Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. I got to "sleep in" a bit; but early I woke up to the most lovely sound ... Rain!! Wonderful steady pouring rain. This morning the sun is out and everything sparkles like it has on diamond jewelry! Of course, it's going to be quite hot, upper 90s, with heat indexes into 100s. It's not a day for anything outside, but I have lots of inside stuff to finish up.
I did get a lot done yesterday, even though it was hot and humid. I didn't get the bed assembled though. Turned out the frame I thought I was going to use was only a twin size. So, I took the brass frame out of the garden (you know ... "flower bed" .. LOL!!). The frame is in perfect condition; the bolts, however, are rusted tight. They're soaking in WD-40, and if that doesn't work I'll find a hack saw! LOL! I still have a few more things to take upstairs; but I have much more room now. So today I have a lot to do, but planning to take it slow and easy ... even inside (and especially upstairs) it's hot!
Today is " Children's Sunday" ... "Multicultural American Child Awareness Day" ... "Race Unity Day" ... "Saint Anthony of Padua Feast Day" ... "Children's Day (Ma)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening."
-- Seneca
"Be sincere; be brief; be seated."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Today in history:
In 1898, the Yukon Territory was formed.
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American on the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson chose him to succeed Tom Clark.
In 1983, the robot spacecraft Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the solar system. It did so 11 years after it was launched.
In 1993, Canada got its first woman prime minister when the ruling Progressive Conservative Party elected Kim Campbell to head the party and thus the country.
Today's birthdays include
- U.S. Army Gen. Winfield Scott in 1786
- Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats in 1865
- Actor Basil Rathbone in 1892
- Author Dorothy L. Sayers in 1893
- Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, winner of nine Olympic gold medals, in 1897
- Mexican composer Carlos Chavez in 1899
- Football star Harold Red Grange in 1903
- TV host Ralph Edwards in 1913
- Tennis Hall of Fame member Don Budge in 1915
- Nobel economics laureate John Forbes Nash, subject of the book and movie A Beautiful Mind, in 1928
- Bulgarian-born artist Christo (born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff) in 1935
- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 1944
- Actor Malcolm McDowell in 1943
- Actor Stellan Skarsgard in 1951
- Actor Richard Thomas in 1951
- Comedian Tim Allen in 1953
- Actress Ally Sheedy in 1962
- Actress twins Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen in 1986
Everyone have a Great Sunday!
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