Precipitation Prediction Again... ~ Marion Eugenia Laney Plumbridge ~ SNAILS!

Good 50º cloudy morning. No rain yesterday or last night as predicted.... pressure dropping and 100% predicted for today. This is what 30% looked like over Medford (yes, again!) yesterday....

 

Eight years ago today my sister Marion passed away from adult onset leukemia. She was 9 years older than me and was my "other mom" .... then we became best friends. I love her and miss her every single day!

 

1954 Marion's senior prom....

and with her first born, Andy.....

1961 with Andy Bobby & Jimmy.....

Me thinks this was 1961 or 62....

Historically this date...

1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.

1846 – Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.

1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

1994 – Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

And births this date include...

1686 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German inventor and thermometer maker (d. 1736)

........and you always wondered why it was called "fahrenheit" ! BTW, there is a guy named Anders Celsius!

1879 – H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founder of H. B. Reese Candy Co. (d. 1956)

 

1938 – Tommy Chong, Canadian-born actor and comedian

 

1941 – Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter

 

1943 – Gary Burghoff, American actor

 

1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress

 (WTF?)

 

1967 – Eric Close, American actor

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

May 24th

National Escargot Day (ugh!)

..... and snail mail....

.... and this for Becky.....

Ahhhh.... and yet a contest.......

A nine-year-old Cheshire schoolgirl has broken the world record for having the most snails on her face at once. Tiana Walton allowed 25 of the slimy creatures to cover her eyes, nose and mouth – beating the previous record of 15 held by Australian Liam Kenny.
Before her record breaking attempt, now in the Guinness Book of World Records, Tiana’s previous personal best was just nine.
She had just one minute to put the snails on her face and then had to tip her head forward for 10 seconds. Any snails that fell off during that period were not counted.