Doctor, Doctor (Cajun Joke), Sunday Selections, and Sunday Selfie

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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's doctor came to see her.  Yes, Grandma has one of the best doctors, she makes house calls.

When Aline done be little, she come home from de school one day an' say, "Mère, Gaston axed me to play 'doctor' at playtime."

An' Clothile she be in de shock!  She say, "You don' be suppose play dat!  What happen?"

An' Aline say, "He done make me wait 45 minute, den he double bill de insurance!"

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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.  Our friend River is hosting, and other participants often include Charlotte/Mother Owl, Andrew, and WiseWebWoman.  

Things run at such a pace, it feels as if i am scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Ms. D had this, not sure how accurate it is.

During summer break from Sunday school, the knights were holding signs.
This one is, "Behold what manner of love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called sons of God." I John 3:1

This sign completes the verse, "And so we are!" and tells everyone Sunday school will be back August 9.

A photo of Link Linker the Stinker asleep on his favorite chair.

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This week, Mr. Parakeet wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.  

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Today is:

Betty Boop Day -- she debuted in "Dizzy Dishes" on this day in 1930

Book Lover's Day -- internet generated, but if you love books, go sit under a shady tree with a cool drink and indulge!

Clean Out the Kitchen Cupboards Day -- because someone, somewhere, thought it would be a good day to remind us to get rid of the junk in there we haven't seen since last year

Dag der Inheemsen -- Suriname (Indigenous People's Day)

Don't Wait, Celebrate! Week -- 2nd full week of August each year; because spontaneous and frequent celebrations are good for you, says Patty Sachs 

Elvis Week -- Memphis, TN, US (celebrating The King of Rock 'n Roll with lots of special events; through the 16th)

Fathers' Day -- Brazil; Samoa (a public holiday in Samoa, with a day off tomorrow)

Festival for Sol -- Ancient Roman Calendar

Independence Day / National Day -- Singapore(1965)

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples -- UN

Jesse Owens Day -- the day he became the first American to win 4 gold medals

Joust of the Quintana -- Ascoli Piceno, Italy (reenactment of a medieval jousting tournament)

Melon Day -- Turkmenistan (the country that really loves its muskmelons)

Nagasaki Day / Moment of Silence -- Japan

National Hand Holding Day -- sponsored by Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith of Chicago

National Peacekeepers Day -- Canada (obs. on Sunday closest to the 9th)

National Rice Pudding Day

National Women's Day -- South Africa

Remembrance for Radbod, King of the Frisians -- Asatru/Norse Pagan

Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross' Day (born Edith Stein, killed at Auschwitz; Co-Patron of Europe; Patron of converts, martyrs, those who have lost their parents, World Youth Day)

Smokey the Bear Day -- Smokey first appeared on a U.S. Forest Service poster on this day in 1944

Veep Day -- US (commemoration of the day in 1974 Richard Nixon's resignation let Gerald Ford succeed to the presidency)

Yosakoi Matsuri -- Kochi City, Japan (over 100 groups come up with their own Bon dance and costume and have dance competitions in the streets, through the 12th)

Anniversaries Today:

Coronation of Albert II of Belgium, 1993

Birthdays Today:

Audrey Tautou,1976

Eric Bana, 1968

Gillian Anderson, 1968

Delon Sanders, 1967

Hoda Kotb, 1964

Whitney Houston, 1963

Michael Kors, 1959

Amanda Bearse, 1958

Melanie Griffith, 1957

Sam Elliot, 1944

David Steinberg, 1942

Robert Joseph (Bob) Cousy, 1928

P.L. Travers, 1899

Joseph Locke, 1805

Amedeo Avogadro, 1776

John Dryden, 1631

Izaak Walton, 1593

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Béatrice et Bénédict (Beatrice and Benedick)"(Berlioz Opera Comique), 1862

Walden(Thoreau, publication date), 1854

Today in History:

Battle of Pharsalus, in which Julius Caesar defeated Pompey, who fled to Egypt, BC 40

Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta, 681

Start of construction of the Tower of Pisa, 1173*

Sistine Chapel opens, 1483

First horses arrive in Hawai'i, 1803

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains, 1842

Thoreau's Walden is published, 1854

Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph, 1892

Betty Boop makes her debut in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes, 1930

Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement, 1942

The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time, 1944

Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly, 1965

Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, 1974

Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history, 1988

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership, 1993

Tensions escalate between North and South Korea, when South Korea claims North Korea fired over 100 rounds of artillery into the Sea of Japan, 2010

David Rudisha of Kenya becomes the first athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics to set a new world track record and secures the 800m gold medal, while Usain Bolt becomes the first person to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back-to-back Olympics, 2012

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that humanity can only avoid catastrophic climate damage if all governments of the world act together quickly, 2021

Wildfires on the Hawaiian Island of Maui kill at least 97 and destroy the historic town of Lahaina, 2023

In the first ever breakdancing event at the Olympics, Ami Yuasa of Japan wins the B-Girls gold medal, 2024

*completed two hundred years later