Monday, April 7, 2025

Feathered Friends (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week and Poetry Monday (Road), an A to Z Challenge Post

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Mr. and Mrs. Duck were crossing the street as Becca and I walked Mr. Cal.  They each had their own agenda.  He went straight ahead while she took the scenic route!














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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 Road.                       


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If you come to a ford in the road,

I really have the hunch,

it’ll remind you you’re hungry

and you’ll stop for lunch.


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We all know the chicken crossed the road

to get to the other side,

but what about the frozen chicken?

In a shopping bag he had to ride!


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The bee swarm crossed the road

and did it with no pause,

and if you ask them why,

they’ll tell you, “Just bee-cause!”


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The clown had to cross the road,

funny or not, he didn’t care,

he had to get across because

his rubber chicken was over there!


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The horse did cross the road,

with no care for who did scoff,

he wanted to give the poor chicken

a well deserved day off.


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A penguin crossed the road

although he had to waddle,

to prove the rumor he was chicken

was just a bunch of twaddle!


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Future themes are:


Apr. 7 Road (Today!)

Apr. 14 Bring

Apr. 21 Free

Apr. 28 Jam

May 5 Competition

May 12 Shape

May 19 Stem

May 26 Lead


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Today is:


Act of Self Determination Day -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands (obs.)


Genocide Memorial Day -- Rwanda


Gio to Hung Vuong Day -- Vietnam (National Day; celebrating the founding of the nation by Emperor Hung Vuong some three millennia ago)


Goddess Karna's Day -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calendar (goddess of crying and wailing)


International Beaver Day -- celebrating the species that restores valuable wetlands 


International Snailpaper Day -- relax today with a hard copy of a regular, old fashioned newspaper


Metric System Day -- officially adopted in France on this day in 1795


Motherhood and Beauty Day -- Armenia (day the Armenian Orthodox Church celebrated the Annunciation; it is the only Church to celebrate it on this day, which is also observed as Mother's Day in this country)


National Beer Day -- US (unofficial, the celebration of the end of Prohibition)


National Coffee Cake Day


National Health Day -- Kiribati


No Housework Day/Let Someone Else Clean Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, enjoy this one!


Pandia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a festival of Zeus; date approximate)


Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day -- Tanzania


St. John Baptist de La Salle's Day (Patron of educators, school principals, teachers)


Women's Day -- Mozambique


World Health Day -- UN



Anniversaries Today:


World Health Organization is founded, 1948

Prague University is chartered by Charles IV, the first university in central Europe, 1348



Birthdays Today:


Russell Crowe, 1964

Anthony Drew "Tony" Dorsett, 1954

Jackie Chan, 1954

Janis Ian, 1951

John Oates, 1948

Gerhard Schroeder, 1944

Francis Coppola, 1939

David Frost, 1939

William Hodding Carter III, 1935

Wayne Rogers, 1933

Daniel Ellsberg, 1931

James Garner, 1928

Ravi Shankar, 1920

Billie Holiday, 1915

Walter Winchell, 1897

Bronislaw Malinowski, 1884

 John Joseph McGraw, 1873

David Grandison Fairchild, 1869

W.K. Kellogg, 1860

Walter Camp, 1859

William Ellery Channing, 1780

William Wordsworth, 1770

St. Francis Xavier, 1506



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"South Pacific"(Musical), 1949

"Monsieur Beaucaire"(Operetta), 1919

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major,"Eroica"(Beethoven Op. 55), 1805



Today in History:


Attila's Huns plunder Metz, in northern France, 451

Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I issues the first draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the basis for much civil law even today, 529

A crowd in Florence, Italy, storms the Convent of San Marco, demanding Fra Savonarola be turned over as they rebelled against his Bonfires of the Vanities and interference with trade, 1498

Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu, 1521

Michael Cardozo becomes the first Jewish lawyer in Brazil, 1645

American pioneers found Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent settlement of the new Northwest Territory, 1788

France adopts the meter as the standard measure of length, 1795

The Mississippi Territory is established, 1798

English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches, 1827

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician, 1868

Nebraska establishes an 8 hour work day, 1891

Texas Oil Company (Texaco) is formed, 1902

An eruption of Mt. Vesuvius devastates Naples, 1906

Dr. K. Winfield Ney performs the first brain tumor operation under a local anesthesia, at Beth Israel Hospital, 1923

Using phone lines, the first long distance television image is sent, of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, from Washington, D.C. to NYC, 1927

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American depicted on a postage stamp in the US, 1940

Syria is officially recognized as independent from France, 1946

Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech, 1954

Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco, 1956

IBM announces the System/360, 1964

The publication of RFC1 marks the symbolic birth of the Internet, 1969

Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter, 1978

During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk, 1983

Mars Odyssey is launched, 2001

Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent, 2009

Following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi, 2012

The longest python ever documented is found on Penang in Malaysia (26ft/8m), 2016

Action Comics #1, which introduced Superman, sells at auction for a record price of $3.25 million (USD), 2021

Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first black woman to be confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, 2022

British charity fundraiser Russ Cook, nicknamed the "Hardest Geezer," completes his Project Africa charity run of the length of Africa, arriving at Ras Angela, Tunisia, almost a year after setting off from Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 2024

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Sunday, April 6, 2025

Are We Having Fun Yet? (Cajun Joke), Sunday Selections and Sunday Selfie

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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.


At one point yesterday, Grandma asked me if Grandpa was at home.  He was.  She said he's got a meeting now at least once a week and he doesn't always tell her when he's going to be gone and this bothers her.


Clothile done been fussin' 'bout de time Boudreaux done spen' at de HubbaHubba Lounge, so he agree to take her wit' him one evenin'.


Dey get dere an' she ax, "What you do firs'?" and he say, "I gets me a drink.  I be gettin' one fo' each o' us."


He come back an' han' Clothile de drink, an' she take her a sip an' she gasp, den she choke, den she cough an' sputter, an' den she say, "Dis be de worse t'ing I ever done put in my mouth!  It be awful!  How you kin stan' drink dis?"


An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, you see!  An' you t'ink I be's comin' here to pass a good time!"



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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files.  The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please.  It was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child.        


It's spring, and other things.



























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This week, Lulu wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.   







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Today is National Siamese Cat Day in the US!  Freelance writer and newspaper columnist Jace Shoemaker-Galloway founded this day to encourage people to adopt Siamese cats from shelters.


Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.



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Today is:


Animated Cartoon Day -- date of release, in 1908, of Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, often considered the first actual animated cartoon


Army Day -- US (by proclamation of FDR in 1942)


California Poppy Day -- California, US (state flower)


Care Sunday / Carling Sunday -- England, 5th Sunday of Lent (possibly from the Old Saxon "carles", or husbandman)


Chakri Dynasty Day and King Rama I Memorial Day -- Thailand


Drowsy Driver Awareness Day -- please pull over and take a nap when you need to


International Day of Sport for Development and Peace -- UN (on the anniversary of the date of the opening of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896)


Jump Over Things Day -- probably started by the same people who brought us Walk Around Things Day on the 4th; as if friends and family aren't looking at you strangely enough after that one

  Procession of the Addolorata -- Taranto, Italy


National Caramel Popcorn Day


National Library Week begins -- US (sponsored by the ALA, this year's theme is "Drawn to the Library")   


National Student Athlete Day -- US


New Beer's Eve -- US (unofficial celebration of the end of Prohibition; beer became legal to sell again on tomorrow's date in 1933)


North Pole Day -- Peary and Co. arrived there this day in 1909


Plan Your Epitaph Day -- figure out how you want to be remembered, and then live that way! (some sites celebrate this on Nov. 1)


President Ntaryamira Day -- Burundi (anniversary of assassination)


Ramnawami / Ramanavami / Chaitay Dashain -- India; Nepal (Hindu celebration of the birth of Lord Rama, avatar of Vishnu)

     Swaminarayan Jayanti -- birth of Lord Swaminarayan for followers of the Swaminarayan tradition


St. Sixtus' Day (Patron of Alatri, Italy)


Tartan Day -- Scottish diaspora of Canada and the US (anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320)


Teflon Day --  Polytetraflouroethylene resin was developed by Roy J. Plunkett while working for  E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in 1938


Think About Spring Cleaning Day -- don't do it, just think about it


Twinkie Day -- the snack cakes that will never go away were invented on this day in 1930




Birthdays Today:


Candace Cameron, 1976

Zach Braff, 1975

Ari Meyers, 1969

Paul Rudd, 1969

Marilu Henner, 1952

John Razenberger, 1947

Barry Levinson, 1942

Philip Austin, 1941

Roy Thinnes, 1938

Merle Haggard, 1937

Billy Dee Williams, 1937

Andre Previn, 1929

James Watson, 1928

Gerry Mulligan, 1927

Lowell Thomas, 1892

Rose Schneiderman, 1882

Butch Cassidy, 1866

René Lalique, 1860

Raphael, 1483



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Barney & Friends"(TV), 1992

Post-It Notes(first day of sale), 1980

"Entertaining Mr. Sloane"(Play), 1964

"Little Orphan Annie"(Radio series), 1931

"La Double Inconstance / Double Inconsistency"(Play), 1723



Today in History:


Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus, BC46

The Roman army under the command of Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia, 402

Charlemagne confirms his father Pepin the Short's "Donation of Pepin," which had established the Papal States, 774

King Richard I, The Lionheart, of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder, 1199

The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320

The Italian poet Petrarch first sees his beloved Laura, 1327

At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town , 1652

An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state, 1667

Peter the Great of Russia ends the tax on men with beards in that country, 1722

Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Siam (modern day Thailand), who is overthrown in a coup d'état, 1782

The Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic in France, and the period known as the Reign of Terror begins, 1793

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, 1808

Celluloid, the first plastic, is patented, 1869

The city of Vancouver, BC, is incorporated, 1886

The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City is dedicated, 1893

In Athens, the first modern Olympic Games are opened, 1,500 years after being banned by Emperor Theodosius I; James Conolly of the US becomes the first gold medalist of the modern games, 1896

The Kishinev pogrom forces thousands of Jews to seek refuge in Israel and the West, 1903

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson allegedly reach the North Pole, 1909

Governor Huey P. Long is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1929

Mohandas Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he starts the Salt Satyagraha, 1930

Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, 1965

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter, 1973

Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India, 1998

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment, 2004

Scientists announce the discovery of three new animal species that spent their entire lives without oxygen, 2010

In England, lawmakers ban the display of tobacco products, hoping the move will lead to a reduction in the number of youths who smoke, 2012

The first baby with DNA from 3 parents through mitochondrial transfer is born in Mexico, 2016

NASA's InSight lander detects its first ever "Marsquake," a seismic event on Mars, 2019

Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, tests positive for Covid19, the first known case of human-to-cat transmission, 2020

Scientists claim to have found the fossil of a dinosaur killed on the actual day the giant asteroid which wiped them out struck, 66 million years ago, 2022

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