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While i enjoy the challenge of participating in stories, poems and blog hops, many of which are based on pictures, i sometimes find i'm just not quick enough with the camera to document the funnier moments.
For example, there was the time Tripod SissyCat was rolling around on a piece of old newspaper which had fallen to the floor and got one claw caught in it, and in trying to extricate herself, managed to wrap herself up in the paper quite well, and she had torn her way out before i could either get my camera or unwrap her.
Then there was the time Dansig the Round, our rather large and floofy orange tabby, tried to walk through the middle of the metal Christmas tree, pictured above. He got wedged in, and before i could either help him or snap a photo, he'd managed to wiggle his way out.
And how do you document the funny things people do, such as when my Sweetie fusses about how much ice cream his brother eats, then has a portion just as large?
I will keep trying, and meanwhile, for the moments uncaught, there's using them in a Six Sentence Story!
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Challenge.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
This is the last time
I carry this much myself
Elf, please get me up
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I am not hurt so
do not worry I just need
a short siesta
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All year long we work at a pace
to get enough toys to take everyplace.
Sometimes by Christmas, we're worn out,
there's no time to rest, and we don't pout.
But once in a while, I sneak in a way
to get a few minutes of quiet in my day.
It's not really comfy, but I do what I must
to get a little break so I don't go bust!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home hosts Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful i got the Angel Tree gifts delivered. Two-year-old twins, boy and girl, who love Mickey and Minnie Mouse, each got a "stuffie," a book, and a set of "Little People," all shaped like Mickey or Minnie, on behalf of their incarcerated parent.
Making sure children whose parents are incarcerated know the parent still loves them is very important, and i pray this small gesture helps.
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Today is:
Divalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (part of Saturnalia; feast of Angerona, goddess of secret sorrows)
Flashlight Day -- what better day, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, when dark is with us longest, to make sure you have one in good working order
Forefathers' Day -- Plymouth, MA, US (celebrates the landing of the Pilgrims)
Homeless Persons' Memorial Day -- US
Humbug Day -- those frustrated with their holiday preparations are allowed up to 12 humbugs today, just to help vent their frustrations; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Icelandic Traditional Calendar Month Morsugr "Fat Sucker" begins -- Iceland (referring to the daily fare becoming scant in deep winter and body fat is used up)
Icelandic Yuletide Lad of the Day, Gluggagaegir -- Peeper, who peeps through the windows and will come steal toys he likes the look of
Look At the Bright Side Day -- Northern Hemisphere, and why not; after all, each day after this will have more sun!
National Hamburger Day
Pancha Ganapati -- India (through the 25th, a modern Hindu festival honoring of Lord Ganesha, Patron of Arts and Culture)
Phileas Fogg Wins A Wager Day (1872)
Poseidea -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival to honor Poseidon; date approximate)
Solstice Eve
St. Peter Canisius' Day (Patron of Catholic press, Germany, writers of catechisms)
St. Thomas' Day, the Doubting Thomas (old date, now celebrated on July 3, but many of the superstitions related to it are still observed at this time)
Mumping Day a/k/a Gooding Day -- UK (traditional day on which beggars beg for, or "mump", good things for Christmas, always on old St. Thomas' Day)
Sao Tome Day -- Sao Tome e Principe (Dia de Sao Tome e Principe)
Birthdays Today:
Jackson Rathbone, 1984
Jack Noseworthy, 1969
Kiefer Sutherland, 1966
Andy Dick, 1965
Florence Griffith Joyner, 1959
Ray Romano, 1957
Jane Kaczmarek, 1955
Chris Evert, 1954
Tina Brown, 1953
Samuel L. Jackson, 1948
Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944
Frank Zappa, 1940
Jane Fonda, 1937
Phil Donahue, 1935
Joe Paterno, 1926
Paul Winchell, 1922
Heinrich Böll, 1917
Josh Gibson, 1911
Joseph Stalin, 1879
Henrietta Szold, 1860
Benjamin Disraeli, 1804
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Billion Dollar Baby"(Musical), 1945
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(Disney animated film), 1937
Tillie's Punctured Romance(Silent Film, first full length comedy), 1914
The Crossword Puzzle(First one ever published, 1913
Basketball, 1891 (first game under the direction of James Naismith, by the rules he had published)
Today in History:
A hurricane hits Holland/Friesland, destroying villages with widespread flooding, 1163
The Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche Native Americans, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio River are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania", 1598
William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620
Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam, 1788
The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement, 1844
The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1883
The first Word-Cross puzzle, which the printer mislabeled as a Cross-Word (the name that stuck), is published in the New York World, 1913
The first feature length color and sound cartoon, Disney's Snow White, premiers, 1937
Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park, 1962
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew performs the first ever manned Trans Lunar Injection and become the first humans to leave Earth's gravity, 1968
The United Nations adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1969
Mexican volcano Popocatepetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash, 1994
The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control, 1995
Scientists studying the Sutter's Mill Meteorite announce it contains the oldest material in the Solar System, 2012
The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar reaches the date 13.0.0.0.0, 2012
Hawaiian vocalist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's official music video for his rendition of "Over the Rainbow" reaches a billion views on YouTube, 2020
The JET Laboratory, UK, has a major breakthrough in fusion energy research, producing a record 59 mega joules of energy over 5 seconds, 2021