Today is Labor Day in the U.S. and Canada where working people are honored and recognized for their contributions to the labor movement. The idea of celebrating a “workingmen’s holiday” on the first Monday in September caught on in the U.S. following a strike by employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago on May 11, 1894 as well as the Haymarket Riot of 1886. Across the country, state legislatures (with Oregon being the first) began recognizing Labor Day in 1887. Federal recognition in 1894 became a watershed moment in American labor history by bringing workers’ rights and contributions into public view. The first Labor Day parade was held on September 5, 1882, when 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City. Labor Day weekend is considered to be the symbolic end of summer.
The Ranch hands know exactly how to celebrate but theirs will be a somewhat low-key celebration. We hope your holiday is safe and enjoyable. Don’t do anything we wouldn’t do.
Live, love, bark!🐾
Fluffies look super cozy and relaxing 😍
They definitely know how to chill!
Looks like a perfect way to celebrate Labor Day to me.
We’d all be a spot happier if we emulated our pets more often. 😉
You ain’t kidding.
Hope you all had a happy and relaxing day.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
99.9 % of our days are relaxing. 😉
Of course, we ARE a working breed, but Mom says it was a very lazy day here for all of us yesterday. We think it was actually quite nice.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
We all need a break from work. Glad you were able to laze about.
hoping you had a safe and relaxing Labor Day!
Truth be told, it was a day like most of them these days. 😉
So cute!
Thanks. We hope you had a great Labor Day!
Knowing all the trouble Miss Elsa has gotten up to, am I the only one that finds “Don’t do anything we wouldn’t do” downright hilarious?
Yeah, I wondered if anyone would pick up on that. LOL You win the prize as the only one who mentioned it! 🏆
Some Labor Day. All your dogs are goofing off,.
No one ever said they weren’t slackers at times. 😉
Few know that Labor Day was originally devised to honor pregnant women. That’s right, it was conceived (hehe) in Pennsylvania by a group called the Pregnant Ladies of Philadelphia or PLOP. There was a branch in Kersville Ohio that was called KER-PLOP. The idea was to bring more attention to the difficulties of women in labor. So, now you know the whole tory. The more you know…
You are sick, you know that, right?!
Some may have mentioned that.
Have a great Labour Day. I think the Ranch Hands have the right idea – I’m with them!!
We could all take a lesson in life from our pets! Happy Monday!
Aw, look at the both of you. You sure do know how to celebrate Labor Day.
Have a woof woof day and week. Scritches to the pups, a smooch to Norman and a big hug to mom. ♥
They’ve got Labor Day down to a science…every day of the week actually. 😄 hugs and tail wags.
Happy Labour Day to you and yours, Monika.
I know I am relaxing (since my run, that is)!
And right back atcha (sans the run part). 😉
Thank you and
Tee hee… I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to January 2 – not enough to make time go faster than it already is – but to say buh-bye to this bloody 10k per day challenge!!
You mean you aren’t loving it? 🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏼♀️
Ummm. No. Actually, that’s not a whole truth. What I’m not loving is being able to take a day and say fuck it. Today? I don’t give a rat’s ass if I don’t get more than 1K 🙂 I’m remaining in my PJs and watching TV all day and munching on snacks… 😉
Sounds like a great day to me too!
It’s in my future, Monika! Just, not this year 😉
Unless I git ‘er done early and change back into PJs! 😉
🙂
We all played hard at the park, just the four of us, today, while Mom slacked on the bench and occasionally filled our water bowl. There was that one time she had to let the escapee back in the fence. We’ll let you guess who that might have been. XOXOX Xena, Lucy, Chia and Riley
Oh no, not a prison break! Umm, let me guess, a certain little puppy with short legs? That’s not slacking time guys…your mom deserves to have a few moments of peace and calm. 😉
Sometimes that peace and calm happens at night when that certain little puppy with short legs falls asleep on her lap. But not when he’s leaping off Daddy’s lap and OVER HER HEAD! XOX Xexe
{Snicker} What a hoot!
Now THIS ISS THE way to cellybrate Laburr Day…just loungin ’round an enjoyin peece an quiet!
Lookin fine Sweet Norman an yore adoorabell Elsa!
***purrss*** BellaDharma an <3 BellaSita
I’m with the ranch hands – definitely! 😉
We all should be more like them when it comes to enjoying the good life.
I hope you have a relaxing Labor Day, Monika. 😊
And to you as well!
While pawppy has off today…petcretary has to go and labor at her work at the nursing home…of course being in health care…well, that never takes holidays! (Its my turn to work the holiday, even though mostly I do not work on Mondays.)
Enjoy the relaxing, pups! We are doing that too!
Sorry Petcretary has to work. You’re so right, there are no holidays in healthcare. Hope it isn’t too busy.
Looks like your two are in for a grooming session?? Or did that already happen and they are in recovery mode (I see brushes, scissors, etc. on the table!!). Whatever you do – enjoy your LABOR(LESS) Labor Day………we are!
Hugs, Pam and Teddy too
Grooming is an ongoing endeavor around the Ranch. But don’t tell the Ranch Hands. 🤣
Independence Day here….fireworks tonght, but none near us, thank goodness.
Ugh, we had fireworks last night at the baseball game. Luckily they didn’t last long. Have a safe Independence Day! 🇨🇷
You have Labor Day now, we on the 1st of May. Have a beautiful day, and hugs to Ranch hands, but don’t wake them up.
Yes, May Day is more celebrated in Europe than here. Enjoy a beautiful autumnal Monday!
Wishing you and the Ranch Hands a calm and restful day of labor-less activity; sleeping in the sun, smelling the roses, and watching the world float by.
Thanks, Michael! Right back at you and the Golden Girls.
have a good labor monday with doing not too much ;O)
We can only hope. 🤞🏼