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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

How to Give Bees Water Without Danger of Drowning Them (Wordless Wednesday) and Words for Wednesday

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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, BeThere2Day, 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, yours truly is providing the prompts on my blog.  Next month, please join River as she provides the prompts.


Please feel free to use some of the prompts, none of them, or all of them as you see fit.  The point is to get the creative juices flowing in whatever manner your muse leads you.


This week the prompts are:


consider

second

sink

instinct

face

flash


and/or the following random sentence


My daughter always said she doesn't get mad, she gets even.


Charlotte/Mother Owl has also chosen Mouse Grey as the color of the month, which you may use as a prompt if you wish.



Grandmother, mother and three-year-old granddaughter had been out shopping, and it was more than time for some refreshment.  They decided to go to their favorite Asian restaurant for lunch.


The usual crowd was there, including a table of police officers in uniform, having their lunch break together.


The child, young enough to have no filter and see nothing wrong with saying everything that went through her little brain, said, "Look, mama, they're dressed like Uncle Piggy!"


It took only a SECOND for the child's observation to start to SINK in.  Once it did, each officer had a look on his FACE which can only be imagined. 


Before any of them could even quite CONSIDER how to respond, grandmother knew by INSTINCT she had to head this off.  Her older son was an officer and in a FLASH she was at their table.


"Some of you might know my son, Dave Smith?  He's in precinct 17."


A couple of the officers did know him, and tension began to ease.


"Well, he teased his little sister mercilessly when they were kids, and my daughter always said she doesn't get mad, she gets even.  When she had children, to get him back for how he treated her, she taught the kids to call him 'Uncle Piggy!'"


Uproarious laughter ensued and the tension drained away.  Mother, who had turned Mouse Grey at her daughter's comment, began to come back to her normal coloring.  The officers agreed it was indeed a fine way to pay back Dave, and everyone went back to enjoying their repast.



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Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, taking time out to remember the pets that are gone but not forgotten.


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Today is:


Be Kind to Humankind Week Willing to Lend a Hand Wednesday 


Birthday of Nephthys -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Crackers Over the Keyboard Day -- internet generated: are we supposed to go crackers over our keyboard, or tempt fate by eating crackers over our keyboard?


Festival for Luna -- Ancient Roman Calendar


Festival for Sol -- Ancient Roman Calendar


International Birman Day -- celebrating the "sacred cat of Burma" (not to be confused with the Burmese breed)


La Tomatina -- Buñol, Valencia, Spain (annual citywide food fight festival in which around 30,000 people take to the streets to pelt each other with tomatoes)


Mariamoba -- Georgia (Assumption of the Virgin, celebrated based on the Julian Calendar followed by many Orthodox Churches)


National Bow Tie Day -- US, as per Bow Tie Aficionado (may i suggest bow tie pasta for dinner?)


National Cheese Sacrifice Day (Now you know why you purchased the cheese for the sacrifice! To let it age properly before the actual sacrifice. Still doesn't answer why we sacrifice it, anyway, or to whom.)


National Cherry Turnover Day


Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day -- Wellcat Holidays suggests this to pep yourself up as you wait for things to come up on the screen



Radio Commercials Day -- the first paid radio commercial was broadcast over WEAF of New York on this day in 1921


St. Augustine of Hippo's Day (Patron of brewers, printers, theologians; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; Carpineto Romano, Italy; Ida, Philippines; Isleta Indian Pueblo; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Ponte Nizza, Italy; Saint Augustine, Florida; Superior, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona; Valletta, Malta; against sore eyes)


St. Hermes of Rome's Day (Patron of Acquapendente, Italy; Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy)


Subway Day -- this date in 1965, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca opened what became the first Subway Sandwich Shop



Birthdays Today


LeAnn Rimes, 1982

Jack Black, 1969

Jason Priestley, 1969

Shania Twain, 1965

Emma Samms, 1960

Scott Hamilton, 1958

Daniel Stern, 1957

Rick Rossovich, 1957

David Soul, 1946

Lou Piniella, 1943

Paul Martin, 1938

Donald O'Connor, 1925

Ben Gazzara, 1930

Roger Tory Peterson, 1908

Charles Boyer, 1899

Leo Tolstoy, 1828

Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774

Johann von Goethe, 1749



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Lohengrin"(Opera), 1850



Today in History


The Third Crusade begins with the seige of Acre, 1189

6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague, 1349

St. Augustine, FL, founded, making it the oldest continuously occupied European city and port in the US, 1565

Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay, 1609

William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn, 1789

The first steam locomotive in the US, the "Tom Thumb", runs from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill, 1830

The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published, 1845

The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll, 1867

Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola", 1898

James E. Casey begins the United Parcel Service in Seattle, WA, 1907

WEAF in NYC airs the very first radio commercial, for Queensboro Realty, at a cost of $100 for ten minutes, 1922

Toyota Motors becomes an independent company, 1937

Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first tv show and ad, 1953

Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, 1961

Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech; Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights, 1963

The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men; these will soon be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS, 1981

Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province, 1990

Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce, 1996

An electric blackout leaves 500,000 + without power and shuts down 60% of London's Underground, 2003

Hurricane Katrina begins to make landfall on the Gulf of Mexico, 2005

Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Special Envoy to Syria, says international law states that any action in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons must be decided by the UN Security Council, 2013

Kenya institutes the world's toughest ban on plastic bags with a possible US$38,000 fine or up to four years in jail, 2017

Japanese tech company SkyDrive says it has completed the first manned test flight of a flying car, 2020

A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card becomes the world's most expensive piece of sports memorabilia, selling for $12.6 million at auction, 2022

28 comments:

  1. Love your story. Grandma saves the day.

    ‘My daughter always said that she doesn’t get mad, she gets even.’ I suppose that is true, but she adds interest to the bill as well. How I wish that before instinct takes over that she would consider (even for a second) that her actions are the way that feuds begin.
    I can conceal nothing from her. My face gives me away every time, and in a flash she turns on me. I love her and I always will but she sees no grey shades in life but only black and white. In my experience there is a LOT more grey, and some of her actions fall firmly into that camp. There is soft grey, mouse grey, and charcoal grey. I do hope that she doesn’t trend more firmly to the darker side of the equation.

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    1. I hope the daughter learns the shades of grey can be more forgiving than straight black and white. My mother was a black and white person.

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    2. Good job EC, as always. Hope she goes to the softer side.

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    3. True about the grays in life. I hope the daughter learns to temper her reactions.

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    4. We have to leave room to give grace. Nice use of the prompts, and thank you for herding the cats and heading up the Words for Wednesday so it doesn't die out.

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  2. Great story, little kids do say the funniest things sometimes. "no-one" also has a waterbowl with pebbles so bees and dragonflies can drink safely.

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  3. Grandma saves the day indeed, but -- cultural differences is at fault, I'm sure -- if one of my kids had said the same, no harm would have been done. And "Uncle Piggy" sounds quite innocent to me - where's the trap?

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    1. I am replying here and on your blog so you will be sure to see it. in US English at least, calling a police officer or security officer a "pig" is a pejorative term and considered a horrible insult.

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    2. Thanks for the explanation. We would have the same problem - and maybe a fine - for a grown-up using the equivalent of "pig", whereas the equivalent of the childish "piggy" would not bring troubles.

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  4. What a good story kids can alway be funny ha

    Have a beetastic week 👍

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  5. My wild honey bees swarm my bird baths all day long everyday. They never sting me when I go out and clean the bath and give them fresh water. I've only ever found one drowned over the years. But there have been occasions when I do lift one out of the water that is swimming and hasn't made it to the side yet.

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  6. We have never thought about bees needing water or having drowning issues. At our house we are just happy when they stay far away from us and our house.

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  7. That was a good story! Interesting, I didn't know drowning was a problem.

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  8. What a great way to care for the bees. I had no idea.

    Love your story. Beautiful.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Love and hugs. ♥

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  9. Bravo Mimi. Not just for this story but for all the good prompts you gave us this month. I had fun and my story today is posted on my blog.

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  11. Lulu: "The other day we were out on the patio with Dada and there was a bee getting water from in between the cracks in the stamped concrete!"

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  12. I loved your story Mimi. Too cute, and any of us who have been with kids who say things innocently, but could be taken in a different way, understand Grandmother's actions completely!

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  13. This is my take on the words
    I always told her boyfriends, if I were you I would not, for even one second, consider crossing her. My daughter always said "she doesn't get mad, she gets even".
    If someone she was dating disagreed with her about anything, it was taken as a challenge or insult to her intelligence. Once that happened it was game on as she prepared for battle. Of course, it ultimately meant the end of every relationship. Guys who could not hold their own with her came and went.
    Then along came Chuck. I am not sure if it was his handsome face, his charming personality, or ability to see what was below her fiery surface, probably a combination of everything, but he actually hung around.
    All I know is for the first time in her life, that combative instinct lessened, not exactly in a flash, but over time and she was finally able to compromise and actually be pleasant while doing it.
    Meanwhile, I stood back and let it sink in, that I was watching, in real time, a real life version of Petruchio and Katarine play out. And for the first time a lasting relationship looks possible.

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    1. Anne in the kitchen: It sounds as if she has finally met her match - and what relationship isn't built on compromise. I do love your stories.

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    2. Good for him! He sounds like just what she needs. Nice use of the prompts and thanks for playing along with us.

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  14. That is a good idea for the bees. Funny story. :) XO

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  15. That was a good story and a lesson for all not to jump to conclusions by what others may say. It isn't always as it seems, but in today's world, one has to be so careful. Good work from Grandma

    Woos - Misty and Timber

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  16. Late to the party, but my Words for Wednesday posted on my blog early this morning. It has been a crazy busy work day and I'm just now getting to read everyone else's wonderful contributions.

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  17. Your story made us smile! And thank you for being kind to the bees. The hot, dry weather is tough for them, for sure.

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  18. Cute story. Interesting about the bees.

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  19. Wow! Great info about bees and water and lovely story ~ thanks, hugs,

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

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  20. Kids can lead us into awkward situations sometimes. I now know how to offer bees some liquid refreshment!

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