Huge Amount of Time (Six Sentence Story), Good Fences, Sammy’s Poetry Day, and Brian’s Thankful Thursday, an A to Z Challenge Post

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Ms. G decided it was time for a run to her retirement property in the country to bring stuff up and do a few chores.

Thus it was time for the Ms. G style of relay race, wherein she fetches something and hands it to me for me to place in a holding spot; in other words, she passes it to me like a baton and instead of a person, i pass said item to a place.

Once we have passed everything to said spot, she chooses the place to which the items will then be placed in the car for transport.

Then it is time for me to relay each item back to her for said placement, and if she asks me to put something somewhere, i has best listen and understand and get it in the precise spot to which she has directed.

Once we arrive we reverse it, with her telling me which item to relay where, or to what holding spot, from whence it will be placed where she wants it.

If you think all this takes a huge amount of time which could be spent doing it a faster way, you are correct, but it’s her nickel when i’m on the clock.

Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Relay.    

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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!

At Ms. G's place in the country.  The fences are for the cows.

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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day!  This week's image and my poem:    

Play it where it lies,

that's what I intend,

but I need some quiet,

so quit laughing, friend!

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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  

Today i am thankful i only work with Ms. G once a week!  I love her and she is a friend, but working for her once a week is enough.

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Today is:

Appomattox Day -- US (marking the end of the US Civil War on this day in 1865)

Astronauts' Day -- web generated by someone who wants all these brave people honored

Baghdad Liberation Day -- Kurdistan, Iraq

Bataan Day/Day of Valor -- Philippines (Araw ng Kagitingan)

Dita e Kushtetutes -- Kosovo (Constitution Day)

Dry Milk Day -- the first patent for powdered milk was issued this day in 1792 to Samuel Percy

Feast of Jalal (Glory) -- Baha'i

Holy Thursday -- Orthodox Christian

Independence Restoration Day -- Georgia (formerly Day of National Unity)

Martyr's Day -- Tunisia

Name Yourself Day -- an internet holiday allowing you to change your name for a day, if you want to.

National Alcohol Screening Day® 2026 -- US (if you or a loved one need help, find a way to get screened)  

National Cherish An Antique Day -- hooray for old fashioned quality!

National Chinese Almond Cookie Day

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day -- US

Observation of the Nazi Occupation -- Denmark (anniversary of the Nazi invasion)

Pesach/Passover -- Judaism (ends at sundown tonight)

Public Library Day -- US (anniversary of the opening of the first "publicly funded" library -- i.e. a tax based, free library -- in the US, in 1833 in Petersborough, New Hampshire)

Remembrance for Haakon Sigurdsson -- Asatru/Norse Pagan Calendar (Haakon the Great, one of the Jarls of Hladhir)

St. Casilda's Day (Patron against sterility)

St. Mary of Cleophas' Day (one of the Marys in the Bible who was present at the Crucifixion)

Vimy Ridge Day -- Canada

Winston Churchill Day -- commemorates his becoming an honorary US citizen

World Konkani Day -- Goa (Official language of the Indian state of Goa; on the death anniversary of the pioneer of modern Konkani literature, Vaman Raghunath Varde Valaulikar)

Anniversaries Today:

Sophia Loren marries Carlo Ponti, 1966

Wayne Newton marries Kathleen McCrone, 1994

Charles, Prince of Wales, marries Camilla Parker-Bowles, 2005

Birthdays Today:

Elle Fanning, 1998

Kristen Stewart, 1990

Jesse McCartney, 1987

Leighton Meester, 1986

Taylor Kitsch, 1981

Keshia Knight Pulliam, 1979

Rachel Stevens, 1978

Gerard Way, 1977

Austin Peck, 1971

Jacques Villeneueve, 1971

Cynthia Nixon, 1966

Paulina Prizkova, 1965

Dennis Quaid, 1954

Michael Learned, 1939

Avery Schreiber, 1935

Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1933

Paul Krassner, 1932

Tom Lehrer, 1928

Hugh Hefner, 1926

John Presper Eckert, Jr., 1919

Ward Bond, 1903

Paul Robeson, 1898

Efrem Zimbalist, 1889

Frank King, 1883

Eadweard Muybridge, 1830

Charles Baudelaire, 1821

Tamerlane, 1336

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Ticket to Ride"(Beatles' single), 1965

"Diamond Lil"(Play), 1928

"Shadow of a Gunman"(Play), 1923

The World, the Flesh and the Devil(Film), 1914

Today in History:

The Mongol hordes defeat the Poles and Germans in the Battle of Liegnitz, 1241

Robert Cavalier de la Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River and claims all the land drained by the river and its tributaries for France, 1682

The African Methodist Episcopal church in the US is formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1816

The oldest audible sound recording of a human voice is made, 1860

Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the US Civil War, 1865

Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska, 1967

The Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada, 1869

Jumbo the Elephant arrives in the US, 1882

The Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for NYC, 1912

The first full color film, "World, The Flesh, and The Devil", premiers in London, 1914

Mae West makes her NYC debut in "Diamond Lil," 1928

The first Japanese built aircraft to fly to Europe, the Kamikaze, arrives at Croydon Airport in London, 1937

The Suez Canal is officially opened for shipping, 1957

NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven", 1959

In the first game in the Astrodome, Houston beats the Yankees 2-1 in an exhibition game, and Mickey Mantle hits the first indoor home run, 1967

The first British built Concorde makes its first flight, 1969

Georgia declares its indepedence from Russia, 1991

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, takes place at Westminster Abbey, 2002

Facebook purchases Instagram, a photo sharing application, for $1 billion, 2012

US Senator Tammy Duckworth becomes the first senator to give birth while in office, 2018

According to ecologists, The Netherlands has its first resident wolf population in 140 years, 2019

La Soufrière volcano begins erupting on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, 2021

Kuwait's news media outlet, Kuwaiti News, unveils a virtual news presenter using artificial intelligence on Twitter, 2023

Grandma's Got Wheels! (Wordless Wednesday) and Words for Wednesday, an A to Z Challenge Post

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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, Catsynth, Keith, 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.    

This month, the prompts are being provided by yours truly right here.

This week’s prompts are:

elegant

limited

spontaneous

bother

list

pin

and/or the following phrases

don’t count your chickens before they hatch (meaning do not rely on something you are not sure of)

par for the course (meaning what you would expect to happen)

a piece of cake (meaning a task which is easy to accomplish)

Charlotte's  colour of the month is Sea Green.

While the kids' trip to Alaska was not exactly SPONTANEOUS, it was a whirlwind visit, and as we all know if travel involves airlines, it's never A Piece Of Cake.

Years ago, air travel was ELEGANT, and if you are very wealthy it still can be, but when you are like most of us on a LIMITED budget, you just get the basics.  Because our little Annie is under age 2, they didn't BOTHER to get a seat for her, just for #2 Son and Daughter-in-Law, and the little bounced from lap to lap.

They had also taken the precaution to put an air tag in her shoe so they could track her location if they ever somehow lost sight of her.  There is also an air tag on Daughter-in-Law's keys, which i had because they were allowing me to use her car while they were gone.  Any time #2 son checked the LIST of where all of his air tags were (he uses to phone app to do it), the tag on the keys would start to beep, and to me it seemed totally random.  One minute, i'm sitting at my computer and the room has soft music in the background, the next my Sea Green pouch in my bag where i keep keys is beeping.  Once i figured out where the noise was coming from and what caused it, it actually got to be pretty funny.

It's a long trip from Louisiana to Alaska, and a three-hour time difference, so to say they arrived tired would be Par For The Course.  They still managed to let Annie play in the snow and see all the relatives, and the memorial service was just what they'd wanted it to be.

You Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch and you don't count on all your flights to be on time, either.  On the way back, the inevitable happened and one flight was delayed, causing them to have to reschedule a connection.  They were able to PIN down the new flight quickly and actually arrived home around the same time as originally scheduled.

All this happened after TSA went back to work, also, which meant it was easier than air travel in the US has been in quite a while.

With the whole thing, they were only gone five days, and came home needing naps, well, except for Annie, who was quite ready for adventure after having slept on the plane and on the hour drive back from the airport.  She got handed to this GG for snacks, and walks, and reading time, and all the things until her parents felt human again.

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Today is:

Aerosol Day -- John D. Lynde receives a patent for an early aerosol dispenser on this day in 1862

All is Ours Day -- an internet holiday to remind us of what we do have

Buddha's Birthday -- Mahayana Buddhism in Japan (based on Gregorian Calendar, other Buddhists use a different dating system)

     Hana Matsuri Flower Festival

Counter Stool Memorial Day -- when was the last time you got to sit on the stool at a diner counter and spin?  if you can find such a place, go take a spin today

DAB(Draw a Bird) Day -- a movement begun in Britain in the 1940's, encourages everyone to draw a picture of a bird, and share it with friends

Feast of the Hummingbird -- Ancient Aztec Calendar (date approximate)

Hammerin' Hank Day -- anniversary of his 715th homer in 1974, breaking Ruth's record

International Day of the Roma -- a celebration of Romani culture

Milk in Glass Bottles Day -- prior to this day in 1879, milk was sold in the container you brought with you to the seller

National Empanada Day

Sealing the Frost -- Guatemala (Cuchumatan Indians ritual to protect their corn from frost; date approximate, always early in April)

St. Julie Billiart's Day (Patron against bodily ills, disease, and poverty)

Trading Cards for Grown-Ups Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, and i got this out of my system dealing with Pokemon cards when my kids were young

Tutor Appreciation Day -- because some people need that extra boost

Zoo Lovers' Day -- go support your local zoo

Anniversary Today:

Voyageurs National Park established, Minnesota, US, 1975

Birthdays Today:

Kirsten Storms, 1984

Katee Sackhoff, 1980

Patricia Arquette, 1968

Robin Wright, 1966

Julian Lennon, 1963

John Schneider, 1960

Gary Carter, 1954

James Augustus “Catfish” Hunter, 1946

Stuart Pankin, 1946

Kofi Annan, 1938

Seymour Hersh, 1937

Shecky Greene, 1926

William D. Chase, 1922

Carmen Mcrae, 1920

Betty Ford, 1918

Sonja Henie, 1912

Mary Pickford, 1893

O. Raymond Knight, 1872

William Williams, 1731

Lewis Morris, 1726

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Twin Peaks"(TV), 1990

"White Horse Inn"(Musical), 1931

"The Bolt"(Shostakovich ballet), 1931 *Note: sometimes translated as "The Arrow"

"La Gioconda"(Ponchielli opera), 1876

Today in History:

Sultan Baybars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria, 1271

The first Jewish congregation in the US forms the Shearith Israel synagogue in NYC, 1730

The first fire escape, a wicker basket on a rope and pulley system, is patented, 1766

The statue Aphrodite of Milos (Venus de Milo) is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos, 1820

John D. Lynde patents the aerosol dispenser, 1862

William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons, 1886

The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1893

Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times, 1904

Auguste Deter, the first person officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, dies, 1906

The last meeting of the League of Nations is held, 1946

Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, beating Babe Ruth's record, 1974

Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries, 1992

The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations, 1993

The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain, 2008

The U.S. Department of Justice admits that it has probed WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts, defending the practice and dismissing privacy and freedom of speech concerns, 2011

Wikileaks released 1.7 million U.S diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973-1976 when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State, 2013

The world's oldest living person, Gertrude Weaver of the U.S., dies at age 116, just five days after the death of the previous record holder, Misao Okawa of Japan, who died at age 117, 2015

A record 17ft (5.2M) invasive Burmese python pregnant with 73 eggs is captured in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, 2019

Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of the "golden city" of Aten, near Luxor, 2021

The first all private space flight, Axiom-1, launches to the International Space Station, 2022

A total solar eclipse stretches from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Newfoundland, 2024