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Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
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My Sweetie has a favorite small Italian eatery in the area around NOLA where we go to clean Grandma and Grandpa's house. He loves for us to order his favorite meals to go and pick them up on the way home Saturday afternoons so he can have it for supper that evening.
This past Saturday we pulled into the parking lot and saw something we hadn't seen there before. There's a senior housing center run by the Catholic Church nearby and someone else is obviously a fan of the small eatery as he was booking it across the parking lot on his mobility scooter.
I had to slow down when entering the parking lot as he was crossing in front of me, and by the time i got my camera out and on, he was well on his way to being at the building. Please excuse the shots, they were through the front glass of the car.
Driving straight to the handicapped ramp on the side of the building, he was up there and around to their door quick as a wink.
I was tickled to see he doesn't let his age or his different mode of transportation stop him doing whatever he wants to do, even if it's go out for lunch.
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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 Competition. http://krydderuglen.blogspot.com/
Two silkworms were competing
to make the most silk they did vie,
they got so carried away
it ended in a tie.
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Being a competitive eater?
Not appealing, even a bit,
gobbling food that way,
don't have the stomach for it.
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Competitive origami
wouldn't be a pleasure,
I'd have to give it up as
I tend to fold under pressure.
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Two artists who were not friends,
their feelings began to thaw
when both entered a competition
and it ended in a draw.
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If you called it a "who looks oldest" contest,
None would come, no desire to be a winner,
that's why you have to rename it
your high school reunion dinner.
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Future themes are:
May 5 Competition (Today!)
May 12 Shape
May 19 Stem
May 26 Lead
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Today is Cinco de Mayo, the Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla in Mexico (and an excuse to celebrate anyplace that beer brewers want to make a minor battle into a big deal to increase beer sales today!).
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Arbegnoch Qen -- Ethiopia (Patriots' Victory Day)
Arrival Day -- Guyana
Bevrijdingsday -- Netherlands(Liberation Day)
Bonza Bottler Day™
Buddha Day/Buddha's Birthday -- dates vary by country
Cartoonists Day -- celebrates the first color cartoon ever published, The Yellow Kid, on this day in 1895.
Children's Day -- Japan (Kodomo-no-hi); South Korea (Orininal)
Constitution Day -- Kyrgyzstan
Coronation Day -- Thailand (crowning of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950)
Day of Adoration of Anubis -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Europe Day -- Council of Europe
Halfway Point of Spring/Autumn
Hidirellez -- Turkey (arrival of spring and a religious holiday of the Alevi peoples, celebrating the meeting on Earth of the Prophets Al-Khidr and Elijah; begins this evening and goes through tomorrow)
International Day of the Midwife
Lusophone Culture Day -- Community of Portuguese-speaking countries
Melanoma Monday -- learn how to check yourself for skin cancer, and how to get someone else to check your back, the most common spot for melanoma
National Chocolate Custard Day
National Ferret Day -- UK (previously sponsored, but the link is no longer available)
National Hoagie Day
National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day 2024 -- US (you are only obligated to celebrate this if you love meetings, love to plan meetings, or have a meeting planner in your organization to humor)
Perfect Game Day -- Cy Young pitches baseballs first officially recorded perfect game on this day in 1904
Save Lives Clean your Hands Day -- WHO (the day gets its own web page)
School Bus Driver Appreciation Day -- US
Senior Citizens Day -- Palau
St. Judith's Day (Patron of Prussia)
Anniversary Today:
The American Medical Association is founded, 1847
Birthdays Today:
Harry Cavill, 1983
Danielle Fishel, 1981
Tina Yothers, 1973
Brian Williams, 1959
Richard E. Grant, 1957
Jean-Pierre Leaud, 1944
Lance Henriksen, 1943
Michael Palin, 1943
Tammy Wynette, 1942
Michael Murphy, 1938
Pat Carroll, 1927
Ann B. Davis, 1926
Alice Faye, 1915
Tyrone Power, 1913
James Beard, 1903
Nelly Bly, 1864
John Batterson Stetson, 1830
Karl Marx, 1818
Soren Kierkegaard, 1813
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Damn Yankees"(Play), 1955
Today in History:
Rebel barons begin a chain of events that leads to King John of England's eventual signing of the Magna Carta, 1215
Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire, 1260
Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany, 1430
Christopher Columbus lands at Jamaica and claims it for Spain, 1494
In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614, 1789
Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland, 1809
Mary Kies becomes the first woman issued a US patent, for a method of weaving, 1809
The American Bible Society organizes in NY, 1816
Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena, 1821
In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen, 1835
The American Medical Association forms in Philadelphia, 1847
Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla, 1862
The first train robbery in the US occurs in North Bend, Ohio, 1865
Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army, 1877
The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor, 1891
Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern baseball history, 1904
Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5, 1921
John T. Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee's Butler Act, 1925
West Germany gains full sovereignty, 1955
Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, 1961
Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27, 1981
The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army, 2006
Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis, 2010
Scientists announce the discovery of the oldest & most distant galaxy known to man, EGS-zs8-1, 2015
King Vajiralongkorn is crowned King of Thailand, 2019
Scientists publish findings of what is believed to be Africa's earliest known burial, a three-year-old boy, 78,000 years ago, in a cave in Kenya, 2021
I love your Poetry Monday poems. They are funny and cheerful.
ReplyDeleteMy poem is at https://artmater.com/poetry-mondays-may-5-2025/
Love your punny poems. That is an excellent advertisement for the food in that restaurant.
ReplyDeleteI like competitions. Especially if it is other people doing it.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I like your poems, they always make me smile - I wish I could write like that. The spunky grandpa is great. You go! is just the rigth words.
ReplyDeleteI do remember today as the day linked to the Magna Carta!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mimi dear, for such an interesting and enjoyable post.
Wishing you a lovely new week
Daniela
And the death of Napoleon, of course. Our Manzoni wrote his great poem "5 maggio 1821".
DeleteHugs to you!
Great Sparks for monday. And yes that man had a reason for scooting along. Good for him.
ReplyDeleteHappy Cinco de Mayo! Thank you for the wise quotes on competition. It was a rough weekend and these are just what we need to process and move on.
ReplyDeleteI always worry about people who get around on motorized scooters. They are easy targets to get ran over. I don't think they are nearly as defensive with their driving as they should be. The outcome will be a lot worse for them than the car driver. But, I agree it's good to see people getting around despite limitations in their mobility.
ReplyDeleteExcellent set of short poems, I like the first one - so cute!
Great photos of that brave man ~ Happy Cinco de Mayo to you ~ great post ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores, clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)
He's hungry and he knows where to go to get a great meal. Good for him.
ReplyDeleteLove all the Sparks and your take on competition. Well done as always.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
That must be some really good food for the man to be rushing to get there. We hope he was dining in or he might have some trouble balancing his meal on that scooter:)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
That fun dude was on a mission! Good Sparks and fun poems too!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the fellow on the scooter was able to accomplish his goal!
ReplyDeleteGood thing there was a handicap entrance. Great sparks and poems. :)
ReplyDeleteCompetition is a great theme. I liked your Sparks and poems.
ReplyDeleteWell done Scooterman! Love your poems, each and every one!
ReplyDeleteI was my turn to be anonymous today !
DeleteI love the poetry. I use to love to write poems. I may think about it but you are stellar. Love seeing your blog and missed so much while out with my surgery. Take care.
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Our Dada says nothing should stand in the way of getting good Italian food!"
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