Good 30ยบ clear frozen Leap Day morning!
Yesterday the sun came out for a few about 10am. Then hid again. Stayed
cold and windy. Patty wrote from the coast it was raining over there, so Dude
did his run, I drove the golf cart, and we took the trash to the road before the
rain. Rain started at 12:30. Then it stopped and we had sun for a bit. Then it
went away again.
Remember the osprey nest? Well in case you have never seen an
osprey...
It is close to a bald eagle and also called a Sea Hawk.
Kristen sent me a DVD of Jack's Gabrielino Eagle Marching Regiment. Jack is
a drummer..... In the video he is on the right in the back with the 'marching
quads'! He is awesome!
Sorry, fuzzy, took it off my computer screen.
A 29 second video on 'how to deactivate a cat' from pal Mike Cippola.
Thanks Mike. Wonder if the Bruise would hold still!
It was another exciting day.... organized paperwork and laundry.
Historically this date...
1504 – Christopher
Columbus uses his
knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native
Americans to provide
him with supplies.
1916 – Child
labor: In South
Carolina, the minimum working
age for factory,
mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years
old.
1940 – For her role as Mammy in Gone with the
Wind, Hattie
McDaniel becomes the
firstAfrican
American to win
an Academy
Award.
1960
– Family
Circus makes its
debut.
Ohh......one
of my most favorite cartoons!!!
1972
– Hank
Aaron becomes the
first player in the history of Major League
Baseball to sign a
$200,000 contract.
And births
this date include....
1916 – Dinah
Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
1944
– Dennis
Farina, American actor (d.2013)
Interestingly
enough, he was a Chicago cop for 18 years before becoming an actor!
On a sad note, friends Tammy and Gary lost their young son Guerin on the
18th. Tammy and Gary are the ones who adopted the 'found' black lab, Mr. Big
Stuff, who is now Sideways. They found Guerin, passed away, at home. No word on
the cause yet. Heartbreaking for them!!! RIP Guerin.
On his birthday December 18th. ^
And I am also sad for the family and friends of the Virginia policewoman
killed on her first day on the job! Ashley Guindon was sworn in on the Prince
William County Police Department on the 27th and killed by gunshot on the 28th.
She had worked for the department before, left for a time, and came back. She is
the 10th police officer killed this past month in the Good Old USofA!!!
RIP Ashley.
As far as the Oscars go. What trash that Chris Rock is! He said he was
"presenting the white people's choice awards" !! The show was all about racial
..... It was all about political left wing liberals. I watched a bit, sped
through, watched another bit and was just about sick to my stomach. CRAP is all
it was.
Later dinner was the chopped crab salad I got on Saturday from
Taprock. Crab, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, romaine lettuce, olives, and I added
some tomato (because it's a fav)
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Monday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
February 29th
Leap Day
Leap Day is every fours years....almost. It's every four years except years
ending with "00" that are not divisible by 400. The year in which Leap Day
occurs, is called a Leap Year.
Why the fancy calculation? The earth rotates around the sun once every
365 and about 1/4 days. So, by adding an extra day every four years, we get
mighty close to keeping the calendar consistent with the earth's annual trip
around the sun. And to be very precise, the earth orbits the sun every
365.242190 days. So, on years ending in "00", (except those not divisible by
400) we skip Leap Year and Leap Day. With all that fancy calculating out of the
way, let's just celebrate the day.
Did you know? There are
occasional "Leap Seconds". We will spare you the detail on those, except to say
it helps to correct minor variations. On December 31, 2015, the folks who
maintain the official time for the planet, will add an extra second to the
day!
If your birthday is on Leap Day, congratulations, you finally get to
celebrate your birthday on your birth date. Just how many of us are celebrating
our Birthday on Leap Day? Only about one in 1461 people. If you were born on
this day, consider yourself very, very special. If my birthday had been on Leap
Day I'd be all of 19 now!!!!
