Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It might even be a bit "warmer" today (although that only means it may get above freezing! LOL!); bright and clear today, but maybe clouds moving in by tomorrow.
Last night was another cold night. The heat doesn't always circulate as well as we'd like ... which makes a great excuse for being lazy! LOL! It'll soon be time to take down the decorations, but I'm enjoying them this last few days.
Hopefully tonight I'll do some of the little chores I didn't do last night. And I really need to "find" my sewing table again! :)
Today is "Carnival Season" ... "Epiphany" ... "Little Christmas" ... "Twelfth Day" ... "Three Kings Day (Christian)" ... "Admission Day (New Mexico)" ... "Christmas (Armenian)" ... "La Befana (Italy)".
Quotes of the Day:
"You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older."
-- Anouk Aimee
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."
-- Soren Kierkegaard
Today in history:
In 1759, George Washington married widow Martha Dandridge Custis.
In 1838, in Morristown, N.J., Samuel F.B. Morse and his partner, Alfred Vail, publicly demonstrated their new invention, the telegraph, for the first time.
In 1893, Washington National Cathedral was chartered by Congress.
In 1912, New Mexico joined the United States as the 47th state.
1925, Paavo Nurmi, known as the "Flying Finn" and regarded as the greatest runner of his day, set world records in the mile and 5,000-meter run within the space of 1 hour in his first U.S. appearance, an indoor meet at New York City's new Madison Square Garden.
In 1942, a Pan American Airways plane arrived in New York, completing the first around-the-world flight by a commercial airliner.
In 1984, the first test-tube quadruplets, all boys, were born in Melbourne, Australia.
Today's birthdays include:
- Joan of Arc in 1412
- Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the ruins of ancient Troy, in 1822
- Poet Carl Sandburg in 1878
- Silent movie cowboy star Tom Mix in 1880
- Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Sam Rayburn, D-Texas, in 1882
- Actress Loretta Young in 1913
- Actor Danny Thomas in 1914
- Pollster Louis Harris in 1921
- Bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs in 1924
- Auto executive John DeLorean in 1925
- Author E.L. Doctorow in 1931
- Actress Bonnie Franklin in 1944
- Actor Rowan Atkinson ("Mr. Bean") in 1955
- Filmmaker John Singleton in 1968
Everyone have a Great Wednesday!
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