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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!
For Lulu, happiness is getting to lick the rest of the waffle syrup off the plate.
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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 Height.
height bigotry is
rude stop looking down on us
short people now please
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sorting animals
by their height and weight is just
plain critter sizing
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Two Cajuns were trying
to determine how high
the flagpole was from which
their new flag would fly.
A carpenter came past
and heard them discuss,
and she loosened the bolts
laid it down without fuss,
Took out her tape measure
and checked quick and neat,
then she told them,
"Boys, it's 30 feet."
"Mais!" observed Boudreaux,
"dat woman be wrong,
we done ax fo' de height
an' she tole us how long!"
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Future themes are:
Sept. 2 height (Today!)
Sept. 9 family
Sept. 16 intention
Sept. 23 teaching
Sept. 30 feedback
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Today is:
Bison-Ten-Yell Day -- celebrating the imaginary Bison-Ten-Yell, inventor of 10 battle yells now used as American football signals
Celtic Tree Month Muin (Vine) begins
Dia de Santiago Iglesias Pantin -- Puerto Rico
Feast of Osiris -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Independence Day -- Transdniestria
Labor Day/Labour Day -- Bermuda; Canada; Palau; U.S. and Territories
Luxembourg City Kermesse -- Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (the capital city gets a day off to enjoy the country's biggest fun festival)
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
National Day -- Vietnam
Pierce Your Ears Day -- does a kitten screaming in my ear count? oh, since the person who decided we should celebrate this today didn't leave a trace, i guess it's okay to interpret any way we want
Sacrifice to Hekate and Artemis -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
Sedantag -- Germany
St. Agricola of Avignon's Day (Patron of rain -- for or against, whichever you need! -- of good weather and storks; Avignon, France; against misfortune and plague epidemics)
Umhlanga -- Eswatini (Swaziland) (Reed Dance Public Holiday and final day, culmination of the Reed Dance Celebration begun last week and sponsored by the Royal Family)
VJ Day -- Surrender Ceremony took place on this date aboard the USS Missouri
Anniversary Today:
Beginning of the Marathon Runs during the Persian War, Sept. 2-9, 490BC
Birthdays Today:
Cynthia Watros, 1968
Salma Hayek, 1966
Lennox Lewis, 1965
Keanu Reeves, 1964
Linda Purl, 1955
Jimmy Connors, 1952
Mark Harmon, 1951
Eric Dickerson, 1950
Christa McAuliffe, 1948
Nathaniel “Tiny” Archibald, 1948
Terry Bradshaw, 1948
Peter Victor Ueberroth, 1937
Marge Champion, 1923
Cleveland Amory, 1917
Lili'uokalani, 1838
James Forten, 1766
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Rose-Marie"(Operetta), 1924
"East of Suez"(Play), 1922
Ordinance on the Danish Church(Publication Date), 1637
Today in History:
Cicero's first Philippic (oratorical attack) on Marc Antony, BC44
Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion, BC44
Octavian's troops win the Battle of Actium which ends the Final war of the Roman Republic, BC31
The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days; it ends with 8 dead and 13,000 houses destroyed, 1666
Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe, 1752
US Treasury Dept. is established by Congress, 1789
The solar super storm continues to affect electrical telegraph service, 1859
Theodore Roosevelt adivses the US to "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." 1901
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia, 1957
The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates, 1967
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed, 1998
Pope Benedict hosts an eco-festival, "Save Creation Day," in Loreto, Italy, to encourage Catholics to live an eco-friendly lifestyle, 2007
Ending a 50-year ban on veiled female news presenters, Egypt's state television gives its female presenters a choice of wearing, or not wearing, a veil, 2012
Swimmer Diana Nyad makes history, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, 2013
The public learns about AT&T's The Hemisphere Project, which gives telephone call data to law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, 2013
Earth's trees number just over 3 trillion according to study published in "Nature" by Thomas Crowther of Yale University, 2015
A major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts, 2018
The attempted assassination of Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner fails when the assassin's gun jams, 2022
India successfully launches its first spacecraft to study the sun, Aditya-L1, 2023
I love that your poems are frequently funny. Lulu was certainly enjoying that treat.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiring quotations. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you really enjoy washing the dishes, LOL!
ReplyDeleteInspiring Sparks on Labor Day Monday. And Lulu knows what's good doesn't she.
ReplyDeleteI love to collect inspring quotes. Thank for sharing these.
ReplyDeleteAwww, precious Lulu sure loves that yum! Those were good Sparks too!
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate to Lulu's sweet tooth! Great poems and quotes!
ReplyDeleteAwww, Lulu is adorable and I'd share too. So precious.
ReplyDeleteLove the Sparks. Spot on.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
Lulu ~ you are a sweetie ~ hugs, ~ Great sparks ~ thanks,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Great joke about the flagpole.
ReplyDeleteI love Cajun jokes. I could read or hear scores of them in a row!
ReplyDeleteFunny poems - I love them, but now I am undone, I read your poems before writing my own, which is the height of stupidity - at least it seems like that to me.
ReplyDeleteIs this a poem?
DeleteAnd I hope my first comment went into spam prison and did not disappear in the twisting ehter of the 'web.
DeleteLucky pup. Funny poem/joke. :) And great sparks.
ReplyDelete"St. Agricola of Avignon's Day " is the possibility of rain! Rain! Flag Pole, good one. She had some common sense.
ReplyDeleteAwwws, quotes and poems - enjoyed them all especially Boudreaux's observation!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Lulu. Waffle syrup is yummy!
ReplyDeleteLulu: "I have seen our Dada do that with his own plate after eating waffles or pancakes. Shhh, don't tell."
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