My Daily Banana

 

Photo of the day:

 

 

A Lotus Elan from 1965. What a beautiful car

 

Word of the day:

transept

the two wings or arms of a cross shaped church,

projecting at right angles from the nave or main ship.

German: der Transept: die Querflügeln eine kreuzförmige Kirche

Name of the day:

Henry

males name from the Germanic "Heinrich" meaning "Home Ruler",

"Henry's the king of the castle,

and you’re the dirty rascal."

Birthday of the day:

25th April 1917

Ella Fitzgerald

in Newport News, Virginia, United States

Died 15th June 1996

in Beverly Hills, California, United States

 

 

 

American singer. An amazingly mellow voice, this lady had the blues. Her performance, together with Louie Armstrong, of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" is one of the best interpretations of the musical that I have ever heard. The song "Summertime" was only topped by the late Janis Joplin.

 

 

 

Here’s Ella’s version of “Summertime”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2bigf337aU

and here’s Janis’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vsk6WLUFkk

 

 

Died on this day:

25th April 1995

Ginger Rogers

in Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Born 16th July 1911

in Independence, Missouri, United States

 

 

 

American actress, singer, and dancer.

Never forgotten her dancing with Fred Astaire in many dreamy Hollywood films.

A small thought: I could always tell when the actors fell in love, the take would get hazy (out of focus).

Event of the day:

25th. April 1953

Scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues published papers on the structure of DNA.

The United States proclaimed the 25th April 2003 to be a one time national holiday to celebrate DNA Day.

 

 

 

Ride of the day:

The wind was back to about four Beaufort, not too much, just enough to get me sweating (oh, the smell:-()

 

 

While doing my round I noticed in Risum, that all the lamp posts had been bent away from the road. Well I thought some strong rascals had been having some fun testing their strength on the posts, but there were too many bent. So I had a wee think about it, Zapp und Blitz, I've got it. A Wind Farm is repowering, they are renewing the wind generators here and the overload lorries are too wide for the roads, so they made room by bending the lamp posts.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/486272900

 

 

More again tomorrow, have a nice day, be happy:-)

 

My daily banana

 

 

 

　

　

　

　

Photo of the day:

 

Mammutblatt (Gunnera manicata)

Not much has happened since last week, just another couple of shoots.
I'll take another photo next week.

 

　

　

　

　

　

Word of the day:

 

replenish

 

to recover, to make full
 

German: auftanken
 

Name of the day:

 

Johanna

 

girl's name from the Greek Ioanna, the feminine form of Ioannes (John a follower of Jesus).
 

　

Birthday of the day:

 

24th. April 1942
 

Barbra Streisand

 

in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Singer with an extremely good voice and a comical actress. Appeared in "what's up Doc?" and "Little Fockers"

She released many good records with songs that bring tears to my eyes, they're so sloppy, ie. "Memories", "The Way We Were", together with Neil Diamond "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" and many more.

Enjoy the following video of Barbra with Neil
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMZBJCOVlcA

Hasn't she got a lovely nose?
 

　

　

　

　

　

Died on this day:

24th. April 1731
 

Daniel Defoe

 

in London, England

Born 13th September 1660

in London, England
 

English novelist ,

He wrote the book Robinson Crusoe

The story of a man shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. One day a black man appeared out of nowhere and from there on Robinson had his servant Friday (that's racist)

 

 

　

　

　

　

　

Event of the day:

24th. April 1990
 

Gruinard Island, Scotland

 

 Officially declared free of Anthrax after 48 years of quarantine

A small island off the south west coast of Scotland. During the Second World War 1942, Britain experimented with methods of Biological Warfare. They used Anthrax on the island not knowing how long it would take to replenish itself. Well it took thirty-eight years. What a proud deed!

See, it pays to read criminal novels, I learned about Gruinard Island from a book written by Ian Rankin, "The Impossible Dead" the second Detective Inspector Fox investigation.

Beware Anthrax

Gruinard Island

Ian Rankin

 

　

　

　

　

　

Ride of the day:

Nice and easy, you could say, if you were back alley British "Piece a piss!"

(Oh, 'arold, you are dirty! Anyone remember Steptoe and Son?)

Except for a learning instructor's car that nearly hit me. The instructor himself was driving and stopped only inches away from my left leg. There was no time for shouting a warning, I only managed to get two prayers off, one upstairs to the Almighty and one downstairs to my legs pumping like two steamroller pistons.
 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/485834284

Risum School

 

　

Bye for today, more again tomorrow. Keep smiling :-)

I would be thankful for any help with my grammar and spelling, it's not my world.