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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 sometimes gets in a reminiscing mood. Yesterday, it was about how women used to be obliged to wear hats in church.
Boudreaux done be sayin' he be glad dey don' wear de hats in church no mo'. He say, "Dey come in fo' sizes, small, meejum, large, an' 'why you gots sit in front o' me?' an' mais! dat be de only one ever did sit in front o' me!"
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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.
Nature photos this week. We have camellias, azaleas are starting, and even a few crepe myrtles have joined the fun.
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This week, Dansig the Round wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop. He posed on his favorite chair at the kitchen table.
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Today is:
Baptism of the Lord Jesus -- Christian
Blessing of the Sea -- Margate, UK (ceremony with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Thyateria and Great Britain)
Celebration of the First Week of Moonhopper -- Fairy Calendar
Fasching Carnival -- Munich, Germany (through Shrove Tuesday)
Festa del Tricolore -- Italy (Tricolour or Flag Day)
Harlem Globetrotters' Day -- anniversary of their first game in 1927
I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day -- declared by Bob O'Brien, Consumer Advocate, who encourages us to fight back
Jackson Day Race -- New Orleans, LA, US (117th annual, a 9k run through historic areas of New Orleans; the oldest street race in the South and 5th oldest in the nation.)
Nanakusa no Sekku -- Japan (Festival of Seven Herbs, dates back to the 7th century and recalls the medicinal herbs that were traditionally served to the emperor)
National Tempura Day
Nativity of Christ / Orthodox Christmas / Coptic Christmas -- Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christians still using the Julian Calendar.
Old Rock Day -- a/k/a "St. Distaff's Day" or simply Distaff Day(the distaff, for spinning yarn, was also called a "rock"; today was the day women went back to spinning after the Christmas holidays)
St. Raymond of Penyafort's Day (Patron of attornies, barristers, canonists, lawyers, and medical record librarians)
Usokae -- Kameido Tenmangu Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan (Bullfinch Exchange Day, Uso also means "lie" so when exchanging carved birds, it is considered a way of exchanging lies for the truth)
Victory Day over the Genocidal Regime -- Cambodia
Anniversary Today:
Princess Juliana of Netherlands weds Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, 1937
Birthdays Today:
Dustin Diamond, 1977
Jeremy Renner, 1971
Nick Cleg, 1967
Nicholas Cage, 1964
Katie Couric, 1957
David Caruso, 1956
Erin Gray, 1950
Kenny Loggins, 1948
Jann Wenner, 1947
Paul Revere, 1938
William Peter Blatty, 1928
Jean-Pierre Rampal, 1922
Vincent Gardenia, 1922
Charles Addams, 1912
Butterfly McQueen, 1911
Aristotle Onassis, 1906
Zora Neale Hurston, 1891
St Bernadette, 1844
Millard Fillmore, 1800
Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, 1745
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Video-Telephone, 1992 (US$1,499)
"Fame"(TV), 1982
"Flash Gordon"(comic strip), 1934
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D."(comic strip), 1929
"Tarzan of the Apes"(comic strip), 1929
Transatlantic telephone service, 1927 (US$75 for 5 minutes)
Today in History:
Calais, the last English possession in France, is taken back by the French, 1558
Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne upon the death of Feodore I, 1598
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia, 1608
Galileo discovers the first 3 moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, and Ganymede), 1610
Francis Bacon becomes the English Lord Chancellor, 1618
A prototype typewriter is patented by Englishman Henry Mill, 1714
Battle at Panipat India: the Afghan army beats Mahratten, 1761
The Bank of North America opens in Philadelphia, the first US commercial bank, 1782
The first gas balloon flight across the English channel, by Blanchard and Jeffries, 1785
The modern Italian flag is first used, 1797
Liberia is colonized by Americans, 1822
The first railroad station in the US, in Baltimore, opens, 1830
Fanny Farmer publishes her first cookbook, 1896
The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS", 1904
The first steamboat passage through the Panama Canal, 1914
The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game, 1927
The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York City to London, 1927
"Buck Rogers", the first sci-fi comic strip, and "Tarzan," one of the first adventure comic strips, premier, 1929
Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast, 1931
The "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts, 1934
President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb, 1952
The first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM, 1954
Marian Anderson becomes the first black singer to perform at the Met (NYC), 1955
The Polaris missile is test launched, 1960
Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off, 1968
Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 1984
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union, 1985
The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns, 1990
U.S. President Clinton goes on trial before the U.S. Senate for perjury and obstruction of justice in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, 1999
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimates at least 17 billion planets exist that are comparable to the size of the Earth, 2013
A terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris kills 12 and injures 11, 2015
It snows in the Sahara Desert - up to 15 inches as reported in Aïn Séfra, Northwest Algeria, 2018
Puerto Rico suffers a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, its worst in almost a century, resulting in one death and 800 homes destroyed, 2020
A genetically modified pig's heart is successfully transplanted into a 53-year-old male patient in Baltimore, Maryland, US, 2022
The USDA approves the first ever vaccine for honeybees in the US, against the bacteria which causes American Foulbrood, 2023
How I love those floral shots, the skyscapes and Dansig. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI can't get enough of looking at those beautiful flowers. We have some snowflakes falling today, they say Tuesday will be a bad rainstorm. Crazy weather. I do remember wearing hats in church in the summertime, and tying a scarf on my head in the winter time. I think my mom really enjoyed dressing up on Sunday. Otherwise when you're at home working you don't get to, do you.
ReplyDeleteThe third park tree and lake shot is particularly striking, as is the last skyline shot. Such beautiful pinks in those blooms, too. Do have a lovely and safe week.
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ERin
Oh fun Cajun joke and much truth in it ~ lol ~ Lovely series of photos ~ great to see the beautiful flowers as it is snowing here in MA ~ Tis winter ~ lol
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Cute joke and great photos.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up I was taught that you never wear your hat indoors. That seems to have gone bye-bye too. Such wonderful photos and you're looking most handsome Dansig.
ReplyDeletewavez two ewe dood anda total lee awesum lee selfee two day :) and speekin oh epic lee grate, de fotoz rox !! itz snowin heer ;(
ReplyDeleteThat Cajun joke was funny and I have many photos of the women in my family with their church hats on. I wish that style would come back.
ReplyDeleteDansig is so handsome. He looks like he would be soft and snuggly.
And from your list, I didn't know The Harlem Globetrotters played their first game in 1927! No wonder my dad knew so much about them. I thought they came about in the 60s.
Those pictures are lovely! But, I love flowers, so... I grew up going to church, but you know... I don't remember seeing anyone, gal or guy, wearing hats! Not even on holidays. Odd. Just the things you notice in life...
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Dansig is beautiful! The camellias are too and the views across that lake. When I was very young I remember seeing all the Catholic girls going off to Sunday School with little white caps pinned in their hair, white gloves on their hands and shoes so white you'd think they had never been worn. Many of them had little white purses too. I always went to the beach instead.
ReplyDeleteA lovely little Cajun joke! Lots of colour in your photos, flowers and clouds.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat Awww photo! I cannot find your Tuesday post. The link takes me to a page that says that post isn't available. IDK why.
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