Monday, February 19, 2024

Naptime (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!


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!


This week the theme is Spice.                   



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

14 comments:

  1. You allways got full overview, so amazing

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  2. Wishing you a wonderful week. God bless.

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  3. As long as all three were comfy at the same time maybe a nap was a good thing.

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  4. It looks like everyone was in need of a good nap. That is funny with the spices beginning with "C".

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  5. Those pups sure cozy and that was a nice Spark too!

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  6. Java 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!"

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  7. Aww on the pups having a nap with Grandpa. Adorable shot.

    Love your Spark and really love your take on Spice. Well done.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥

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  8. Ran out of thyme, I like that one especially well, might print it out for the kitchen, you can never tell! ;)
    Those pups were pooped, I have had cats sleeping that looked similar...
    Cat

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  9. Cute pic! Hope you had a great Monday!

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  10. Sweet nap photo. Great spark and nice spice poems.

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  11. Jack and Lulu ~ know how to spend their time ~ hugs,
    Great sparks too and poetry ~ hugs

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

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  12. I often wake from a nap to find Lola has curled up beside me.

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  13. An awwwsome picture! Great spice rhymes too.

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