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Once we'd unloaded and cleaned the camper so it was ready to take to storage, i asked Ms. G what was next on the agenda.
"Costco," she said. "I need Diet Coke and the bin is almost out of birdseed."
Just let me use the restroom first, i told her.
"That sounds like a plan," she responded, and we each headed to a different bathroom in the house.
"Now we're both ready," she said as we met at the front door, once again proving my philosophy of life gained through years of experience, never pass up the opportunity to take a nap or use the facilities.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Pass.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
Son: Pose on the zebra statue, Mom,
a photo here would be "the bomb!"
Dad: Honey this idea didn't bear in mind
what this looked like from behind!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful the bathroom sink is draining better after an overflow mishap.
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Today is:
Abu Simbel Festival -- Egypt (one of the two days a year when the light illuminates the statutes of Rameses, Ra and Amun in the temple complex)
Festival of the Perpendicular Sun/Illumination of the Inner Sanctum of Ramses II's Abu Simbel Temple -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar
Be Humble Day -- can't find the origin of this one, s/he wants to humbly remain anonymous
Cat Day -- Japan (an unofficial celebration of felines, because today's date in Japanese sounds almost like "nyan, nyan, nyan" ("meow, meow, meow")
Concordia/Caristia -- Ancient Roman Calendar, Festival of Goodwill
Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Antioch -- Roman Catholic Church
Independence Day -- Santa Lucia(1979)
International World Thinking Day -- a/k/a "B.-P. day" or "Founder's Day" -- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Girl Guides Day -- UK
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day -- some student programs at universities are set for this weekend, as encouraged during National Engineers Week
National Margarita Day (How is that going to help with the thinking?)
St. Margaret of Cortona's Day (Patron of falsely accused people, hoboes, homeless people, mentally ill people, midwives, penitent women, people ridiculed for their piety, reformed prostitutes, single laywomen, teriaries, and tramps; against insanity, loss of parents, mental illness, sexual temptation, and temptation)
Walking the Dog Day -- Can't find the originator of this one, but walk your dog, or do your yoyo tricks, whichever works for you
Washington's Birthday -- US
Anniversaries Today:
Ed McMahon marries Pamela Hurn, 1992
Kurt Corbin marries Courtney Love, 1992
Bill Bixby marries Laura Michael, 1991
Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania, 1855
Washington University in St. Louis is founded, 1853
Birthdays Today:
James Blunt, 1977
Drew Barrymore, 1975
Michael Chang, 1972
Lea Salonga, 1971
Clinton Kelly, 1969
Jeri Ryan, 1968
Vijay Singh, 1963
Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, 1962
Kyle MacLachlan, 1959
Julie Walters, 1950
Julius "Dr. J" Erving, 1950
Miou-Miou, 1950
Dan Millman, 1946
Jonathan Demme, 1944
Sparky Anderson, 1934
Edward M. Kennedy, 1932
Paul Dooley, 1928
Robert Wadlow, 1918
John Mills, 1908
Sheldon Leonard, 1907
Robert Young, 1907
Luis Bunuel, 1900
Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892
"Chico" Marx, 1891
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, 1889
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, 1857
James Russel Lowell, 1819
Frederic Chopin, 1810
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788
George Washington, 1732
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"It Happened One Night"(Film), 1934
"Lady Windermere's Fan"(Play), 1892
"Symphony No. 4 in F minor"(Tchaikovsky Op. 36), 1878
Today in History:
Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland, 1349
Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published, 1632
The English House of Lords rules that authors do not have perpetual copyright of their material, 1774
Jews are expelled from the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland, 1775
The first US ship to trade with China, the "Empress of China," sails from New York, 1784
The Last Invasion of Britain by the French begins near Fishguard, Wales, 1797
Spain signs the Adams-Onis Treaty, renouncing its claim to the Oregon territory and west Florida, 1819
Spain sells east Florida to the US, 1821
Edward Payson Weston, "The Father of Modern Pedestrianism," who gave lectures on the health benefits of walking, first comes into the public eye by leaving on this date to walk to Lincoln's inauguration, a distance of 478 miles, 1861*
Frank W. Woolworth opens the first US chain store, his "Woolworth's" 5 and 10 cent store, in Utica, NY, 1879
John Reid of Scotland establishes a 3 hole golf course near Yonkers, New York, thus introducing the game to the US, 1888
Hawaii becomes a US territory, 1900
Due to drought, the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water, 1903
The Great White Fleet, the first US fleet to circumnavigate the globe, returns to Virginia, 1909
Calvin Coolidge gives the first US presidential radio address, 1924
Bert Hinkler successfully completes the first solo flight from England to Australia, 1928
Australian swimmer John Konrads sets 6 world records in two days, 1958
Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500, 1959
Following United States President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices, 1973
In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history, 1980
In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, 1997
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people, 2011
At age 34, Mario Matt of Austria becomes the oldest champion in Olympic alpine skiing history with the slalom gold medal at Sochi, 2014
10 million people are without water in Delhi after caste protests in Jat sabotage the Munak water canal, 2016
The discovery of 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting star Trappist-1 is announced in the Journal "Nature", 2017
The Journal “Science” publishes the evidence that Neanderthals were the first artists, creating cave paintings in Spain over 65,000 years ago, 2018
Astronomers announce the latest Webb telescope data is upending existing theories of how early galaxies were formed, 2022
*Yes, he got there in 10 days, in time for the inaugural ball!
Aaaah ... fences !!!
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Cute poem today. And I see the fancy wrought iron on that fence, And a bell hanging on the side of the building.
ReplyDeleteThat zebra pic is hilarious! Our mom is also a fan of always using the bathroom when there is a chance, just in case and we dogs are supposed to use our facilities too before going anywhere.
ReplyDeleteA wise philosophy of life! I concur.
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ReplyDeleteExcellent, Mimi, and I agree, 'never pass up the opportunity to take a nap or use the facilities'.
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Our Dada says visiting the bathroom is especially important before going to Costco because you're going to spend at least half an hour circling the lot looking for a parking space and then another half an hour waiting in line to check out and then ANOTHER half an hour waiting in line for them to mark your receipt with a highlighter before they let you leave!"
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, with all that, why does Dada even go to Costco?"
Lulu: "He doesn't, if he can possibly avoid it!"
It has to be darned urgent before I use a public toilet in London. Your feet stick to the floor most of the time.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on London and its public toilets...which are never open when needed 🤣
DeleteThat was a good Costco story and a darn cute little poem. A most excellent thankful too! Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeletefun story ~ great fences and don't know how you do all you do ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Funny poem. Good six sentence story too.
ReplyDeleteI never refuse either of those. :) Great poem.
ReplyDeleteThe zebra photo, and the poem, made me chuckle. Hey! Cat day! Neat!
ReplyDeleteCat.
Great Six, I couldn't agree more! As for the poem and photo - hilarious!
ReplyDeleteLove the poem! I think the son AND the Dad were both right.....it is the bomb but maybe not the kind of bomb Mom would like!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam