Good 59º smokey morning.
The fire near Ashland is the problem.
Also there is a fire, Salt Creek Fire, burning 100+ acres 10 miles NE of Wimer.
Wimer is about 5 miles north of me. Ashland fire:
PICTURE OF THE DAY...
Today is a special anniversary... Bob and Marie
Vincent...married 1963. CONGRATULATIONS kids!
(Yesterday was Marie's birthday!)
Today is also my favorite football player's birthday.. Tom
Brady. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!
Tommy and Peyton Manning of the Broncos....
Speaking of birthdays... yesterday my birthday boy, Bruiser, thoroughly enjoyed "his day" with two servings of tuna! Oinker. I, on the other hand, had more excitement than I could stand.... paying bills, sorting paperwork, and vacuuming. Zowie~!
Historically this date....
8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
Funny... I always thought those Dalmations were fire dogs, not
fighters!
1492 – Christopher
Columbus sets sail from Palos de la
Frontera, Spain.
1783 – Mount
Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000
people.
Yikes!
1923 – Calvin
Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th President
of the United States in the early morning following the death
of Warren
G. Harding the previous day.
1934 – Adolf
Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President andChancellor into Führer.
1936 – Jesse
Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph
Metcalfe, at the Berlin
Olympics.
1958 – The nuclear
submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
OMG,
claustrophobia comes to mind.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11
attacks.
2005 – President
of Mauritania Maaouya Ould
Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in
a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
2005 – Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad becomes President of
Iran.
2007 – Former Deputy Director of the Chilean
secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run
following a conviction for kidnapping.
2010 – Widespread
rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the
assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17
billion Pakistani rupees(US$200 million) in
damage.
And births
this date include......
1905 – Dolores del
Río,
Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1921 – Marilyn
Maxwell, American actress
(d. 1972)
(No
relation. Darn)
1926 – Tony
Bennett, American
singer
1951
– Jay
North, American
actor
I posted this photo of a Corgi pup with a heart on it's
butt yesterday and my friend Ann, who has a new Corgi pup, sent me the next
photo of her "Yoda butt" !!! OMG.
Last night I watched Mary Poppins. There are so many
things in that movie I had forgotten about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)
Of course Julie Andrews can sing like nobody's business and Dick Van Dyke
was just AWESOME with his dancing and singing and that Cockney accent!!! Lots of
fun.
If anyone wants to borrow the DVD you are welcome to!
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
August 3rd
National Watermelon Day
This
big fruit deserves it's own big day. So, we give pause to celebrate watermelons
on National Watermelon Day. Sweet and tasty, watermelons, are one of summer's
favorite fruit. It's standard fare at picnics. While watermelon is over 90%
water, it sure tastes good. And, what picnic would be complete without a seed
spitting contest?
Research
was unable to establish this day as a true national day (which requires an act
of congress). Also not uncovered is the origin of this day. I suspect it
originated by an agricultural organization, or perhaps a wild and crazy
watermelon fan.
Please
don't limit your consumption of watermelon to just this month. Stores carry
watermelon twelve months of the year.
Get
the seedless watermelon, cut it up, put in blender or food processor and process
until all liquid. Strain out solids and add vodka! Vodka martini!
YUMMMMMM.....
