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Monday, March 18, 2024

Many Paws Make Light Work (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!


A couple of weeks ago, I showed Abby doing the back yard perimeter check.  Sometimes Abby has help with it from Jack and Lulu, and then it gets done quickly as many paws make light work.












After, it's time to relax.







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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

so 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 Meaning.                       


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I went to search for the meaning

of life, so I could take note.

I found it in the dictionary

right between lie and lifeboat.


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The man had asked his doctor,

"Will I see my hundredth year?"

The doctor asked if ever

he smoked or had a beer.


"I do not drink or smoke,"

he said as the doc did nod his head,

then asked, "Is there a special

woman to share your bed?"


"No, there isn't, doctor,

since years ago I lost my wife."

Said doc, "Why live to 100,

what's the meaning of such a life?"


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Future themes are:


Mar. 18 meaning (Today!)

Mar. 25 happy news

Apr. 1 shelf

Apr. 8 order

Apr. 15 tape

Apr. 22 running

Apr. 29 quiet


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Today is:


Act Happy Week begins -- acting happy releases the body chemicals that aid health, mental and physical


Awkward Moments Day -- harness the power of humor in life's more uncomfortable situations


Asklepieia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Asklepios; date approximate)


Bindus Diena -- Ancient Latvain Calendar (believed to be the day bears woke from hibernation)


Celtic Tree Month Fearn (Alder) begins


Cheikh Al Maarouf Day -- Comoros


Dia de Benito Juarez -- Mexico (una Fiestas Patrias)


Electric Razor Day -- Schick, Inc., marketed the first one today in 1931


Forgive Mom and Dad Day -- because we all make mistakes; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays


Goddess of Fertility Day -- a modern celebration of all goddesses of fertility


Grandparents' and Grandchildren's Day -- Michigan, US


Great Lent begins-- Orthodox Christian (a/k/a Clean Monday, Ash Monday, Pure Monday, Monday of Lent, Shrove Monday, Collop Monday, Rose Monday, Merry Monday or Hall Monday, and (in Cypress) Green Monday)


Jacques de Molay's Day -- death anniversary of the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar


Labour Day -- Christmas Island


Men's and Soldiers Day -- Mongolia


National Anthem and Flag Day -- Aruba


National Biodiesel Day -- birth anniversary of Rudolph Diesel, who unveiled his engine at the World Fair in 1900


National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day


Oide Matsuri -- Hakui, Japan (horse-back archery; through the 23rd)


Sheelah's Day -- Ireland (probably Sheela Na Gig, goddess of fertility; celebrated the day after St. Patrick's Day by those who say she was either his wife or his mother)


St. Anselm of Lucca's Day (Patron of Mantua, Italy)


St. Edward the Martyr's Day


Supreme Sacrifice Day -- an internet generated holiday now used to honor those who have made a supreme sacrifice, all who have given their lives for others


Usajingu Reitaisai -- Japan (offerings to the Kami from the Imperial Household are shared in this very important festival)


Wellderly Day -- and the start of Wellderly Week, focusing on the health of the elderly



Anniversary Today:


Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell, 1993



Birthdays Today:


Alexei Yagudin, 1980

Dane Cook, 1972

Queen Latifah, 1970

Bonnie Blair, 1964

Vanessa Williams, 1963

Irene Cara, 1959

Brad Dourif, 1950

Kevin Dobson, 1944

Wilson Pickett, 1941

Charlie Pride, 1938

Sashi Kapoor, 1938

F.W. deKlerk, 1936

John Updike, 1932

George Plimpton, 1927

John Kander, 1927

Peter Graves, 1926

William H. Johnson, 1901

Edward Everett Horton, 1886

Rudolph Diesel, 1858

Grover Cleveland, 1837

John Caldwell Calhoun, 1782



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Do I Hear a Waltz?"(Musical), 1965

"Tovarich"(Musical), 1963

"Tales of Wells Fargo"(TV), 1957

"The new Babylon"(Silent Film), 1929

"Verklarte Nacht"(Schonberg, Op. 4), 1902



Today in History:


Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England, 1190

German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem, 1229

Kraków is ravaged by Mongols, 1241

According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date, 1325

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, 1673

Henry Wells and William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo, NY, 1850

Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada, 1893

Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience (he served only 2 years), 1922

The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City, 1922

The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern US states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people, 1925

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes, 1944

Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space, 1965

The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency, 1968

In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops, 1989

White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid, 1992

Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending warring between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994

British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language, 2003

For the first time, a woman served as imam, leading a public, mixed-gender, Muslim congregation in Jum'ah prayer and delivering the sermon, 2005

The Messenger spacecraft enters Mercury's orbit, 2011

Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing the Treaty on Accession, 2014

A bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia, destroys over 70 buildings, 2018

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and US President Trump agree to close the US-Canada border to non-essential travelers in an attempt to limit the spread of Covid19, 2020

11 comments:

  1. Lovely to see the dogs checking the perimeter to be sure all is safe from intruders.

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  2. You have a great spark there this morning. And look at those puppies having a wonderful day in the sunshine.

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  3. What a pretty pool! No need to talk about challenges here. Everything is a challenge when you can't use your right arm. Sometimes it does make one feel good to figure things out, other times it is downright frustrating. But overall, that spark is excellent.

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  4. Pups do check out every inch of their domain. Adorable.

    Love your Spark and love your take on meaning. I agree with all of them.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

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

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  5. Lulu: "Patrolling the perimeter is a full time job that never ends!"

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  6. Lots to see and smell now that the sun is shinning and flowers are blooming
    Hugs Cecilia

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  7. Doggies are a treasure and great photos and wonderful spark ~ hugs ^_^

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

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  8. I like your humor-filled poems so much. Today I wringed my brain dry in order to writeh something meaning-full - It is just corny. You did so well. That spark is good as well!

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  9. Good watch dogs. Great spark and poem. XO

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  10. The doggy patrol is doing excellent work! That's a terrific Spark too!

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