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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
When i get home from NOLA on Saturday afternoons, i generally try to put my feet up for a little while, propped up in bed doing puzzles in the newspaper. There are plenty of fun number and word puzzles in the newspapers Grandpa passes along to me.
Clothile done like to sit at de table in de kitchen in de mo'nin' an' do her de puzzles in de paper. One day, she be flyin' t'rough de page 'cause de puzzles be easy, an' Aline say, "Père, did you see how fas' Mère be doin' de puzzles? Especaill' de crossword!"
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, oui! You Mère be ver' good with cross words!
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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.
Just a few bits and bobs this week.
Crepe myrtle trees have fascinating trunks.
GG's shirt can get very dirty when a little someone wants to wipe her hands on them.
Becca and i fed the turtles last week.
Annie loves playing in the rain, or in its aftermath.
All the rain clouds made for interesting skies.
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This week, Jack "Blur Tail" wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop. He never holds his tail still if he thinks he's about to get a treat, and he's always about to get a treat when i take his photo!
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Today is:
Aunt's Day -- you honored your mother last week, if you have an aunt who has been good to you and a good influence, call today and let her know
Birthday of the Raja -- Perlis, Malaysia
Dea Dia Festival -- Ancient Roman Calendar (goddess of growth)
Dia de las Letras Gallegas -- GA, Spain (Galician Literature Day in Galacia, an autonomous region of Spain)
Feast of Azamat(Grandeur) -- Baha'i
Grand Spring Festival -- Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan (through tomorrow; includes horseback archery, processions in costume, and more)
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Liberation Day -- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mata Tirtha Aunsi -- Nepal (Mother's Day, or literally "Mother Pilgrimage New Moon")
Merry-Go-Round Day -- the first merry-go-round, powered by horses, opened this day in 1620
National Cherry Cobbler Day
National Emergency Medical Services Week begins -- US (this year's theme is "Improving Outcomes, Together")
National Walnut Day -- declared in 1949 by the Walnut Marketing Board
Navy Day -- Argentina (anniversary of the victory at the Battle of Montevideo in 1814)
Neighbor Day -- Rhode Island, US (a "Day of Special Observance" here, and they encourage everyone, before summer starts, get to know your neighbors so you will have more people with whom to enjoy the season)
Pack Rat Day -- come on out and admit it, you are a pack rat, too!
Rubber Band Day -- patented this day in 1845, and aren't we pack rats glad.
Shunki Reitaisai -- Toshogu Shrine, Nikko, Japan (Grand Festival of Spring, through the 18th)
Stepmothers' Day -- the too often overlooked and unsung heroines of families; if you have one, and she has been there for you, thank her today
St. Madron of Cornwall's Day (Patron against pain)
Syttende Mai -- Nauru; Norway; Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Constitution Day)
Watch a Baby Fall Asleep Day -- because few things in the world are as funny and precious
World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day -- for information about neurofibromatosis click here or here
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day -- UN
Birthdays Today:
Nikki Reed, 1988
Tahj Mowry, 1987
Drew Roy, 1986
Andrea Corr, 1974
Sendhil Ramamurthy, 1974
Mia Hamm, 1972
Jordan Knight, 1970
Trent Reznor, 1965
Craig Ferguson, 1962
Enya, 1961
Sugar Ray Leonard, 1956
Bob Saget, 1956
Bill Paxton, 1955
Debra Winger, 1955
Christian Lacroix, 1950
Dennis Hopper, 1936
Maureen O'Sullivan, 1911
James "Cool Papa" Bell, 1903
Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1836
Edward Jenner, 1749
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Information Please!"(Radio), 1938
"Shéhérazade"(Ravel song cycle), 1904
Comic Cuts(Comic Paper, first publication), 1890
"Cavalleria rusticana/Rustic Chivalry"(Opera), 1890
Today in History:
Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi becomes the first to see 2 belts on Jupiter's surface, 1630
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve founds the Ville Marie de Montréal, 1642
Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada), 1672
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River, 1673
England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions, 1733
The US Continental Congress bans trade with Canada, 1775
The New York Stock Exchange is founded, 1792
John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine, 1803
Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire, 1809
Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian, 1814
Antoine Joseph Sax patents the saxophone, 1846
Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language, 1863
Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby, 1875
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer, 1902
The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the first-ever televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City, 1939
The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954
Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure, 1969
Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean, 1970
Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi, Ayacucho, starting the Internal conflict in Peru, 1980
Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, 1983
After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France, 1995
Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown, 1992
Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997
Massachussetts becomes the first US State to legalize same-sex marriage, 2004
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef, 2008
Dalia Grybauskaite is elected the first female President of Lithuania, 2009
The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA, 2013
Gina Haspel is confirmed as the first female director of the CIA by the US Senate, 2018
In the first study of its kind, the World Health Organization claims in 2016, long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease, 2021
Archaeologists release findings about the world's oldest architectural plans on two stone monoliths found in Southeastern Jordan and Northern Saudi Arabia, 2023
