26 Apr

 

 



Flagstaff Today 66°: 31° Week 17 Day 116

Wind 11 mph Gusts 18 mph

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine

Active Fire: 168 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme

Nearest lightning: 437 miles away

Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days 

Weekly Observations

25-27

Fiddler's Frolic
26-27

National Dream Hotline
National & Global Youth Service Days

19-27

National Park Week
4/20-5/2

Festival of Ridvan

20-26

Fibroid Awareness Week
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 
Link
National Coin Week
National Karaoke Week
National Infertility Awareness Week 
Link
National Paperboard Packaging Week
National Pediatric Transplant Week
National Pet ID Week 
Link  Link
National Princess Week  
Link 
Numismatic Week ( National Coin Week 
 Link 
Sky Awareness Week
21-28

International Dark Sky Week Link
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)  
Link
Transplant Nurses Week
 Link
Undergraduate Research Week  
Link
23-29

Disability Book Week Link
23-26

American Quilters Society Week  Link
23-27

International Mariachi Week  Link
24-26

Gathering of the Nations Powwow Link

24-30

National Scoop The Poop Week
World Immunization Week

Daily Observations

Alien Day  Link Link
Audubon Day 
Link
Bob Wills Day 
Link  
Celebrate Trails Day 
Link 
Eeyore's Birthday Day 
Link
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day 
Link
Hug An Australian Day 
Link
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
International Viognier Day 
Link
Independent Bookstore Day)
International Marconi Day 
Link 
International Sculpture Day 
Link  
Lesbian Visibility Day  
Link
National Dance Day
National Drone Safety Awareness Day 
Link
National Drug Take Back Day 
Link 
National Go Birding Day
National Help a Horse Day

National Herb Day
National Dissertation Day  
Link
National Help A Horse Day
National Pool Opening Day  
Link 

National Pretzel Day  Link
National Rebuilding Day 
National Sense of Smell Day 
 Link 
National Take Back Day
 Link  (DEA)
Pet Tech Pet CPR Day
Pretzel Day
Richter Scale Day
World Healing Day 
Link 
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day  
Link  
World Veterinary Day 
World Intellectual Property Day 
Link
World Pilots' Day  
Link
World Pinhole Photography Day

Today’s Quotes                                                             


 

Today’s Memes

 



 

Thoughts for the day

Getting ready for a very windy weekend. Gusts are expected up to 45 mph.

I was surprised when my SS check posted. I was expecting about $150, but it was for $320. Due to the problems at SS, I’ll wait to next month to see if that $320 continues.

I can’t believe Sec. of Defense Hegseth is still in his job. He should not be running our Defense Department. How can any Secretary of any department have a unsecured internet connection placed in their personal office. It is dumbfounding.

Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…

The Nabateans: Jordan

Carving entire cities out of sandstone cliffs wasn’t just impressive, it was revolutionary. The Nabateans, who flourished in what's now Jordan, engineered Petra with advanced water systems and architecture. Petra's pink-hued wonder still leaves visitors speechless.

Random Thoughts…

·      A group of Sardines is called a Family.

·      The town of Hot Springs, New Mexico changed its town name to Truth or Consequences, in honor of the radio show of the same name.

·      John Ford – Real Name: Sean O’Fearna

·      Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.

·      A “double-blind” study means that both the patient AND the researcher don’t know who the control group is and which option the placebo is.

·      “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.”

Taught in High School but not true…

Betsy Ross made the first American flag

This one hasn’t been disproved; it just hasn’t been proven. Ross died in 1836; 34 years later, her grandson told the story of his grandmother being personally approached by George Washington to sew the flag for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Everyone just took his word for it, along with signed affidavits from other family members.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

92 – Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer

62 – Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor
60 – Kevin James (Kevin George Knipfing ), American comedic actor

55 – Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 45th First Lady

48 – Tom Welling, American actor
45 – Channing Tatum, American actor

@93 – Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician, Nazi (d. 1987; in prison)


@86 – Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor (d. 2024)


@85 – Charles Richter, American inventor and seismologist (d. 1985)

 

@79 – Bobby Rydell, American singer, actor (d. 2022)

…The End for today…

               

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.