Hello, girls,
Morning Girls - I got up today and it was grey and wet again and thought oh it's the 22nd of May already. But then I couldn't think of anything special for the 22nd of May. Therefore, I decided to look back at the significance of 22nd May in some people's lives and I found below a list of occurrences over the years that would have had tremendous impact on people's lives. Therefore, my 22nd May might turn out to be insignificant to me - but not to other people. Hope you enjoy reading the list - I've tried to make it as 'global friendly' as possible for the group so we can all relate to at least some of it. Have a great 22nd girls Hugs Jan xxx
334 BC – The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
1455 – Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
1762 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
1819 – The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
1843 – Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
1903 – Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
1942 – Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
1960 – An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
1969 – Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
1980 – Namco releases the highly influential video game Pacman.
1990 – North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
1990 – The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.
1992 – After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
2004 – The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado. (Source Wikipedia)
This is an artist's picture of the restaurant I went to today - it is very well composed and very accurate. You can see from this even, that there was a little part and then the two windowed old paint shop. I love the detail this girl puts in - even the owners car at the front and of course the cat on the roof ! The shop next door deals with violins and you can even see the guy's (another old school pal) notice outside. Anyway just thought you would like to see more of my little town. You can play one of my fav songs with this
Morning girls. I have a busy but lovely day ahead as I am meeting my friend Kerry for lunch at our favourite restaurant in town called Granvilles. I took this picture of the outside of it last Summer. The restaurant is very special to me as it is owned by an old school pal and he bought a little coffee shop first just after he left school and turned it into quite a famous jazz place. Then he bought the larger shop next door, which had previously been a paint/DIY shop, and knocked the two into one as quite a substantial property. As a child, I spent a lot of time in this paint shop as my Father was a painter and decorator and I used to go with him to get his paint and things and as a trades person he spent most of his time in the stockroom at the back, which now forms the bulk of the restaurant. So this place has very special memories for me and although my Father died 15 years ago, I always think he is with me when I am there especially and remember the times I spent as a young child in the back of the shop with him. When Lee and I got married abroad we had our 'pre wedding' luncheon reception here also - so it has double special memories. I hope the sun shines through and Kerry and I have a great time. Hugs to you all Jan xxx
This is my niece´s son. My sister is his grandmother, my mother is his great-grandmother... this turns me into his great-aunt. (!)
He is three years old and everytime he visits my mother and he finds me there his smiles is radiant: he just loves drawing, and I love him.
At long last there is some sun here though clouding over already. But I got up early and popped out to take some photos. The Summer House shed roof must be on a rota for the local cats - though a double booking today with both a ginger cat and black cat occupying the space ! I dare not take a photo or they would run. This picture is one corner of our garden with a new bench we put up last Summer but never got chance to use. I read in the news that we are in for a massive heatwave and the Government are recommending us to paint our houses white on the outside - then again who would believe a British MP at the moment :-) Hugs Jan xxx
That's my 'little garden'. Because of the climate here I do not have Apples Blossoms like GwynM and Azaleas like Suzanne4...(I envy you gals) there are lots of greenery here. There is a little pond with tiny fishes (The fishes are there to keep mosquitoes from breeding) near the Giant Caladium. I like to hear the water flowing..it's so therapeutic.
I LOVE this.....
I don´t know its name but it´s beautiful... and it is not alone, there are a lots of wonderful trees around here.
Maybe this is he reason why I like New York so much ;)) It almost physically hurt not to be there...I must be stupid ;)
Hellooo girls :))) this is my fav pics of my trips ;))) photography is my hobby too :))) soo i made this pic in Monaco
And this is one amazing bridge in Italy :)))
Last year i was in Istanbul and wow i`m in love with thic city !!!!!!!!!!!! this is one palace near by Bosphorus :)) hope you `ll like this pics and soon i`ll publish more :)
