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Sunday, May 14, 2023

Oh, Yeah, That’s What I Like! (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.


Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate!  


Our plan, as has become the new custom since Grandma cannot go out to a buffet restaurant with the huge crowds, is to high-tail it for NOLA the moment the Amens are said at church, cook a meal for whoever can show up, clean up, and come back.


Boudreaux done like to take de family to de buffet restaurant, but he keep warning Tee, "Son, don' take too much!  You gots to make sure you eat it all, so don' take too much!"


An' fin'ly Tee say, "Mais, Père, I likes too much!"



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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.     


Just flowers and skies.


























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Today is:


Aso ote Tala Lei -- Tuvalu (Gospel Day)


Carabao Festival -- Pulilan, Philippines (to honor their patron, St. Isidro [St. Isadore the Farmer], hundreds of carabaos [water buffalo] are dressed up and paraded, and eventually blessed in front of the church; through tomorrow)


Dance Like a Chicken Day -- no idea why today, but i'm waiting for wedding season


Drunk Driving Memorial Day -- not sponsored by MADD, or anyone else i can find, but let's all work and pray for the day drunk driving by anyone is just a bad memory


French Fairy Awareness Day -- Fairy Calendar


Gesta de Independencia -- Paraguay


Hanswijk Procession -- Mechelen, Belgium (since the year 1272, the Sunday before Ascension Thursday, the town celebrates Our Lady of Hanswijk, in thanks for the ending of plague and war)


Infant Mortality Awareness Day -- as so many of us celebrate mothers today, let's remember those who have lost children


Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival -- Izumo-taisha, Japan (through tomorrow)


King Father Norodom Sihamoni's Birthday -- Cambodia


Marshmallow Fluff Day -- Mr. Durkee and Mr. Mower announced, on this day in 1920, that they were in business producing this sweet confection


Mars Invictus Festival -- Ancient Roman Calendar


Midnight Sun at North Cape -- Norway (the sun will not set until July 30)


Mother Ocean Day -- celebrate the wonders of the ocean, wherever you happen to be; day originally proposed by the South Florida Kayak Fishing Club)


Mother's Day -- Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belgium; Bermuda; Bonaire; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei; Canada; Cambodia; Chile; China(People's Republic of China); Colombia; Croatia; Cuba; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Dominica; Ecuador; Estonia; Ethiopia; Fiji; Finland; Germany; Ghana; Gold Coast; Greece; Grenada; Guyana; Honduras; Hong Kong; Iceland; India; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Kurdistan; Latvia; Liberia; Liechtenstein; Macao; Malaysia; Malta; Myanmar; Netherlands; New Zealand; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; Singapore; Sint Maarten; Slovakia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Switzerland; Taiwan; Tanganyika; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Uganda; Ukraine; United States; Uruguay; Vietnam; Venezuela; Zambia; Zimbabwe                  


National Buttermilk Biscuit Day


National Unification Day -- Liberia


President Kamuzu Banda's Birthday -- Malawi


Resistance and Liberation Day -- Lebanon


Runic Half-Month Ing (expansive energy) commences


"Stars and Stripes Forever" Day -- first public performance of the composition was this day in 1897


State Flag and State Emblem Day -- Belarus


St. Bonifatius' Day (4th Ice Saint)


St. Matthias the Apostle's Day (Patron of carpenters, reformed alcoholics, tailors; Gary, Indiana; Great Falls-Billings, Montana; against alcoholism and smallpox)


Underground America Day -- Malcolm Wells wants us to imagine what our landscapes would look like if more of our buildings were under ground



Anniversaries Today:


Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark marries Mary Donaldson, 2004

Carlsbad Caverns National Park established, NM, US, 1930



Birthdays Today:


Miranda Cosgrove, 1993

Amber Tamblyn, 1983

Dan Auerbach, 1979

Martine McCutdcheon, 1976

Cate Blanchett, 1969

Danny Wood, 1969

Jose Da Silveira, 1965

Suzy Kolber, 1964

Tim Roth, 1961

Valerie Still, 1961

Ronan Tynan, 1960

David Byrne, 1952

Robert Zemechis, 1951

Meg Foster, 1948

George Lucas, 1944

Jack Bruce, 1943

Atanasio "Tony" Perez, 1942

Bobby Darin, 1936

Laszlo Kovacs, 1933

Patrice Munsel, 1925

Otto Klemperer, 1885

Robert Owen, 1771

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727

Gabrile Daniel Fahrenheit, 1686



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"The Kids Are Alright"(Documentary), 1979

“It’s Time for Ernie"(Ernie Kovacs' TV premier), 1951

"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love"(Hindemith composition), 1946

"Die Hebriden/The Hebrides"(Mendelssohn Op. 26), 1832



Today in History:


Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony, 1607

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox  vaccination, 1796

The Lewis and Clark expedition sets out, 1804

Paraguay  gains independence from Spain, 1811

The first edition of the London Illustrated Times is published, 1842

Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk, 1853

Vaseline, the first petroleum jelly, is marketed, 1878

Lina Medina becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five, 1939

Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established; immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, 1948

Kuwait joins the United Nations, 1963

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched, 1973

The Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary, 1986

The last episode of Seinfeld airs, with commercials going for $2M per 30 seconds, 1998

Scientists at Stanford University invent a working bionic eye the is powered only by focused light; the eye could eventually restore the sight of millions of people suffering from macular degeneration and retinal pigmentosa, 2012

Gabriel Medina becomes the first surfer ever to land the move called a "Backflip" in competition, 2016

The successful transfer of memory in snails as achieved by scientists from University of California is published in the journal "eNeuro", 2018

Chinese mountain climber and double amputee Xia Boyu reaches the summit of Mt Everest, 2018

Wikipedia confirms that the Republic of China has banned all versions of its site, 2019

Surrealist artist Man Ray's photograph "Le Violon d'Ingres" becomes the most expensive ever sold at auction when it goes for $12.4 million, 2022

11 comments:

  1. I see frangipani and hibiscus, the bricked path and flower beds are very nice. I think Tee's eyes are bigger than his stomach.

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  2. There is nothing 'just' about flowers and skies. Thank you.

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  3. Fabulous flowers. Happy Mother's day.

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  5. Happy Mother's Day to you ~ Xo

    Fun Cajun joke and great sky and floral shots.

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

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  6. Tee sounds just like my sons :) Those flowers are gorgeous!

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  7. The portrait sky images really caught our eyes this week. The yellow aster-like flowers too, so many, like a cushion, were our favourite blooms. Have a great fun and chilled day!
    ERin

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  8. I hope you had a safe trip going to and fro. Happy Mother’s Day from all of us!

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  9. Cute joke. Happy Mother's Day to you and Grandma! XO

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  10. thecontemplativecat here. Pretty busy day over history.

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  11. I likes too much too! Flowers, sky, beautiful.

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