Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you. What better way to start the week than with a smile!
Happiness at the church for the homeless is when the other kids have gotten up so you get the bench to yourself so you can color. It's a bonus that you get to take the whole coloring book with you when you go!
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| Coloring your own book to take home with you is fun! |
Today is:
Armed Forces Flag Day -- India
Day of Mourning for Dingle-Fritter, Gooseberry-Humple, Tiger-Get-By, LoneFolding, But Not Zimber-Quattor -- Fairy Calendar
Día de las Velitas -- Columbia (Day of the Little Candles, a celebration on the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception)
Feast of Osiris in Abydos -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Hanukkah -- Judaism (began sundown yesterday; through sundown Dec. 14)
Hang a Wreath Day -- after all, by now it's about time
International Civil Aviation Day -- UN
King Tupou I Day -- Tonga
Letter Writing Day -- no origin info found, but think of how happy someone will be to get a letter if you write one!
National Cotton Candy Day
National Heroes' Day -- East Timor
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day -- US
Quema del Diablo -- Guatemala (Burning of the Devil, to cast out impurities before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception)
St. Ambrose of Milan's Day (Patron of bee keepers, bees, candle makers/chandlers, domestic animals, learning, schoolchildren/students, wax refiners; French Commissariat; Milan, Italy)
Students' Day -- Iran
Spitak Remembrance Day -- Armenia
Anniversaries Today:
National Fire Safety Council founded, 1979
Delaware becomes the first US State, 1787
Birthdays Today:
Aaron Carter, 1987
Tino Martinez, 1967
C. Thomas Howell, 1966
Edd Hall, 1958
Larry Bird, 1956
Tom Waits, 1949
Johnny Bench, 1947
Harry Chapin, 1942
Ellen Burstyn, 1932
Ted Knight, 1923
Eli Wallach, 1915
Louis Prima, 1910
Willa Cather, 1873
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"City of Angels"(Musical), 1989
"Band on the Run"(Album), 1973 (UK release date)
"The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria"(Savoy Opera), 1889
Today in History:
Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated, BC43
Chinese Emperor Lo-Yang makes notation of a supernova (MSH15-52), 185
Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways in the US, is completed to Trumbull, 1696
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, 1732
Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general, 1776
The New York Philharmonic plays its first concert, 1842
Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission, 1900
Leo Baekeland of Yonkers patents the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, 1911
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, 1941
Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils, 1962
The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats, 1970
The final Apollo mission is launched, and takes the photo now called The Blue Marble as they take off, 1972
Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist, 1988
The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched, 1995
The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement, 1999
The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, 2003
Scientists in Tanzania discover the oldest-known dinosaur fossil, and 243-million-year-old Nyasasaurus, 2012
NASA reports the GRAIL probes studying the moon reveal unexpectedly deep cracks, craters and tectonic structures, 2012
That truly is happiness indeed. Great thoughts and have a nice week!
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ReplyDeleteAwww. This is so very precious. The best Awww of the day.
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific Awww Monday. ☺
What a beautiful picture. My grand children when they come over enjoy coloring and I assist them or should I say they assist me. Ha,ha,ha.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Monday my friend. See ya.
Cruisin Paul
When it came to coloring books, I was never able to stay within the lines. Interesting that I nevertheless became a professional artist.
ReplyDeleteAww... love the determination, that kid'll go far!
ReplyDeleteI always stayed in the lines, but it was never indicative of my life. I could never figure that out ;)
ReplyDeleteWe did some fun Christmas colouring tonight with my Spark Guides tonight. And some Christmas craft to give out. It was a lot of fun. The only thing I brought home though was some brownies and rice krispie squares. oh drat! right? LOL
ReplyDeleteYa for coloring fun! And mimi, thank you for being a good example for me. I really mean that. xoxo
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