Monday, September 9, 2024

Dogsitting (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!


While i've been up to the hospital a couple of times, my biggest job now is taking care of Jack dog, who is as full of fun as ever, we went to the little dog park and he says, "Throw it!  Throw it again!  Keep throwing it!" at the stick.













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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 Family.                  

     


Family squabbles

may seem big but remember

it's all relative


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A family sense of humor

can be a precarious thing,

it can make you wonder

if you should have taken that ring.


One lady found her husband

wanted a royal name for each son,

at first she went along with it

and thought it was quite fun.


They first had a George,

then William and Henry came,

but she won't give him a fourth son,

because "Burger" is not a good name!


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Our family is growing,

our Annie is here,

and though we just met her,

she's most precious and dear!




Future themes are:


Sept. 9 family (Today!)

Sept. 16 intention

Sept. 23 teaching

Sept. 30 feedback


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Today is:


Blessed Father Jacques Leval Day -- Mauritius (physician turned priest who lived among and ministered to the poorest of the poor in Mauritius; people of all faiths make a pilgrimage to his tomb today)


Bonza Bottler Day


Chrysanthemum Day or Kiku no Sekku -- Japan


Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence -- Slovakia


Fairtrade Fortnight begins -- UK (a chance to get involved in making sure farmers in developing countries have fair wages and good working conditions)   


Festivity of Our Lady of Aranzazu -- Oñati, Basque


Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day -- spreading the word about the very preventable problem of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 


Independence Day -- Tajikistan(1991)


Karasu-zumo -- Kamigamo-jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan (a distinctive local festival where the Shinto priests imitate crows)


Liberation Ceremony -- Petange, Luxembourg


National Day -- North Korea(1948)


National Sports Day -- Indonesia


National Steak Au Poivre Day


St. Peter Claver's Day (Patron of African missions, inter-racial justice, race relations; Colombia; Lake Charles, LA; Shreveport, LA; Witbank, South Africa; against slavery)


Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Anna -- Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches


Teddy Bear Day -- internet generated, but since it's so much fun to have one, celebrate your old friend


Thimphu Tsechu / Thimphu Drubchen -- Thimphu, Bhutan (three day Drukpa Buddhism tshechu festival, sacred masked dances dedicated to Bhutan's protective spirit which tourists may watch but are strictly prohibited from taking pictures; this is Bhutan's largest tshechu and has been held every year since 1867)


Wakes Monday -- Abbots Bromley, England; related festival

    Abbots Bromley Horn Dance -- Abbots Bromley, UK (a/k/a Antler Dance or Ceremony of the Deermen; uses deer horns from the 11th Century, and a traditional dance, tune, and circuit around the neighboring farms, and includes a fair)


Wienerschnitzel Day


Wonderful Weirdos Day -- we all have a few in our lives, they remind us to be true to ourselves, so thank them today; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays



Anniversaries Today:


California becomes the 31th US State, 1850



Birthdays Today:


Michelle Williams, 1980

Michael Buble, 1975

Goran Visnjic, 1972

Rachel Hunter, 1969

Adam Sandler, 1966

Hugh Grant, 1960

Mario Batall, 1960

Angela Cartwright, 1952

Michael Keaton, 1951

Tom Wopat, 1951

Joe Theisman, 1949

Billy Preston, 1946

Otis Redding, 1941

Sylvia Miles, 1934

Cliff Robertson, 1925

James Hilton, 1900

Colonel Harland Sanders, 1890

Alf Landon, 1887

Leo Tolstoy, 1828

William Bligh, 1754



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Welcome Back, Kotter"(TV), 1975

"Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids"(TV), 1972

Imagine(Lennon album release), 1971



Today in History:


William I, The Conqueror, dies in a horseriding accident, 1087

The New England colonies declare war on the Wampanoag Tribe, 1675

The first steam engine arrives in the US colonies, 1753

The first recorded black to graduate from a US college, Alexander Lucius Twilight, receives a BA from Middlebury College, 1817

Charles Durant, the first US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ, 1830

The first plate glass photograph is taken by John Herschel, 1839

California becomes the 31st state and the territories of New Mexico and Utah are created, 1850

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized, 1886

Orville Wright makes the first one hour plane flight, 1908

J. Verdrines becomes the first person to fly at over 100mph, 1912

First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University, 1947

Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, becoming the first hurricane to do over $1billion in actual unadjusted damages, 1965

The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, 1971

The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state, 1993

At exactly 01:46:40 UTC, the Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit Unix timestamps, 2001

The "Ophel Treasure", about 1,400 years old, is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in Jerusalem, 2013

Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, 2015

Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of the 3,500-year-old tomb of a goldsmith and his family in Draa Abul-Naga, Egypt, 2017

In what could be world's most important modern literary discovery, Jason Scott-Warren finds poet John Milton's own copy of Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623 complete with Milton's own notes and annotations in a Philadelphia library, 2019

Scientist reveal evidence of the earliest milk consumption from cows by humans, 6,000 years ago from the dental plaque of teeth of prehistoric farmers from Britain, 2020

Tom Brady becomes first player in NFL history to start 300 regular season games, 2021

14 comments:

  1. It was providential that today's prompt should be family. I liked, and laughed or smiled at all your verses, but the last was the best. Congratulations!

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  2. Dog sitting isn't always as easy as people think, but it should be fun. Annie looks so sweet.

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  3. So happy for your family with the arrival of Annie and now you get to babysit Jack the pup.

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  4. It looks like Jack was having lots of fun. Those were great Sparks. Hello beautiful little Annie!

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  5. Annie is precious ~ adorable and such a gift ~
    Jack is handsome a treasure too ~ Great 'sparks'
    Hugs,

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

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  6. Some pup love to play fetch. He's handsome. Pups are such fun.

    Love your Sparks and family is most precious.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

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

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  7. Annie is absolutely perfect. Congratulations. Great sparks and poems. XO

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  8. Precious and dear indeed Annie is!!!! Enjoy every minute of her as Mom says they really grow up way too quickly:)

    It looks like Jack was having a great time there.

    Woos - Misty and Timber

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  9. Beautiful little Annie, smiling already.
    Jack looks a lively boy.

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  10. Loved your SPARKS Mimi............PURRFECT!

    Hugs, Pam

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  11. Java Bean: "Ayyy, what?! Was there fetch going on, and I missed it??!!"

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  12. Annie is beautiful! Jack looks like a sweetheart.

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