Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Hubcaps and Gold Mining, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus 


The house was suspiciously dark when i arrived and Carl confirmed when i got in he did not have work.


I hunted up his schedule, and he will work Thursday, when i go back to clean the house, and next Monday when i'm back in his room.


Meanwhile, i checked the clothes in the dryer, damp but smelling clean, so finish drying them.


A quick run through the kitchen turned up his apron.




It's the first time he's left it here, but there's a first time for everything, right?


Once he was ensconced in his sleep chair, i walked into his room to this.




Apparently his mother is tired of the hubcap being in the back hall, and it landed on the chair.  I moved it to a more out of the way location, otherwise the chair is probably where it would have stayed until time immemorial.  Why the mallet i have no clue, and his mother's apron spends as much time in his room as it does on her because he keeps forgetting where he put his.


The cleaning went on apace and i found he is still getting his corn pads everywhere.



I noticed he didn't have his wallet or keys in the hat where they belong, but they turned up.



Always check whatever pants he had on yesterday, it generally does the trick.


That's also where i found the other slipper.



It was quite tightly tucked into the pants leg, i am guessing taking it off first is too much trouble, although i can see how it would make getting the pants all the way off difficult, too.


When i was about halfway done with cleaning, he came in to brush his teeth and stayed to catch me up on his weekend for a moment.


He started by telling me played something which sounded like "road blocks."  Then he added, "I was panning for gold!  It's fun."


Next was about crafting something, which he loves to do, and then back to a computer game, "That stuff will kill you!"


I am guessing he means kill your character on the game somehow, at least i hope so.


He continued to talk about how he'd been at the church for an event and they had characters and scripts and, "You got to choose who you wanted to be!"  I'm guessing he means an event for the special needs Sunday school class at the church.  He seems to have enjoyed it.


"Although," he added as an afterthought, "they only had 5 slots."


What that meant is anyone's guess.


"Also, I found a secret site!" he laughed.  I hope you enjoyed it, i told him and he said he did.


He then decamped to go back to sleep, and later got up for about one minute but was back in the chair before i could ask if he needed anything.


I hope he enjoyed it, he has to work today.


How about some funnies?
















Have a blessed and beautiful day, everyone!






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Today is:


Al-Yaom Al-Watany -- Saudi Arabia (National Day/Founding of the Kingdom)


Augustalia -- Roman Empire (birthday of Caesar Augustus, still the traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and in the Eastern Orthodox Church)


Checkers Day/Dogs in Politics Day -- thanks to Mr. Nixon; and i'm tempted to further comment, but this one is too easy


Citua -- Ancient Inca Empire (feast to the Moon, and to banish disease, in the month of Coyaraimi, date approximate)


El Grito de Lares -- Lares, Puerto Rico (anniversary of the first uprising against Spanish rule in 1868)


Innergize Day -- the day to take time for yourself! always on the day after the equinox, so usually either the 23rd or 24th, depending on where you live


International Restless Legs Syndrome Awareness Day -- on the birth anniversary of Professor Karl-Axel Ekborn, the neurologist who first described it


National Great American Pot Pie Day


National Voter Registration Day -- US (Celebrating Democracy in America)


Neptune Day -- planet discovered this day in 1846 by Johann Galle of Germany


Rosh Hashanah -- Judaism (began last night at sundown, through tomorrow at sundown)


St. Adamnan's Day (Patron of Donegal, Ireland; Raphoe, Ireland)


St. Padre Pio's Day


Thrue Bab -- Bhutan (Blessed Rainy Day)


Woman Road Warrior Day -- to recognize the traveling businesswomen in today's world



Anniversaries Today:


The University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded, 1908



Birthdays Today:


Anthony Mackie, 1979

Ani DiFranco, 1970

Elizabeth Pena, 1961

Jason Alexander, 1959

Bruce Springsteen, 1949

Mary Kay Place, 1947

Paul Petersen, 1945

Julio Iglesias, 1943

Tom Lester, 1938

Ray Charles, 1930

John Coltrane, 1926

Mickey Rooney, 1920

Walter Pidgeon, 1897

Friedrich Paulus, 1890

Walter Lippman, 1889

Victoria Woodhull, 1838

William H. McGuffey, 1800

Kublai Khan, 1215

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, BC63

Euripides, BC480



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Marcus Welby, M.D."(TV), 1969

"The Jetsons"(TV), 1962

"Threni: id est Lamentatines Jeremiae Prophetae"(Stravinsky dodecaphonic work), 1958



Today in History:


Concord of Worms, 1122

The first major battle of the Wars of the Roses, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire, 1459

First commencement exercises of Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., 1642

Liechtenstein declares its independence from the German Empire, 1719

John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats the HMS Serepis, 1779

Lewis and Clark arrive back in St. Louis from their explorations, 1806

The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York, 1845

Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams, 1846

Nintendo Koppai, later known as Nintendo Company, Limited, is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi; it produces and markets the playing card game Hanafuda, 1889

The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantome de l'Opera), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, was first published, 1909

The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait, 1959

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law, 1972

Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina, 1973

Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations, 1983

Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm; some passengers only receive minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas's history, 1991

The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released, 2002

Hurricane Jeanne strikes Haiti and leaves at least 1,070 dead, 2004

Researchers announce the identification of four genetically different types of breast cancer, 2012

Japan's space agency becomes the first to place two robotic explorers on an asteroid, Ryugu, from its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft, 2018

The 178-year-old British travel company Thomas Cook goes into liquidation, stranding 600,000 travelers worldwide, prompting largest postwar repatriation effort by UK government, 2019

Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previously thought, 2021

Monday, September 22, 2025

Reading is Most Important (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week and Poetry Monday, Kitchen

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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!


Little Annie knows reading is very important.









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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 Kitchen.                       


First, my favorite couplet about the topic, not something i wrote:


No matter where I serve my guest,

it seems they like my kitchen best!


It's true, no matter what, everyone seems to congregate in the kitchen, the heart of the home.  On this same theme:


I can polish up the silver

get the good china out, too,

use all my best linens in the

formal dining room for you,

but no matter who you are,

an old friend, or new to me,

sitting in my kitchen with a cup

seems your favorite place to be!


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I spilled ice in the kitchen,

but don't worry about it a smidge,

it's been kicked out of sight and now

it's just water under the fridge.


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Future themes are:


September 22 Kitchen (Today!)

September 29 Snuggles

October 6 Water

October 13 Contrast

October 20 Side Profile of a Person


(All themes are from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and Other Arts Facebook group.)


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Today is the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the Spring Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, at exactly 18:19 UTC,(2:19pm EDT).


The equinox has a good many rituals and observances around the world:


     Mabon -- Wicca/Pagan Northern Hemisphere

     Ostara -- Wicca/Pagan Southern Hemisphere

     Alban Elfed -- Celtic Winter Finding

     Chuseok -- Korean harvest festival (high point of the festival)

     Feast of Carpo -- Greek Horae, goddess of autumn

     Kukulcan Snake God Celebration -- Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico (the snake appears at the equinox, a time to honor this Mayan god)

     Festival of the Sea Goddess -- Eskimo

     Higan -- Japan

     Mabon/Fallfest -- Asatru/Norse Pagan (harvest festival, time to make wine and mead for the next winter)

     Oenach Carman -- Ancient Celtic Calendar

     Sendai Great Tug-of-War -- Sendai, Japan (festival on the equinox that dates back over 400 years)    

     Svarog's Holiday -- Slavic Pagan Calendar/Asatru (day to drink mead in honor of Svarog, god of fire and the sky)


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



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Today is:


Aizu Byakko Matsuri -- Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima, Japan (ceremonial recreation of a march to war in 1868; through the 24th)


American Business Women's Day -- US (anniversary of the founding of the American Business Women's Association)


Boidromia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate; honor Apollon as god of rescue during war)


Canterbury South Provincial Anniversary Day -- Canterbury South, New Zealand


Coya Raymi -- Inca Native Americans (festival to honor Moon Goddess Quilla, with a focus on purging sickness and evil; through tomorrow, dates approximate)


Dear Diary Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays; get it down on paper!


Dominion Day -- New Zealand (Obs.)


Elephant Appreciation Day -- sponsored by "Elefunteria" 


Fairtrade Fortnight begins -- UK (a chance to get involved in making sure farmers in developing countries have fair wages and good working conditions)   


Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children(TM) -- US (sponsored by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, encouraging everyone to have a meal with the family, because all the studies show it's good for you!) 


Feast of Mikeli -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (harvest celebration; through the 24th)


Ghatasthapana Dashain Festival-- Nepal (start of a nine day Hindu festival, the longest and most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar)


Hobbit Day -- Bilbo's and Frodo's Birth anniversary


Ice Cream Cone Day -- Italo Marchiony applied for a patent for an ice cream cone mold on this day in 1903


Independence Day -- Bulgaria(1908); Mali(1960)


International Day of Radiant Peace  


National Centenarians Day -- US


National White Chocolate Day


Navaratri Dussehra -- Hindu (nine day Festival of Durga, wife of Shiva; local dates of observance may vary)


OneWebDay


Organ Donation Week begins -- UK (join the organ donor registry, when you don't need your parts any more, someone else will!) 


Princess Martha Louise's Birthday -- Norway (an official flag day)


Ritual of the Netjers of the Two Lands (Upper and Lower Egypt) -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Rosh Hashanah -- Judaism (begins this evening; through the evening of the 24th)


St. Maurice's Day (Patron of armies, cloth dyers, cloth makers, infantrymen, soldiers, swordsmiths, weavers; Austria; Manresa, Spain; Pianello Val Tidone, Italy; Piedmont, Italy; Sardinia; Stadtsulza, Germany; Pontifical Swiss Guards; against cramps and gout)


World Car Free Day -- UN (encouraging all of us to go car free for a day, and see the world from a different perspective) began as:  Car-Free Day 



Birthdays Today:


Billie Piper, 1982

Ronaldo, 1976

Bonnie Hunt, 1964

Catherine Oxenberg, 1961

Scott Baio, 1961

Joan Jett, 1960

Andrea Bocelli, 1958

Debby Boone, 1956

Shari Belafonte, 1954

Arthur O. Sulzberger, 1951

Paul Le Mat, 1945

Junko Tabel, 1939 (first woman to summit Everest)

Tommy Lasorda, 1927

John Houseman, 1902

Michael Faraday, 1791

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1694(O.S. Date)



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Friends"(TV), 1994

"Family Ties"(TV), 1982

"Charlie's Angels"(TV), 1976

"A Delicate Balance"(Play), 1966

"Fiddler on the Roof"(Musical), 1964

"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."(TV), 1964

"Maverick"(TV), 1957



Today in History:


Legion I Italica is created by Emperor Nero, 66

Switzerland becomes an independent state, 1499

The General Provincial Court at Patuxent, MD, US, empanels the first all female jury in the colonies to try the case of a woman accused of murdering her child, 1656

A final 8 people are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Mass., 1692

Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution, 1776

Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska, 1784

City of Des Moines, Iowa, is incorporated as Fort Des Moines, 1851

Abraham Lincoln, by executive proclamation, declares that the slaves in the rebelling states shall become free on Jan. 1 of the upcoming year, 1862

Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich, 1869

The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published, 1888

Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather, King George III, as the longest reigning monarch in British history, 1895

Italo Marchiony granted a patent for an ice cream cone, 1903

The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain, 1910

Ralph J. Bunche becomes the first black winner of the Nobel Peace Price, 1950

The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library, 1991

David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon, 2003

CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light, 2011

NASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars, 2014

The WHO warns that urgent action is needed against air pollution as it is on par with smoking and poor diet in causing premature deaths, 2021

China's Hefei Institutes of Physical Science creates a magnet so strong its magnetic field is 800,000 times stronger than the Earth's own magnetic field, 2024