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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 and i were talking about #2 Son and his plans. The wedding is next month, and after she graduates from college next May, they plan to move out of state. They are looking to go to Alaska where half of her family lives, or to Wyoming or Montana, wherever they can both land jobs.
Then we got to talking about weather in those places, and how the temperatures the last few weeks here have been up and down and all around.
Boudreaux be tellin' Thibodeaux, "De weather keep goin' from needin' de air condition on to needin' to put de heatin' blanket back on de bed. Mais! It be like winter an' spring be done havin' dem a custody battle over us!"
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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.
The shelter cats "wrote" thank you notes to the volunteers.
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Today is:
Alfred G. "Alferd" Packer Day -- Colorado
Basava Jayanti -- KA, India (birth anniversary of 12th century philosopher Basavanna)
Book Day and Lover's Day -- Spain, especially Catalan (women give books to men, while men give flowers to the women. Celebrated in the Spanish city of Barcelona since 1714 to honor Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes [author of "Don Quixote"] and in observance of St. George's Day)
Canada Book Day
Chance Day -- Fairy Calendar
Children's Day -- Nepal; North Cyprus; Turkey
Community Day -- CL, Spain
Community Day/St. George's Day -- AR, Spain
Drive It Day -- England (commemorates the 64 cars that left London on the first day of the Thousand Mile Trial on 23 April 1900)
English Language Day -- UN http://www.un.org/en/events/englishlanguageday/index.shtml
Impossible Astronaut Day -- if you are a Dr. Who fan, you know, and if not, go here and find out
Independence Day -- Conch Republic, Key West, FL. US (a tongue-in-cheek micronation which seceded from the Union in 1982; celebrated yearly with a week long festival)
International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day -- on St. George's Day, encouraging members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to continue to be what Howard V. Hendrix derogatorily termed "webscabs", posting their stories free on the internet
International Sing Out Day -- no one will claim responsibility for this one, but i promise not to observe it!
Jurgi Festival -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (day sacred to Usins; first day outdoor work began for the summer)
Mata Tirtha Aunsi -- Nepal (Mother's Day, or literally "Mother Pilgrimage New Moon")
National Cherry Cheesecake Day
National Library Week begins -- US (sponsored by the ALA, this year's theme is "There's More To The Story")
National Picnic Day -- US
National Sovereignty and Children's Day -- Turkey
Sigurd the Dragon Slayer's Day -- because he was probably the inspiration for the legends about St. George
St. Adalbert's Day (Patron of Bohemia; Czech Republic; Poland; Prague, Czech Republic; Prussia)
St. George's Day (Patron of archers, armourers, Boy Scouts, butchers, cavalry, chivalry, Crusaders, equestrians, farmers, field hands, field workers, horsemen, horses, husbandmen, knights, lepers, Order of the Garter, Palestinian Christians, riders, Romanian Army, saddle makers, saddlers, sheep, shepherds, soldiers, Teutonic Knights; Canada; England; Ethiopia; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Lithuania; Malta; Portugal; Cappadocia; Catalonia; Palestine; over 20 cities and diocese around the world; against herpes, leprosy, plague, skin diseases, skin rashes, syphilis; by the middle ages, St. George was revered in much of Europe as the personification of chivalry)*
Take a Chance Day -- internet generated encouragement to try something different
Talk Like Shakespeare Day -- on The Bard's birth anniversary
Vinalia Priora -- Ancient Roman Calendar (tasting the first wines of the year)
World Book & Copyright Day -- UN (this date chosen because of how parts of Spain celebrate St. George's Day, with books)
World Book Night -- Germany; Ireland; UK; US (anniversary of the birth and death of Shakespeare, and the death of Miguel de Cervantes;
*To save a Maid, St. George the Dragon slew
A pretty tale, if all is told be true
Most say, there are no Dragons, and 'tis said
There was no George: pray God there was a Maid.
-- John Aubrey, Remains of Gentilism (1688)
Birthdays Today:
Dev Patel, 1990
John Cena, 1977
Kal Penn, 1977
Scott Bairstow, 1970
Melina Kanakaredes, 1967
George Lopez, 1961
Valerie Bertinelli, 1960
Craig Sheffer, 1960
Jan Hooks, 1957
Judy Davis, 1955
Michael Moore, 1954
Joyce DeWitt, 1949
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, 1947
Sandra Dee, 1942
David Birney, 1940
Lee Majors, 1940
Roy Orbison, 1936
Shirley Temple Black, 1928
Vladimire Nabokov, 1899
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, 1897
Sergei Prokofiev, 1891
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, 1858
Granville T. Woods, 1856
James Buchanan, 1791
William Penn, 1621
William Shakespeare, 1564(attributed -- only the day of his baptism, April 26, is known for certain)
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Baywatch"(TV), 1989
"No Man's Land"(Play), 1975
"She Loves Me"(Musical), 1963
"Patience; or, Bunthorne's Bride"(Opera), 1881
"Il re pastore/The Shepherd King"(Mozart opera, K 208)1775
"The Tender Husband"(Comedy), 1705
Today in History:
The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day, 1348
William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I in attendance, 1597
The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts, 1635
Connecticut is chartered as an English colony, 1662
Canada issues its first postage stamps, 1851
The Vitascope system of movie projection debuts the first motion picture at Koster & Bial's Music Hall in NYC, 1896
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the UN and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations, 1990
Eritrians vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia, 1993
Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus, 2003
The gamma ray burst GRB 090423 is observed for 10 seconds. The event signals the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe, 2009
Despite an initial ban on the film 'Borat,' Kazakhstan issues and official 'thank you' to actor Sacha Baron Cohen for his character, Borat Sagdiyev, 2012
Loretta Lynch is confirmed as the first African-American woman as US Attorney-General, 2015
The WHO begins distributing the world’s first malaria vaccine to children in Malawi, 2019
I like all the yard decorations and the thank you cards. Boudreaux is right about the weather, last week I wore several layers and had the heater on in the bedroom, this week I have been going to the shops in a t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteLove the thank you notes and the gardens. And your skyscapes always sing to me.
ReplyDeleteBoudreaux is talking about our weather too.
Beautiful cheerful flowers.
ReplyDeleteGod bless, Mimi.
We have Frost this morning, so your Sunday pictures are another pick me up. Thank you
ReplyDeleteCajun joke is right on ~ weather is exactly that here in MA ~ lovely series of photos ~ your sky shots are awesome ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteBoudreaux is correct. I had the same thing. One week it;s in the 80's and the week later it's in the 30's. The weather is nuts.
Cruisin Paul
Like several others above, Boudreaux has described our weather perfectly! Delightful pictures once again Mimi.
ReplyDeleteCute joke. Great photos, such thoughtful kitties. XO
ReplyDeleteWho knew the rock band The WHO was into philanthropy? Good for them... Oh... WAIT!
ReplyDeleteWe with #2 and his +1 all the best where ever they decide to move. Those kitty thank you notes are so sweet!
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