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Monday, April 29, 2024

Yes! (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week, and Poetry Monday

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Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.


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Because i was walking with Becca and Mr. Cal, i was not able to take as many pictures as i wanted or quite the angles i wanted, but i've made do.


As we walked, looking ahead i thought i saw, could it be, a turtle?




Yes, it was.


Would he make it before any cars came through, or would we be running to get him to safety?



Almost there.


Yes!



He made it, but Becca was rushing ahead and Mr. Cal tugging at the leash, so i didn't get any photos of him making excellent progress in the grass toward the pond behind the houses.






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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 Quiet.                  h     



"I want a piece of quiet!"

she heard her daughter say,

and at first she simply chuckled,

at the child putting it this way.


Then she thought much further,

and saw it would be nice

if "quiet" were an actual item

and you could order up a slice.


She'd order quiet moments

with which to start the day

and then a few more in the evening

before time to hit the hay.


Instead of a crying baby,

get a slice of quiet giggle and coo,

instead of screaming toddler,

a quiet game of peek-a-boo.


For the endlessly arguing siblings

a quiet board game or three,

for teen and pre-teen drama,

a quiet talk to help them clearly see.


We all need a "piece of quiet"

to get us through our life,

let's strive for a "piece of quiet,"

to ease our daily strife.



Future themes are:


Apr. 29 quiet (today!)

May 6 chest

May 13 event

May 20 pizza

May 27 politics


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Today is:


Act of Self Determination Day -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands


Arita Ceramic Fair -- Arita, Japan (finest porcelain in Japan; during Golden Week until May 5)


Cheng Cheng Kung Landing Day -- Taiwan (anniversary of the landing in Taiwan of Ming Dynasty loyalist Cheng Cheng Kung to oust the Dutch colonists)


Feast of the Secret Masters -- can't find any real info on this one, and why should i if it's such a secret, but it is fun to think about


Fish Cleaning Night -- sponsored by David Letterman (it's okay if you don't have an audience, or Mariel Hemingway)


International Dance Day -- International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), a UNESCO partner   


National Adult Public Skipping Day -- because somebody out there either wants you to feel like a kid again, or make a fool of you


National Shrimp Scampi Day


"Peace" Rose Day -- an explanation of this name for the Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland variety   


Remembrance of Victims of Chemical Weapons -- on the day chemical weapons were outlawed in 1997


Ridvan, Ninth Day -- Baha'i (one of the festival days on which work and school should be suspended)


Runic Half Month of Lagu (water) begins


Showa No Hi -- Japan (Showa Day, the birth anniversary of Emperor Showa, begins the Golden Week holiday period of four major national days, through May 5)


Solar Alignment at Teotihuacan, City of the Gods -- Teotihuacan, Mexico (the ritual cave opening aligns to the sunset on Aug. 12 and Apr. 29, the same horizon position of the setting of the Pleiades)


St. Catherine of Siena's Day (Patron of fire prevention, firefighter, nurses, nursing services, people ridiculed for piety, sick people; Europe; Italy; Theta Phi Alpha Sorority; Allentown, PA, US; Siena, Italy; Verazze, Italy; against bodily ills/sickness, fire, miscarriages, sexual temptation)


World Wish Day -- from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, marking the date in 1980 that local police let seven-year-old leukemia patient Chris Grecicius be an officer for a day, sparking the idea of the Make-a-Wish Foundation


Zipper Day -- while i can't confirm it, the modern zipper was supposedly patented on this day in 1913



Anniversaries Today:


Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, marries Catherine "Kate" Middleton, 2011

Mike Nichols marries Diane Sawyer, 1988

Princess Irene marries Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma, 1964



Birthdays Today:


Andre Agassi, 1970

Uma Thurman, 1970

Carnie Wilson, 1968

Eve Plumb, 1958

Michelle Pfeiffer, 1958

Daniel Day-Lewis, 1957

Kate Mulgrew, 1955

Jerry Seinfeld, 1954

Nora Dunn, 1952

Dale Earnhardt, 1951

Johnny Miller, 1947

Zubin Mehta, 1936

Lane Smith, 1936

Rod McKuen, 1933

Robert Gottlieb, 1931

Celeste Holm, 1919

Tom Ewell, 1909

Hirohito, 1901

Duke Ellington, 1899

William Randolph Hearst, 1863

Oliver Ellsworth, 1745



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Hair"(Musical), 1968

"ABC's Wide World of Sports"(TV), 1961

"Young Dr. Malone"(Radio), 1940

"There Shall be No Night"(Play), 1940

Roget's Thesaurus(Publication date), 1852

Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major(Mozart K. 454), 1784



Today in History:


The Moors arrive at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, 711

Joan of Arc arrives at Orleans to relieve the siege, 1492

Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet, 1587

Eleven Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru, 1623

The Ming Dynasty occupies Taiwan, 1661

James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia, 1770

The French Fleet prevents Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope, 1781

Peter Roget publishes the first edition of his Thesaurus, 1852

The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus  – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin, 1882

Gideon Sundbach of Hoboken, NJ, receives a patent for the zipper, 1913

The North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden, the biggest in world, officially opens, 1930

The telephone connection of England-Australia goes into service, 1930

The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast airs, and episode of "Space Patrol" shown over ABC affiliate KECA in Los Angeles, 1953

The first military nuclear power plant opens, in Ft. Belvoir 1957

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong  district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless, 1991

Oldsmobile  builds its final car ending 107 years of production, 2004

Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation, 2005

Economic losses mount and class action lawsuits are filed as the U.S. Coast Guard plans a controlled burn to remove spilled oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, 2010

The International Chemical Weapons Convention deadline for chemical weapon stockpiles comes into effect, 2012

German Measles is declared eradicated from North and South America, the first world regions to do so, 2015

The animated series “The Simpsons” surpasses "Gunsmoke"'s 635-episode count to have highest episode count of any series on TV, 2018

A mile-wide asteroid, 1998 OR2, passes within 3.9 million miles of Earth, 2020

The world's longest pedestrian bridge (516 metres / 1,700 feet) opens inside northern Portugal's Arouca Geopark, 2021

The Bach Long (White Dragon) bridge opens in Moc Chau Island mountain park and resort, Vietnam, becoming the world's longest glass-bottom bridge, 2022

16 comments:

  1. Silence is golden ... sometimes.

    God bless.

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  2. I have not been fortunate enough to see a box turtle for years. I see lots of paint turtles in ponds. So glad this one made it across the road unassisted. They say if you try to move one, always put it in exactly the direction you found it headed. Or it simply won't turn around and go back the way it was headed even if it means crossing the road again.

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  3. We hounds are all scared of turtles, we find them creepy how they disappear inside their shells. Nice that it made it across that big street.

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  4. I was hoping the turtle made is safely across the street.

    Love your Sparks and love your quiet poem.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

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

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  5. Yes! for the turtle making it across the road --- and if you ever find the shop where they sell pieces of quiet I'm in for at least a dozen!

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  6. So happy the turtle made it across safely!

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  7. That is a lovely poem about quiet with lots of good suggestins for its readers. Mom thinks silence is the bet way to handle things when you can't find anythiing good to reply. And we sure hope that Mr Turtle found a better way back to where he came from so he doesn't have to cross the street again.

    Woos - Misty and Timber

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  8. So glad the turtle made it safely ~ great sparks on 'silence.' ~ hugs,

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

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  9. I'm glad the turtle made it! That's a good Spark and I enjoyed your poem too.

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  10. Seems like there should be a joke there, why did the turtle cross the road? Proving to the chicken it could be done... ;)
    Cat

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  11. I am glad the turtle made it across the road.
    My house is filled with quiet, right up until I go to bed, then the neighbours start up their fighting or their karaoke machine and the one upstairs decides that is a god time to be mopping her floors and putting things away with much opening and closing of drawers. I've learned to fall asleep in spite of that.

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  12. I'm missing a slipper, so if you ever find that raincoat, let me know and I'll look in the same place here. I might get lucky and find my slipper. I have since bought new slippers, but I'd love to have the old one back.
    I love a good rain washing for my car. :-)

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  13. Java Bean: "Ayyy, our Dada looked at the turtle crossing the road and said the frog must've had the day off. Then he laughed and laughed and laughed."
    Chaplin: "We have no idea what he's talking about."

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  14. I haven't seen a turtle on or near the road or any place for that matter in a long time. You did good capturing his progress. The poor things move so slow. :)

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