Good Morning! Tuesday May 3, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It will be one more very warm day, in the mid to upper 80s. The forecast is for mostly sunny and breezy, which seems to mean another front will be moving across by tomorrow. There is a chance for rain late tonight, although the gardens will probably still need watering tomorrow.
Yesterday: I got the things done I needed to around the house, and then went out to run errands. It took much longer than I expected (although DH was not "home alone" all afternoon, because the physical therapist came). I did get everything done that was on my list, so I felt like it was a good day. We didn't do any more planting (looking for some mulch first), but everything got a good watering; and I was able to harvest some of the broccoli-rabb (a strange tiny broccoli floret, but quite good).
Today: It's a dialysis and work day, but I hope tonight to get my next overdue sewing project organized.

Today is "Childhood Depression Awareness Day" ... "Garden Meditation Day" ... "Lumpy Rug Day" ... "National Specially-abled Pets Day" ... "National Teacher Day" ... "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:
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."
-- Henry Kissinger

"We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent on our dog and all the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day for your return?"
-- John Grogan

"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. "
-- Henry Ford

"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 Tuesday!