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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!
Red-headed Alec's boy Lee is a rough and tumble, like #1 Son was. He is always sporting a bruise, scrape or cut, and always tuckering himself out with his shenanigans. Last week, i received this picture of Lee, so tired he wouldn't even wait for his daddy to finish remaking the bed:
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| Yes, he loves the cat, and wears it out, too. |
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Sparks, the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, is on hiatus, so here's an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.
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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border, and anyone is welcome to write a poem. Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey is taking a blog break due to her husband's health issues. Charlotte/Mother Owl almost always participates, too. This week the theme is Favorite Potables.
The truth, i gotta tell ya, is wine puts me to sleep,
And i can't hold my liquor, so i don't even try.
As for all things soda, with the carbonation in it
Well you know that means the burps are gonna fly.
Yes, i like the juices, the orange, grape and apple,
Pomegranate, mango, and grapefruit sour,
Veggie juices too, like carrot, celery, tomato,
Even beet and kale and spinach, with vitamin power.
Cows milk is great for baby cows, but i'm human,
And vegan and so to nut milks i've befallen.
Coffee more than one blessed cup gives jitters,
So i stick to my favorite, water by the gallon!
Yes, all those other potables have their good points,
But are all too costly for more than just a scrap,
Thus my go to drink for all day sipping
Is just my plain ol' water from the tap.
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Today is:
Angam Day -- Nauru ("Day of Fulfillment"; a celebration of overcoming hardships)
Armed Forces Day -- Benin
Day of the Ancients -- Asatru/Pagan Slavic Calendar
Day of Mourning -- Libya
International School Library Day
Labour Day -- New Zealand
Ludi Victoriae Sullanae -- Roman Empire (celebration of the victories of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, through Nov. 1)
Mule Day -- anniversary of the first importation of donkeys to the US, which George Washington used to breed the first mules in the Americas
National Chicken Fried Steak Day
National Day -- Austria
National Gospel Day -- Cook Islands
National Mincemeat Pie Day
October Bank Holiday -- Ireland
Peniamina Gospel Day -- Niue (celebration of the conversion of the islanders to Christianity)
Pretzel Day
Pumpkin Day -- time to get one for the 31st, if you haven't already
St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki's Day (Patron of soldiers; Thessaloniki, Greece)
Greek day to broach the wine barrels and taste the new season's wine in honor of this saint
Sts. Lucian and Marcian's Day (Patrons of converts, possessed people)
Toping Wagglegammon -- Fairy Calendar (no human knows what this means, but it sounds intriguing)
Workaholic Stop and Smell Something Day -- internet generated day to encourage workaholics to stop and consider what they might be missing
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night -- some organizers even have howling parties
Anniversary Today:
Grand opening of the Erie Canal, 1825
Birthdays Today:
Sasha Cohen, 1984
Keith Urban, 1969
Tom Cavanagh, 1968
Natalie Merchant, 1963
Cary Elwes, 1962
Dylon McDermott, 1962
Jeff Probst, 1962
James Pickens, Jr., 1954
Lauren Tewes, 1954
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1947
Pat Sajak, 1947
Jaclyn Smith, 1947
Ivan Reitman, 1946
Pat Conroy, 1945
Bob Hoskins, 1942
Jackie Coogan, 1914
Mahalia Jackson, 1911
Abby Greene Aldrich Rockefeller, 1874
Joseph Hansom, 1803
Georges Danton, 1759
Domenico Scarlatti, 1685
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"St. Elsewhere"(TV), 1982
Doonesbury(Comic strip), 1970
The Village Voice(newspaper, first issue), 1955
"Mourning Becomes Electra"(Play), 1931
Today in History:
Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches 0.0229 AUs of Earth (2.1 million miles and 3.4 million kilometers)--marking the third closest approach of any comet to our planet in recorded history, 1366
First use of lead pencils, 1492
William Penn accepts the area around the the Delaware River from the Duke of York, 1682
The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, and the Minute Men begin to organize in the colonies, 1774
King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution, 1775
Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution, 1776
The first of the "Federalist Papers" are published, calling for ratification of the US Constitution, 1787
The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created, 1795
Hamilton Smith patents a rotary washing machine, 1858
Soccer football rules are standardized and rugby starts as a separate game, 1863
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona, 1881
First use of a "getaway car" after a robbery in Paris, 1901
The first Soviet (worker's council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1905
Margaret Sanger arrested for the obscenity of advocating birth control, 1916
The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India, 1947
Mother Teresa founds her Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, 1950
Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France, 1958
The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time, in pictures taken earlier in the month by the Soviet Luna 3, 1959
The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somalia, 1977
"Baby Fae," born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, receives a controversial heart transplant from a baboon, dies of kidney infection 21 days later, 1984
The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum, 1992
Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty, 1994
Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament, 1999
The water level at Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and utilization project, reaches full capacity, 2010
China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao, 2012
The World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic, 2015
Jacinda Adern is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, becoming the world’s youngest female head of government, 2017