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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!
Mr. and Mrs. Duck were crossing the street as Becca and I walked Mr. Cal. They each had their own agenda. He went straight ahead while she took the scenic route!
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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!
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If you come to a fork in the road,
I really have the hunch,
it’ll remind you you’re hungry
and you’ll stop for lunch.
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We all know the chicken crossed the road
to get to the other side,
but what about the frozen chicken?
In a shopping bag he had to ride!
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The bee swarm crossed the road
and did it with no pause,
and if you ask them why,
they’ll tell you, “Just bee-cause!”
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The clown had to cross the road,
funny or not, he didn’t care,
he had to get across because
his rubber chicken was over there!
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The horse did cross the road,
with no care for who did scoff,
he wanted to give the poor chicken
a well deserved day off.
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A penguin crossed the road
although he had to waddle,
to prove the rumor he was chicken
was just a bunch of twaddle!
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Future themes are:
Apr. 7 Road (Today!)
Apr. 14 Bring
Apr. 21 Free
Apr. 28 Jam
May 5 Competition
May 12 Shape
May 19 Stem
May 26 Lead
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Today is:
Act of Self Determination Day -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands (obs.)
Genocide Memorial Day -- Rwanda
Gio to Hung Vuong Day -- Vietnam (National Day; celebrating the founding of the nation by Emperor Hung Vuong some three millennia ago)
Goddess Karna's Day -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calendar (goddess of crying and wailing)
International Beaver Day -- celebrating the species that restores valuable wetlands
International Snailpaper Day -- relax today with a hard copy of a regular, old fashioned newspaper
Metric System Day -- officially adopted in France on this day in 1795
Motherhood and Beauty Day -- Armenia (day the Armenian Orthodox Church celebrated the Annunciation; it is the only Church to celebrate it on this day, which is also observed as Mother's Day in this country)
National Beer Day -- US (unofficial, the celebration of the end of Prohibition)
National Coffee Cake Day
National Health Day -- Kiribati
No Housework Day/Let Someone Else Clean Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, enjoy this one!
Pandia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a festival of Zeus; date approximate)
Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume Day -- Tanzania
St. John Baptist de La Salle's Day (Patron of educators, school principals, teachers)
Women's Day -- Mozambique
World Health Day -- UN
Anniversaries Today:
World Health Organization is founded, 1948
Prague University is chartered by Charles IV, the first university in central Europe, 1348
Birthdays Today:
Russell Crowe, 1964
Anthony Drew "Tony" Dorsett, 1954
Jackie Chan, 1954
Janis Ian, 1951
John Oates, 1948
Gerhard Schroeder, 1944
Francis Coppola, 1939
David Frost, 1939
William Hodding Carter III, 1935
Wayne Rogers, 1933
Daniel Ellsberg, 1931
James Garner, 1928
Ravi Shankar, 1920
Billie Holiday, 1915
Walter Winchell, 1897
Bronislaw Malinowski, 1884
John Joseph McGraw, 1873
David Grandison Fairchild, 1869
W.K. Kellogg, 1860
Walter Camp, 1859
William Ellery Channing, 1780
William Wordsworth, 1770
St. Francis Xavier, 1506
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"South Pacific"(Musical), 1949
"Monsieur Beaucaire"(Operetta), 1919
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major,"Eroica"(Beethoven Op. 55), 1805
Today in History:
Attila's Huns plunder Metz, in northern France, 451
Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I issues the first draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the basis for much civil law even today, 529
A crowd in Florence, Italy, storms the Convent of San Marco, demanding Fra Savonarola be turned over as they rebelled against his Bonfires of the Vanities and interference with trade, 1498
Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu, 1521
Michael Cardozo becomes the first Jewish lawyer in Brazil, 1645
American pioneers found Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent settlement of the new Northwest Territory, 1788
France adopts the meter as the standard measure of length, 1795
The Mississippi Territory is established, 1798
English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches, 1827
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician, 1868
Nebraska establishes an 8 hour work day, 1891
Texas Oil Company (Texaco) is formed, 1902
An eruption of Mt. Vesuvius devastates Naples, 1906
Dr. K. Winfield Ney performs the first brain tumor operation under a local anesthesia, at Beth Israel Hospital, 1923
Using phone lines, the first long distance television image is sent, of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, from Washington, D.C. to NYC, 1927
Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American depicted on a postage stamp in the US, 1940
Syria is officially recognized as independent from France, 1946
Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech, 1954
Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco, 1956
IBM announces the System/360, 1964
The publication of RFC1 marks the symbolic birth of the Internet, 1969
Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter, 1978
During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk, 1983
Mars Odyssey is launched, 2001
Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent, 2009
Following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi, 2012
The longest python ever documented is found on Penang in Malaysia (26ft/8m), 2016
Action Comics #1, which introduced Superman, sells at auction for a record price of $3.25 million (USD), 2021
Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first black woman to be confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, 2022
British charity fundraiser Russ Cook, nicknamed the "Hardest Geezer," completes his Project Africa charity run of the length of Africa, arriving at Ras Angela, Tunisia, almost a year after setting off from Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 2024
