Good 43º cloudy/foggy morning.
Yesterday the dark clouds and gloom was depressing. Rain was predicted...... and I had errands to do. So, of course when I left to get in the car it was raining! It kept up for a bit. Gentle rain. Later we got a bit more.
By the end of the day we topped at 51º.
Picture of the Day....
Gold Medals.....
^1936 Gold Medal
The first eight athletes in each event of the Olympics receive a diploma, and their names are announced to the public. Only the first three athletes receive a medal as well. Since the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid (USA), the medal award ceremony has always been made on a podium. The first-placed athlete, on the highest step in the center, receives a gold medal and the title of Olympic champion. The second-place athlete stands to the winner’s right, and receives a silver medal; while the third-placed athlete stands to the left and receives a bronze medal. The flags of all three athletes are raised, and the winner’s national anthem is played.
The gold medal consists of just 1% of actual gold, 92.5% silver and 6.16% copper. The medal is valued at $600 based on the actual worth of the raw materials used.
If the athletes were to sell/auction their medals, they would probably get a lot more than just the face value of material.
^2016 Gold Medal
If you want to read more about the Olympic medals ....
Here is a recipe from my Hollywood Cook Book...
Ozzie and Harriet's Chicken Salad Supreme
4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 cup toasted almonds
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
4 T chopped ripe olives
4 T chopped mixed pickle
4 hard boiled eggs, sliced
1 cup green seedless grapes, halved
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
Combine all the ingredients thoroughly. Serves 6.
Historically this date........
1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
2005 – Texas City Refinery explosion: During a test on a distillation tower liquid waste builds up and flows out of a blowout tower. Waste fumes ignite and explode killing 15 workers.
** How odd, there was just a refinery fire in Houston on the 21st and again yesterday! Fortunately not as disastrous as the one in 2005.
And births this date include....
1904 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
Pretty and soft looking when she was young... then the tough look and those eyebrows!
1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor (d.2018)
.....he was always just too odd for my taste!
1937 – Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Saturday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
Observed each year on March 23rd, National Puppy Day celebrates the unconditional love and affection puppies bring to our lives. Their cuddles and wiggles make us smile and without a doubt, there are squeals of delight when there are puppies around!
National Puppy Day is also a day to bring awareness to the need for care of and homes for orphaned pups as well as to educate people about the horrors of puppy mills across the country. Puppies are a big responsibility. Be sure to consider everything involved and adopt from a shelter. The puppies there need love and a home just as much as any other and they grow into loyal pets, too!
For more information on National Puppy Day visit www.nationalpuppyday.com/
HISTORY
National Puppy Day was founded in 2006 by Pet Lifestyle Expert, Animal Behaviorist and Author, Colleen Paige. Paige is also the founder of National Dog Day and National Cat Day.
** Here is a list of the dogs I have had.... LOVE dogs!!!
Standard black Dachshund, Scuffy Ann of Stockbridge (the street we lived on). Miniature red Dachshund, Heidi. Standard Collie, Lucy. Little black unknown type dog, Rufus P. Rochester. Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Dallas. Pit Bull, Ollie (short for Oliver North). Scottish McNab, Maggie. Black Lab, Yukon (also, he had 3 legs so sometimes he was called Tripod). And now Dude, Rottweiler Lab mix.
2 comments:
Someday the rain will end; then we will grow weary of the sunshine. I rather like both, but in good balance to one another.
Your story on the gold medal is a perfect example of true value is about human effort.
Oh, happy memories. Love chicken salad.
On to a GREAT day.
I know, we go through this weather every year, L. The sunshine makes us happier, but then it gets too hot and we whine again! xo
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