Sunday, June 12, 2011

Good Morning! Sunday June 12, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's still bright and mostly clear, with a few clouds off and on. It's won't be *quite* as hot today, low 90s, and again the possibility of afternoon storms. Yesterday and last night storms passed Very close ... but all we got was a bit of thunder and lightening. Perhaps today some rain will come closer!
Yesterday: It was so hot that it was hard to get much done, but I managed a few things. After taking DH to dialysis, I checked out the local farmer's market. They had some nice things, and I got some fresh corn. Then I went to the (Habitat) Resale storm. I was looking for old carpeting for the garden ... found it, and a *few* other things. :) On the way home I stopped by DS's shop to check out some old yard chairs, which he is going to bring to me (eventually! LOL!). At home my friend and I played with a fun art project, and then braved the heat a few minutes at a time. (thermometer on porch said 100 at 7:00 at night). Everything not on timers got watered; and we harvested a huge batch of squash and zuchinni, a few tomatoes, a few radishes. There's lots more that will be ready soon. That's about all that got done for the day.
Today: It's a tiny bit cooler (low instead of high 90s), but I don't have much outside stuff to deal with today. If it doesn't look like we'll get rain by tonight, I will turn the sprinklers on for some extra time. Inside, hoping to get some general cleaning done, and *maybe* (if I don't stay on the computer too long) work on the weekly project. And, I intend to get some sewing done! :)

Today is "Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day" ... "Children's Sunday" ... "Crowed Nest Awareness Day" ... "Multicultural American Child Awareness Day" ... "Orthodox Pentecos (Orthodox)" ... "Pentecost (Christian)" ... "Race Unity Day" ... "Whitsunday (Christian)" ... "Anniversary - Baseball Hall of Fame" ... "Children's Day (Ma)" ... "Independence Day (Philippines)" ... "Independence Day (Russia)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."
-- Andy Rooney

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
-- Sir Richard Steele

"I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed."
-- James Thurber

"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required."
-- Sir Winston Churchill

Today in history:
In 1859, the Comstock Lode was discovered in Nevada.

In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.

In 1971, Tricia Nixon, daughter of U.S. President Richard Nixon, married Edward Finch Cox in the first wedding in the Rose Garden of the White House.

In 1979, Bryan Allen, 26, pedaled the 70-pound Gossamer Albatross 22 miles across the English Channel for the first human-powered flight across that body of water.

Today's birthdays include
- John Augustus Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, in 1806
- Film and television producer Irwin Allen in 1916
- Cartoonist Dave Berg in 1920
- Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in 1924
- Singer Vic Damone in 1928
- Anne Frank, whose diary told of hiding from the Nazis in occupied Holland, in 1929
- Actor/singer Jim Nabors in 1930
- Author Rona Jaffe in 1932
- Jazz musician Chick Corea in 1941
- Sportscaster Marv Albert in 1941
- Actor Timothy Busfield in 1957
- Musician John Linnell in 1959
- Comedian Scott Thompson in 1959
- And software developer Blake Ross in 1985

Everyone have a Great Sunday!

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