Listing the death toll
Like Vietnam on TV
No pulling out now
- Audrey Sher-Walton
Superheroes now
Wear gowns and masks not capes and
Teach our kids from home
- Kristin Magdziasz
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Brett;s Monthly and May Day
Aha, I hear you say. . . well actually I don't hear you say, that is what I imagine you are thinking . . . "It isn't May Day yet!" And you are right, but tomorrow will be Funny Friday day so I will post Brett's Monthly today with a blessing following.
Thanks, Brett.
Click on the daily ones to expand those days . . .
Daily Calendar Bizarre, Special and Unique Holidays - May, 2020
Month:
- Asian American Month
- Date Your Mate Month
- Foster Care Month
- Gifts from the Garden Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- National Barbecue Month
- National Bike Month
- National Blood Pressure Month
- National Hamburger Month
- National Photograph Month
- National Recommitment Month
- National Salad Month
- Older Americans Month
- Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Weekly
Celebrations:
- Nurse's Week - first full week of month
- Wildflower Week - week two
- National Bike Week - third week
- National Police Week - third week of month
- Emergency Medical Services Week - fourth week of month
May,
2020 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
May 1
International Tuba Day - first Friday in May
Space Day - first Friday in May
May 2
Free Comic Book Day - first Saturday in May
Herb Day - first Saturday in May
Kentucky Derby Day - first Saturday in May
May 3
May 4
May 5
National
Teacher's Day - Tuesday of first full week of May
May 6
May 7
May 8
Child Care Provider Day or Daycare Provider Day -
Friday before Mother's Day
Military Spouses Day the Friday before Mother's Day
May 9
Birth Mother's Day - Saturday before Mother's Day
International
Migratory Bird Day the second Saturday in May
National Train Day- Saturday closest to May 10th
National Windmill Day - the second Saturday in May
May 10
Lilac Sunday second Sunday in May
Mother's
Day second Sunday in May
May 11
May 12
May 13
National Receptionist Day the second Wednesday in
May
School
Nurses Day the Wednesday during Nurse's Week
May 14
May 15
National Bike to Work Day - third Friday of month
May 16
Armed
Forces Day - third Saturday of month
May 17
May 18
Victoria
Day(Canada) - Monday preceding the 25th
May 19
May 20
Be a Millionaire Day - now we all can go for that
May 21
May 22
Don't Fry Friday - Friday before Memorial Day
May 23
International Jazz Day - Saturday of Memorial Day
weekend.
May 24
May 25
Memorial
Day last Monday of month
National Towel Day - in the UK
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31
A blessing for the current age:
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Cemetery Art
From Wikipedia:
The Kiss of Death (El petó de la mort in Catalan and El beso de la muerte in Spanish) is a marble sculpture, found in Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona. The sculpture is thought to have been created by Jaume Barba, although others have claimed that its idea was conceived by Joan Fontbernat. The sculpture depicts death, in the form of a winged skeleton, planting a kiss on the forehead of a handsome young man. The sculpture elicits varying responses from the people who view it: is it ecstasy on the face of the young man, or resignation?
The sculpture is found above the grave of the textile manufacturer Josep Llaudet Soler. and was created in 1930. The tomb underneath contains the inscription:
"His young heart is thus extinguished. The blood in his veins grows cold. And all strength has gone. Faith has been extolled by his fall into the arms of death. Amen."
The sculpture is often said to have inspired The Seventh Seal, by Ingmar Bergman.
Rather than depicting death as a winged angel the sculptor instead chose a skeleton. The eroticism of the kiss is hard to escape - the sculpture shows youth welcoming death as a partner. The sculpture is at once romantic and horrifying, which leads to the varying views of the people that view it. It attracts and repels at once, the urge to touch combines with the desire to flee.
Bizarre.
A female version used as a prop made from 2 wooden bases covered in foam, a rigid foam female body with a wig draped and a pose-able skeleton with attached foam carved wings.
See the making of this sculpture by clicking on:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Kiss-of-Death-Monument/
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Grave of musician and actor Fernand Arbelot, buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. The tombstone shows him holding his wife’s face as he wished to gaze at her face for eternity.
Creepy.
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Pool table gravestone at Floral Hill Cemetery in Illinois
Nutty.
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Child in a crib headstone from Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
Also creepy.
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The life-size BMW M3 headstone of Steve Marsh, a huge fan of BMW automobiles. Located at Manor Park Cemetery, East London.
Car nutter.
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Grave of Russian comic actor and clown, Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin. He was also the theatrical manager of the old Moscow Circus which is now referred to as Nikulin Circus in his honour.
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Marble computer headstone
Geek.
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Empty chair tombstone located at Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermon
Thoughtful to provide a seat for mourner visitors.
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Located at the Alter Friedhof cemetery, this grave belongs to Caroline Walter who died in 1867 due to tuberculosis. After her death, her sister hired a sculpture to create a life like sculpture of Caroline, as if she had fallen asleep in her bed while reading a book.
No waking from this sleep.
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Gravestone from graveyard of Basilica di San Miniato al Monte in Florence
They look happy.
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Gladys and her piano memorial in the City of London cemetery
Uncomfortable bed and pillow for the big sleep.
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Headstone in Mexico
Yet he's up there, rather than down there???
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Epitaph on the tombstone of John Laird McCaffery, buried in Montreal. Organised by his ex-wife and mistress together.
Love it.
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These are the graves of husband and wife Colonel van Gorcum and Lady van Aefferden, who are still holding hands more than 150 years after their death. Their marriage in 1842 was a great scandal – Lady van Aefferden was an aristocratic Catholic, while the Colonel was a Protestant with no noble connections. When Colonel van Gorcum died in 1880, he was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Roermond. Knowing that she would be buried in the Catholic cemetery, his wife made it clear that she did not want to be buried in her family's burial plot. Instead she chose a burial site right by the wall dividing the two cemeteries, as close to her husband’s grave as possible. Atop their headstones, two hands meet across the wall, proving that love really doesn’t end with death.
Awww.
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Above is the grave of Georges Rodenbach, a 19th Century Belgian writer, in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. From his tomb, a bronze statue of Rodenbach can be seen emerging from the grave, clasping a single rose in his hand. Rodenbach’s best-known work is a symbolic novel called Bruges-la-Morte, the story of a widower living in Bruges, struggling to cope with grief in the wake of his wife’s death.
Horror movie image , , , "When the Dead Rise"
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The above unusual headstone was made by artist Niki de Saint Phalle for her assistant, Ricardo Menon, who died aged 37 in 1989. The epitaph at the cat’s feet reads: “To our friend Ricardo who died too soon, beautiful, young and loved.” It is located in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris, is 1.5 metres in height and is known as Ricardo’s Cat.
Why?
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The grave of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev was one of the 20th Century’s best-known figures in ballet and the famous dance partner of British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, is decorated with what looks like a genuine lavish oriental carpet. It is actually made of thousands of mosaic tiles, the drapes and folds carefully crafted to create the optical illusion. Nureyev was an avid collector of fine carpets and tapestries. He was buried with a pair of ballet shoes, his gravestone is in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France.
Beautiful.
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