Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. Today will be right much cooler than yesterday, but still quite "comfortable" in the mid to upper 60s. It'll stay cloudy, and there could be some more showers. Storms moved in late yesterday, and there was a thunder storm late at night ... lots of lovely rain, at night as is proper! LOL!
Yesterday: We took advantage of the nice day (that turned out hotter than expected). I got a bit of cleaning done in the morning, and 2 loads of laundry done - even hung things out to take advantage of the weather. A friend came over to help out with yet another electronic issue (resolved!). Then I got my gardener, we took a quick trip through a local antique/flea market, then came back to work in the garden. We made a huge amount of progress in the veggie garden plot, plus some weeding and clearing an older (neglected) garden so I could plant a new rose bush. And, to top off the day, a guy came by last night to take my old van to a shop ... put a battery in it, and it started right up and ran like a dream! LOL! All it needs is an inspection & current tags. Yay! :)
Today: It's a dialysis day, so what ever gets done will be fit around that schedule. Since it is cooler and might be rainy (plus the ground is a bit muddy right now), I'll run a few errands and do some shopping. I'm hoping to find a pink dogwood tree for the front yard; and there are a few other things, as always, to look for. :) I was too tired for sewing last night, so will try to do that tonight as well.
Today is "Baby Massage Day" ... "Jenkins's Ear Day" ... "National Cherish an Antique Day" ... "Winston Churchill Day" ... "Martyr's Day (Tunisia)".
Quotes of the Day:
"My friends are my estate."
-- Emily Dickinson
"Nothing is easy to the unwilling."
-- Nikki Giovanni
"No man ever listened himself out of a job."
-- Calvin Coolidge
"You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public."
-- Scott Adams
Today in history:
In 1413, Henry V crowned king of England.
In 1816, the first all-black U.S. religious denomination, the AME church, was organized in Philadelphia.
In 1939, on Easter Sunday, African-American contralto Marian Anderson gave a free open-air concert before more than 75,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
In 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration introduced America's first astronauts to the public. The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully selected from a group of 32 candidates to take part in Project Mercury.
In 1963, by an act of the U.S. Congress, British statesman Winston Churchill became an honorary U.S. citizen.
In 1967, the first Boeing 737 took its maiden flight.
In 1965, the Astrodome opened in Houston for the first indoor baseball game.
In 2005, Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married Camilla Parker Bowles, his long-time companion, at Windsor Castle. She took the title duchess of Cornwall.
Today's birthdays include
- my brother HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!!
- French poet Charles Baudelaire in 1821
- Comic actor W.C. Fields in 1879
- Actor/singer Paul Robeson in 1898
- Football Hall of Fame member Curly Lambeau in 1903
- Birth control pill inventor Gregory Pincus in 1903
- Actor Ward Bond in 1903
- Former U.S. Sen. James William Fulbright, D-Ark., in 1905
- Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner in 1926
- Singer/songwriter Tom Lehrer in 1928
- Rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins in 1932
- Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in 1933
- Comedian Avery Schreiber in 1935
- Actress Michael Learned in 1939
- Journalist Peter Gammons in 1945
- Actor Dennis Quaid in 1954
- Golf Hall of Fame member Seve Ballesteros in 1957
- Model Paulina Porizkova in 1965
- Actress Cynthia Nixon in 1966
- Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam in 1979
- Actress Kristen Stewart in 1990
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
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