Sunday, April 30, 2023

Zillions, Ship Shape (Cajun Joke), and Sunday Selections, an A to Z Post

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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.


My final A to Z Post always has Zillions as part of the title because it is Little Girl's Birthday and we love her zillions.


She's looking for summer work in addition to her military duties, and has only the fall semester left in nursing school.


While there are a few things she's unsure of, such as whether she wants to go into psychiatric nursing or NICU, or whether to stay in the military after school, she knows she's chosen a good career path for her and she's never one to let the grass grow under her feet.


Happy Birthday, Little Girl!


Boudreaux an' Clothile done be talkin' 'bout Aline, dey daughter, an' how she be workin' hard an' de firs' in de fam'ly to get to college.


"Dat girl's ship goin' come in one day!" Clothile say.


Boudreaux done shook hims head.  "I be so proud o' her.  Mais, when my ship come in, I'm pro'ly gonna be at de airport!"



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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.       


These geese were very loud in warning us to stay away from them last week when Becca and i were walking Mr. Cal.  I managed to catch a few photos of flowers on the way, too.












Mr. BA likes to let his lawn grow a bit wild, and since Ms. GA started feeding the birds, there are sunflowers taking root.  He is also working on the fountain with a friend who does it for a living.







Skyscapes.















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Today is:


Armed Forces Day -- Georgia


Birthday of the King / Konungens födelsedag -- Sweden (HM King Carl XVI Gustav; an official flag day)


Bugs Bunny Day -- while some consider his debut to have been in "A Wild Hare," released in July two years later, other say that Bugs was the rabbit in "Porky's Hare Hunt," released this date in 1938


Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day -- this one has its own Facebook page 


Camarón Day -- French Foreign Legion


Consumer Protection Day -- Thailand


Díá De Los Niños/Díá De Los Libros -- American Library Association (Children Day/Book Day; a celebration that emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds)


Dia de Rincon -- Rincon, Bonaire


El Dia del Nino -- Mexico (Children's Day)


Fairy Queen's Birthday -- Fairy Calendar


Faeriae Latinae -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Feast of the Latin League, a festival to honor Jupiter)


Mother, Father Deaf Day -- to honor deaf parents and recognize the gifts of culture and language they give to their hearing children; sponsored by CODA (Children of Deaf Adults International) 


International Jazz Day -- UNESCO (originated with the New Jersey Jazz Society and sanctioned by the United Nations Jazz Society, the American Federation of Jazz Societies, and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society; this year's International Jazz Day Global Concert will be an All-Star Webcast)


Landsgemeinde -- Appenzell, Inner Rhoden Canton, Switzerland (one of the last examples of direct democracy left; the final Sunday of each April all voters in the canton age 18 and older, wearing traditional swords, gather for a church service and then vote directly on all affairs of the canton for the year; no secret ballots, all raise their hands to vote yea or nay; festival follows.  This tradition dates back to the 14th century.)


Liberation/Reunification Day -- Vietnam


May Eve -- eve of the first day of summer in many traditions, including

     Beltane/Samhain Eve -- Pagan traditions

     Carodejnice -- Czech Republic; Slovakia

     Maitag Vorabend -- Switzerland 

     Mange les Morts -- Haiti (festival of the dead)

     Salus -- Portugal; Spain (festival of the dead)

     Valborgsmässoafton -- Sweden

     Walpurgis Night -- Ancient Celtic/Nordic Calendars


Mr. Potato Head Day -- the classic toy went on sale this day in 1952, and you used your own potato


National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day -- US (can't find a sponsoring organization, but it's not a bad idea)  


National Honesty Day -- including Honest Abe Awards (Abies) and dishonorable mentions for those who have been particularly publicly egregious; celebrated today because we began the month with April Fooling and lies, so today is to celebrate the opposite*


National Military Brats Day -- US (Military Brats, Inc., wants the US Congress to set aside a day to recognize the sacrifices of the children of military service men and women)   


National Oatmeal Cookie Day


National Raisin Day


National Tabby Cat Day


National Therapy Animal Day


Pet Parent's Day -- honoring those who consider pets a part of the family


St. Adjutor of Vernon's Day (Patron of drowning victims, sailors, swimmers, yachtsmen; Vernon, France; against drowning)


St. James the Great's Day -- Orthodox Christian


Teacher's Day -- Paraguay


Tortie Cat Appreciation Day


Turkmen Racing Horse Festival -- Turkmenistan


Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day -- anyone, anywhere in the world who makes a pinhole photograph today may upload it to the world-wide online gallery    


Zhabdrung Kuchhoe -- Bhutan (death anniversary of Zhabdrung)


*to nominate someone for an Abie or a dishonorable mention, contact M. Hirsh Goldberg, founder and author of The Book of Lies, mhgoldberg@comcast.net)




Anniversaries Today:


Pele marries Assiria Seixas Lemos, 1994

The Organization of American States is founded, 1948

Louisiana becomes the 18th US state, 1812



Birthdays Today:


Dianna Agron, 1986

Kirsten Dunst, 1982

Johnny Galecki, 1975

Jeff Timmons, 1973

Carolyn Dawn Johnson, 1971

Adrian Pasdar, 1965

Michael Waltrip, 1963

Isiah Thomas, 1961

Stuart Mathis, 1960

Stephen Harper, 1959

Jane Campion, 1954

Perry King, 1948

Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden, 1946

Michael J. Smith, 1945

Jill Clayburgh, 1944

Burt Young, 1940

Gary Collins, 1938

Willie Nelson, 1933

Cloris Leachman, 1926

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1909

Eve Arden, 1908

Ellis Wilson, 1899

Louise Dilworth Beatty Homer, 1871



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Barnum"(Musical), 1980

"The Dresser"(Play), 1980

"Inside U.S.A."(Musical revue), 1948

"Arthur Godfrey Time"(Radio), 1945

"Pelleas et Melisande"(Opera), 1902

"Dmitri Donskoi"(Opera), 1852

"Love for Love"(Play), 1695



Today in History:


Supernova  SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation  Lupus, 1006

Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503, 1483

Columbus is given a royal commission to equip his fleet, 1492

On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States, 1789

The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France, 1803

Nicaragua  declares independence from the Central American Federation, 1838

Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to 

make up time on the Cannonball Express, 1900

Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city, 1907

Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty, 1920

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, 1927

The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny, 1938

In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established, 1948

The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom, 1963

Communist forces gain control of Saigon and the Vietnam War formally ends, 1975

Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 1980

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free, 1993

Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 1999

Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters, 2008

Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, 2009

Hailed as the largest World's Fair in history, Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, China, 2010

Born without a trachea, a 2-year-old Korean-Canadian child is the youngest patient in history to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells; she received the transplanted organ at the Children's Hospital of Illinois, 2013

Willem-Alexander becomes the first male Monarch of Netherlands in 123 years, following the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix, 2013

The MESSENGER spacecraft is intentionally deorbited and destroyed, 2015

A new species of water beetle from the Malaysian Borneo’s Maliau Basin is named after actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 2018

The world's oldest known spider, a female trapdoor in Western Australia, dies at the age of 43 after being stung by a wasp, 2018 

Japan’s Emperor Akihito declares his abdication, effective the next day, 2019

Captain Tom Moore, who raised more £30 million for the National Health Service by walking in his garden, turns 100 and is made an honorary colonel by the Queen, 2020

After surviving Ewing's sarcoma and receiving a prosthetic leg, Jacky Hunt-Broersma sets a world record by running 104 consecutive marathons in 104 days, 2022

15 comments:

  1. Happy birthday Little Girl. With zillions of good wishes.
    Love the geese - and always delight in your skyscapes. Thank you.

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  2. Lovely set of photos. Thanx Mimi.

    God bless.

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  3. Got to love sunflowers as they give off such a possitive vibe. I know the birds love them too for the seeds. The last sky scape image is our fav this week, but to be fair, it is hard to chose.
    ERin

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  4. Happy Birthday Little Girl. Even I am proud of you though I haven't the pleasure of having met you. And by the way, I LOVE Cajun jokes, I could listen all day!
    I always read today in History as it is fascinating the things I can learn about.

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  5. Cute joke. Happy Birthday to your daughter! She sounds like an amazing woman.

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  6. Happy Birthday to your daughter ~ she is doing so well ~ hope she doesn't go into psychiatric nursing ~ other areas more rewarding ~ Fun Cajun joke and gorgeous photos ~ especially, your sky shots ~ Wow!

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. Happy Birthday to Little Girl from all of us. Hooray for a new nurse coming on duty soon.

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  8. we buzzed bye de burd foot age !!!

    stoppin bye witha SUN day HI

    N sneekin round on free WI FI

    long with uz iz copee & paste

    fish on de grillz reddy two baste ♥♥♥

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  9. Happy Birthday Little Girl!
    I gave up waiting for my ship to come in, it probably sank somewhere out in the ocean.

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  10. Belated Happy Birthday Little Girl! Cajun joke brilliant, photos fab!

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  11. You cover all the bases! Oh my goodness, so much to enjoy. Happy Birthday a bit late to Little Girl! Love the Cajuns and what a sweet pup. A new marriage? Ah....sweetness. I was asking for prayers at my PhamilyBlog but I saw something here about Bladder Cancer Awareness Month. My husbands BFF has a younger sister who survived it once and now it came back with a vengeance. Please pray for Audrey.

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  12. Lots of wonderful shares. I love hearing about your loved ones. Love those Cajun's and lots of fun here. Sweet pup too. Our son Jeremy has Stella and he was told, as she is a rescue, found in the road years ago, that she is part Blue Heeler. Wonderful sweet dogs but as any pup, they can be busy! Prayers for good times when the lovebirds go honeymooning. Enjoy the new week.

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  13. Dearest messymimi,
    With utmost gratitude for hosting and for sharing always posts leaving me in awe,
    I'm sending my dearest love to you
    X Daniela @ ~ My little old world ~ (Dany)

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  14. Happy Birthday, Amazing Girl! Hahaha! I'd pro'ly be at de airport wi' Boudreaux!

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