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"Hmmmm..."
"What?"
"I'm wondering if you would mark it against me if I didn't do anything for Valentine's Day, what with the pandemic and all."
"Well..., how about brownie points if you order something online, and a cherry on top if you go to that website I bookmarked."
"Yes! That sounds right up my alley."
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Mark.
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Gosia at Looking for Identity has taken over Good Fences, and it's now Good Fences Around The World. Post a picture of a fence or gate, link back to her blog, and go visit other blogs to see what interesting fences there are out in this big world.
Another fence decorated for Mardi Gras, and i had to pull over and wait for traffic to pass to get it, so it's not the best photo:
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
C'mon in, stranger, have a seat,
We're glad to pour whatever's your treat,
Just behave, we don't allow trouble,
We throw that out on the double.
If you want, Mac there can play a tune,
We keep a spinet in our saloon,
The card games start exactly at nine,
The regulars here are really fine.
Whether you're settling here or passing through,
We really do want to welcome you,
Remember we run a first-class place,
For new friends, we make a space!
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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful that next Tuesday, while Ms. RW and her family have Mr. KW's service, i will be cleaning their house as i usually do every other Tuesday, and providing them with the further service of being there during the funeral so the house is not unattended. It's a sad fact that people take note of when the service will be held, look up the family's address, and knowing that the whole family is out at the funeral, come rob the house.
Not on my watch, not if i can help it! In this way, i am thankful to be of service.
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Today is:
Biezputras Diena (Porrige Day) -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (date unconfirmed, some sites suggest it's always on a Sunday before Feb. 23 instead)
Create-A-Vacuum Day -- an internet generated celebration of the nothingness of vacuums
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Day -- Poland (birth anniversary)
Homemade Soup Day
Independence Day -- Sri Lanka
King Frost Day -- London (Celebrated yearly until WWI, in remembrance of the frozen River Thames on this day in 1814.)
Liberation Day -- Angola
National Stuffed Mushroom Day
Quacker Day -- for those who love Quacker Factory clothes
Spoiled Cats' Day -- internet generated, and isn't this every day?
St. Andrew Corsini's Day (Patron of Carmelites; against civil disorder and riots)
St. John de Brito's Day (Patron of Portugal; Sivagangai, India)
Thank A Mailperson/Postal Worker Day -- because someone decided it would be a good day to do that, and put it on the internet
USO Day -- US (founded this date in 1941)
World Cancer Day -- International worldcancerday.org
Anniversaries Today:
United Service Organizations (USO) founded, 1941
The University of Wisconsin is established, with one classroom and 20 students, 1849
Birthdays Today:
Natalie Imbruglia, 1975
Oscar De La Hoya, 1973
Gabrielle Anwar, 1971
Michael Goorjian, 1971
Rod corddry, 1971
Clint Black, 1962
Lawrence Taylor, 1959
Lisa Eichhorn, 1952
Alice Cooper, 1948
Dan Quayle, 1947
George A. Romero, 1940
Jhn Schuck, 1940
David Brenner, 1936
Gary Conway, 1936
Betty Friedan, 1921
Ida Lupino, 1918
Rosa Parks, 1913
Clyde W. Tombaugh, 1906
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906
Charles Lindbergh, 1902
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 1746
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours"(Album), 1977
Today in History:
The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta, 211
The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries, 960
Maximilian I assumes the title Holy Roman Emperor without being crowned, 1508
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for the first time near Prague 1600
In Edo (now Tokyo), The 47 Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) after avenging the death of their master, 1703
The worst earthquake in 8 years in Calabria, Italy, leaves 50,000 dead, 1783
The first Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania are consecrated in London, 1787
George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College, 1789
The French National Convention proclaims the abolishment of slavery, 1794
An earthquake in Quito, Ecuador, kills 41,000, 1797
J.W. Goodrich introduces his rubber galoshes to the public, 1824
The Mormons of Nauvoo, Missouri, leave to go west, eventually settling in Utah, 1846
The Codex Sinaiticus is found at the Greek Monastery of Mount Sinai, 1859
The first rolling lift bridge opens, in Chicago, 1895
The first Winter Olympics games close at Chamonix, France, 1924
The first tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks open, in New Orleans, 1930
Radium E is the first radioactive substance to be produced synthetically, 1936
The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops, 1941
Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft, 1967
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections, 1997
Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg, 2004
The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them, 2010
The remains found the previous year in a dig at Leicester are confirmed to be those of King Richard III of England, 2013
Morocco's Mohammed VI switches on world's largest solar plant near Ouarzazate, 2016