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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.
Yesterday Grandma didn't feel like getting out of bed for lunch, so she didn't. We brought her hamburger sliders and pickles to her. When she was done, she looked at me and said, "I need chocolate pudding!"
I grinned and headed toward the kitchen to grab her a pudding cup from the fridge and before i could get all of the way out of the room she called, "I need two!" What can i say, she has a sweet tooth.
Boudreaux be at work an' he seem ver' glum. Thibodeaux done ax him what be de matter an' he say, "It be my birt'day."
An' Thibodeaux say, "Den dis shoulda been a happy day an' why you be's lookin' so sad?"
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, Clothile done say she not be goin' make me a cake. I feels so dessert-ed!"
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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.
While we figure out how to save my photos off of my regular phone and get me a working one, i am using the spare, which is very cheap. The photos are those i've taken since i started having to use it exclusively. We get what we get and we don't get upset.
Of course, Blogger reordered them, and yes, i did manage to capture a cute bumble bee in a couple of them.
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This week, Jack wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.
Jack asks you to please excuse the photo quality, again, the phone being used is rather awful and he didn't want to leave the dark, cool room where he was resting from the heat.
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Today is:
Autonomy Day -- French Polynesia
Camera Day -- internet generated, but a fun one to celebrate
Descendant's Day -- on the final Sunday of June each year, an encouragement for all the world's citizens to take an accounting of their activities during the prior year and how those will affect those who come after us
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul -- Christian
St. Paul, Patron of Greece, Malta, rope makers, tentmakers, upholsterers
St. Peter, Patron of clockmakers, fishermen, Russia; against fever, foot trouble, wolves
a recognized holiday in Chile; Holy See; Italy; Malta[l-Imnarja]; Peru; GR and TI, Switzerland; Wallis and Fortuna
Haro Wine Festival -- Haro, LaRioja, Spain (a festival that includes a Battle of Wines, where wine is thrown from buckets at opposing teams; on the feast day of the city's patron, San Pedro)
Rat-Catcher's Day -- often cited because some of the earliest legends of the Pied Piper claim he took the children on the Feast Day of Sts. Peter and Paul
Hug Holiday -- while the National Hug Holiday Week has been moved to the beginning of May, this is the original day, and was for quite a while, so go give someone who is willing a big hug!
Independence Day -- Seychelles
Log Cabin Day -- The Log Cabin Society, dedicated to preserving log cabins and the old fashioned ways of life; many places that have historic log cabins plan big events the last Sunday in June to celebrate
Mother's Day -- Kenya
National Almond Butter Crunch Day
Oharai/Grand Purification Festival -- Shinto
Runic Half-month Feoh (wealth) commences
Waffle Iron Day -- don't know why today, but it's a great gadget, and if you have one, pull it out and use it today
Birthdays Today:
Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark, 2008
Amanda Donohoe, 1962
Sharon Lawrence, 1962
Fred Grandy, 1948
Richard Lewis, 1947
Gary Busey, 1944
Robert Evans, 1930
Ray Harryhausen, 1920
Slim Pickens, 1919
Bernard Herrmann, 1911
Nelson Eddy, 1901
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1900
James Van Der Zee, 1886
William James Mayo, 1863
George Washington Goethals, 1858
Julia Clifford Lathrop, 1858
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Moonraker(Film), 1979
Today in History:
An Irish monastic chronicler records a solar eclipse, 512
Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island, 1534
The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground, 1613
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario, 1786
Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island, 1850
Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec, 1864
France annexes Tahiti, 1880
The first known recording of classical music, Handel's "Israel in Egypt", is made on a wax cylinder, 1888
Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation, 1891
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government, 1895
France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes," 1922
Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives a patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles, 1937
Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, 1974
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom, 1976
The space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir Space Station for the first time, 1995
Two car bombs are found at Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London, 2007
News that European Union members agree on a deal to help some struggling Eurozone members causes world stock markets to soar, 2012
The Beijing Times reports that up to 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared, partly due to natural forces of decay and partly due to people stealing bricks, 2015
Iraqi forces retake the remains of the destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri from the Islamic State; it was the symbolic site where their leader had declared a "caliphate", 2017
Lytton, British Columbia, records Canada's highest-ever temperature of 49.6C (121.3F), before being destroyed by a wildfire the next day, 2021
Earth records its shortest day since scientists began using atomic clocks to measure its rotational speed, concluding one spin in 1.59 milliseconds less than the standard 24 hours, 2022
In a 6-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court finds race-based admissions programs used to increase diversity are illegal under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, 2023
Frangipani! I love those sweet flowers. There are several trees around here a couple of blocks away and more in other suburbs. You might know them by another name which I can't recall just now. We don't have bumble bees.
ReplyDeletePlumeria, I had to look it up.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers. Thanx Mimi. God bless.
ReplyDeleteHope your mother is feeling okay. Chocolate pudding sounded like a good treat. Right now I'm putting the sugar water around for a hive of wild honey bees. Believe me do they drink it down fast.
ReplyDeleteJack is a fine-looking woofie!
ReplyDeleteAll the photos are great, whatever phone you used - clear and sharp!
Your photo is ok, Jack, I can see you fine. MUAH ha ha ha on deserted. love it. daddy was a 2 pudding 2 ice cream man, in his old age,
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, our Dada's Nana also had a sweet tooth! One of her mottos was, 'Eat dessert first'!"
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Hi there Jack! Stay frosty!"
jack yur selfeez still total lee pawsum N eye total lee get it, chillaxin in sum "shade"... N ya noe, it wood bee prette awesum ta livez ina log cabin....afturr de logz waz tripull cheked for term mitez !!!! heerz two a happee healthee safe week a head for ewe all...stay chillax ☺☺♥♥
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