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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, Keith, Catsynth, and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts to encourage us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.
The prompts this month will again be posted by Elephant's Child and are provided by Charlotte (MotherOwl)
This week's prompts are:
- Sort
- Pollution
- Crooked
- Learned
- Wanting
- Industry
And/or
- Education
- Colour
- Withdraw
- Coach
- Bellow
- Cat
Please note the original list had the final word as "bellowcat." I am treating this as two words, if Charlotte meant for it to be one word, i apologize but i could not think of a way to use it.
An additional prompt from Charlotte (MotherOwl) is to use her colour of the month in your take on the prompts. In honor of how much we all love to write, this month's color is Writing Pleasure Purple.
Have fun
"CAT!"
"You BELLOWed, COACH?"
"First, I don't bellow and second, quit calling me that or I will WITHDRAW from working with you on this project...wait a minute, what COLOUR is is that folder you're trying to hand me!"
"Like it? It's my favorite, I call it 'Writing Pleasure Purple.'"
"Let's just say it's times like this when I have to ask myself why I went into the EDUCTION INDUSTRY."
"Are you WANTING to back out of our deal?"
"What's our deal again? I might want to think about it."
"You need for me to drill you for the test you will take for your credentialing credits, which you need before the end of the year if you want to have a job first semester next year. And by the time we finish working on the material in this folder together, I will have LEARNED a new teaching method for the science units I have to do this year, since this crazy new CROOKED superintendent of schools has decided to add an extra unit on methods of cleaning up POLLUTION, like he cares about it."
"SORT of makes you wish you could go back and get a different degree, doesn't it."
"Sometimes. But one thing I don't wish."
"What's that?"
"I never wish I hadn't met you. Being friends with you is one of the best parts of working at this school, even if you do bellow."
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Today is:
Call of the Horizon Day -- can't find any history on this one, but if the idea of following your dreams over the Horizon has ever called you, take the time to follow today!
Constitution Day -- Australia; Palau
Constitutionalist Revolution Day -- São Paulo, Brazil
Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Omelet Day
Feast of Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Patron of Colombia; the Venezuelan National Guard)
Independence Day -- Argentina(1816); South Sudan
Martyrdom of the Bab -- Baha'i
Muffler Appreciation Day -- if you've ever had a loud vehicle, you will understand why someone started this one
National Sugar Cookie Day -- what could be simpler or more versatile? make them plain or make them fancy, but be sure you make enough!
Nunavut Day -- NU, Canada
Offerings to Heru and Amun -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (day Heru hears prayers in the presense of the Netjers; date approximate)
Shiman Rokusen-nichi -- Sensou-ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo (Day of 46,000; a visit to the temple on this day through tomorrow credits you the same as visiting 46,000 times on ordinary days)
St. Mary Hermina Grivot's Day (Patron of martyrs)
Anniversary Today:
Steven Cauble marries Lisa Whelchel, 1988
Birthdays Today
Mitchel Musso, 1991
Kiely Williams, 1986
Fred Savage, 1976
Jack White, 1975
Courtney Love, 1964
Kelly McGillis, 1957
Tom Hanks, 1956
Fred Norris, 1955
Jimmy Smits, 1955
Margaret Gillis, 1953
John Tesh, 1952
Chris Cooper, 1951
Mitch Mitchell, 1947
O.J. Simpson, 1947
Richard Roundtree, 1942
Brian Dennehy, 1938
David Hockney, 1937
Vince Edwards, 1928
Ed Ames, 1927
Mathilde Krim, 1926
Ottorino Respighi, 1879
Elias Howe, 1819
Anne Ward Radcliffe, 1764
Today in History
Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire, 455
Henry VIII annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves (his 4th wife), 1540
In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution, 1789
The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited, 1793
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law, 1868
In Provident Hospital on Chicago’s South Side, black surgeon Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery, 1893
Queen Victoria gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government, 1900
Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier', 1922
The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London, 1955
In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, 1962
Margaret Thatcher begins her second term as British prime minster, 1982
South Africa is readmitted into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion, 1991
The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2002
South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan, 2011
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaims victory over the Islamic State forces in Mosul, 2017
Thai amateur golfer Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest ever winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months & 19 days at the Ladies European Thailand Championship, 2017
US coffee company Starbucks announces it will stop using plastic straws by 2020, reducing use of more than 1 billion straws a year, 2018
Archaeological evidence from shale rock in Taoudeni basin, Mauritania, seems to indicate that 1.1billion-year-old bacteria produced the world's first biological color, a bright pink, 2018
Death Valley, California, records a temperature of 130 degrees F (54.4 C), one of the highest temperatures ever on Earth, 2021
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese economic leaders end two days of talks in Beijing, 2023
Ariane 6, the European Space Agency's new heavy-lift rocket, blasts off from French Guiana, 2024
I lover your telling about the day
ReplyDeleteYou used the words very well, I'm still staring at them and wondering. Annie is cute.
ReplyDeleteShe is very cute. Great use of those words.
ReplyDeleteLittle kids and pets are the same. You buy toys for the puppy but they prefer to steal your socks and chew them up. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteThat thing about looking at photos that you and Ellen post about your granddaughter and her nieces, is that I get to enjoy seeing colorful toys. They bring cheer to me and remind me of what childhood was like.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true about children. They play with boxes too! I bet most everyone would look at "bellowcat" and wonder what do with it. You did well!
ReplyDeleteIt's always hilarious to see what common objects kids gravitate to, even when they have all the toys in the world.
ReplyDeleteShe is adorable ~ and so classic with children ~ my son used to get into the cabinets and play with the pots and pan ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
an artist reflects
Kids are like kitties. You can buy all kinds of toys, but they will play with something not a toy. What a cutie pie.
ReplyDeleteLove your use of the prompts. A good friend is a precious thing.
Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
Com sempre, ben utilitzats els mots.
ReplyDeleteEt volia demanar un favor, pots posar un traductor al teu blog?
Gràcies, mimi!
Ha - Mom says when her kids were babies, and then the grands as well, the pots and pans in the cabinet and some wooden spoons were always a bigger hit than all the toys they had scattered everywhere.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Adorable photo of Annie and sweet story. XO
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet little Annie! That was a good story using all those words!
ReplyDeleteAww, Annie's so cute! I suppose that's akin to buying a new cat tree for a cat, and having them decide to sleep in the box instead. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the prompts, and we like that there's a Muffler Appreciation Day. Who knew?
Annie is so cute. The tube is a different object and that could be what attracts. I like your story on the bellow character.
ReplyDeleteAwww...very cute picture!
ReplyDeleteA lovely story and a cute Annie pic! Delightful.
ReplyDeleteKeith's Ramblings
DeleteGood story! I hope they both learn.
ReplyDeleteAll your eggs in one omelet, no way I could do that - or at least I'd need a humongous frying pan and a house full of hungry guests, as we have laying hens givin 5 eggs a day. Over the weekend many are gifted and baked into cakes for visiting family.
Toddlers and their obsessions with not-toys are so fun.
Charlee: "A girl's got to lay in supplies, it's only sensible!"
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