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Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
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When Becca, Mr. Cal and i stopped to look at this little guy, he "sped away" as fast as he could.
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| He really is in a tearing hurry! |
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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 Mirrors. \
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
I never liked you much at all!
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The Versailles Hall of Mirrors
is grand if you are vain,
but i tend to avoid mirrors,
to me they are a pain.
They never seem to show me
what i'd like to see,
instead they seem to emphasize
the very worst of me.
Thus i tend to eschew them
but once a day, we have a date,
when i take a peek at the top of my head,
so my hair is parted straight!
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Today is:
Air Conditioning Appreciation Days begin -- Northern Hemisphere (around here, they last until Thanksgiving!)
Asalha Puja Day -- Buddhism (Buddhist "Lent" begins)
Caricom Day -- Guyana
Compliment Your Mirror Day -- remind your mirror how great it is to have an owner like you, and look at other mirrors to meet to see if they greet you with a smile
Constitution Day -- Cayman Islands
Dipolieia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Zeus as god of the city)
Disobedience Day -- internet generated, but if you have a bone to pick, use your civil disobedience today to let it be known!
Dog Days of Summer begin (according to the almanac, but not in all cultures)
Eat Beans Day -- bring the humble legume up to main dish status!
Fiesta del Fuego -- Santiago, Cuba (festival of fire, through the 9th)
Full Buck Moon a/k/a Full Thunder Moon or Full Hay Moon; related observances
Adhi-Esala Full Moon Poya Day -- Sri Lanka
Waso Full Moon / Dhamma Cakka Day -- Myanmar
Heroes Day -- Zambia
Independence Day -- Belarus(1944)
International Plastic Bag Free Day -- working toward a plastic bag free world
National Chocolate Wafer Day
Stay Out of the Sun Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays; for health's sake, give your skin a break!
St. Thomas the Apostle's Day (Patron of architects, blind people, builders, carpenters, construction workers, geometricians, masons, people in doubt, stonecutters, surveyors, theologians; against blindness, doubt; Certaldo, Italy; Ceylon/Sri Lanka; East Indies; India; Pakistan)
Virgin Islands Emancipation Day -- US Virgin Islands
Anniversaries Today:
Prince Alois of Liechtenstein marries Duchess Sophie of Bavaria, 1993
Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Anne Reggie, 1992
Idaho becomes the 43rd US State, 1890
Birthdays Today:
Moises Alou, 1966
Thomas Gibson, 1962
Tom Cruise, 1962
Montel Williams, 1956
Alan Autry, 1952
Betty Buckley, 1947
Dave Barry, 1947
Kurtwood Smith, 1942
Tom Stoppard, 1937
Pete Fountain, 1930
Ken Russell, 1927
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, 1908
Franz Kafka, 1883
George M. Cohan, 1878
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, 1870
Samuel Huntington, 1731(O.S. date)
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"ITV News at Ten"(TV), 1967
"Mister Peepers"(TV), 1952
Today in History
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till the French Revolution in 1792, 987
Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain, 1608
Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, 1767
Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published, 1767
George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1775
The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens, 1819
The last pair of Great Auks is killed, 1844
Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans, 1848
Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average, 1884
Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile, 1886
The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand, 1886
World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 miles per hour (203 km/h), 1938
The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad, 1969
First mention in the New York Times of a disease that would later be called AIDS, 1981
The Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland, 1996
Asteroid 2004 XP14 flies within 432,308 kilometres (268,624 mi) of Earth, 2006
New Zealand sustains a major earthquake, with minor damage reported, 2012
In El Paraiso, Peru, property developers destroy a 4,000-year-old pyramid, 2013
In Belgium, King Albert II abdicates his throne to son, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, due to health reasons, 2013
Health insurance company Aetna announces that it will pay $37 billion to acquire rival commpany Humana, 2015
Souad Abderrahim is elected the first female mayor of Tunis, Tunisia, 2018
The worst wildfires in Cyprus' history begin in Limassol district, 2021
Sri Lanka says it has less than one day's worth of fuel remaining, as its economic crisis deepens, 2022
Like you I avoid mirrors - and I don't have a part so don't have a daily (or even weekly) date with the horrid things.
ReplyDeleteLove the last two quotes! Bailie saw a turtle in Gramma's neighborhood. It sped off as fast as a turtle can speed, but Bailie was scared of it, LOL!
ReplyDeleteI probably spent some time viewing myself in the mirror as a teen. Nothing I do now, except to see if my hair needs brushing before going out in public, lol. Love seeing the turtle. I see water type turtles here but never the land tortise any more.
ReplyDeleteTurtles are such interesting little creatures. They carry their shelter with them and when times get scary, they just fold up their tent and wait out the storm.
ReplyDeleteIt would seem that our society has turned almost every day into disobedience day. I'm not sure it's worth celebrating. Heaven knows, we've all been in fights that weren't worth being won. I think I'll opt for National Chocolate Wafer Day. Now that's something I can celebrated. Have a blessed week.
I got tickled with that the turtle sped away. I would like to see that now! lol I love the mirror, mirror quotes! And your poem made me smile. Have an awwwesome Monday and Happy Independence Day, my friend!
ReplyDeleteThat little guy was in a hurry? I would have loved to have seen that.
ReplyDeleteLove the mirror references. I avoid mirrors too.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
I love the mirror quotes.
ReplyDeleteYes, Mirror, I am so much more than you can see. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteA hurrying turtle! Fun, he looks in a hurry actually. I never had a good relationship with mirrors, use them only to braid my hair, recently I began wondering who is that old woman jumping in between me and the mirror every time I have to use it.
ReplyDeleteAwww ~ sweet turtle photos and fun mirror 'sparks' ~ thanks, ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
That turtle is a positive blur of activity! Great memes and super poems!
ReplyDeleteThat turtle sure needs to slow down. Those were sure good mirrow memes and a good poem too.
ReplyDeleteCute turtle. Great spark and fun poem. XO
ReplyDeleteI like turtles and tortoises. I comb my hair straight back into a ponytail so have no need of a mirror to check if my part is straight, but I do check if my eyebrows are neat before I leave the house. As I get older I tend to have hairs growing in all directions from them.
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