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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!
I tried to get both Lulu and Jack to pose for an Ussie for yesterday’s Sunday Selfie, but Jack kept giving Lulu kisses.
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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!
A man went to confession
because he knew he should,
he couldn’t quit committing
the sin of stealing wood.
Firewood from the wood lot,
lumber from the mill,
even wood tchotchkes from
the store his house did fill.
The priest said Kleptomaniacs Anonymous
could help him find the solution,
but with the church he needed
a penance after absolution.
He said, “You’ll make a novena!”*
The penitent said he would,
“I don’t know how, but show me blueprints,
and I’ll bring all the wood!”
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Future themes are:
Apr. 14 Bring (Today!)
Apr. 21 Free
Apr. 28 Jam
May 5 Competition
May 12 Shape
May 19 Stem
May 26 Lead
*For non-Catholics, a novena is a set of specific prayers said for nine days, or on the same day of the week for nine weeks, or the same day of the month for nine months.
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Today is:
Ambedkar Jayanti -- India (birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution)
Americas Day -- Honduras
Black Day -- South Korea (for those who got neither Valentine's gifts nor White Day gifts; singles wear black and get together to eat black noodle soup)
Celebrations in the Houses of Ra, Osiris, and Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Day of Mologa -- Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (commemorates the destruction of the town of Mologa during the construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir)
Day of the Georgian Language -- Georgia (marking the 1978 protests of Soviet attempts to suppress the Georgian language)
Ex Spouse Day -- why?
International Moment of Laughter Day -- started by Izzy Gesell
Kinetoscope Day -- the first commercial exhibition of motion pictures through Edison's "peep show" device occurred on this day in 1894
Look Up At The Sky Day -- internet generated, no history on this one, but if it's a pretty day, take advantage of it (some sites say April 12, but since we don't know who started it, today is fine)
National Dolphin Day -- US
National Love Our Children Day -- sponsored by STOMP Out Bullying and Love Our Children USA
N'Ko Alphabet Day -- Mande Language Speakers
Pan American Day -- Order of the American States
Pathologists' Assistant Day -- US (American Association of Pathologists' Assistants)
Rato Machhindranath Jatra -- Nepal (chariot races for the god of rain; cannot confirm this year's date, but always begins mid-April)
Reach as High as You Can Day -- internet generated, and listed on various dates; a good idea, anyway, whenever you decide to celebrate it
Runic Half Month of Man (humanity) begins
Sacrifices to Leto, Pythian Apollon, Zeus, Hermes, and the Dioscuri in the Deme of Erichia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
Sidereal Equinox New Year Celebrations -- throughout South and Southeast Asia, including
* Assamese New Year, or Rongali Bihu (India's Assam Valley)
* Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state)
* Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (Burma)
* Hindu and Sikh New Year, or Vaisakhi (Punjab region)
* Khmer New Year, or Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (Cambodia)
* Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Laos)
* Malayali New Year, or Vishu (India's Kerala state)
* Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (Nepal)
* Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi (India's Orissa state)
* Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu (Sri Lanka)
* Tamil New Year, or Puthandu (India's Tamil Nadu state)
* Thai New Year, or Songkran, celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Thailand)
* Tuluva New Year, or Bisu (India's Karnataka state)
Sommarsblot -- Ancient Norse Calendar (celebration of the coming summer, with sacrifices to the gods over the next several days; through Walpurgis/May 1)
Spring Hula Hooping Day -- try out the old hula hoop one more time, then toss it
St. Benezet's Day (Patron of bachelors, bridge builders; Avignon, France)
St. Lydwina of Schiedam's Day (Patron of ice skating/roller skating/skaters, prolonged suffering, sick people; Schiedam, Netherland; against bodily ills and sickness)
St. Peter Gonzalez's Day (Patron of boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen)
St. Tiburtius' Day (Considered the day the cuckoos return to England for the spring)
Takayama Spring Festival -- Takayama City, Japan (often considered one of the 3 most beautiful festivals in Japan; through tomorrow)
Thingyan -- Myanmar (Burmese Water Festival; celebrating the Myanmar New Year through the 17th)
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi -- Sikh (celebration of the spring grain harvest and of the rebirth of the Sikh religion in the 15th Century)
Youth Day -- Angola
Birthdays Today:
Abigail Breslin, 1996
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 1977
Adrien Brody, 1973
Anthony Michael Hall, 1968
Greg Maddux, 1966
Cynthia Cooper, 1963
Robert Carlyle, 1961
Brad Garrett, 1960
Emma Thompson, 1959
Ritchie Blackmore, 1945
Julie Christie, 1941
Pete Rose, 1941
Loretta Lynn, 1935
Rod Steiger, 1925
John Gielgud, 1904
Arnold Joseph Toynbee, 1889
Anne Sullivan, 1866
Emperor Momozono, 1741
Christiaan Huygens, 1629
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Boys in the Band"(Musical), 1968
"Bye Bye, Birdie"(Musical), 1960
The Grapes of Wrath(Publication date), 1939
"Jeux d'enfants"(Ballet), 1932
"Murders in the Rue Morgue"(Publication date), 1841
American Dictionary of the English Language(Publication date), 1828
Today in History:
Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded, BC 43
Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions, beginning the Siege of Jerusalem, 70
Temur, grandson of Kublai Khan, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, 1294
The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid, 1434
Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush establish the first abolitionist society in the US, 1775
Napoleon calls for establishing Jerusalem for the Jews, 1799
Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary, 1828
The Donner Party departs Springfield, Illinois, 1846
Harriet Tubman begins her first Underground Railroad run, 1853
William Bullock patents the continuous-roll printing press, 1863
Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth, 1865
Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills, 1871
Canada passes the Dominion Lands Act, 1872
The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11:40pm and sinks 2 hours later, 1912
The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1927
The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press, 1939
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit, 1958
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, at 1 kilogram, hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92, 1986
The most costly natural disaster in Australian history, a hailstorm, strikes Sydney, Australia, 1999
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%, 2003
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County, 2005
Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway, 2010
The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union, 2013
Seychelles President Danny Faure makes the first-ever live speech from a submersible, pleading for better marine protection, 2019
Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York stock exchange, 2021
The Juice satellite launches on an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, part of the European Space Agency's mission to Jupiter's moons, 2023
British Columbia signs the historic Gaayhllxid • Gíhlagalgang “Rising Tide” agreement, which recognizes Haida Gwaii's Aboriginal title over more than 200 islands off Canada’s west coast, 2024
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ReplyDeleteAnd I love the punchline to your poem.
Thank you for the inspiring posters; and your poem. God bless, Mimi. Happy Easter.
ReplyDeleteGreat Monday sparks. And would you look at that Lulu and Jack, those are both beautiful dogs.
ReplyDeletePuppy kisses are the cutest, Lulu and Jack are the cutest couple xxx
ReplyDeleteAwww on the puppy kisses. Such precious shots.
ReplyDeleteLove all the Sparks. Spot on. So is the poem.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
Oh great photos of Lulu and Jack ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteGreat sparks too ~ thanks,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)
You have the Happy Tuesday linky on this post not the Awww Mondays linky. Hugs. ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this outstanding post, Dearie, Lulu and Jack are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for hosting, as well!
Sending hugs across the many miles
X Daniela
Lulu and Jack are so sweet.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like love between those two, how nice for them. Every day and really every minute is a new opportunity, never give up.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet ussies. Great sparks and fun poem. XO
ReplyDeleteGreat poem! and now I know what a Novena is.
ReplyDeletethis post is very educational...when you mentioned valentines day and white day, i thought you were making a racially charged joke about a holiday called black day, which led me to google 'black day south korea' and now i know how all three holidays are celebrated in east asia
ReplyDeleteWell we think that not only makes a great ussie but a really cute Awww Monday moment.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Lulu: "Kissers gotta kiss. It's a dog thing!"
ReplyDeletePerfect awwws! Great poem - Kleptomaniacs Anonymous, whatever next?!!
ReplyDeleteLulu and jack love eachother so much!
ReplyDeleteI had some loud giggles at those funnies and the 'sparks'were great, too.