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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.
Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
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Coda and Lulu were sitting and having a quiet moment, so of course, when i took the camera out to capture it, this happened.
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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. Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey is on a blog break and is sorely missed, we hope she comes back soon. Charlotte/Mother Owl participates, and now Karen at Baking in a Tornado is jumping in at least once a month, too. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let Diane know!
This week the theme is Music.
"Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak." ~ William Congreve
Music does have charms,
It soothes my savage breast,
Graces all my days,
Accompanies my rest.
Indeed what would we do
When the world's noises impose,
If we could not turn to music
In its comfort to repose?
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Today is:
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover Day -- marking the debut of the song, think of 50 ways to stay with the one you love, and do one!
BPT Remembrance Day -- try to remember what breakfast was like BPT (before Pop-Tarts)
Cathode Ray Day -- the kinescope (cathode ray tube) was patented by Vladimir Zworykin on this day in 1938
Dot Your I's With Smileys Day -- a great internet generated idea, if you are a 9-year-old girl
Fete des Cafres -- Reunion (Abolition Day)
Go Caroling Day -- if you have the voice for it, enjoy
Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Bjugnakraekir -- Sausage-pilferer, who will steal any kind of sausage you don't manage to hide from him
International Human Solidarity Day -- UN
Louisiana Purchase Day -- US
Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day -- Macau
Mudd Day -- for Samuel Mudd, the doctor who accidentally treated a disguised John Wilkes Boothe after he assassinated Lincoln; don't hang your head in shame if your name is Mudd! Today is your day.
National Fried Shrimp Day
National Sangria Day (If you still aren't ready for Christmas, you might need it.)
Old St. Thomas' Eve -- St. Thomas, whose feast is now in July, was formerly on Dec. 21, and the evening before used for prognostication; related observance
Tammasmass E'en -- Orkney Islands, UK (from tonight until Yule, no work was undertaken or amusements enjoyed after sunset; all alemaking for the Yule celebrations had to be done by this day
Snowflake-Riding Championships -- Fairy Calendar (no Goblins allowed!)
Solstice Eve
St. Dominic of Silos' Day (Patron of captives, pregnant women, prisoners, and shepherds; against hydrophobia, insects, mad dogs, and rabies)
Try to Remember Where You Hid The Christmas Gifts Day -- it's getting close, and you don't want to have to go out at the last minute and buy more; originally sponsored by "Marlar in the Morning," QFL-101 Radio, Rockford, Illinois
Anniversary Today:
Donald Trump weds Marla Maples, 1993
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends, 1956
Birthdays Today:
Jonah Hill, 1983
David Cook, 1982
Billy Bragg, 1957
Jenny Agutter, 1952
Uri Geller, 1946
Peter Criss, 1945
William Julius Wilson, 1935
John Hillerman, 1932
David Levine, 1926
George Roy Hill, 1922
Irene Dunne, 1898
Susanne K. Langer, 1895
Robert Gordon Menzies, 1894
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, 1886
Wesley Branch Rickey, 1881
Harvey Firestone, 1868
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Sunshine Boys"(Play), 1972
"The Dating Game"(TV), 1965
It's a Wonderful Life(Film), 1946
Today in History:
Vespasian enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor, 69
Richard the Lionheart is captured in Vienna, 1192
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta, 1522
Peter the Great orders the Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1, 1699
The Louisiana Purchase is formally transferred from France to US for $27M, 1803
The international cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls, 1883
North America's longest railway, at 50,000km, the Canadian National Railways, is established, 1919
The first international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec, 1928
The cathode-ray tube is patented by Russian immigrant Vladimir Zworykin, 1938
Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom, 1955
Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations, 1977
NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X, 1996
US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 2005
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days, 2007
Intercontinental Exchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest in the world, for USD $8 billion, 2012
Great Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents, 2013
United States Space Force is founded, an armed forces branch dedicated to space warfare, 2019
Much as I like your poem, I am in the minority. I do not need man made music. Bird song is enough. And sometimes too much.
ReplyDeleteAnything can be music as long as it is pleasing to my ears. Nice words, kind and encouraging words, birds singing, even rustling of leaves. Coda and Lulu in action.
ReplyDeleteDearest Mimi,
ReplyDeleteThanking you for hosting,
I'm wishing you the Merriest Christmas ever
XO Daniela at ~ My little old world ~ (Dany)
Aww! they are sooo cute together heheh!
ReplyDeleteHave a wooftastic Monday 👍
Great fotos of the dogs playing.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you and yours always.
Love to see the dogs having fun together. Love that b flat button too.
ReplyDeleteYou had a camera and the pups knew it was time to act. Adorable.
ReplyDeleteLove the Spark. You made me smile.
Love the poem and music is a wonderful thing. Not all of it, but much.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Big hug. ♥
Wonderful spark ~ great poem ~ and of course the dogs move when you do so photo image changes ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Great post especially the without music life we be flat button.i think you will find my Aww monday post interestine
ReplyDeleteLife would definitely B flat without music, especially this time of year. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.
ReplyDeleteLove the Bflat button and your two pups are having far too much fun! Happy day to you!
ReplyDeleteLove that badge! B♭ indeed :D
ReplyDeleteI guess dogs are like cats when the camera comes out. :) Nice poem.
ReplyDeleteThose sweet pups were just waiting for an excuse to play! Love the musical Spark!
ReplyDeleteI like your poem and agree life would definitely be flat without music.
ReplyDeleteFunny how animals behave when there is a camera about.
I believe Music goes to the soul! That’s why it affects us so profoundly!
ReplyDeleteLOVe your poem, Mimi! Beautifully done!