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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee, of Comedy Plus.
Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
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!
You know the baby is tired when it goes to sleep right in the middle of the floor:
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Sparks! is on hiatus, so here is an Inspiring Quote of the Week:
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Today is:
Arbor Day -- Philippines
Color TV Day -- CBS broadcast the first program in color on this day in 1951
Day of the Seafarer -- The International Maritime Organization (this year’s theme is “Seafarers' Wellbeing”)
Discovery Day -- NL, Canada
Elf Thumping Day -- Fairy Calendar (no details on what the Elves thump, and no, no one is allowed to thump an Elf!)
Feast of the Optional Holiday -- pick one, and celebrate it or don't, your option!
Festival of Ranting and Vaporing -- sponsored by The Daily Bleed
Global Beatles Day -- read about the meaning of this day, and why this date was picked, here
Gotanshin Sai -- Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto, Japan (festival to commemorate the birth of Lord Sugawara, with ceremonies to ward off summer infections)
Independence Day -- Mozambique(1975)
Leon Day -- Noel spelled backward, the turning poing on the calendar when Christmas starts getting closer; those who make Christmas/Noel gifts need to start thinking about their projects
Ludi Taurii -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Games of the Bull, a two day festival held once every five years)
National Catfish Day
National Fried Okra Day
National Strawberry Parfait Day
Please Take My Children To Work Day -- originally sponsored by mamasaid.net; a tongue-in-cheek way to request that you give a full- or part-time stay-at-home mom a break today!
Sense of Humor in Bed Appreciation Day -- i'm not touching this one
Slovenian Sovereignty Day / National Day -- Slovenia
Solennität -- Morat, Switzerland (on Morat Commemoration Day, a Youth festival remembering the pivotal role this tiny town played in winning a battle in 1476)
Statehood Day -- Croatia
St. Eurosia's Day (a/k/a Orosia; Patron of Jaca, Spain; against bad weather)
Fiesta de Santa Orosia -- Jaca, Spain
St. Molaug's Day (Patron of Argyll, Scotland; against mental illness)
Anniversaries Today:
Virginia becomes the 10th US State, 1788
Birthdays Today:
Scott Terra, 1987
Linda Cardellini, 1975
Dikembe Mutombo, 1966
George Michael, 1963
Ricky Gervais, 1961
Sonia Sotomayor, 1954
Jimmie Walker, 1949
Phyllis George, 1949
Carly Simon, 1945
Willis Reed, Jr., 1942
June Lockhart, 1925
Sidney Lumet, 1924
Anne Revere, 1903
George Orwell, 1903
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold, 1886
Rose Cecil O'Neill, 1874
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Het Achterhuis. Dagbrieven van 14 juni 1942 tot 1 augustus 1944(First publication of excerpts from Anne Frank's diaries), 1947
"It Pays To Be Ignorant"(Radio), 1942
Today in History:
The Book of Concord or Concordia, the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, is published, 1580
Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy, from the University of Padua, 1678
Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary, 1741
Lucien B. Smith of Ohio patents the first version of barbed wire, 1867
Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, 1876
Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland, 1938
The Diary of Anne Frank is published, 1947
The Berlin airlift begins, 1948
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea, 1950
CBS broadcasts the first color television signal, 1951
First live global satellite television programme – Our World, 1967
Mozambique achieves independence, 1975
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington, 1981
Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia, 1991
Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada, 1993
An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir, 1997
The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people, 1997
The Harvard School of Health Study concludes that since 1980 the number of adults with diabetes has doubled, 2011
A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight, 2013
Some days I would like to go to sleep where I am too. Not nearly as cute as the orange baby though.
ReplyDeleteI love how kittens just fall asleep anywhere. It's like, "I'm done. Nap time now. Doesn't matter where." You've definitely put the "aww" in Monday with that picture :-)
ReplyDelete"Sense of Humor in Bed Appreciation Day"
ReplyDeleteI had no idea this existed but I'm 100% behind it!
Aww! typical of a kitten heheh!
ReplyDeleteHave a gingertastic day :-)
Mmm… I think I should celebrate National Fried Okra day. Yum.
ReplyDeleteCute kitten. I'd like to cuddle with him/her. :)
Okay, I'm all in on Fried Okra and Strawberry Parfait Day. I even like my okra boiled and dipped in butter!
ReplyDeleteAdorable little kitty photo! Great spark and post ~ thanks!
ReplyDeleteHappy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Cute kitten and excellent spark.
ReplyDeletedarling little orange kitty. Have a splendid day!
ReplyDeleteI've seen kittens do that very thing. It's ever so Awww worthy when they do.
ReplyDeleteLove your Spark. It's so very true.
Have a purrfect Awww Monday. Big hug. ♥
That kitten reminds me of my granddaughter. She was so tired this morning she tried to go to sleep on top of her books.
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