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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!
These cutie-pie kittens at the shelter and Mr. Cal ought to be awww-worthy and count for the letter "C" in the A to Z Challenge.
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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey is on a blog semi-break and her poetry is sorely missed, we hope she comes back soon. Charlotte/Mother Owl participates, and now Karen at Baking in a Tornado is jumping in at least once a month, too. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let Diane know!
This week the theme is Imperfection.
Three couples decided
the weekend to fill
renting a beach condo
and splitting the bill.
They spent some time walking
the sandy beach shore
the joy of sandy beaches
is never a bore.
When bikini clad beauty
came walking their way
they all stared in awe
and had nothing to say.
She looked like a goddess
body perfect and tan,
knew she had the attention
of every man.
After she passed them
one wife had her say,
"She's not so perfect
in every way."
Her husband knew better
than to challenge his wife,
he kept his trap shut
for he valued his life.
The other men had to
challenge her word,
"She was an 11!"
was from them heard.
"She wasn't so perfect,"
did she then repeat.
"Didn't you notice?
She had flat feet!"
(This is based on a true story, as told by Mr. Hal in prayer group.)
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Today is:
Ballroom Dance Day -- dance with your sweetheart today in honor of the birth anniversary of Arthur Murray
Bonza Bottler Day™
Children's Day -- Taiwan
Cold Food Day -- China (especially celebrated in the Shanxi Province, a commemoration of Jie Zitui, a loyal servant; no fires are to be lit and all food is too be served cold)
Homogenized Milk Day -- a machine to homogenize milk was patented this day in 1892 by Auguste Gaulin
Hug a Newsman/Newswoman Day -- an internet holiday, and be careful, no more fiascos like the gropings in 2009, please, just a nice hug
Independence Day -- Senegal(1960)
International Carrot Day -- really!
International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action -- UN
Matsuyama Haru Matsuri -- Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan (Spring celebrations incorporating the Matsuyama Castle festival and the Dogo Hot Springs festival)
Megalesia, a/k/a Festival of Magna Mater -- Ancient Roman Calendar (great mother festival for Cybele; through the 9th)
National Cordon Bleu Day
National Reading a Roadmap Day -- another internet holiday that some sites call "Learn to Read A Roadmap Day," but a good one to observe; you need to know how to read one when your GPS battery dies, after all
National School Librarian Appreciation Day
Ose Matsuri -- Ose Shrine, ShizouKa Prefecture, Japan (men dressed in women's clothes dance a lively jig on board a boat afloat in the harbour which is festooned with flags and streamers while taiko groups play drums on shore in this festival thought to date back to a wife wanting to protect her fisherman-husband by giving him a kimono)
Peace Day -- Angola
St. Benedict the African's Day (Patron of African missions; African-Americans; Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
St. Isidore of Seville's Day (Patron of computer technicians, computer users, computers, the Internet, schoolchildren, students)
Swedish-American Friendship Day
Tell a Lie Day -- an internet generated holiday; the only day it is acceptable! make sure, after today, to clear it up, trust me
Victims of Violence Day -- anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vitamin C Day -- the vitamin was isolated on this day in 1932 by C.C, King at the University of Pittsburgh
Walk Around Things Day -- fun to do, it makes people look at you funny
World Rat Day -- pet rat lovers everywhere, unite and introduce your friends to your pet rats
ZAB Death Anniversary -- Pakistan (39th anniversary)
Anniversary Today:
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft Corporation, 1975
Birthdays Today:
David Blaine, 1973
Dave Mirra, 1972
Jill Scott, 1972
Barry Pepper, 1970
Nancy McKeon, 1966
Robert Downey, Jr., 1965
David Gavurin, 1963
Gary Moore, 1952
Christine Lahti, 1950
Craig T. Nelson, 1946
Kitty Kelley, 1942
Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti, 1938
Michael Parks, 1938
Anthony Perkins, 1932
Maya Angelou, 1928
Muddy Waters, 1915
Frances Langford, 1914
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, 1908
John Cameron Swayze, 1906
Arthur Murray, 1895
Isoroku Yamamoto, 1884
Linus Yale, Jr., 1821
Dorothea Dix, 1802
Today in History:
Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world, 1581
Sir Robert Walpole becomes First Lord of the Treasury of England, and is so influential in the Cabinet that he is considered the de facto first Prime Minister of England, 1721
Napoleon abdicates for the first time, 1814
Casparus van Wooden of Amsterdam patents chocolate milk powder, 1828
William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served, 1841
Bryant's Minstrels debut the song "Dixie" in a blackface minstrel show, 1859
Susanna Medora Salter is elected the first US woman mayor, in Argonia, KS, 1887
Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund is established, 1902
An earthquake in India's Kangra Valley kills 20,000, destroys most of three cities, 1905
Vitamin C was first isolated by C.C. King at the University of Pittsburgh, 1932
Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO, 1949
Martin Luther King, Jr., is assasinated, 1968
Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart (the patient survived for 65 hours), 1969
The World Trade Center in NYC is dedicated, 1973
Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Microsoft, 1975
Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space, 1983
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation", 1994
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, 1996
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War, 2002
15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released, 2007
The most distant supernova on record is found by the Hubble Space Telescope, 2013
The "Pink Star" diamond sells at an auction in Hong Kong for a record $71 million, 2017