My Daily Banana

 

Event of the Day:

 

3rd June 1946

First bikini worn in Paris

The first bikini presented in Paris 1946

Louis Réard the inventor of the bikini



 

My first encounter of a bikini was when I saw the James Bond film Dr No in 1962 when Ursula Andress came out of the water  wearing a white bikini, around her midriff she wore a whitened Army belt with a dagger . How sexy!

Ursula Andress in Dr. No 1962

 

Birthday of the Day:

3rd June 1906

Josephine Baker

With much more sex appeal Josephine Baker danced in the stage in the 1920’s wearing a Banana Costume. The costume was panties- top and a skirt made of sixteen bananas stringed together.

Banana skirt dance

 

Josephine Baker dancing

 

Died on this Day:

3rd June 2011

Andrew Gold

I was shocked to see that Andrew had died. He recorded some very good songs back in the 1970’s. The one I remember the most was Oh What a Lonely Boy from the 1976 album What’s Wrong With This Picture?

 

Ride of the Day:

Riding through the countryside at the moment is like walking through fire. The farmers are cutting the grass and hauling in the hay. As you can see on the photos, hay is lying everywhere. Thank heavens there was no traffic on the roads where I cycle, it could have been a little narrow. I would have had problems seeing the cars also, then my eyes were flowing and my nose was running. On days like these I wonder if I’ve taken on the right sport.

 

The proper environment for sufferers of hay fever

It's a lovely countryside though

Bye se you all tomorrow:-)