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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!
The mamas have started to arrive at our shelter. These came from another shelter, the one mama is doing her best but is very sick and her kittens have to be supplemented. The other has her own kittens plus three or four more orphans of different ages. It's amazing to see these mamas and be able to help care for them and their babies.
If anyone ever needed a reason to spay/neuter, here it is.
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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week. While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.
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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break
accommodations we must make
we miss her poetry and wit
so carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!
Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!
To be free really does not mean
I can do whate'er I want to do
I cannot call something red
when its color wavelength is blue.
I am free to go to work
my living for to earn,
and I’m free to go to school
and learn what I need to learn
I am free to live my life well
and help others as I go along,
And I'm free to do what is right
when everyone else chooses wrong.
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If fire fighters fight fire,
and crime fighters fight crime,
what do freedom fighters fight?
Ha! Got you this time!
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Future themes are:
Apr. 21 Free (Today!)
Apr. 28 Jam
May 5 Competition
May 12 Shape
May 19 Stem
May 26 Lead
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Today is:
Administrative Professionals Day (original date)
Aggie Muster -- Texas A&M University
Birthday of Rome -- Rome, Italy (753 BCE)
Easter Monday -- Christian; related observances
Dyngus Day
Egg Races -- Rural Northwestern Switzerland (traditional Easter Monday races with competitors carrying large numbers of eggs from village to village)
Emaishen -- Luxembourg (traditional market)
Family Day -- South Africa
Hallaton Hare Pie Scramble & Bottle Kicking -- Hallaton, Leicestershire, England (traditional celebrations dating back at least 600 years)
Memorial Day -- Republic of Georgia
Seu Harvest Parade -- Curacao
Sham el-Nessim -- Egypt (Smell the Breezes Day, a spring celebration for all religions; celebrated by getting outside, greeting neighbors, enjoying spring, and eating salty raw fish)
Emancipation Day -- Washington, D.C., US
Feast of Wadjet (a/k/a Udjet or Buto) -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
First Day of Ridvan -- Baha'i (began sunset yesterday; through May 2)
Grounation Day -- Rastafari (one of the Rastafarian's most important festivals, in honor of Haile Selassie's 1966 visit to Jamaica)
Heroica Defensa de Veracruz -- Mexico (Heroic Defense of Veracruz)
Iroquois Corn Planting Ceremony -- Iroquois Native Americans (three day celebration, always around this time of year)
John Muir Day -- US (American conservationist)
Jose de Diego's Birthday -- Puerto Rico (Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement, a/k/a Dia de Reafirmacion del Idioma Espanol)
Kartini Day -- Indonesia (honoring a leader who helped emancipate women)
Kindergarten Day -- Germany; US (birth anniversary of Friedrich Froebel, in 1782, who began the first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837)
Mibu Dainembutsu Kyogen -- Mibu Temple, Kyoto, Japan (nine day festival of kyogen performances which dates back to 1299)
National Chocolate-Covered Cashew Truffle Day
National Tree Planting Day -- Kenya
Paralia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (shepherd's festival of Pares, goddess of herders)
Patriot's Day -- US (in observance of the first battles of the Revolutionary War; not to be confused with Patriot Day on Sept. 11)
San Jacinto Day -- Texas, US
St. Anselm of Canturbury's Day
St. Bueno Gasulsych's Day (Patron of diseased cattle, sick animals, and sick children)
St. George's Day -- NL, Canada (obs.)
Tiradentes Day/Brasilia Day -- Brazil (honors Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, called "tooth puller", who fought for Brazilian independence)
Inauguration of Brasilia, Distrito Federal -- Brazil (anniversary of the 1960 inauguration of the new federal capital)
World Creativity and Innovation Day -- final day of World Creativity and Innovation Week, which always begins on DaVinci's birth anniversary
Birthdays Today:
Robert Smith, 1959
Andie MacDowell, 1958
James Morrison, 1954
Tony Danza, 1951
Patti LuPone, 1949
Iggy Pop, 1947
Charles Grodin, 1935
Elaine May, 1932
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1926
Anthony Quinn, 1915
John Muir, 1838
Charlotte Bronte, 1816
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, 1782
Catherine the Great, 1729
Jan van Riebeeck, 1619
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Annie"(Musical), 1977
"Inherit the Wind"(Play), 1955
"Arms and the Man"(Play), 1894
Today in History:
Traditional date for the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus, BC753
Marc Antony continues to battle the senators who assasinated Julius Caesar in the Battle of Mutina, which he loses, BC43
Henry VIII ascends the throne of England, 1509
Hernan Cortez lands in Veracruz, 1519
The Maryland Toleration Act is passed, granting religious freedom to all in that colony, 1649
Catherine the Great ends noble privileges in Russia, 1785
Tiradentes, leader of the independence movement in Brazil, is executed, 1792
Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat Mexican troops under Santa Ana, winning the Battle of San Jacinto and the independence of Texas, 1836
The first train crosses the first bridge over the Mississippi River, crossing from Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa, 1855
Alexander Douglas patents the bustle, 1857
Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i' faith, declares his mission, 1863
The first firehouse pole is installed in a firehouse in NYC, 1878
The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)is shot down, 1918
The first Aggie Muster is held, a remembrance of fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year, 1922
Brasilia is officially inaugurated as the capital of Brazil, 1960
In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang, 1989
Alexander Wolszczan announces his the discovery of extrasolar planets, 1994
The ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry are launched into orbit, 1997
By order of an Egyptian court, the name of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, is stripped from public spaces, schools and streets, 2011
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, 2019
The ex-president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández extradited to the US to face drug trafficking and weapons charges, 2023
Those poor tired mama cats.
ReplyDeleteLove your poem. It is truth too.
Those mamas are lovely. I hope the sick one recovers.
ReplyDeleteLovely kittens.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Good luck with all the mama kitties and the kittens. I like your Sparks this morning.
ReplyDeleteLove the sparks! Poor momma kitties with so many kittens to care for. We hope the one who is ill will be alright. The kittens are adorable but it is so sad to see so many already!
ReplyDeleteSo many kittens. They are adorable, but the poor mamma. I hope she's doing alright.
ReplyDeleteThat little kitten with the two tone face is so cute. I bet that one is the first to find a home. I hope they all find homes soon. Mom has feral cats on her property. She made the mistake of feeding them and can't get rid of them nor will anyone come get them. Now one of them had kittens. This is a problem in rural communities. Unfortunately, Mom can't capture them to take them to a shelter. She's been trying to get someone to take them to no avail. I'm afraid these cats are going to trip her. They are always waiting by the door to try to get into the house.
ReplyDeleteI have to say freedom fighters fight freedom haters. :)
I hope you all had a blessed Easter celebration, my dear. Have an awwwesome Monday and boogietastic week! xo
Our babies are fixed. So necessary to do. What adorable cats/kittens. So precious.
ReplyDeleteLove your Spark and love your take on free. Well done.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs. ♥
Sweet precious kittens but tired Mamas for sure ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm,
aka (A ShutterBug Explores)
thecontemplativecat here. what precious kittens! What happens now with them? Hopefully, homes will be in their futures!
ReplyDeleteSo many sweet babies and dedicated mamas - we hope they all thrive and find good homes.
ReplyDeleteWe loved the freedom fighter quote - that is very clever.
Woos - Misty and Timber
Mama kitties are very special and take being a Mama seriously. Those were good Sparks and good poems.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mamas and babies. How sad that some were orphaned. Nice sparks and poem.
ReplyDeleteKitten season is upon us. We are so grateful that after Astrid and her brother Bobby were found alone on a roof that Lisbeth’s mom adopted them as her own! XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the first of your inspiring quotes. Your poetic take on Free is fab, well done!
ReplyDeleteGood poems, languages are so not logical!
ReplyDeleteCharlee: "Such adorable kittens. We hope they all find homes!"
ReplyDeleteHow fast the week passed and its Poetry Monday again. My link is at https://artmater.com/poetry-monday-april-28-2025
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