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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
We had a visitor yesterday while at Grandma and Grandpa's house. One of Uncle P's dear friends came by while she was in town and she had a good visit and chat with Grandma.
This friend now lives in Florida and expressed the wish Grandma could come visit her, but Grandma no longer travels, of course.
Grand-mère Boudreaux done be visitin' wit' de frien' who come in town. Dey have dem a long chat 'bout some de fun dey done had back in de day when Grand-mère went down de coast an' done cut a rug at all de dance places.
"If you come down ag'in, we goin' pass a good time an' go dance!" de frien' done say.
An' Grand-mère say, "Mais, cher, de only way I be's goin' to de coast ag'in be if'n my casket float down dere in de nex' flood!"
(What an almost 90-year-old I knew once said!)
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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please. It was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child (although she is on a blog break right now).
A variety of pictures, the contemplation areas at the church service Wednesday, Easter decorations, azaleas and sunsets.
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This week, new mother DeeDee and her four newborn babies want to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.
This mama cat was dropped outside the shelter and started giving birth as soon as they got her inside. They named her DeeDee, and she and her kittens are now in a foster home and doing well, although the second kitten pictured required a CPR and a couple of hours of massage stimulation to make it. All are eating well and growing.
The four babies are waiting on names.
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Today is:
Commemoration of the Birth of Lao-Tzu -- Taoist (15th day of 2nd lunar month)
Commonwealth Covenant Day -- Northern Mariana Islands
Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice -- Argentina
Dies Sanguines -- Ancient Roman Calendar (sacrifices to the war goddess Bellona)
Doljatra/Holika Dahan -- regions of India (a festival of colors, similar to Holi)
Houdini Day -- see if you can pull a disappearing act in his honor
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims -- UN
Kazimiras Diena -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (return of the larks)
Komoeditsi -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calandar (honors the great Bear God, Meveshii Bog and includes sacrifices to the Great God of Honey)
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
National Revolution Day -- Kyrgyzstan
Orthodox Sunday (Sunday of Orthodoxy) -- Orthodox Christian
1st Sunday of Orthodox Lent
Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday -- Western Christian
Semana Santa -- Holy Week in Spain and Spanish speaking areas; special celebrations:
Mexico -- through the country, but especially in Chiapas, with processions, costumes, and even fireworks, music, dance, and syncretic rituals
Seville, Spain -- with hundreds of shuffling penitents in their hoods making the torch lit processions through the town; through Easter)
Pandia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Zeus that immediately followed the Greater Dionysia; date approximate)
Purim -- Judaism (began sundown yesterday, through sundown today)
St. Catherine of Sweden's Day (Patron against miscarriages)
St. Gabriel the Archangel's Day (traditional date, now usually celebrated in September; Patron of childbirth, diplomats, messengers, postal workers, stamp collectors, telephone workers)
St. MacCairthinn of Clogher (St. Patrick's "Strong Man" and fellow worker; Patron of Clogher, Ireland)
World Tuberculosis Day -- UN & WHO
Birthdays Today:
Peyton Manning, 1976
Alyson Hannigan, 1974
Lara Flynn Boyle, 1970
Sharon Corr, 1970
Mase, 1970
Mark "The Undertaker" Calaway, 1965
Annabella Sciorra, 1964
Star Jones, 1962
Donna Pescow, 1954
Louie Anderson, 1953
Alan Sugar, 1947
R. Lee Ermey, 1944
Bob Mackie, 1940
Steve McQueen, 1930
Byron Janis, 1928
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919
Dorothy Height, 1912
Joseph Barbera, 1911
Clyde Barrow, 1909
Ub Iwerks, 1901
Dorothy Constance Stratton, 1899
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, 1887
Edward Weston, 1886
Harry Houdini, 1874
Andrew W. Mellon, 1855
William Morris, 1834
John Wesley Powell, 1834
Fanny Crosby, 1820
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Nightline"(TV News), 1980
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"(Play), 1955
"Native Son"(Play), 1941
"Letter from America"(Radio), 1946
Today in History:
Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus, 1401
James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England, 1603
The first game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia, 1629
Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island, 1664
Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers, 1765
Benjamin West of the US becomes president of Royal Academy of London, 1792
In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr., 1832
Canada gives African men the right to vote, 1837
Robert Koch of Germany announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis), 1882
Oscar Straus is appointed the first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey), 1887
A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history, 1896
"Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world, 1906
Greece becomes a republic, 1923
U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth, 1934
The longest game in NHL history is played between Detroit and Montreal; Detroit scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime and won the game 1-0, 1936
In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III, 1944
The British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership, 1946
Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761), 1958
NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing, 1965
The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland, 1972
In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón, 1976
Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, 1980
In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground, 1989
Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, 1993
Apple Inc. releases the first version of the Mac OS X operating system, 2001
Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election, 2008
A series of emergency meetings is undertaken in Brussels to resolve Cyprus’ financial situation, 2013
Ukraine withdraws its forces from the Crimea, 2014
The Opportunity rover becomes the first to complete a Martian marathon, 2015
The US Military conducts it first ever drone strike against al Qaeda militants in southern Libya, 2018
The Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games are postponed until 2021 because of Covid19, 2020
Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, collecting more than a million biodiversity samples becomes Africa's first centralised biobank opening in Pretoria, South Africa, 2023