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Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
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Don't you want a kitten?
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Sparks, the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, is on hiatus, so here's an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.
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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. She and Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey take turns providing a theme each week (although right now Jenny's husband is not feeling well and she's taking a break from rhyming). Charlotte/Mother Owl almost always participates, too. This week the theme is The Kitchen.
My kitchen is the place where
It is most fun to be,
It's there where i can create
Meals for the family.
It also is the place that
Tongues seem to get loose,
The kids would always talk there most
Reticence it did reduce.
The table was for schoolwork
As well as for the meals,
And when the talk got silly
The laughter came in peals.
Paperwork gets done there
And the computering too,
Except for sleeping in my bed,
The most time is spent there it's true.
Today i'll end my rhyming
With the words from an old sign,
You'll see it in many a kitchen,
And it applies to mine:
No matter where i
Serve my guest
They always like
My kitchen best!
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Today is:
Air Force Day -- Pakistan
Beer Lovers' Day -- ESPN began to broadcast on this day in 1979
Constitution Day -- Fiji
Dia de Santiago Iglesias Pantin -- Puerto Rico
Feel the Love Day
Grandma Moses Day
Independence Day -- Brazil
Labor Day/Labour Day -- Bermuda; Canada; Palau; U.S. and Territories
Lusaka Peace Agreement Day / Victory Day -- Mozambique
National Acorn Squash Day
National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day -- US (by Senate proclamation in 2004)
National Napoleon Day (the dessert, not the general)
National Threatened Species Day -- Australia
Neither Snow Nor Rain Day -- celebrates the opening of the US Post Office in NYC on this day in 1914, which building has the famous inscription on it
Nijamati Sewa Divas -- Nepal (Civil Servants' Day)
Organ Donation Week begins -- UK (join the organ donor registry, when you don't need your parts any more, someone else will!)
Salami Day -- sponsored by salamiday.com
St. Cloud's Day (a/k/a Clodoald the Confessor; Patron of nail makers; St. Cloud, Minnesota)
St. Regina's Day (Patron of poor people, shepherdesses, torture victims)
Turn A Cartwheel in Public Day -- the internet has it out for us
Welsh Fairies Bonnet-Hurling Competition -- Fairy Calendar
Anniversary Today:
Sergey Brin and Larry Page incorporate Google, 1998
Birthdays Today:
Evan Rachel Wood, 1987
Devon Sawa, 1978
Angela Gheorghiu, 1965
Michael Feinstein, 1956
Corbin Bernsen, 1954
Chrissie Hynde, 1951
Julie Cavner, 1951
Susan Blakely, 1950
Gloria Gaynor, 1949
Richard Roundtree, 1942
Cuneyt Arkin, 1937
John Phillip Law, 1937
Buddy Holly, 1936
Don Messick, 1927
Peter Lawford, 1923
Jacob Lawrence, 1917
Anthony Quayle, 1913
Elia Kazan, 1909
Michael E. DeBakey, 1908
Grandma Moses, 1860
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Flying Nun"(TV), 1967
"Truth or Consequences"(TV), 1950
Today in History:
Traditionally, the solar eclipse date that marks the birth of Heracles of Thebes (Latin Hercules), BC1251
The Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem, 70
In the world's first submarine attack, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor, 1776
The "Troy Post" of NY first uses "Uncle Sam" to refer to the US, 1813
Last hold-up of Jesse James, 1881
Edith Eleanor McLean becomes the first baby in the US to be put in an incubator for premature infants, 1888
The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol, 1901
Eugene Lefebvre (1878–1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy, France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft, 1909
The first day of the first Miss America Pageant is held in Atlantic City, NJ, 1921
Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrates the first use of television in San Francisco, 1927
The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, 1936
Integration begins in Washington, D.c. and Baltimore, MD public schools, 1954
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa, 1986
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, 1999
Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane, hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings, 2004
The first presidential election is held in Egypt, 2005
The US Government takes control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two largest mortgage financing companies, 2008
Canada closes its Iranian embassy and expels the Iranian diplomatic staff from their country, 2012
Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after the Liberal-National Coalition wins the election, 2013
Asteroid 2014RC makes a close approach to Earth, coming within 39,900km/24,800mi, 2014
British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under three feet of earth at Durrington Walls, 2015
The 15th Summer Paralympics opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016
The Indian Space Agency loses contact with its Chandrayaan-2 moon lander just 2 km from landing on the Moon's surface, 2019
That little grey kitty just melted my heart, she looks a little scared and in need of a cuddle.
ReplyDeleteI like your poem, I like kitchens too.
Love your poem - and yes, the kitchen is a place I spend a lot of time in too.
ReplyDeleteA fine kitchen you have. Apart from a table, I think it looks a lot like mine.
ReplyDeleteAww! how cute are they hope they find homes soon :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's a good quote, I liked your poem too :-)
Have a safetastic Monday 😷😷😷
Awww...the kittens are cute. Hope they find good homes and kind owners. Yes, my kids usually has something to tell me whenever I am in the kitchen. Have a great new week.
ReplyDeleteGood quote about being a good person. Thanx Mimi.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
The problem with kittens is that they turn into cats. Maybe Mom will get a kitten one day when our cats are gone, but we are not sure. Good quote too, a lot of people could use that lesson.
ReplyDeleteAwww on the kitties. So precious. Yes I want both of them, but that's not going to happen anymore.
ReplyDeleteLove your Spark and your poem. Back in my youth the kitchen was were you entertained your guests. That made me smile.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Big hug and Happy Labor Day. ♥
Love those sweet faces and the Spark too. It was sure nice to see a post from Annie today.
ReplyDeleteWhoever said the kitchen was the heart of the home was right. Well done! My mom had that saying on her wall as well! I'd forgotten...
ReplyDeleteHappy Grandma Moses day! ;)
Kitten eyes always get to me!! How could anyone say no to them?! And your Spark is perfect for our cultural upheavals these days with so many people doing such bad things. We all need to get a kitten to snuggle with.
ReplyDeleteA lovely poem, Mimi - it sounds like a really good 'family time' hub of the home. Sadly our kitchen is not large enough to house a table big enough for proper mealtimes, but a bigger kitchen is on my wish list if we ever move. My poem is in the Comments on Dianne's blog.
ReplyDeleteLooking at your lists: 'Feel the Love Day gets my vote!
Great quote!!!! One to live by! And oh my those kitties...don't dare with our Lucy...we used to have oodles of kitties before Lucy chose us. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteLove your poem, sounds a lot like how our house was when the boys were growing up. I run a once group poetry post once a month on a Wednesday and ours will be this week (Diane does mine too).
ReplyDeleteYour kitten pics are absolutely adorable, and quote is great inspiration.
I would love to adopt those kitties- I am sure someone will snatch them up. Great spark and poem.
ReplyDeleteOH! Those kittens are so, so beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteKeep taking care...I hope all is well. :)
Those kittens are sweet! Your ability to write poetry off the cuff amazes me. Always something fun to see and learn and talk about here. Thank you for the smiles. Have a wonderful week. HUGS across the miles XO XO
ReplyDeleteMimi,
ReplyDeleteI'd love to take one of those kitties but you know me with my allergies. :( They are cute, though. Excellent Sparks' quote. I'll never stop being a good purrson. The world has fallen into madness but I won't be apart of it...the madness that is. ;) Your poem is furtastic! You're so good with words. I applaud you, my furriend. Thanks for the smiles. Stay safe, be well, and have a pAwwwesome week!