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Mr. Cal went for a grooming and he'd fussed so much about being brushed lately, he had some knots that wouldn't come out any other way, so he got a summer buzz cut.
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| They left his tail poof! |
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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. 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 Hot Air Balloons.
The Balloon Festival was coming to town
once more for the summer,
and while i enjoy seeing them,
the big crowds are a bummer.
We live across from a huge school yard
and if we keep our eyes peeled,
especially in the mornings we see
balloons landing or taking off from the field!
It's not the same as the big festival,
but i think that's okay,
we get to see a few of the balloons
and very close up this way!
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Today is:
15th Khordad National Uprising -- Iran (1963)
Apple II Day -- the Apple II first went on sale today in 1977
note that some historians say it went on sale June 10, others say the first models were shipped out that day
Arbor Day -- New Zealand
Birthday of SPB Yang di-Pertuan Agong -- Malaysia (in this elective monarchy, the current king's birthday is celebrated on the first Monday in June, regardless of his actual birth date, although it is moved if it will intersect with Ramadan)
Emanicipation Day -- Tonga (obs.)
Festival of Popular Delusions Day -- begun as this was the last day before D-Day that the Germans could delude themselves that they could win; thus a day to question your own assumptions and try to align your beliefs with facts and reality
Grundlovsdag -- Denmark and the Faroe Island (Constitution Day)
Indian Arrival Day -- Suriname (marking the arrival of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent)
Judgement Day -- Fairy Calendar (Nosegays)
June Bank Holiday -- Ireland
King's Birthday -- Cayman Islands; New Zealand; Niue
Liberation Day -- Seychelles
Natalicio de Oblang Nguema Mbasogo -- Equatorial Guinea (President's Day)
National Attitude Day -- if this is really a day to celebrate, try to have a positive one
National Gingerbread Day
National Moonshine Day -- with its own sponsor
Nones of June -- Ancient Roman Calendar; related observance
Festival of Semo Sancus -- god of loyalty, honesty and oaths (one of the oldest Roman cults, probably Etruscan or Oscan originally)
St. Boniface's Day (Patron of brewers, file cutters, tailors; Fulda, Germany; Germany; Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada)
Western Australia Day -- Western Australia (formerly called Foundation Day)
Whit Monday -- Orthodox Churches
World Environment Day -- UN (this year's theme, "Connecting People to Nature")
Birthdays Today:
Chad Allen, 1974
Mark Wahlberg, 1971
Brian McKnight, 1969
Kenny G, 1956
Jill Biden, 1951
Suze Orman, 1951
Ken Follett, 1949
Spalding Gray, 1941
Margaret Drabble, 1939
Bill Moyers, 1934
Tony Richardson, 1928
Richard Mcclure Scarry, 1919
William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, 1895
Panco Villa, 1878
Adam Smith, 1723 (O.S. Date)
Thomas Chippendale, 1718
Pu Songling, 1640
Today in History:
Traditional date for the sinking of Atlantis, 8498BC
Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem, 70
Kraków, Poland receives city rights, 1257
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched, 1817
Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas, 1837
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy, 1849
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper, 1851
Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage, 1915
Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements, 1956
The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in, 1959
The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale, 1977
Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion, 1984
A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region, 2003
The planet Venus makes its last transit of the 21st century beginning at 22:09 UTC June 5, and ending 4:49 UTC June 6, 2012
The Swiss vote to reject the referendum to give each citizen a guaranteed income of $2,500 Swiss francs per month, 2015
Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus outbreak to be over, 2017
Montenegro joins NATO, becoming its 29th member, 2017
The science journal Environmental Science and Technology publishes a study which estimates that the average person ingests 50,000 pieces of microplastic each year, and breathes in a similar amount, 2019
At least 50 worshippers are killed by gunman armed with explosives at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, south-western Nigeria, 2022
