4 May

 

Week 18  Day 125 Flag Today  72°/34° Wind 5mph Gusts 10mph Active Fire:  121 miles away Risk of fire: High  Nearest Lightning: 486 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Breezy May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture:  3 Days

Monthly Observations

Creative Beginnings Month Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Link Drum Month EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Awareness Month Link

Family Reunion Month  (Between Mother's Day and Father's Day) Family Wellness Month Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month

Weekly Observations

26-5/4 World Hurricane Preparedness Week 28-5/4 National Small Business Week  Link Orthodox Holy Week Preservation Week Link (re Libraries)

1-5   International Mariachi Week Link 1-7 National Hug Holiday Week 3-11  (World) Dystonia Awareness Week Link 4-5 Toad Suck Daze

Daily Observations

Bladder Cancer Awareness Day  Link  Bombshell's Day   (Victoria's Secret) Free Comic Book Day  Link    Candied Orange Peel Day Herb Day  Link   Intergalactic Star Wars Day  (May the Fourth Be With You!) Link International Doodle Dog Day    International Female Ride Day  Link  International Firefighters Day  Link  Link International Respect for Chickens Day   Link

Join Hands Day  Link  Kentucky Derby Learn To Ride A Bike Day Mariachi Day    National Auctioneers Day   National Business Broker's Day National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day Link  National Fitness Day   National Homebrew Day  Link  National Play Outside Day   Link  National Scrapbooking Day     LinkNational Wildfire Community Preparedness Day  Link  National Self-Employed Day  Link National Weather Observers Day  Link Petite and Proud Day Orange Juice Day Respect For Chickens Day Star Wars Day Start Seeing Monarchs Day   Link  Weather Observers Day World Give Day World Naked Gardening Day  Link

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." — Roald Dahl

Today’s Thoughts

It’s a busy Friday here. I took time to clean off my deck of pine needles. It has been quite a while since I did that. Happy to have a clear deck again.

UCLA and Portland University had some violence when cops moved in to stop a protest. This is a tough time for all involved.

Retired Bronco linebacker Romanowski and his wife have filed for bankruptcy after DOJ charged them with owing $15.5 million in back taxes. Looks like they made some bad choices in life.

Did you Know?

 

 Interesting Facts

Fact: Marla Gibbs continued to work as a flight attendant for two years after being cast on a hit TV show

Prior to taking her place on the stoop of 227, Marla Gibbs played the housekeeper Florence on The Jeffersons (a spin-off of All in the Family). In a 2015 interview, Gibbs told the Washington Post that despite it appearing as though she had gotten her big break, she kept her job as a flight attendant for American Airlines for two more years—just to be safe. 

Historic Events

 

Ë 1776 – Rhode Island was the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.

Ë 1904 – The United States began the construction of the Panama Canal.

Ë May 4 is Star Wars Day. “May the Fourth be with you.”

Birthdays with some quotes

65 – Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter “You don’t have to get beat up as many times as I did to come to your senses. Certainly, I wish I’d come to mine earlier than I did.” “It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It’s what you leave behind you when you go.” 1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American comedic actress 54 – Will Arnett, Canadian comedic actor 46 – Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and journalist

@82 – Alice Liddell, English model (d. 1934) @63 – Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (d. 1993; cancer) “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” “Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.” @16 – Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog (d. 1872)

 

…The End for today…