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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!
Mr. Cal does some intense sniffing on our walks. I did manage to get two good pictures, one i'll post today and if i remember, i'll do the other as next week's Sunday selfie.
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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 Feedback.
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"Leave feedback" they always say,
but i sigh, put it off for another day
it's hard to take the time just now
and then i'm busy and forget somehow.
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It was late, i was tired and hungry
and pulled into a place
to grab a bit of something,
life's always a hectic pace
they served an all day breakfast
it really sounded great
supposed to be hot and fresh
delights upon a plate
the chef must have been from
the prison cooking school
it was simply awful
and i'm not picky as a rule
they had a customer card
and feedback i could leave,
i decided to have my say
and my feelings relieve
i said the bacon was soggy
the hash browns very bland
the eggs were overcooked,
the biscuits obviously canned
the worst was the biscuit gravy
i couldn't take two bites,
i told them in needed improvement
or better yet, last rites!
(Years before i became vegetarian or there was an internet, i really did leave this feedback at a restaurant!)
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Future themes are:
Sept. 30 feedback (Today!)
Oct. 7 shower
Oct. 14 island
Oct. 21 apple
Oct. 29 small
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Today is:
Agricultural Reform Day -- Sao Tome and Principe
Ask A Stupid Question Day -- teachers wanted to get students asking more questions, so they started this day, telling them to ask even if the questions were stupid; now, it's a holiday on the last school day of September each year!
Celtic Tree Month Gort begins (Ivy)
Day of Liberation of the Republic of Abkhazia -- Abkhazia (disputed territory on the Black Sea)
Do Something Wacky With A Grandparent Day -- just not the monkey bars, please; old bones don't knit fast enough; whatever you do, take some pictures!
Eleusinian Mysteries -- Ancient Greek Calendar (the Greater Mystery Rites, date approximate; mystery rites of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis, one of the most sacred times of their year)
Independence Day -- Botswana
International Translation Day -- International Federation of Translators
Kokkeisetsu -- Chinatown, Yokohama, Japan (Chinese National Founding Day in the largest Chinatown in Japan; through tomorrow)
Medetrinalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (festival fruits offer to the goddess of medicine)
Monkey Bars Day -- a day to go see if you can still do tricks on the monkey bars, because the internet wants to kill us and let the machines that would never do anything so silly take over
National Hot Mulled Cider Day
National Mud Pack Day -- give yourself a facial
St. Gregory the Enlightener (or Illuminator; Patron of Armenia)
St. Jerome's Day (Patron of archaeologists, archivists, Biblical scholars, librarians, libraries, school children, students, translators; Saint-Jerome, Quebec)
also an Apache celebration of Geronimo, the Native American who was named after this saint
Truth and Reconciliation Day -- Canada
Anniversary Today:
Haleakala National Park is established in Maui, Hawaii, 1960
Birthdays Today:
Dominique Moceanu, 1981
Marion Cotillard, 1975
Jenna Elfman, 1971
Crystal Bernard, 1964
Eric Stoltz, 1961
Fran Drescher, 1957
Deborah Allen, 1953
Victoria Tennant, 1953
Marilyn McCoo, 1943
Z.Z. Hill, 1935
Johnny Mathis, 1935
Angie Dickinson, 1931
Elie Wiesel, 1928
W. S. Merwin, 1927
Truman Capote, 1924
Deborah Kerr, 1921
Buddy Rich, 1917
William Wrigley, Jr., 1861
Rumi, 1207
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush(Publication date), 1990
"Murder, She Wrote"(TV), 1984
"Cheers"(TV), 1982
"Love Child"(Single release), 1968
"The Flintstones"(TV), 1960
"Tea and Sympathy"(Play), 1953
"The Red Skelton show"(TV), 1951
"Porgy and Bess"(Opera), 1935
Little Women(Publication date), 1868
"Les pecheurs de perles/The Pearl Fishers"(Bizet opera), 1863
"Die Zauberflote/The Magic Flute"(Mozart opera, K. 620), 1791
The Gutenberg Bible(first section, publication date), 1452
Today in History:
Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate the Guide of the Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew, 1199
Anesthetic ether is used for the first time by Dr. William Morton, who extracted a tooth, 1846
German scientist Hermann von Meyer announces the discovery of the first fossil of an archaeopteryx, 1861
The first Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawai'i, 1878
The world's first commercial hydroelectric power plant begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, 1882
Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner, 1901
The first manned rocket plane flight, made by auto maker Fritz von Opel, 1929
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations, 1947
The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time, 1947
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel, 1954
James Dean is killed in a road accident, 1955
Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers, 1962
James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation, 1962
General Suharto rises to power in Indonesia after an alleged coup by communists, and massacres over a million Indonesian people suspected of belonging to the Communist Party, 1965
BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show, 1967
Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation, 1980
The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, 1990
The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo, 2004
The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, 2005
A case of Ebola virus is diagnosed in Dallas, Texas, US, 2014
A 315-billion-ton iceberg named D28 calves from the Amery ice shelf, Antarctica, 2019
Canada observes its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honoring victims and survivors of residential schools for indigenous children, 2021
Land, including the world's oldest living rainforest, Daintree National Park, is returned to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people in Far North Queensland, Australia, 2021
I dislike leaving feedback, especially online when a single comment generates a slew of pages with questions to answer rated from dissatisfied to completely satisfied and would I recommend this service to others? it takes forever to get through all that and when it's from Australia Post after having delivered a package I'm particularly annoyed.
ReplyDeleteI try and leave positive feedback when a person or company does a good job. I will also leave negative feedback when required but rarely answer surveys seeking it.
ReplyDeleteFeedback is a good thing but it needs to be positive and negative. We dogs all enjoy experiencing the world with our noses. Sniffing tells us so much.
ReplyDeleteSometimes feedback is hard to take but should be listened to if given in good spirit. Cal has plenty on his mind on his walk.
ReplyDeleteMr. Cal you are too cute.
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Yes, monkey bars are in the rear view mirror of my life. I often think "Ask a Stupid question" is an every day celebration for me. I may not ask it out loud, but some very odd questions do come to mind. Have a blessed week.
ReplyDeleteSweet Cal was sure having a big time out there. Those were good Sparks and good poems too.
ReplyDeletePups are so fun to take a walk with. They know where they want to go and the peemail they want to sniff. Adorable.
ReplyDeleteLove your take on feedback.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
Sweet Mr. Cal ~ you are adorable and glad you got to 'read the doggie newspaper' ~ important for doggies ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores ~
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Mr. Cal is a cutie. Excellent sparks and poem. I was confused about the meat in your breakfast until I got to the end. :) XO
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE the shots of Mr Cal! Nutmeg says she thinks he would make a great playmate (she's a kid and wants to play with all the other dogs) and Feedback is impawtant! Especially to young pups! I use smack paws to give the Nutcase feedback (when she smells my butt). And Today is Truth and Reconciliation Day as well as Orange Shirt Day in Canada and we are all celebrating with our orange shirts! Keep being awesome! Marvelous Marv, Kozmo, Jo Jo and Nutcase err Nutmeg
ReplyDeleteHey Mr. Cal - we get it. There is always lots of new peemail to read and one must keep up on the daily news:)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
I wonder what feedback you'd have left at my restaurant! Mr Cal is such a cutie!
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, what is a walk but an excuse to sniff? If only we could have the world go by for us to sniff while we sit and relax, everything would be perfect!"
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