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"What do you think of this one?"
"It smells rank."
"Out it goes, then."
My client Ms. G and i were going through her old toiletries in a storage cabinet sorting a variety of creams and lotions and potions and soaps and etc.
Those deemed worth keeping went right back into storage, to "ripen," i guess.
Next round, those will probably be the ones thrown away.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Rank.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
We're Mardi Gras royalty,
each parade, every year,
catching beads on the balcony
and we've got all the gear.
We're in the krewe and dance at balls
and use our masks like a mime,
we have a blast and enjoy it all
each and every Carnival time!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful Brother-in-Law has given me a bit of a break on doing his taxes this year, he's actually willing to wait until next week!
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Today is:
Aldus Day -- death anniversary of Aldus Manutius, inventor of italics
Bob Marley Day / Reggae Day -- Jamaica (birth anniversary)
Gamelia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (anniversary celebration of the marriage of Zeus and Hera; date approximate)
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation -- United Nations
Lame Duck Day -- US, on the anniversary of the passage of the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution; a day to recognize those whose tenure is running out
National Chopsticks Day
Oto Matsuri -- Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (fire festival)
Pay-A-Compliment Day
Sami National Day -- Finland, Norway, Russian, and Sweden
Scout Jumu'ah -- BSA (Boy Scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms to mosque today or tomorrow and represent scouting to their congregations)
St. Dorothy of Caesarea's Day (Patron of brewers, brides, florists, gardeners, midwives, newlyweds; Pescia, Italy)
St. Peter Baptist's Day (Patron of Caceres, Philippines; Japan)
Waitangi Day -- Māori, New Zealand and Niue (treaty with Britain, 1840; also considered National Day)
Anniversaries Today:
Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 (upon the death of her father, George VI)
Massachusetts becomes the 6th US State, 1788
The College of William and Mary in Virginia is founded by royal charter, 1693
Birthdays Today:
Axl Rose, 1962
Barry Miller, 1958
Kathy Najimy, 1957
Robert Townsend, 1957
Natalie Cole, 1950
Bob Marley, 1945
Michael Tucker, 1944
Fabian, 1943
Gayle Hunnicutt, 1943
Gigi Perreau, 1941
Tom Brokaw, 1940
Mike Farrell, 1939
Francois Truffant, 1932
Rip Torn, 1931
Mamie Van Doren, 1931
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1919
Mary Leakey, 1913
Ronald Reagan, 1911
Babe Ruth, 1895
Aaron Burr, 1756
Nicolaus II Bernoulli, 1695
Chongzhen, Emperor of China, 1611
Christopher Marlowe, 1564
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Masque of Kings"(Play), 1936
"Rhenisch"(Schumann's 3rd Symphony), 1851
Today in History:
The United States signs its first treaty, in which France recognizes the US and promises aid, 1778
New Jersey issues the first US railroad charter to John Stevens, 1815
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore, 1819
The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia, 1820
Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony, 1840
Harper's Weekly publishes the first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers, 1869
The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree, 1900
The Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC, 1902
The "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for the first time, 1935
Turkey holds its first election in which women can vote, 1935
K Elizabeth Ohi becomes the first Japanese-US female lawyer, 1937
Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI, 1952
Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit, 1959
Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed, 1987
The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe, 1989
Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile, 2000
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes significant damage to villages along the coast of the Solomon Islands, 2013
Qatar Airways achieves the longest-ever commercial flight in service when its B777 aircraft lands in Auckland after a 16 hour and 23 minutes flight from Doha, 2017
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, 2018
According to research from RMIT University in Australia, honeybees are able to add and subtract and understand the concept of zero, the first invertebrates shown to demonstrate this capacity, 2019
US astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut after 328 days on the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee (70 years on the throne), 2022
Swedish automaker Polestar introduces its Polestar 4, the first mass-market car with no rear window but a rear mounted camera instead, 2024
Love the image and poem! Mardi Gras is soonish?
ReplyDeleteWould Mrs G be open to a total clean out instead of just the smelly stuff?
I loved your Marti Gras ladies! I never thought about it, but I am sure there is a crew of them and oh what fun they would be to watch! And I can picture at least one of them being the main player in your six. What a delight to visit you today.
ReplyDeleteSome people just can't get rid of things even when they haven't been used in years! Mom was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras a few times when she was a flight attendant. She said it was a wild time.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. And I think the Mardi Gras will be upon you not too far in the future. I like the fence, but I see there was no blue sky that day.
ReplyDeleteMardi Gras is big in Galveston. The people of Galveston skip Valentine's Day completely and jump right into Mardi Gras.
ReplyDeleteMardi Gras ladies are awesome ~ fun poem ~ great fence photo ~ great post ~ fun always ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
excellent! I was originally thinking about that use of the (prompt) word... but got lead astray! lol
ReplyDeletefun Six (feel free to stop by the table and meet Lou... ) though you have already, back when we did Chris's book signing at the Cafe
Mom is working hard at being a minimalist and not keeping all those things that never get used. But we be half the fun for Ms. G is going through all those things collected. We enjoyed your poem. We bet the Carnival is lots of fun to see.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Oh yes, toss toss the stinky ones! That's a terrific poem and hooray for your thankful. Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteI have been doing the same thing with my mom, going through stuff like that. Great poem and thankful. XO
ReplyDeleteFirst sign of "rank", deep six it!
ReplyDeleteCute poem, Mimi.
I have no defense. No offense meant! :)
ReplyDeleteThat was a totally fun and sweet poem! Those ladies - whatever the heck they're up to - look fabulous - and ready for ANYTHING!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam and Teddy too
Eish! from the Six this time! Good poem and I love the three ladies... gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLulu: "If you have any of those stinky toiletries left, I'll take them. I'm always looking for interesting things to roll around in."
ReplyDeleteI've got bottles of aftershave going back years, I think it gets better as it matures! Mardi Gras royalty, brilliant!
ReplyDeleteCosmetics can go off so easily, too, and to think we slather on years old creams without thinking about bacteria. Eeeeow. Love this Six, Mimi.
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