Good morning! It is a beautiful morning! After a very hot weekend (it was still in the mid 90s yesterday evening), we have a "cool front" coming through. Today will "only" be lower 80s; and apparently cloudy. There's a chance of showers by this afternoon ... and I've increased the chances drastically by watering outside! LOL!
Back to work after a busy but nice weekend. Friday evening we went to the church play. Saturday my 12 year old granddaughter had a birthday party ... all I can say is, her parents are very brave! LOL!! And, I've heard enough "Guitar Hero" for awhile. :)
We got home late afternoon, and I managed to get the car unloaded, the suitcase unpacked, and laundry done. Tonight I'll be playing "catch-up" with all the other undone stuff, while watching Dancing!
Today is "Garden Meditation Day" ... "Lumpy Rug Day" ... "Melanoma Monday" ... "National Two Different Colored Shoes Day" ... "Paranormal Day" ... "UN World Press Freedom Day" ... "Constitution Day (Poland)" ... "Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)" ... "Day of the Holy Cross (Mexico)".
Quotes of the Day:
"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. "
-- Henry Ford
"Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it."
-- Tallulah Bankhead
"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."
-- Noel Coward
Today in history:
In 1802, Washington, D.C., incorporated.
In 1919, U.S. airplane passenger service began when pilot Robert Hewitt flew two women from New York to Atlantic City, N.J.
In 1937, Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
In 1948, the "CBS Evening News" premiered, with Douglas Edwards as anchor.
In 1952, a ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 piloted by Lt. Col. Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lt. Col. William P. Benedict of California became the first aircraft to land at the North Pole.
In 1956, the first judo world championships were held.
In 1960, "The Fantasticks" opened off-Broadway. It would become the longest-running musical of all time.
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party won the British general election, making her the first woman prime minister of a major European nation.
Today's birthdays include
- Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli in 1469
- British explorer John Speke, who discovered the source of the Nile, in 1827
- Journalist Jacob August Riis in 1849
- French perfume maker Francois Coty in 1874
- Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in 1898
- Singer/actor Bing Crosby in 1903
- Actress Mary Astor in 1906
- Broadway gossip columnist Earl Wilson in 1907
- Playwright William Inge in 1913
- Folk singer Pete Seeger in 1919
- Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, born Walker Smith Jr., in 1921
- Singer James Brown in 1933
- Singer Frankie Valli in 1934
- TV personality Greg Gumbel in 1946
- Magician Doug Henning in 1947
- Singer/songwriter Christopher Cross in 1951
- Actor Dule Hill in 1975
- Levi Johnston, father of former Gov. Sarah Palin's grandchild, in 1990
Everyone have a Great Monday!
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