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As a structure, it doesn't look like much.
It's been battered by storms and is a bit worse for wear on the inside from the exploits of four children and passels of friends. And pets, especially the cats and lots and lots of foster kittens.
The paint is peeling in the back, and plans are in the works to take care of that, which will mean a bit more money juggling.
It won't ever be magazine worthy and that's okay, it holds a thousand memories and tells of hopes and dreams.
It's not a palace, but it's better, it's home.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Structure.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
Angel Sammy's Parents are on vacation, so there is no new poem this week. However, i went back to find the first time i participated and have reposted this little blast from the past.
Look at me, Daddy,
I'm just like you!
You hold your flippers out,
And I can, too!
Someday I'll be very big
Then we two
Will swim side by side
The whole ocean through!
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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful i got to see Red-Headed Alec yesterday.
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Today is:
Birth of the Bab -- Baha'i
Conflict Resolution Day -- Association for Conflict Resolution
Feast of Agios Gerasimos -- Kefalonia, Greece (celebration of the patron saint of this Ionian island, with religious services followed by dancing and feasting)
Feast of No Excuse For A Feast Day -- internet generated, if you have no other excuse to celebrate something today, use this one
Festival of Ebisu -- Japan (the laughing god, who is the only one available this month, as the 8 million other gods of the pantheon gather at the Grand Shrine of Izumo; traditionally on 20th day of 10th month of the lunisolar calendar)
Get Smart About Credit Day -- sponsored by the American Bankers Association
Get to Know Your Customers Day -- third Thursday of every quarter
Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth -- Sikh
International Credit Union Day -- World Council of Credit Unions
International Juan Valdez Appreciation Day -- internet generated, yet as we sip our morning wake up brew, let's remember the hardy souls who pick the beans for us!
Mashujaa Day -- Kenya (National Day/Kenyatta Day)
Miss American Rose Day -- with online only pageants devoted to high achievement and community service for girls and women of all ages, Miss American Rose suggests treating all women in your life like beautiful roses and performing community service with them
National Brandied Fruit Day
National Day on Writing -- US (sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English)
Revolution Day -- Guatemala
Seeking of King Look Under Your Mattress -- Fairy Calendar
St. Acca's Day (Patron of learning)
Suspenders Day -- probably begun by the same people who wanted to see if you would observe Wear Something Gaudy Day and Dress Like A Dork Day
World Osteoporosis Day -- International Osteoporosis Foundation
Anniversaries Today:
Clint Black marries Lisa Hartman, 1991
William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty, 1973
The Sydney Opera House opens, 1973
Aristotle Onassis marries Jacqueline Kennedy, 1968
Birthdays Today:
John Krasinski, 1979
Dann Gillen, 1967
Viggo Mortensen, 1958
Danny Boyle, 1956
Keith Hernandez, 1953
Tom Petty, 1953
Melanie Mayron, 1952
Tom Petty, 1950
Jerry Orbach, 1935
William Christopher, 1932
Mickey Mantle, 1931
Joyce Brothers
Art Buchwald, 1925
Fayard Nicholas, 1914
Bela Lugosi, 1882
Charles Ives, 1874
Charles Dewey, 1859
James Robert Mann, 1856
Arthur Rimbaud, 1854
Christopher Wren, 1632
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Six Million Dollar Man"(TV), 1973
"No Time for Sergeants"(Play), 1955
"Vor Sonnenaufgang/Before Sunrise"(Hauptmann play), 1889
Today in History:
The first Crusaders arrive at Antioch, 1097
The city of Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace), Bolivia, is founded, 1548
Battle of sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's Shoguns, 1600
Maria Theresa of Habsburg becomes ruler of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1740
Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy, 1781
US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase, 1803
The U.S. and U.K. sign the Convention of 1818, which, among other things settles the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel for most of its length, 1818
First Edition of London Sunday Times, 1822
Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the US, on the 4th Thursday of November each year, 1864
P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome featuring "The Greatest Show on Earth" opens in NYC, 1873
The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched, 1910
The first Negro League World Series is held, the KC Monarchs shut out the Hilldales, 5-0, 1924
United States of America and Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time, 1947
The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses, 1971
The Sydney Opera House opens, 1973
BM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released, 1983
US accuses Microsoft of violating law by forcing IE browser on computers, 1997
European astronomers announce the discovery of 32 extrasolar planets, 2009
Atronomers announce that galaxy UDFy-38135539 is the most distant object observed from Earth, around 30 billion light-years, 2010
Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Mutassim Gaddafi are killed shortly after the Battle of Sirte, 2011
Pollution is linked to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide or 9 million in 2015 in a report published in "The Lancet", 2017
Qantas Airlines runs a first test flight of its new 787 Boeing Dreamliner, flying from New York to Sydney in 19 hours, 42 minutes, 2019
The US Justice Department sues Google for an alleged illegal monopoly over internet searches and search advertising, 2020
New dating techniques using solar storms show the first European settlements of the New World were made by Vikings around 1021AD in Newfoundland, 2021
Love your six sentence story - and your poem too. I have a huge soft spot for penguins.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful story and poem. Daddy and child penguins very cute.
ReplyDeleteA home will always be my all-in bet vs a palace.
ReplyDeleteMom loves those homes that are just perfect in condition and decor, but she could never live like that. The lived in look is where it is at and with four dogs, a perfect home would be tough, kind of like having four small children. Messes are here and there, but it is home for us and we love it.
ReplyDeleteHomes have character, palaces dont! As for the poem, perfect!
ReplyDeleteA white fence. How nice.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
damn! you (and Paul Brad) gots this grace-in-economy of prose thing dead-to-rights!
ReplyDeleteI will resist the envy out of respect
lol
good Six yo
Very cute poem Mimi. Have a wonderful day my friend.
ReplyDeleteCruisin Paul
Home is where the heart is. A wonderful Six.
ReplyDeleteLove the poem and love your thankful. You made me smile.
Have a blessed Thankful Thursday, my friend. Big hug. ♥
Superb six
ReplyDeleteLove the poem as always. Perfect with the picture.
ReplyDeleteA home is better than a palace. Thanks for the re-post it is cute.
ReplyDeleteWonderful poem and thankful. And I love the story. XO
ReplyDeleteSuch a lot of information to ingest. I'll sip on my mug of coffee while I do so... :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a really nice story and a really cute poem too. Hooray for a red headed thankful too. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteMy Posting was one of gratitude, Sandee did an unexpected thing when I posted how I dropped and broke my treasured Mug she took it Apon herself to find a replacement and sent it ti me.
ReplyDeleteWell-told. Love makes all the difference between a house and home, however humble it may be. And that poem just makes me smile - wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love your image and poem and the six sentences too. Magazine houses are just that, houses, not homes.
ReplyDeleteSweet poem, and yes home is where the heart is ~ neat fence photo ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
ReplyDeleteNothing compares to home. Not even a palace.
ReplyDeleteCute poem. And who was that said they had a soft spot for penguins? Me too!
Red-Headed Alec. Can never tell with you, Mimi, if human, feline, canine or other, lol. Hope you had a good visit!
Love the Six, Mimi. A true home beats a palace anyday. If the stories are to be believed, many of the UK royal family have detested Buckingham Palace.
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