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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!
Everyone took a nap at Grandma and Grandpa's house Saturday, and i managed to snap this of Lulu and Jack (and Grandpa, although he denied actually being asleep!).
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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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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break
accommodations we must make
we miss her poetry and wit
yet carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!
Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!
Work with spices long
enough and you will become
a seasoned expert
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I relish the challenge
of trying new spice,
especially if it's fiery
you won't have to ask twice!
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I wanted to arrange my
spice cabinet to rhyme
but had other chores call
and i ran out of thyme.
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Future themes are:
Feb. 19 spice (today!)
Feb. 26 ants
Mar. 4 Swan Lake (or one of the words)
Mar. 11 distancing
Mar. 18 meaning
Mar. 25 happy news
And just because i thought it was funny:
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Today is:
Armed Forces Day -- Mexico
Birthday of Minerva -- Ancient Roman Calendar
Birth Anniversary of Shivaji -- Maharashtra, India
Canada observances
Family Day -- AB, BC, NB, ON, SK, Canada
Heritage Day -- NS, Canada (honouring Mona Louise Parsons)
Islander Holiday -- PEI, Canada
Louis Riel Day -- MB, Canada
Chaoflux -- Discordianism
Chief Leschi Day -- US, especially Washington State (Native American chief wrongly executed for murder on this date in 1958; fully exonerated 2004)
Cracker Jacks Prize Day -- the first prizes were added to the boxes of caramel popcorn this date in 1913
Flag Day -- Turkmenistan
National Chocolate Mint Day (because every day needs chocolate in some form)
Prajatantra Diwas -- Nepal (Democracy Day, celebrating the overthrow of the Rana Dynasty in 1951)
Presidents' Day -- US and Territories
Solar System Day -- birth anniversary of Copernicus
St. Conrad of Piacenza's Day -- (Patron against hernias)
Straw Wrapper Appreciation Day -- an internet spread holiday to remind you of how much fun it was as a kid to blow the wrappers off the straws
Temporary Insanity Day -- anniversary of the first time someone successfully pleaded temporary insanity in a court of law; Daniel Stickles, in 1859
Vassil Levski Day -- Bulgaria (Bulgaria's "Apostle of Freedom")
Anniversary Today:
Knights of Pythias founded, 1864
Birthdays Today:
Haylie Duff, 1985
Andrew Shue, 1967
Benicio Del Toro, 1967
Justine Bateman, 1966
Jonathan Lethem, 1964
Seal, 1963
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, 1960
Ray Winstone, 1957
Jeff Daniels, 1955
Margaux Hemingway, 1955
Amy Tan, 1952
Stephen Nichols, 1951
Lou Christie, 1943
Smokey Robinson, 1940
Lee Marvin, 1924
Merle Oberon, 1911 (some sources say Feb. 18)
Willam III of the Netherlands, 1817
David Garrick, 1717
Nicolas Copernicus, 1473
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"A Woman of Independent Means"(TV Miniseries), 1995
"Crazy For You"(Musical), 1992
"Eastenders"(TV), 1985
"Rumours"(Album release), 1977
"The Feminine Mystique"(Publication date), 1963
"Picnic"(Inge Play), 1953
"Alexander's Feast"(HWV 75), 1736
Today in History:
Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus' defeats beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon, 197
Emperor Constantius II shuts down all pagan temples, 356
The second Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates veneration of icons in the churches, 842
Jews of Tyrnau, Hungary (then Trnava, Czech) are expelled, 1539
The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America, 1600
Britain and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, and New Amsterdam formally becomes New York, 1674
British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III, 1819
The first practical coal burning locomotive in the US makes a trial run, in Pennsylvania, 1831
Tin-type camera is patented by Hamilton Smith of Gambier, Ohio, 1856
Daniel E. Sickles is acquitted of the murder of his wife's lover, Phillip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key), on the grounds of temporary insanity, the first time this defense is successfully used, 1859
Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia, 1861
Thomas Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph), 1878
Kansas becomes the first US state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages, 1881
WK Kellog and Charles Bolin found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co., 1906
The first prize is inserted into a Cracker Jack box, 1913
Ed Wynn becomes the first talent to sign as a regular radio entertainer, 1922
Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize for poetry, 1949
Bill Keane's "Family Circus" comic strip makes its debut, 1960
Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital, 1985
The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft, 1986
NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system, 2002
NASA loses communication with the International Space Station's for three hours as a result of updating the station's command and control software, 2013
Nigeria confirms 110 girls are missing from a school in Dapchi, Yoba State, and were presumed kidnapped by Boko Haram, 2018
After a 4-year ban, the World Anti-Doping Agency decides to allow some Russians to complete in international sports under the Russian Olympic Committee, 2021
Two weeks after the devastating earthquakes that stuck in the south-east of Türkiye and in northern Syria, Türkiye ends rescue efforts in all but Kahramanmaras and Hatay, 2023
You allways got full overview, so amazing
ReplyDeleteWishing you a wonderful week. God bless.
ReplyDeleteAs long as all three were comfy at the same time maybe a nap was a good thing.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like everyone was in need of a good nap. That is funny with the spices beginning with "C".
ReplyDeleteThose pups sure cozy and that was a nice Spark too!
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Naptime, oh yeah! I love naptime! That's when Mama and Dada turn on the TV and I jump up there to ratchet up against them!"
ReplyDeleteAww on the pups having a nap with Grandpa. Adorable shot.
ReplyDeleteLove your Spark and really love your take on Spice. Well done.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
Ran out of thyme, I like that one especially well, might print it out for the kitchen, you can never tell! ;)
ReplyDeleteThose pups were pooped, I have had cats sleeping that looked similar...
Cat
Sleepyheads!
ReplyDeleteCute pic! Hope you had a great Monday!
ReplyDeleteSweet nap photo. Great spark and nice spice poems.
ReplyDeleteJack and Lulu ~ know how to spend their time ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteGreat sparks too and poetry ~ hugs
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I often wake from a nap to find Lola has curled up beside me.
ReplyDeleteAn awwwsome picture! Great spice rhymes too.
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