She is reaching the age where her vocabulary is expanding fast, and she doesn't know what she wants but she wants more of it, but it's still a joy to be with her.

#2 Son got a lot done on the cars as well.  Slow-Moe the Pontiac now has an A/C fan which works on all 4 speeds, GusGus die Fledermaus, the Ford, has a fresh cabin air filter and plenty of coolant, which was low, and Lawrence the Honda has good wiper blades, a gas cap which doesn't make the check engine light go on every time you fill up, and also a new cabin air filter.

Friend West listened to Lawrence, i'm thankful to say, over Facetime, and has decreed yes, it needs a timing chain.  This will happen in the near future.

Ms. G had us running all over as always, but i'm always thankful when we get to visit Ms. Fiona.  

Usually our double work Thursdays start with a bang at Ms. SE's house, but this week it was much easier as Ms. SE and the boys are in Italy and only Mr. DE is home.  There was no overwhelm of laundry, the kitchen wasn't nearly as hard, altogether it was a much better time this week and my Sweetie and i were both thankful.

We're also thankful because it means, even after doing two places in a row, we still get home earlier.

I was very thankful on Friday to have #2 Son attend a number of small repair jobs around the house.  There are still a few more, of course, as every house is a constant project, but at least there's progress.

The cat shelter was hopping last night and not every person coming in to look and possibly adopt was properly briefed because at one point i saw a very nice lady walking around with a kitten in one hand and playing with some of the sick kittens in the off limits area with her other hand!  I'm thankful she was very accepting when i pointed out those were the sick kittens and it wasn't a good idea to have a healthy kitten around them, and i told her, gently, why we keep kittens near their own cages only.  She agreed and went right back up front, and later pre-adopted the kitten she'd been holding.

Also, i was thankful i was able to talk one couple out of adopting the blind kitten.  They have small children, and if you have a pet which is blind, it memorizes the pattern of your house and furnishings to get around.  Leaving anything on the floor it can run into is a no-no, as is moving furniture around a lot.  With their kids leaving stuff on the floor all the time, this kitten would have a hard time learning the house and trusting it could get around without knocking into who-knows-what.  Not every family is cut out to have a special needs animal and i'm thankful they understood right away.

Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.

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Today is:

Day of the Living Children of Nut -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Feast of Epona -- Ancient Celtic Calendar (Rhiannon in Wales, Macha in Ireland, guardian goddess of horses, stables, horse owners, agriculture, and transportation; date approximate, and disputed, she was the only Celtic goddess worshipped by the Romans, and they celebrated her on December 18)

Ides of June -- Ancient Roman Calendar; related observances:

     Festival of Jupiter Invictus (Jupiter the Unconquered)

     Lesser Quinquartrus/Quinquatrus Minusculae (festival for those who played flutes at religious ceremonies; through the 15th)

King's Birthday -- Tuvalu

Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

Roller Coaster Day -- the world's first "Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway", patented by LaMarcus Thompson, opened on this day in 1884 on Coney Island, at a cost of five cents per ride

Sewing Machine Day -- why this day is anyone's guess, but we must admit it's a useful invention

Sovereign's Day/King's Birthday -- Pitcairn Island

St. Anthony of Padua's Day, the "Hammer of Heretics" (Patron of amputees, animals, asses, boatmen, domestic animals, elderly people, expectant mothers, faith, fishermen, harvests, horses, mail, mariners, Native Americans, oppressed people, paupers, poor people, sailors, seeksers of lost objects, starving people, swineherds, Tigua Indians, travel hostesses, travellers, watermen; Amantea, Italy; Anzio, Italy; Brazil; Cianciana, Italy; Dorado, Puerto Rico; Favara, Italy; Ferrazzano, Italy; Giano Vetusto, Italy; Lisbon, Portugal; Nocolosi, Italy; Padua, Italy; Portugal; San Antonio Tiayacapan, Mexico; San Fulgencio, Spain; Sandia Indian Pueblo; against barrenness, shipwreck, starvation, and sterility)

     a municipal holiday in Lisbon, Portugal and parts of Spain

Trooping the Colour -- UK (military celebration of the monarch's birthday, the King's official birthday parade, one of London's biggest and most colorful celebrations)

Weed Your Garden Day -- a reminder to get out there and do a little each day, so the little buggers don't get out of hand

World Wide Knit in Public Day -- better living through stitching together!   

Anniversaries Today:

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded, 1798

Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, 1525

Birthdays Today:

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, 1986

Raz-B, 1985

Rivers Cuomo, 1970

Jamie Walters, 1969

Ally Sheedy, 1962

Tim Allen, 1953

Richard Thomas, 1951

Ban Ki-Moon, 1944

Malcolm McDowell, 1943

Siegfried Fischbacher, 1939

Christo, 1935

Paul Lynde, 1926

Ralph Edwards, 1913

Red Grange, 1903

Dorothy L. Sayers, 1893

Basil Rathbone, 1892

William Butler Yeats, 1865

Winfield Scott, 1786

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Closer"(TV), 2005

Roadie(Film), 1980

"Les vêpres siciliennes"(Verdi opera) 1855

Today in History:

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots, 1249

Ibn Battuta, who was to become the foremost world traveler of his day, seeing most of the known world in his time, begins his first hadj, 1325

Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves, 1774

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded, 1798

Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River, 1803

A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1886

King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM, 1886

Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital, 1898

The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established, the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines, 1910

Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered, 1955

The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them, 1966

Thurgood Marshall is nominated to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1967

Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid, 1982

Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the solar system, 1983

President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, 2000

The US withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 2002

The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time, 2007

A capsule of Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa returns to Earth with particles of asteroid 25143 Itokawa, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court invalides gene patents held by Myriad Genetics when it rules that isolated human genes are not patentable, 2013

Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet in the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, re-awakes after 7 months, 2015

Volkswagen is fined €1 billion (£880m) by German prosecutors over diesel emissions scandal, 2018

Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in locks) are far older than first thought, as radiocarbon dating puts some of them as being older than Stonehenge, 2019

The world's largest freshwater fish, a stingray 3.98m x 2.2m is caught in the Mekong river, Cambodia, then tagged and released, 2022

G7 leaders agree to loan Ukraine $50 billion from frozen Russian assets to buy weapons and rebuild, 2024