#Vaz summers

[adeanthepurpledragon]

A picture of Ace characters flag for coming up Pride month.

@drake-the-highlander @alexcanine @kingnice1219 @reformedladyfandom @jaysmily2919

[rabbitcruiser]

The Luís Vaz De Camões Monument was inaugurated on October 9, 1867.

[sigalrm]

Shiguli by Pascal Volk

[omanatascha]

(via GIPHY)

[kteezy997]

Dearest gentle followers,

I want to start by asking you to not worry about me; I am perfectly fine. But I am tired. And I want you to know that it is you that I think of as write this. I don't want to seem arrogant, but I'm sure that there are some of you that hop onto this app everyday hoping that I have posted a new story or a continuation of one. I 100% understand, as I have been there! I understand the disappointing feeling when there is nothing new to read.

However, when I post something, I want it to be the best of quality. I want it to be something I myself would like to read. I want it to be something I am proud of.

I say all of this because I am going on a writing hiatus.

This summer has been full of activities with family and that mixed with my irl job and maintaining a home all by myself has become a lot. So much so that I have no energy to write. The ideas and inspirations are there, but the motivation is not. These days, when I am home and after chores are done, I want to relax and not use my brain. If that makes sense?

The Timothee fandom feels much quieter ever since he stepped out with Kylie Jenner, which I totally understand! I don't like the relationship either, but I still adore Timmy and he continues to be my muse. And with very little other Timmy writers, I feel this obligation (put on myself by myself) to put out content for those of you that are still here, to read.

By posting this, I am sure I will feel much lighter. But please know that it is not you, it is me. I put this pressure on myself and get frustrated when I cannot deliver. And I really don't want to let you guys down.

Hopefully things will slow down and as the weather gets cooler here (I am in Illinois, USA) I will have more time to write. I will still be here, slowly working on chapters, and maybe some one shots here and there, but not posting on any regular basis.

Thank you in advance for your understanding. I welcome you to message me if you happen to have any comments or concerns.

With Love,

Kteezy💕

@gatoenlaciudad @thebetawolfgirl @musicandbooksaremyhappyplace @softhecreator @tchalamss @lixzey @bitchyunknownuser @ducktapebar @aoi-targaryen @yukideadinside @elloise0 @thatoneweirdgirl17 @mel-vaz @sammy-halpert @iwishchalamet @that-one-fangirl69 @jindongdongie @briefkittenearthquake @imnotoverlyobsessive

[ducktoonsfanart]

Happy New Year! - Celebrating New Years in Brazil or some tropical place with Donald Duck, his family and his friends - The Three Caballeros - Quack Pack AU - Duckverse (my version)

Happy New Year 2024!

Although I am late, I certainly wish everyone a happy and successful New Year 2024. These are my first drawings in the year 2024 and I drew them as a special phenomenon, because this year is the 90th birthday of Donald Duck, as well as the 80th anniversary of the Three Caballeros. And Donald Duck is certainly for me the best Disney character so far. I wanted to do this for his 89th birthday, but since I unfortunately didn't make it, I did this for New Year's! And sorry if something didn't turn out well, I had some problems with the markers. I certainly combined most of the Duck media I love in my two drawings. Italian, Dutch, Brazilian comics, Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Quack Pack, Paperinik (Duck Avenger), Double Duck and The Legend of The Three Caballeros. Yes, it's part of my Quack Pack AU or the overall Duckverse together, my way. One drawing is adults and the other drawing is children plus Aracuan Bird. And yes, I found inspiration in certain pictures where many people celebrate the New Year at the sea in swimsuits or swimming costumes (bikini and swimming trunks), so I decided to do it in my own way.

Even though I like winter, I still prefer summer and tropical places, and when you are in tropical places, it's summer all year round. Likewise for Christmas and New Year, where Donald and his family and friends went to Brazil with his best friend José Carioca (Zé Carioca) to celebrate the holidays. Especially the New Year. Yes, there are quite a few characters. One drawing features Donald Duck, José Carioca (Zé Carioca), Rosinha Maria Vaz, Panchito Pistoles, Daisy Duck, Nestor, Gyro Gearloose, Fethry Duck, Gus Goose, Drake Mallard, Fenton Crackshell (both reconciled despite their rivalry), Launchpad McQuack , Morgana Macawber, Gandra Dee, Kay K, Lyla Lay and Uno (One).

In the second drawing there are children, mostly drawn in the Quack Pack version, but in my own way. Here are Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, April, May and June Duck, Zico and Zeca Carioca (Ze's nephews), Phooey Duck, Webby Vanderquack, Gosalyn Mallard, Newton Gearloose, Honker Muddlefoot, Minima De Spell, Gene the Genie (aka Gene Boy), Dugan Duck (Fethry's nephew) and Sonny Seagull (Garvey Gull, one of Donald's nephew's best friends who unfortunately lives as a homeless person) and of course, Aracuan Bird, who is adult (with bomb).

I hope you like these drawings! Once again, I wish you happy holidays and a happy New Year 2024! If you like these drawings, feel free to like and reblog this! And please, don't use these same ideas without mentioning me and without my permission! Thank you!

P.S. By the way, this is a gift for all of you, especially fans of Donald Duck and his comics, video games and cartoons. But I dedicate these drawings in particular as my gift to these people, @you-big-palooka , @isabellanajera , @elmer-dat-gander and @fantasticenthusiasttale. I hope you like my gifts for this holiday season! Enjoy and Happy New Year 2024! Hopefully with even more great drawings, especially around Donald Duck.

[dfroza]

sure, there’s a busy street right there but i have to focus more on the True nature of things

inviting others to do the same

just out walking on the 19th of july 2024 along Coit Ave in Grand Rapids, Michigan

it’s right here & now on the 30th day of Astronomical Summer and the 49th day of meteorological Summer

which is a mirroring of the alphabetic number 49 of the letters TYD on the Oklahoma license plate [TYD 593] that was on my old 1991 Chevy Lumina driven in Tulsa now 2 decades ago

(even drove it to work at Love envelopes, inc. that reflects upon this written dream)

what do you think about sharing thoughts to “connect”?

i’ll just be a book in someone’s hands quietly (Waiting) to be befriended

A patient dream that has seemingly taken thousands of years of passing time.

some wine takes a bit of time in bottles of earth to age before being opened (clearly “unveiled”)

to be exposed from the inside out

it’s truly A beautiful mystery for someone to share their thought-life with mine (in the willingness to do so)

which is why i’ve had to refrain from speaking, keeping silent as the night sky… busying myself (every waking moment) in the writing from the instrumental womb

i had to send out my ‘bird of thought’ carrying my dream (to be…)

following this sacred path and guarding its entrance

but sending out an “invitation” as the key that unlocks (the inner room)

to be seen.

(to be known)

p.s.

the number 49 is also the alphabetic number of the letters VAZ that were on the Kansas license plate [VAZ 929] of a Pontiac Bonneville driven by a barista who worked at the Coffee House on Cherry Street in Tulsa where i frequented in 2009 while living in a studio apartment on the 17th story of a twin set of towers on 7th Street downtown

the twin letters A & Z reflect upon the nature of the alphabet and the written word

in Hebrew, the 22 letter Aleph-Bet (from Aleph to Tav)

just as the 22nd letter V of the English alphabet

and in Greek: from Alpha to Omega

do you see how this writing is my True “calling” in life on garden earth?

in the tending of its vineyard

(as i won’t be calling out loud from this inner space)

even if people wanted to hear me call out about Honeoye Street

i have to be content with the silent whispering of the night sky… for it to be seen, for another heart to clearly reciprocate

“i love you.”

someone who takes a “seed” to heart (the inner garden of thought) and mirrors it through the body (in silence & sound)

[pclymcrphcus]

・ ✦ ・ 𝐩𝐜𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐜𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐜𝐮𝐬 / * ( closed starter @estfenrirswood )

"How has business been?" A light, airy bell echoes as she pulls on the lever handle of the door, its polished brass cool to the touch, though she carries a warmth with her as always. Thistle and Sage, the occult shop, is frequently haunted by Lilette Vaz. The professor is a regular, or perhaps a nuisance depending on Aiysha's patience and predilection for chatting with visitors.

Her eyes scan a new display of crystals, their facets catching the light and casting a dazzling array of colors and patterns across the room. She is drawn to them as Painted Lady butterflies are to summer lilacs and fuchsia hollyhocks. "These are beautiful. You'll have to tell me about them."

As she approaches, she feels a slight tingling sensation emanating from one crystal in particular. The one in the center, triangular and reminiscent of a flame, evokes peculiar emotions within her. "This one," she points to the crystal, her voice tinged with curiosity and nostalgia, "it's making me feel nostalgic." Lilette's fingers brush lightly over the smooth, cool surfaces, her academic mind eager to unravel the mysteries they hold. The vibrant hues and intricate inclusions within the crystals are like windows into other worlds, each glance revealing new facets of their beauty and power.

[alcoholmaenad]

Saint George - Svätý Juraj

The feast of Saint George in Slovakia is traditionaly understood as the crossroad between winter and summer. It is connected with opening of the fields, growth of grass and other plant, summer but also with the activity of witches - bosorky.

The eve before was devoted to many protective rituals such as bonfires ( Jurské ohne), making noise with whips and in some places walking around the village with steel (ocelovanie, more common on Saint Thomas), making crosses on barns with axle greese. All of these rituals were done to protect fields, people, cattle and village from the evil doing of witches.

But this eve was also great time for love magic and divination. Young girl, who would sing "Jurské piesne" since the day after Easter, would make wreaths from 9 different trees: vaz, hrab, klen, lieska, bez, šíp, tŕn, dub, svib ( elm, horn beam, maple, hazel, elder, rose, sloe, oak, dogwood). Sometimes it was made from different herbs but they also had to be nine.

Then they would throw the wreaths on a fruit tree most often on a apple tree and say spells adressed to Saint George:

Jur, jur, svätý Jur

Daj mi muža

Ako ruža

Ak mi muža nedáš

Roboty si pridáš

A o rok ma tu opäť máš

Translation: George, George, Saint George; give a man/husband; Like a rose; If you don't give him; You'll give yourself more work; And I'll be here next year.

This day is also about fertility of land so young tall girls would roll on fields so rye would grow as tall as them, the day after, on Saint Mark was the day for procession around the fields and blessing of winter crops.

Special attention was on snakes mainly before Saint George, it was said that coin with which you beheaded a snake would always stay with you (alway have money) and even bring more money to you. If you made a soup from snake you would understand animal language. A snake couldn't bite a person because the Earth would accept him in the fall. Snakes appear on Juraj.

Leg from a dryed frog would bring good luck and if a girl touched her "dear one" with it she could be sure they would marry. Ofc the leg had to be harvested before Juraj.

There are many more superstions and traditions connected with the day of Saint George, these are just some of them.

[adeanthepurpledragon]

@drake-the-highlander @kingnice1219 @alexcanine @jaysmily2919 @reformedladyfandom A drawing I did of my wolf Fursona Vaz Summers hugging my dragonsona Adean, dragon hugs are best hugs.

[rabbitcruiser]

The Luís Vaz De Camões Monument was inaugurated on October 9, 1867.

[mercaritee]

Show Me The Titties Deaths Skeletor t-shirt

Show Me The Titties Deaths Skeletor t-shirt, hoodie, tank top, longsleeve

The coat and skirt are actually from special collections and the Show Me The Titties Deaths Skeletor t-shirt Additionally,I will love this others are exceptionally small which keeps it from looking like an outfit. (She’s pictured here with her female world number, Iga Swiatek.) Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Kirsten Dunst is a Taurus, but more importantly, a “light summer”—at least, According to practitioners of color analysis, practitioners analyze a person’s particular colors to determine which colors will look best on them and in any depth.

As color analyst Nathalia Eugenio Vaz told Glamor, “Seasonal color analysis is a technique [used] to determine your color palette and identify color groups that harmonize with your skin tone, ” adds that there’s a quick and easy way to get a basic feel for where your tanning is, in terms of temperature: “There are no cool orange tones, so if you like to wear orange tones, chances are you have warm or warm-neutral undertones instead of cool undertones.”

Buy this shirt:  Show Me The Titties Deaths Skeletor t-shirt

Home:  Mercaritee

[fenrirswood-hq]

NO WAY TO TURN BACK NOW. Welcome to Fenrir’s Wood DUCKIE, you’ve been accepted for the role of LILETTE VAZ & NOHEMI VALDEZ, please refer to the member checklist and send your account to the main in 24 hours.

[ gina torres, non-binary, she/they ] Hey, isn’t that LILETTE VAZ. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH, and have a connection to SAGA’S COVEN? What I do know for certain is that they’re 51, and they’re FEARLESS and IMPULSIVE. They’re originally from FENRIRSWOOD, UNITED KINGDOM, and have back to FENRIRSWOOD for ONE WEEK living in WOODS ROAD. I wonder if they still work at FENRIR UNIVERSITY as an ARCHAEOLOGIST Best if they stay safe for now.  ( duckie, est, she/they, 26, removed for discretion )

[ jenna ortega, cis-woman, she/her ] Hey, isn’t that NOHEMI VALDEZ. I thought they went away for the summer? Did you hear they might be a WITCH? What I do know for certain is that they’re 21, and they’re WHOLESOME and TEMPERAMENTAL. They’re originally from CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, and have been in FENRIRS WOOD for FOUR MONTHS living in SUNE’S HARBOUR. I wonder if they still work at FENRIR LIBRARY as a LIBRARY ASSISTANT. Best if they stay safe for now.  ( duckie, est, she/they, 26, removed for discretion )

[idahobob]

Music Video - Alice Caymmi & Rachel Reis - Desfruta from Aline Lata on Vimeo.

EN - Surrounded by the intoxicating voices of Alice Caymmi and Rachel Reis, bodies melt in the heat and sweat becomes a hallucinogenic liquid, transforming summer into a state of mind filled with passion and encounters.

PT - Ao som das vozes inebriantes de Alice Caymmi e Rachel Reis, corpos derretem de calor e o suor se torna um líquido alucinógeno, transformando o verão em um estado de espírito cheio de paixão e encontros. -

Com Alice Caymmi, Rachel Reis, Antonio Miano, Édipo de Castro, Filipe Castro, Flora Barros, Flow Kountouriotis, Jheyoliiver, Marcos Moreira e Raiana Moraes

Direção Aline Lata Roteiro Aline Lata e Érico Toscano Direção de Fotografia Érico Toscano Direção de Arte Ale Maestro Styling Cantoras Victor Miranda Figurino Tainá de Castro Beleza Vale Saig Preparação de Atores Antonio Miano Direção de Produção Silvana Medeiros Montagem Aaron Yuno Saiki Cor Acauan Pastore Assistente de Direção Zoe Yasmine

Assistente de produção Tami Rodrigues 1º Assistente de Câmera Caio Freitas 2º Assistente de Câmera Débora Vieira GMA Maicon Barboza Chefe de Elétrica Juarez Rios (Prego) 1º Assistente de Elétrica Rodrigo Pereira de Jesus Assistente de Elétrica Barreto Maquinista Zadir Borges Assistente de Maquinária Pedro Henrique

Assistente de Arte Mafê Miserochi e Charles Pereira Produção de Objetos Ana Paula Braga Contraregra Jhony Palermo Ajudante de Objetos Augusto N. Gonçalves

Figurino Alice Caymmi e Rachel Reis A Role e Bella Maria Vintage Produtor de moda Jorge Moura e Carol Passos Camareira Dona Ita Assistente de Maquiagem Beatriz Helenna, Andressa Vaz, Tuany Oliveira e Chris Ravenna

Transporte Fj transporte e locação, 3d transporte e locação, Emanuel Masiero Nunes, André Vinícius de Azevedo fortini e Edson Fernandes Teixeira

Coordenador de Pós Produção Elton Bronzeli e Jamila Ambar Coordenação de Finalização Rafael Malavasi e Raphael Bonato Assistentes Diego Merulla, Gabriel Pinda, Lucas Ramos, Matheus Pizani, Renan Prado, Tais Oliveira e Wellington Martinelle

Produtora de Som: Cabaret Sonoplastia: Leticia Medeiros Atendimento: Ingrid Lopes Coordenação: Verusca Garcia, Chandra Lima, Débora Mello e Mavi Capelasso

Fotógrafia Still Victor Takayama Design Gráfico Beatriz Leite

Musica Desfruta Letra Rachel Reis Intérpretes Alice Caymmi e Rachel Reis Produção Musical Iuri Rio Branco Mixagem e Masterização Rafael Paz Curvelo

Rainha dos Raios Manager Talita Morais Produção Alice Caymmi Jessica Martins Assistente de Produção Alice Caymmi Carolina Ferreira Produção Rachel Reis Fernando Castro Assessoria de Imprensa Jorginho Velloso Distribuição Alta Fonte Realização Rainha dos Raios Produções

Agradecimentos Carol Dantas Cidy Campos Elton Brozeli Luciana Andrade Marian Daniel Passos Barcelona Filmes Fábrica Brasileira de Imagens Casa do Produtor Cabaret

Produção Veneno Rainha dos Raios Landia

[brookston]

Holidays 1.16

Holidays

Appreciate A Dragon Day

Beatles Day (UNESCO)

Book Publishers Day

Civil Service Day

Day of Lights (Elder Scrolls)

Haru-No-Yabuiri (a.k.a. Day of No Work for the Overworked; Japan)

Inflatable Tire Day

Juuruku Nichi (Ryukyuan)

Kanuma Panda (a.k.a. Tusu Puja; Andhra Pradesh, India)

Laurent Kabila (Heroes’ Day; Congo)

National Bouvier de Flandres Day

National Day of Peace (El Salvador)

National Good Teen Day

National Nothing Day

National Religious Freedom Day

National Startup Day (India)

National Without a Scalpel Day

National Work at Home with Your Spouse Day

Psychiatric Technician’s Day

Quit Lying Day

Teacher’s Day (Myanmar, Thailand)

There’s No Business Like Show Business Day

Whiskey A-Go-Go Day

Zeta Phi Beta Day

Zuuruku Nichi (Okinawa Islands, Japan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Day of the Croquettes (Spain)

International Hot and Spicy Food Day [also 8.19]

National Fig Newton Day

National Quinoa Day

Prohibition Remembrance Day

3rd Monday in January

Brew Monday (UK) [3rd Monday]

Elementary School Teacher Day [3rd Monday]

Human Relations Day [3rd Monday]

Human Rights Day (Idaho) [3rd Monday]

John Chilembwe Day observed (Malawi) [Monday closest to 1.15]

Junk-Food News Stories Day [3rd Monday]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (a.k.a. MLK Day, King Day) [3rd Monday]

National Crowd Feed Day [3rd Monday]

National Day of Service [3rd Monday]

Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi) [3rd Monday]

Independence Days

Tsardom of Muscovy (Established; 1547)

Feast Days

Benjamin, Pope (Coptic)

Berard of Carbio (Christian; Saint)

Blaise (Armenian Apostolic)

Concordia (Ancient Roman Goddess of Harmonious Relations)

Day of Offerings to the Shemsu of Ra (Ancient Egypt)

Eve of Saint Anthony (observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolomé de Pinares; Christian)

Fursey (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Vaz (Christian; Saint)

Henry the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Honoratus of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Lao-Tseu (Positivist; Saint)

Macarius the Elder of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Marcellus I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Mr. McTaggart (Muppetism)

Night of the Lemur (Church of the SubGenius)

Nothingness Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church)

Titian of Oderzo (Christian; Saint)

Tu B'Shevat (a.k.a. Rosh Hashanah La’llanot or Arbor Day; Judaism) [15 Shevat]

Uzhavar Thirunal (Tamil Nadu, India)

Vasant Panchami (Hindu)

Wind Gods of the Eight Directions Festival (Ancient Greece)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Blue Monday (UK) [3rd Monday] (Saddest day of the year.)

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Puss in Boots (Animated Film; 2015)

The Bird Store (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Black Lightning (TV Series; 2018)

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, recorded by Benny Goodman (Live Concert; 1938)

Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV Series; 1981)

Hello, Dolly! (Broadway Musical; 1964)

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing), recorded by Duke Ellington (Song; 1932)

Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)

Lucille, recorded by Little Richard (Song; 1857)

Man in the Mirror, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1988)

Shakin’ All Over, by The Guess Who (Album; 1965)

Son of Flubber (Film; 1963)

Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series; 1995)

Summer (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Village Smithy (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Vincebus Eruptum, by Blue Cheer (Album; 1968)

Wayne (TV Series; 2019)

A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal), recorded by Kay Kyser (Song; `942)

Today’s Name Days

Arnold, Maurus, Romedius (Austria)

Anastazija, Mavro, Pavao, Stošija (Croatia)

Alice (Czech Republic)

Maura (Denmark)

Salve, Salvi, Sõlmi (Estonia)

Ilmari, Ilmo (Finland)

Marcel (France)

Dietwald, Marcel, Tilman, Uli (Germany)

Gusztáv (Hungary)

Marcello (Italy)

Lida, Lidija, Lija (Latvia)

Marcelis, Norgailas, Norgailė (Lithuania)

Hilmar, Hjalmar (Norway)

Marcel, Waleriusz, Włodzimierz (Poland)

Petru (Romania)

Kristína (Slovakia)

Estefanía, Fulgencio, Marcelo (Spain)

Helmer, Hjalmar (Sweden)

Aaliyah, Aleah, Aliyah, Paine, Payne, Phillis, Phyllis, Pilar, Priscilla (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 16 of 2023; 349 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 3 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 25 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 23 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 23 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 16 Aer; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 3 January 2023

Moon: 33%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 16 Moses (1st Month) [Lao-Tseu]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 27 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 26 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.16

Holidays

Appreciate A Dragon Day

Beatles Day (UNESCO)

Book Publishers Day

Civil Service Day

Day of Lights (Elder Scrolls)

Haru-No-Yabuiri (a.k.a. Day of No Work for the Overworked; Japan)

Inflatable Tire Day

Juuruku Nichi (Ryukyuan)

Kanuma Panda (a.k.a. Tusu Puja; Andhra Pradesh, India)

Laurent Kabila (Heroes’ Day; Congo)

National Bouvier de Flandres Day

National Day of Peace (El Salvador)

National Good Teen Day

National Nothing Day

National Religious Freedom Day

National Startup Day (India)

National Without a Scalpel Day

National Work at Home with Your Spouse Day

Psychiatric Technician’s Day

Quit Lying Day

Teacher’s Day (Myanmar, Thailand)

There’s No Business Like Show Business Day

Whiskey A-Go-Go Day

Zeta Phi Beta Day

Zuuruku Nichi (Okinawa Islands, Japan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Day of the Croquettes (Spain)

International Hot and Spicy Food Day [also 8.19]

National Fig Newton Day

National Quinoa Day

Prohibition Remembrance Day

3rd Monday in January

Brew Monday (UK) [3rd Monday]

Elementary School Teacher Day [3rd Monday]

Human Relations Day [3rd Monday]

Human Rights Day (Idaho) [3rd Monday]

John Chilembwe Day observed (Malawi) [Monday closest to 1.15]

Junk-Food News Stories Day [3rd Monday]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (a.k.a. MLK Day, King Day) [3rd Monday]

National Crowd Feed Day [3rd Monday]

National Day of Service [3rd Monday]

Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi) [3rd Monday]

Independence Days

Tsardom of Muscovy (Established; 1547)

Feast Days

Benjamin, Pope (Coptic)

Berard of Carbio (Christian; Saint)

Blaise (Armenian Apostolic)

Concordia (Ancient Roman Goddess of Harmonious Relations)

Day of Offerings to the Shemsu of Ra (Ancient Egypt)

Eve of Saint Anthony (observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolomé de Pinares; Christian)

Fursey (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Vaz (Christian; Saint)

Henry the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Honoratus of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Lao-Tseu (Positivist; Saint)

Macarius the Elder of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Marcellus I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Mr. McTaggart (Muppetism)

Night of the Lemur (Church of the SubGenius)

Nothingness Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church)

Titian of Oderzo (Christian; Saint)

Tu B'Shevat (a.k.a. Rosh Hashanah La’llanot or Arbor Day; Judaism) [15 Shevat]

Uzhavar Thirunal (Tamil Nadu, India)

Vasant Panchami (Hindu)

Wind Gods of the Eight Directions Festival (Ancient Greece)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Blue Monday (UK) [3rd Monday] (Saddest day of the year.)

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The Adventures of Puss in Boots (Animated Film; 2015)

The Bird Store (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Black Lightning (TV Series; 2018)

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, recorded by Benny Goodman (Live Concert; 1938)

Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV Series; 1981)

Hello, Dolly! (Broadway Musical; 1964)

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing), recorded by Duke Ellington (Song; 1932)

Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)

Lucille, recorded by Little Richard (Song; 1857)

Man in the Mirror, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1988)

Shakin’ All Over, by The Guess Who (Album; 1965)

Son of Flubber (Film; 1963)

Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series; 1995)

Summer (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Village Smithy (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Vincebus Eruptum, by Blue Cheer (Album; 1968)

Wayne (TV Series; 2019)

A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal), recorded by Kay Kyser (Song; `942)

Today’s Name Days

Arnold, Maurus, Romedius (Austria)

Anastazija, Mavro, Pavao, Stošija (Croatia)

Alice (Czech Republic)

Maura (Denmark)

Salve, Salvi, Sõlmi (Estonia)

Ilmari, Ilmo (Finland)

Marcel (France)

Dietwald, Marcel, Tilman, Uli (Germany)

Gusztáv (Hungary)

Marcello (Italy)

Lida, Lidija, Lija (Latvia)

Marcelis, Norgailas, Norgailė (Lithuania)

Hilmar, Hjalmar (Norway)

Marcel, Waleriusz, Włodzimierz (Poland)

Petru (Romania)

Kristína (Slovakia)

Estefanía, Fulgencio, Marcelo (Spain)

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Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 16 of 2023; 349 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 3 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 25 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 23 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 23 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 16 Aer; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 3 January 2023

Moon: 33%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 16 Moses (1st Month) [Lao-Tseu]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 27 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 26 of 30)