Sunday, March 27, 2022

Shrinkage (Cajun Joke) and Sunday Selections

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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 eating less these days, but she still loves her ice cream.  She's being careful not to eat to much and throw her sugar off balance, she doesn't want to become diabetic.


Thibodeaux done come to Boudreaux house an' see Boudreaux be wearin' a bib and eatin' de ice cream.


Thibodeaux ax, "What fo' is de bib?"


An' Boudreaux say, "Clothile say all de ice cream I be eatin' be shrinkin' my shirts, so I be wearin' a bib when I eats it, make sure de ice cream don' get on 'em!"




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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.  It was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child.       


A few snaps from last week's walk with Becca and Mr. Cal.









Mr. BA's plants and garden.











the new layout of the raised garden

stevia

creole green onion

sweet Basil

cilantro

French thyme

pineapple sage

peppermint

rosemary, well-trimmed back

curly parsley

blackberry bush

future blackberries




Spring is popping out all over.
















With all the flowers on top, this one looks like it has an updo!




Have a blessed and beautiful Sunday!



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Today is:


Armed Forces Day -- Myanmar


Cherry Blossom (Sakura) Viewing and Celebrations begin -- Japan (the festivities get started around now, and vary by region depending on when the trees bloom in that area over the next 6 weeks)


Commemoration of Sen no Rikyu -- Omotesenke School of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, Japan (remembering the influential master in The Way of Tea)


Corkscrew Day -- M.L. Byrn of New York patented "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" on this date in 1860


Daylight Saving Time begins -- Albania; Andorra; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Gibraltar, Greece; Greenland (some areas); Holy See (Vatican City); Hungary; Ireland; Isle of Mann; Italy; Jersey; Kosovo; Latvia; Lebanon; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Malta; Moldova; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; San Marino; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Western Sahara

     European Union: Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) Begins


Laetare Sunday -- Western Christianity, 4th Sunday of Lent; related Observances

     Carnaval de la Laetare -- Stavelot, Belgium

     Mothering Sunday -- UK (fourth Sunday of Lent, originally a day to visit your "mother church" in the parish where you were raised, now celebrated as Mother's Day)


National "Joe" Day -- no, it isn't official, but today you can make everyone call you "Joe" if you want, and call them the same; probably started by someone who had no memory for names


National Spanish Paella Day

 

Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day -- after all, they do need their own day; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays 


St. John Damascene's Day (Patron of pharmacists, icon paiting, theology students)


St. Rupert of Salzburg's Day (Patron of Salzburg; celebrated on the 24th in the rest of the Church)


World Theatre Day



Anniversaries Today:


Mary Pickford marries Douglas Fairbanks, 1920



Birthdays Today:


Brenda Song, 1988

Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, 1975

Nathan Fillion, 1971

Mariah Carey, 1970

Quentin Tarantino, 1963

Xuxa, 1963

Maria Schneider, 1952

Austin Pendleton, 1940

Michael York, 1942

David Janssen, 1931

Anthony Lewis, 1927

Mstislav Rostropovich, 1927

Sarah Vaughan, 1924

Harold Nicholas, 1921

Carl Barks, 1901

Gloria Swanson, 1899

Thorne Smith, 1892

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, 1886

Edward Steichen, 1879

Patty Smith Hill, 1868

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, 1845

Nathaniel Currier, 1813



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Starlight Express"(Rock musical), 1984

"Funky Winkerbean"(Comic strip), 1972

"Singin' in the Rain"(Film), 1952

"La Rondine/The Swallow"(Puccini Opera), 1917

"The Colleen Bawn"(Play), 1860



Today in History:


Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt, BC196

Pope Clement V excommunicates the entire population of Venice, 1309

Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, 1513

The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy, 1613

The dike at Hardinxveld breaks, causing the Alblasserwaard flood, 1709

Spain losses Menorca & Gibraltar, 1713

John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster, precursor to the band-aid, 1848

First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans, 1851

M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew), 1860

The first international rugby football match, England v. Scotland, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place, 1871

Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars, 1886

The first Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington, D.C., 1912

The first successful blood transfusion takes place in Brussels, 1914

Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, , 1916

Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor, 1931

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, 1958

The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage, 1964

The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. 1970

Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins, 1975

The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212, 1980

The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours, 1981

The US FDA approves Viagra, 1998

HMS Scylla (F71), a decommissioned Leander class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe, 2004

The UN General Assembly condemns Russia's annexation of Crimea, 2014 

Russia's Soyuz TMA-16M launches to deliver three crew members to the international space station to research the long-term effects of micro gravity, 2015

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi announces the country is now a "space power" after successfully shooting down a satellite from space in a ballistic missile test, 2019

10 comments:

  1. I loved walking with you - and all of those gardens are looking MUCH better than ours is at the moment.

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  2. Oh Boudreaux! I don't think a bib will help with the problem.
    I love Mr. BA's garden and plants.

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  3. Lovely flower photos. My friend plants all the herbs in alphabetical order. She has a lot of patience. I told her: where do you find the time? She said: Next to the sage.

    God bless.

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  4. Wonderful springy and flowery spring! Thansk for the photos. And I'll have towear a bib as well:)

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  5. Great laugh and you do have some lovely spring happening there.

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  6. a great spring in your corner

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  7. Fun cajun joke about ice cream ~ Lol ~ And wonderful photo walk with you and your friends ~ sure looks like Spring there ~ Xo

    Wishing you love and laughter in all your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  8. Cute joke and beautiful blooms.

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  9. We all scream for ice cream here too! Lovey Spring photos and I just love those water views!

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  10. Flowers and growing, green plants always cheer me so much! And I just realized something... I was raised with the Milk River curving around our ranch buildings like loving arms. Since we left the ranch, I've never lived near water. THAT'S why I get so...emotional when I see a river in someone's 'out for a walk' pictures! Envious! Lovely pictures!

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