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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 arrived yesterday at Becca's and found Mr. Cal had been given a grooming right as the coldest part of our year is starting! He looked like a shorn sheep, but he was still game to go on a walk and the sniffing continued unabated.
He was shivering a little and held a pretty steady pace to just keep going by the time we got back home, but we kept it rather short and he had a good time.
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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!
(It's sort of poem, sort of story, all of it silly.)
The peasant's house was noisy
with no peace, for it was always full,
with parents, grandparents, and kids
in the din there was never a lull.
There was talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, all day and night, each day and night!
He went to the village wise man
to get his sage advice,
the wise man listened carefully,
nodding his head once or twice.
And the peasant said: There is talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, all day and night, each day and night!
"I know just how to help you,"
the wise man did then say,
"so you follow my steps exactly,
and from none of it stray.
"Go home and get your horse,
and also your dairy cow,
bring them in the house,
and leave them there for now."
The peasant headed home
his noggin in a whirl
but he did as the wise man said,
not wanting to be a churl.
Now, there was talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, and neighing, and mooing, all day and night, each day and night!
The peasant was not understanding,
how this helped him in the least,
the noise was not brought down,
instead it had been increased.
He went back to the wise man
to tell him of the trouble,
"Wise man, you have to help me,
the noise now seems to be double.
"Now, there is talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, and neighing, and mooing, all day and night, each day and night!"
The wise man's next words
left the peasant without speech,
he wondered if the wise man
had overstepped his reach.
"Bring your sheep and goats,
and put them in the house, too,
remember you have promised,
to do what I tell you."
The peasant walked away
as one in a daze,
but he knew everyone in the village
always does as the wise man says.
Now, there was talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, and neighing, and mooing, and bleating, and baaing, all day and night, each day and night!
The peasant's ears were ringing,
the noise was getting worse,
he wondered if the wise man
was putting him under a curse.
He went back to the wise man
and this time he pointed out,
"It's so I can't talk to my wife
unless I really shout!
"Now, there is talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, and neighing, and mooing, and bleating, and baaing, all day and night, each day and night!"
The wise man once more stunned him
with advice which seemed designed
as if it wasn't a wise man's,
but from a deranged mind.
"Bring your pigs in the house,
and the rooster, hens and chicks."
The peasant was quite tempted
to give the wise man kicks!
Instead he did as he was bid,
into the house they all came,
although his wife wasn't happy,
she said the mess was a shame.
Now, there was talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, and neighing, and mooing, and bleating, and baaing, and oinking, and clucking, and cheeping, and even crowing, all day and night, each day and night!
The peasant was going wild,
this whole thing had to stop,
he went running to the wise man
and at his feet did flop.
"Please, wise man, it's awful!
I cannot hear myself think!
I've done just as you told me,
not from one thing did I shrink!
"Now, there is talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, and neighing, and mooing, and bleating, and baaing, and oinking, and clucking, and cheeping, and even crowing, all day and night, each day and night!
The wise man smiled quite big,
and said, "Go take the animals out!"
The peasant returned home quickly
and obeyed without a pout.
So, was his house now quiet?
After he completed that task?
Well, if you talk to the peasant,
and you happen him to ask,
he will now say, "There is talking, and singing, and playing, and laughing, and crying, and shouting, and snoring, all day and night, each day and night! But, there is no neighing, and mooing, and bleating, and baaing, and oinking, and clucking, and cheeping, and even crowing, and it's peace and quiet enough for me!"
Future themes are:
December 8 Peace (Today!)
December 15 Coconuts
December 22 Fungi
December 29 Sitting on Old Chairs
January 5 ???
(All themes are from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and Other Arts Facebook group.)
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Today is:
Battle Day -- Falkland Islands
Be Someone's Pillow While You Watch TV Night -- a good idea, i guess, especially if it is cold
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) -- Buddhism (especially among Zen Buddhists, and in Japan, a celebration of the Buddha's enlightenment)
CARICOM-Cuba Day
Constitution Day -- Northern Mariana Islands; Romania; Uzbekistan(Konstitutsiya Kuni)
Dia de las Playas -- Uruguay (Day of the Beaches, a/k/a Family Day or Blessing of the Waters Day; official opening day of beach season, marked with a ceremonial blessing by a priest, as well as sailing regattas, horse races, and more)
Dita Kombetare e Rinise -- Albania (National Youth Day)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception -- Roman Catholic Holy Day of Obligation; recognized holiday in Andorra; Argentina; Austria; Chile; Columbia; East Timor; Equatorial Guinea(Patrona de Guinea Ecuatorial); Holy See(Vatican City); Italy; Liechtenstein; Macau; Malta; Monaco; Nicaragua(Fiesta de la Griteria); Paraguay; Peru; Portugal; San Marino; Seychelles; Spain; Switzerland; special observances
Dia de las Playas -- Uruguay (Day of the Beaches, a/k/a Family Day or Blessing of the Waters Day; official opening day of beach season, marked with a ceremonial blessing by a priest, as well as sailing regattas, horse races, and more)
Festa da Conceição da Praia -- Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (syncretic celebration of Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean and the Immaculate Conception)
Festival of Lights -- Lyon
Festival of Tiberinus -- Ancient Roman Empire (guardian of the Tiber River)
King Tupou I Day -- Tonga
Mother's Day -- Panama
National Chocolate Brownie Day
National Students' Day -- Bulgaria (studentski praznik)
National Tree Planting Day -- Malawi
Popeye Day -- birth anniversary of his creator, Elzie Crisler Segar
Pretend to Be A Time Traveler Day -- although some sites say this day was actually cancelled in 2015, others suggest dressing up as if you are from a dystopian future and running up to people, asking them what year it is, when they answer say, "Then there's still time!" and dash off. Just don't get arrested if you try it at home, okay?
Santa Marian Kamelen -- Guam (Our Lady of Camarin Day)
St. Kliment Ohirdski -- Macedonia (St. Clement of Ohrid's Day)
Take It In the Ear Day -- a bizarre and unexplainable internet generated holiday; and by the way, your ENT will tell you not to put anything in your ear that is smaller than your elbow
Virgin de Caacupe -- Paraguay (Nuestra Senora de Caacupe/Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupe, patroness of Paraguay)
Winter Flowers Day -- internet generated, a day to find and enjoy whatever flowers are still blooming right now
Anniversary Today:
American Federation of Labor founded, 1886
Birthdays Today:
Ian Somerhalder, 1978
Dominic Monaghan, 1976
Sinead O'Connor, 1966
Teri Hatcher, 1964
Ann Coulter, 1961
Kim Basinger, 1953
Sam Kinison, 1953
Gregg Allman, 1947
Mary Woronov, 1946
Jim Morrison, 1943
"Red" Berenson, 1941
James Galway, 1939
James MacArthur, 1937
David Carradine, 1936
Flip Wilson, 1933
Maximilian Schell, 1930
Sammy Davis, Jr. 1925
Richard Fleischer, 1916
Lee J. Cobb, 1911
James Thurber, 1894
Elzie Crisler Segar, 1894
Diego Rivera, 1886
Jean Sibelius, 1865
William C. "Billy" Durant, 1861
Eli Whitney, 1765
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Roman writer, BC65
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"(Musical), 1949
"Green Grow the Lilacs"(Musical; precursor to "Oklahoma"), 1930
Today in History
Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi, 1326
Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe, 1609
The Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco, 1659
Margaret Hughes becomes the first actress to appear on an English public stage, playing the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello, 1660
Vienna's Ring Theater is destroyed by fire, killing over 600, 1881
The American Federation of Labor is formed by 26 individual craft unions, and Samuel Gompers is elected its first president, 1886
The Japanese military police launch a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, 1935
The Chinese Nationalist government moves from mainland China to Formosa, 1949
John Lennon is murdered, 1980
The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States, 1991
The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations, 2004
Kirsty Williams is elected the first female leader of a political party in Wales, the Welsh Liberal Democrats, 2008
With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft, 2010
Japan's Government apologizes to Canada for the treatment of its POWs during WWII, 2011
Egyptian President Morsi agrees to not expand his powers but declares the referendums on a new constitution will be enacted, 2012
In Kiev, Russia, protestors topple the last surviving monument to Lenin, 2013
The Vienna State Opera stages its first show by a female composer, Olga Neuwirth’s “Orlando,” 2019
Sanna Marin becomes Finland's youngest-ever Prime Minister at the age of 34, 2019
UN investigation in the DR Congo finds 131 people were massacred in November by the M23 rebel group, 2022
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