Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's started out very foggy, but bright sunshine is now quickly coming through. The fog is vanishing in layers ... eerie! :) It's to be upper 80s today (no 90s? Yay!), mostly sunny, and less humid. Still no rain though. I didn't water last night because Jimmy had the hose running into the pond (got to get the pump fixed!!). Perhaps tonight I'll get that done.
Last night I didn't get as productive as I hoped; but I did work on some paperwork, and a (tiny) bit of sewing. Hopefully tonight I'll do better ... there are things I wanted to finish this week; and I'm running out of week! LOL!
Today is "Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)" ... "Wonderful Weirdos Day" ... "Admission Day (California)" ... "Chrysanthemum Day (Japan)" ... "Independence Day (Tajikistan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"In Mexico we have a word for sushi: Bait."
-- Jose Simon
"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."
-- Dorothy Bernard
Today in history:
In 1739, 1542, Mary Stuart was crowned "Queen of Scots" at the age of nine months.
In 1776, the second Continental Congress officially changed the new American nation's name from "United Colonies" to "United States."
In 1850, California became the 31st state.
In 1956, rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley appeared on national television for the first time, on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1995, Steffi Graf of Germany defeated Monica Seles and won her fourth U.S. Open women's singles title.
In 2001, Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena for the U.S. Open tennis championship, 6-2, 6-4, the first time since 1884 that sisters had met in a Grand Slam finale.
Today's birthdays include
- The Duc de Richelieu, French statesman and Roman Catholic cardinal, in 1585
- Capt. William Bligh, of the HMS Bounty, in 1754
- Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1828
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Frank Chance in 1877
- Alf Landon, the Kansas Republican who lost the 1936 presidential election to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1887
- Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders in 1890
- Movie composer Arthur Freed in 1894
- Oddsmaker Jimmy the Greek Snyder in 1918
- Philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson III in 1920
- Actor Cliff Robertson in 1925
- Rhythm & blues singer Otis Redding in 1941
- Football Hall of Fame member Joe Theisman in 1949
- Actor Tom Wopat in 1951
- Actor Angela Cartwright in 1952
- Actor Hugh Grant in 1960
- Actor Adam Sandler in 1966
- Actor Rachel Hunter in 1969
- Actor Henry Thomas in 1971
- Singer Michael Buble in 1975
- Rapper Soulja Slim in 1977
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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