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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Sign in the Hospital Cafeteria (Wordless Wednesday) and Words for Wednesday

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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, Be There 2 Day, and Sandee at Comedy Plus.     






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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts to encourage us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.    


This month, the prompts are being provided by Hilary Melton-Butcher  and will appear on Elephant's Child's blog. 


This week's prompts are:

 

  1. Lurk
  2. Amber
  3. Birch
  4. Drainpipe
  5. Spelling


And/or

 

  1. Flour
  2. Buttercups
  3. Light
  4. Train 
  5. Mullion

An additional prompt from Charlotte (MotherOwl)is to include Signal Green in your take on the prompts.


 Have fun.



"And why are you LURKing about?" he asked, but as always, he stretched the word "lurking" out in its pronunciation, trying to make it sound the way someone had pronounced it in one of his favorite movie scenes.


"I'm not," she answered, "I'm getting the dough for tonight's bread ready for the oven, and please watch where you step, Ruthie scattered a bit of FLOUR on the floor earlier and she swept it, but she doesn't always get it all and I haven't had time to re-sweep."


"Where is she?"


"I sent her out to pick BUTTERCUPS to put in the vase on the table tonight.  She felt badly about spilling something in the kitchen again and I thought it would take her mind off it if she decorated the table instead of helping in here."


"Good idea.  I'm heading up on the ladder to clear out the DRAINPIPE again, the gutters overflowed with the last rain.  All the BIRCH leaves really pile up."


"Before you do, could you raise the window for a breeze?  The weather is still nice enough, not too hot...yes...thank you!"


He'd raised the window and because this one often didn't stay open of its own accord, he propped the stick under the center MULLION and left to go hunt up his ladder.


Meanwhile, Ruthie's AMBER head bobbed among the buttercups as she regained her usually cheerful demeanor.  She planned the table in her mind, seeing the Signal Green tablecloth and the large bouquet of yellow buttercups in the center.  She was much better at decorating than at cooking, or her SPELLING lessons (which needed work but she tried to put that thought off until later).  


She really wanted to grow up to paint, or draw, or decorate homes, or something, she wasn't sure yet.  Meanwhile, she knew it was good to learn math and reading and even cooking, but that didn't mean she had to enjoy them as much as the fun things she loved to do.


The sound of the TRAIN at the crossing brought her mind back from daydreaming and she noticed the LIGHT was, not exactly fading yet, but certainly it was about time to get back and get the table set.  She gathered her bouquet and headed home trying to decide which of her mother's flower vases would go best with the tablescape she was planning.



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Today is:


Crowded Nest Awareness Day -- for those whose problem is the opposite of the Empty Nest, a day to remind you to keep your sense of humor and get support when you need it


Festival of Mut -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Ghost in the Machine Day -- the internet holiday that explains everything!


Helsinki Day -- Finland


Independence Day -- Philippines


International Cachaca Day -- the once illegal cocktail now has its own day of celebration


Kuopio Dance Festival -- Kuopio, Finland (exotic dance art by familiar and new artists from around the world on the sunlit summer nights; through next Tuesday)


Loving Day -- US (commemoration of Loving vs. Virginia decision by the Supreme Court which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws) 


National Jerky Day -- begun a couple of years ago, possibly by one of the jerky manufacturers (no one can track it down, sounds suspicious to me)


National Peanut Butter Cookie Day


National Time Out Day -- US, sponsored by The Association of Operating Room Nurses, which wants everyone involved in surgeries to take time out before the procedure to verify the surgery site, type, and patient and decrease OR errors  


Red Rose Day -- found all over the internet, with June 12 as the most common date cited; may have begun with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Australia, which has Rose Days as fundraisers


Russia Day -- Russia


St. Anthony's Eve -- Brazil; Portugal

     Dia dos Namorados -- Brazil (Lover's Day, celebrated on St. Anthony's Eve)


St. Onuphrius' Day (Patron of weavers; Centrache, Catanzaro, Italy)


World Day Against Child Labour -- The UN, Education International and the International Labour Organization; this year, the spotlight is on extending social protection



Birthdays Today:


Frances O'Connor, 1969

Timothy Busfield, 1957

Marv Albert, 1941

Chick Corea, 1941

Jim Nabors, 1932

Anne Frank, 1929

Vic Damone, 1928

George H.W. Bush, 1924

David Rockefeller, 1915

Alexandre Tansman, 1897



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Doctor Doctor"(TV), 1989

Raiders of the Lost Ark(Film), 1981

You Only Live Twice(Film), 1967

Cleopatra(Film), 1963



Today in History:


Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, 1429

The French begin their colonization of Algeria with the landing of 34,000 troops, 1830

The world's first Fingerprint Bureau opens in Calcutta, India, after the Council of the Governor General approves a committee report that fingerprints should be used for classification of criminal records, 1897

Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor, 1939

Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present, 1942

The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional, 1967

The first man powered flight across the English Channel is performed by Bryan Allen in the Gossamer Albatross designed by Paul MacCready, 1979

At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, 1987

Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty, 1990

Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London, 1997

A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to widespread protests, 2009

Ending an extensive study on the wooly mammoth, scientists conclude that they were wiped out by multiple things, including climate change, human hunters, and shifting habitats, 2012

AT&T's $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner is allowed to proceed by a US District Court Judge, 2018

Hong Kong sees violent protests as tens of thousands of protesters block and try to storm government buildings to stop extradition law, 2019

21 comments:

  1. Love that sign - and your charming family vignette.

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  2. People have different talents, and design sounds like hers.
    I hope people don't starve before the pizza arrives!

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  3. I like pizza when it's round. Now they make them in squares.

    God bless.

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  4. Funny sign and empty Shelf. They better get the pizza fast it looks like.

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  5. I sure hope they left to go get some pizza, LOL!

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  6. Love how you included all of them in such a delightful story. I remembered gutter cleaning. And we both thought of our mother's. Still unsure what counts as signal green or the history about that. Curious. I now thinking of peanut butter cookies! Good day!

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  7. LOL that sign was very witty :-)

    Have a pizzalesstastic week 👍

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  8. MOL MOL I Love that sign and PIZZA
    Hugs Cecilia

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  9. Mmmm, pizza sounds good 🍕
    Happy WW!

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  10. That's a bare cafeteria. I'll go for pizza too.

    Love your use of the prompts. You do these so very well.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Love and hugs. ♥

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  11. Haha. Why wait? We say order the pizza now. :)

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  12. You do wonderfully well in the stories you create! Words for Wednesday I mean! I a fairly creative but I don't think I would do as well when I would need to stay within certain words. Love seeing yours. I';\ll be darned. Before I hit send I glanced upward and someone wrote you a compliment on that too!!! Yea!

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  13. Oh, nice and cozy story. I really like what you write.

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  14. Nice story. I remember the house I grew up in had old windows that needed something to hold them up.

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  15. Where did all the pizza go??? We love pizza bones/crust.

    Mom's attention was caught by the word buttercup - she hasn't seen a buttercup around here in forever.

    Woos - Misty and Timber

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  16. I sometimes wish I could have pizza. That's a good story!!!

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  17. Java Bean: "Ayyy, I could go for a pizza! Not that Dada ever shares his!"

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  18. fun sign ~ always ready for pizza ~ hugs,

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

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  19. Once again you did not fail to surprise me, Mimi ;-)

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