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I was late posting today's entry. The reason is that I spent most of the early morning outside on the pool deck with Eva, looking up at the changing December sky. Then, after coming back inside, I watched the CBS morning news happenings.
I enjoyed the outside time the most.
Early Morning Storm Clouds Over The Catalinas
A While Later - Storm Clouds Moving East
Even Later - Storm Clouds Still Moving East
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Did You Know . . .?
85% of Earth's plant life is found in the ocean.
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HISTORICAL EVENT
The last entry in the captain's log shows that the Mary Celeste had been nine days and 500 miles away from where the ship was found by the Dei Gratia. Apparently, the Mary Celeste had been drifting toward Genoa on her intended course for 11 days with no one at the wheel to guide her. Captain Briggs, his family, and the crew of the vessel were never found.
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WORD FOR TODAY
weather
noun
1. The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.
2.
a. Adverse or destructive atmospheric conditions, such as high winds or heavy rain: encountered weather five miles out to sea.
b. The unpleasant or destructive effects of such atmospheric conditions: protected the house from the weather.
3. weathers Changes of fortune: had known him in many weathers.
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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Marisa Tomei
(born December 4, 1964)
(born December 4, 1964)
Marisa Tomei is an American stage, film, and television actress. Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987. After appearing in a few films, her breakthrough came in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny.
Appearing in many films over the past fifteen years, her most commercially successful films to date are What Women Want (2000), Anger Management (2003), and Wild Hogs (2007). She received critical acclaim for her performances in Unhook the Stars (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), in In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).
Jeffrey Leons "Jeff" Bridges
(born December 4, 1949)
(born December 4, 1949)
Jeff Bridges is an American actor and producer. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau, on television's Sea Hunt. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contender, and True Grit. Among his other major films are: The Big Lebowski, Fearless, Iron Man, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Seabiscuit, Arlington Road, Tron and Tron: Legacy.
Tyra Lynne Banks
(born December 4, 1973)
(born December 4, 1973)
Tyra Banks is an American television personality, television producer, author, actress and former model. She first became famous as a model, appearing twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and working for Victoria's Secret as one of their original Angels. Banks is the creator and host of the UPN/The CW reality television show America's Next Top Model, co-creator of True Beauty, and was the host of her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show.
Brooke Adams
(born February 8, 1949)
(born February 8, 1949)
Brooke Adams is an American actress. After playing roles in television and low-budget films, Adams appeared in Days of Heaven (1978) and the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). She has also starred in the films Cuba (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Key Exchange (1985), and Gas Food Lodging (1992).
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Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
--George Carlin
Gene, Your photographs from the pool deck leave me wanting to be there, breathing in deep the morning air. They fill me with a sense of wonder.
ReplyDeleteSo, too, does Tyra. (Yowza, wish I were young again.)
Yes, Anthony the morning air is fresh and exhilarating here in Southern Arizona, And the view in the early morning is even more wonder-inspiring than a photo can convey.
DeleteAnd I imagine that the same can be said for Tyra.
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