Good 41º looks like it may be sunny morning.
Yesterday the clouds lingered, but it warmed to 70º and was lovely.
Today is Boatnik in Grants Pass. Here is the link to the live camera facing
downtown. The parade starts at 10am. You can watch it here if you want....
Of course it's not that close and no sound!
Was checking a lens on my camera and got these hummers busy at
work...
This was 9:30am...
Took a quick trip into town...needed prescriptions, chicken
thighs (for Dude), sugar for hummingbird food, and Greek Yogurt for breakfast.
In the parking lot of the market was a truck with Washington state plates. He
had a sticker that made me chuckle..
I stopped in Tim Alden's leather shop in town. He had a women
in there he was teaching about leather work. She made this purse...
Really neat for no leather experience!
Back home and made labels to put on the boxes of gun forms
that will be shipped to Jay at American Holster in Michigan. Tim will be over
this weekend to help box up the gun forms.
Then I copied off some Laughlin photos I promised to send to my pal Pat
Goslin (formerly of Avalon, Catalina) of people she knew (Bonnie Dunlop and
Storm Murcott) and got those in an envelope to mail.
Next.... some vacuuming. UGH! Vacuumed the front porch and
decided it was so nice out there, I'd pour a wine and enjoy it....
Hi Mom....
Little swallow keeping an eye on Bruiser because his nest is in a birdhouse on the porch....
Natch Bruise takes over Dude's bed!
Historically this date...
1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed
inBlack Lake, Louisiana.
1939 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshireduring a test dive, causing the death
of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one
civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
2010 – Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher "Dudus"
Coke, after the United
States requested his extradition, leading to three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are
killed.
And births this date
include...
1883 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d.
1939)
1912 – John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
1931 – Barbara Barrie, American actress
1933 – Joan Collins, English actress
... still hot!
1958 – Drew Carey, American actor and
comedian
Today Mike's grandson, Zac Hannan, from Grants Pass High is at
the state track meet, in Eugene. It's day two. This was last week when he
qualified for state finals:
A friend, Dale Albright, former ER doctor at Three Rivers
Hospital in Grants Pass has cancer. He's been fighting it for some time and he's
not gaining. His son Drew just graduated medical school. Dale couldn't be at his
graduation, and watched it via skype, so Drew came to GP so dad could place his
hood on him. Dale's medical school graduation was in 1986.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Saturday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
May 23rd.
Lucky Penny Day
And the back of the 2014 penny:
It's Lucky Penny Day. Perhaps a Lucky
Penny will be lucky for you today.
Taken
at face value, a penny doesn't buy you much, if anything. It used to. During
your parents and grandparents days, a penny bought a lot of things. Most
notably, Penny Candy got its name because a piece of candy cost a penny.
Inflation year after year after year, eroded the penny's value. There has even
been some discussion as to whether to discontinue the penny....Heaven
forbid!
The
penny still serves a very useful purpose... at least some of them are lucky
pennies. Lucky pennies are found on the ground. Not all of the pennies you find
will be lucky. But, it will only take one lucky penny used to scratch off the
mega winner on a a scratch-off ticket.
Are
you superstitious? Superstition has
it that you should only pick up a penny that is lying face up.
Here
are some other uses for pennies:
- A penny for your thoughts.
- To put your "two cents" in.
- A necessity for penny pinchers
- A handy screwdriver when nothing else is available.
