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Monday, July 10, 2023

Mischief (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week, and Poetry Monday

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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.


Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.


Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you.  What better way to start the week than with a smile!


They killed it.  I don't know which stuffed toy it was, but it was all over the outside and inside of the cage, or what was left was all over.


Don't let L'oréal's and Sephora's innocent looks fool you, they can make more mischief and kill more toys than you can shake a stick at.















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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week.  While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.     





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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 Teddy Bears.                        


My teddy bear is named Mr. Strong,

I carry him around all day long,

he carries my heartaches, burdens and flaws

all with just his own bear paws.


(A clerihew, sort of, just for the fun of it on clerihew day.)


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To my sweet friend, teddy bear,

I give a big salute,

he listens to my troubles and

he's almost unbearably cute.


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If you've forgotten your teddy bear, 

we've just taken a poll,

the best way to apologize,

is to bear your heart and soul.






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Today is:


Armed Forces Day -- Mauritania


Carnival Monday -- Saint Vincent and Grenadines 


Clerihew Day -- in honor of the poetic form he invented, the clerihew:

     Edmund's middle name was Clerihew

     A name possessed by very few

     But verses by Mr. Bentley

     Succeeded eminently!


Don't Step On A Bee Day -- Wellcat Holidays wants to remind you, when going barefoot this time of year, watch out!


Feast Day of Knut the Reaper, Hela, Holda, and Skadi -- Norse deities whose celebration this day is due to their later association with Danish King Canute the Great


Gospel Day -- Kiribati


Independence Day -- Bahamas(1973)


International Town Criers Day


Lady Godiva Day -- tradition says she took her famous ride on this day in 1040


National Kitten Day


National Pina Colada Day


Pick Blueberries Day -- variously set on different days in July depending on the website; with blueberries being so good for you, find a day to go gather or buy some soon


Sempach Battle Commemoration -- Lucerne, Switzerland (remembrance of the battle in 1386 includes a solemn procession to the battlefield and services in the chapel)


Silence Day -- followers of Meher Baba


St. Amalburga's Day (Patron of people with fever; Ghent, Belgium; against arm pain, bruises, and fevers)


Teddy Bear Picnic Day -- no idea why today, especially when the author of the song, Jimmy Kennedy, was born on July 20



Anniversaries Today


Wyoming becomes the 44th US State, 1890



Birthdays Today


Jessica Simpson, 1980

Andre Nolan Dawson, 1954

Arlo Guthrie, 1947

Sue Lyon, 1946

Ron Glass, 1945

Virginia Wade,1945

Arthur Ashe, 1943

Lawrence Pressman, 1939

Jerry Herman, 1933

David Norman Dinkins, 1927

Fred Gwynne, 1926

Jean Kerr, 1923

Jake LaMotta, 1921

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921

David Brinkley, 1920

Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert, 1917

John Gilbert, 1897

Edmund Clerihew Bentley, 1875

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, 1875

Marcel Proust, 1871

Nikola Tesla, 1856

Adolphus Busch, 1839

James Whistler, 1834

George Mifflin Dallas, 1792

William Blackstone, 1723

John Calvin, 1509



Debuting/Premiering Today:


The Fox And The Hound(Animated film), 1981

"Your Hit Parade"(TV), 1950



Today in History


Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia at the Battle of Dyrrhachium, BC48

The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground, 1212

Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England, 1553

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta, 1789

The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company, 1806

The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain, 1821

Big Ben, the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, rings for the first time, 1859

The eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys the famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces of North Island, New Zealand, 1886

Meher Baba, self declared Avatar of the Age, begins his silence of 44 years; his followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration, 1925

In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act, 1925

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world, 1938

Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit, 1962

Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected President of Russia, 1991

In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, 1997

Spain opens its first mosque since the Moors were expelled in 1492, in Granada, 2003

Frances O'Grady is appointed the first female General Secretary by Britain's Trade Union Congress, 2012

NASA's Juno spacecraft makes the closest ever pass over Jupiter's Great Red Spot at 9,000 kilometers overhead, 2017

An original sketch of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood by E.H. Shepard sells for £430,000 in London, a record price for a book illustration, 2018

The journal Nature publishes an article about the earliest evidence of modern humans outside of Africa, a 210,000-year-old skull from Apidima Cave, southern Greece, 2019

14 comments:

  1. Happy kittens. I bet they are grateful for your care. God bless you, Mimi.

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  2. I guess on the days that I wish I was a cat, I might change my mind and wish I was a teddy bear. And I love the two kittens they are so cute.

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  3. Those kittens are not only good at toy killing, they can really look innocent too, LOL!

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  4. Not only do I love your sweet poems, but I just Googled "clerihew," and I now know a new word.

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  5. I like the names of the kitties. :) Your bear poetry is pawwwsomely adorable! Have an awwwesome Monday, my furriend!

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  6. Those two are most adorable. You made me smile. They are having fun killing toys.

    Love your Spark.

    Oh the Teddy Bears. I had one growing up. Wonder what happened to it.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Hugs, my friend. ♥

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  7. Oh those two are so adorable. They do know how to look innocent.

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  8. Two adorable and sweet kitties ~ hope they find a forever home soon ~ Wonderful spark too ~ Xo

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

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  9. Oh my goodness- what a sweet sweet post! The Sparks is wonderful as are all your poems- and those kittens are a riot!

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  10. They do look most innocent. Great poem and spark. XO

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  11. HA! That dynamic duo of kittens are excellent destuffers. Love the teddy bear poems!

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  12. Love the 'what?' innocent expressions!
    Ohmyword, you did well on the poems! Would you believe it's the first time I've heard of a clerihew?!

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  13. Oh those two girls are trouble makers I see it int heir faces! Uh oh!!! I love my Old Friend teddy bear. I bought him once with the intend of giving him to a grand kid. Nope, still lives with me after 20 years. He has an old soft sweater on and some Mardi Gras beads we gave him when he was band new. He is quite a sweet friend. I have an Edward bear simply because he has my dad's name and I have him sitting in a small wooden rocking chair. Then there is Rose Bud, I am way too old to be kissing bears but she gets a goodnight kiss every night because she is so precious to me. i have been late this week with all the wild weather. I wonder if it will ever settle down? But I am here and I love visiting you. Have a blessed and beautiful day.

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  14. Oh what sweetness! Kittens and bears. There isn't much that I don't enjoy. These are some of my favorite things. Thank you for your sweet poems and always your stories. God Bless you my friend.

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