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.

My daily banana

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

 

Word of the day:

soliloquises

to utter, to talk to oneself

 

German: Selbstgespräch

 

Name of the day:

 

 

William

 

 

From the Germanic name Willahelm meaning "Wil" will, desire and "helm" helmet, protection. Became popular after 1066 when William the Conqueror was recognised as the first Norman king of England.

Birthday of the day:

23rd April 1564

William Shakespeare

in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, English
Poet and playwright, traditionally regarded as his birthdate

 

 

Died on this day:

 

23rd April 1616

William Shakespeare

in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, English
Poet and playwright dies aged 52 because his birthdate is not recorded it is traditionally als taken to be on the 23rd April

 

 

Event of the day:

23rd April 1597

William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed,

with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.

 

 

 

The Merry Wives of Winsor

the Characters

Sir Falstaff

The fat Lady of Bredford

Herne the Hunter

His servants Pistol and Nym

Mistress Page

Mistress Anne Page

Master Fenton poor lover of Mistress Anne

Dr Caius Mistress Page’s favourte

Master Slender Master Page’s favourte

Master Page aka Master Brook

Mistress Ford

Master Ford

The Short Version

The fat Sir Falstaff moves to Windsor. The poor man is low on cash so he conjures up a plan in which two wealthy ladies, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford will finance his life. He writes two identical love letters and orders his servants Pistol and Nym to deliver them. They refuse and Falstaff releases them from their duties, in other words, he sacks them. Now they take revenge and tell the husbands of the two beloved ladies of their former masters wishes. Master Ford isn’t bothered, but the jealous Master Page wants to put a stop to Sir Falstaff’s deeds. Using the name Master Brooks he takes on the job as a servant for Sir Falstaff, hoping to spy out his forth doings.

Meanwhile, the ladies have received the love letters and after comparing these they decide to teach Sir Falstaff a lesson.

At the first meeting Master Page came unexpectedly home and the ladies persuade Falstaff to hide in a basket full of dirty and smelly laundry (Buck Basket). The basket was taken out and the contents including Sir Falstaff were emptied into the river. This displeased him, but he didn’t give up.

The second meeting was also a fiasco, as Master Page again came unexpectedly home, Falstaff dressed up in the clothes of "the Fat Lady of Brentford" an obese aunty of Mistress Page. What he didn’t know was that Master Page hated his wife’s aunty, and he was battered and thrown out.

As if that wasn’t enough he met the ladies for a third time. This time the ladies had thought out a plan to ridicule Sir Falstaff before the whole town of Windsor. They got him to dress up as "Herne the Hunter" and asked him to meet them at "ye olde Oak Tree" in Windsor forest. The children of Windsor were dressed as fairies and were told to pinch and burn him. The ladies thought, that’ll teach him a lesson and stop him pestering them.

Among the fairies was Mistress Anne, the daughter of Master and Mistress Page. All three of them had different plans for wedding the maid Anne. Master Page’s favourite was Slender, Mistress Page’s favourite was Dr Caius and their daughters favourite was Felton (unliked by her parents because of his lack of money). When the chaos broke out, as the fairies attacked the poor Sir Falstaff, the two favoured lovers ran off with each a fairy they thought to be Anne and she ran off with her lover Fenton. Later when they all came back Slender complained that the fairy he ran off with was a boy, Dr Caius had the same complaint but unfortunately he had married the boy. Anne and Fenton came home as a newly wedded couple and after Fenton shamed Anne’s parents for trying to marry her against her choice, they received blessings from Master and Mistress Page.

Everyone was forgiven, they has a big get together and lived happily ever after.

 

My ride of the day:

 

The weather seems to be getting better every day. That was a brilliant ride, I'm now sat at home and it's raining, luckily when I was on my round it was dry.

What sort of person drives a Hummer? Does he need to prove himself? Has he got a short pimmel? I don't know, I met one on my round, he had to prove his was bigger than mine and cut me off. When I gave him the eye all he could do was give me a load of abuse. Poor sod:-)

 

 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/485117021

 

The rape is full in blossom

 

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

My daily banana:

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

 

 

 

 

Today two, one the overall view of the thatched cottage and the other of the roof and it's ridge. Dandelions  (Taraxacum officinale) grow everywhere. I love them. They not only look good they make a great green salad. The flowers are edible too.

 

 

Word of the day:

 

pavane

 

an early form of the square dance, sixteenth century. It is a slow processional dance common in Europe in the Renaissance

German: Pavane auch Paduan

 

 

Name of the day:

 

Sylvia

 

girl's name meaning "woods, forest"
another definition: originated from Italy and is a beautiful silver flower

 

 

Birthday of the day:

22nd April 1936

Glen Campbell

 

in Delight Arkansas, United States

actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix, Wichita Lineman, Galveston) All songs from the sixties. They made me think America was the promised land, wide open, free, without problems or dirt. For a while he was in a relationship with Linda Ronstadt. She said about him "Glen's not got much in the head but he's good in bed"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU

 

 

Glen booked drunk and disorderly

The all American hero

 

 

Died on this day:

22nd April 1994

Richard Nixon (nickname Tricky Dicky)

in New York City, New York, United States

born 9th January 1913
in Yorba Linda, California, United States

37th President (1969-75) He was the only president to resign. The Watergate Affair was his downfall. Died of a stroke at 81

 

 

 

Event of the day:

22nd April 1983

Stern magazine announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax, they were written by Konrad Kujau)

 

 

 

 

Ride of the day:

 

I'm saving my ride of the day for tomorrow, then I won't have to upload my blog twice in one day. I don't want anyone to miss any of the goodies.

 

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

My daily banana:

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

Heike with our convertible, it's new and I'm dead proud of it. The last two cars were the same only a different colour.

 

 

 

Word of the day:

 

 

motley

 

 

non-conform, a mixture, don't fit in with others
or in clothing: made of various colours, a jesters coat or Jacob's coat of many colours

German: unangepasst

 

 

Name of the day:

 

Heike

 

a German female nickname for Heinrich (Henry), the secret leader

 

 

 

Birthday of the day:

 

21th. April 1926

Elizabeth II

Queen of Great Britain and it's Commonwealth

 

 

in Mayfair, London, England

What can you say about her?
God bless her, and may she live on forever

 

 

Died on this day:

21th. April 1918

Baron von Richthof (The Red Baron)

in the air above Vaux-sur-Somme, France
born 2nd May 1892 Wroclaw, German Empire now Poland
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I.

 

 

 

I know the name from the song "Snoopy verses the Red Baron" from the Royal Guardsmen back in 1966. The song was recorded in Florida, United States and topped the Charts in Australia for five weeks in Australia February 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E

 

 

Event of the day:

21th. April 1509

Henry VIII

 

becomes King of England

born 28th June 1491 in Greenwich, London, England
died 28th January 1547 in Whitehall, London, England

The second to reign in the House of Tudor after Henry VII, later came Edward VI, Mary I and Elisabeth I

He is most famous for his divorces and the founding of the Church of England. This happened when the Pope refused to divorce Henry from his first wife Catherine of Aragon (she couldn't bare him a successor), the result is known, he threw the Roman Catholics out and became the head of his own church.

 

 

 

Hermann's Hermits sang the song "I am Henry the VII" in 1965 and topped the American Billboard Hot 100
The original song was "I'm Henery the Eigth, I Am", a British Music Hall song from 1910, written by Fred Murray and R.P. Weston.

(That's what happens when I go to Google, I get too much information)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4OS17lqHiE

 

Ride of the day:

 

Another day, another twenty-five kilometer. The ride was very similar to yesterday's. What can I expect; I'm always doing the same round? It only differs in the weather, which way round I ride and the people I meet or should I say whizz by. Today there was an Oma, it seems she didn't hear too well, 'cause she carried on in my path even after I rang my bell three or four times (yes, I have a bell on my cyclo-cross racer. I'm not bothered if I'm not cool). She only moved when I spoke to her and that in an unusual way for a cyclist, friendly.

 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/484377404

 

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

My daily banana:

 

 

Selfie of the week:

 

Me upside down, not very good, the coordination between hanging and angling the iPhone wasn't at all easy

 

 

 

Photo of the day:

 

It's a dangerous job being an Easter bunny

 

The other variation young, sweet and pretty.

 

 

Word of the day:

 

ginnels

a small alley, narrow passage between buildings

 

snickets

a narrow passage between buildings, an alley

 

German: gang

 

Name of the day:

Karen

a Greek or American boys name meaning pure

(sorry Karen, that's what I found in Google. I don't think you look very boyish though:-))

 

 Birthday of the day:

 

 

20th. April 1889

Adolf Hitler

in Braunau, Austria

 died 30th April 1945

in Berlin, Germany

Austrian-born Lance Corporal (Gefreiter)  in the 1st World War, dictator, idiot and mass murderer in the 2nd World War

 

 

 

Died on this day:

 

20th. April 1991

Steve Marriott

in Essex, England

born 30th January 1947

in Manor Park, London, England

Small Faces frontman died in a fire at his home.

 

 

After Steve left the group they joined up with Rod Stewart dropped the Small and called themselves the Faces. I can remember seeing the group in the Top of the Pops back in the seventies, at the time the artists mimed the song being played, but instead of doing this the started kicking a football between themselves. It was a laugh after seeing all the other artists seriously pretending to perform a song. After seeing the video it’s not as brilliant as I can recall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcoWUt51zaU

 

and

20th. April 1992

Benny Hill

in Teddington, London, England

born 21st January 1924

in Southamton, Hampshire, England

comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUOe_hLg7Bo

 

 

Event of the day:

20th. April 1976

George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python. I couldn't find a copy of this performance, so I'm adding a link that commemorates the short but great life of George

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQOMxz-O7Sc

 

Ride of the day:

 

And the wind came back, storm from northeast. It was a good ride though, I enjoyed it. The sun was shining, the plants in the fields are growing, the rape is blosoming, what else can I want?

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/483543666

 

 

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

My daily banana:

Photo of the day:

Crown imperial also Kaiser's Krone
(Fritillaria imperialis)

Word of the day:

surreptitiously

doing somthing secretly or stealthy

in a song from Jethro Tull "Critique Oblique" from the album "A Passion Play", Ian Anderson sings the lines:

George who stole surreptitiosly into her geography revision.

The examining body examinated her body.

Watch the video of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQQzsw21Lew

German: heimlich, betrügerisch

Name of the day:

Kirsty

other variation: Kirstie
scottish form of Kirstin, female version of Christian, Medieval meaning : a Christian

Birthday of the day:

19th. April 1946

Tim Curry

in Grappenhall, Cheshire England,

an actor (Rocky Horror Show) and a good rock singer

Here's a sample of Tim Curry singing "Sweet Transvestite" from the "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo

Died on this day:

1th. April 1882

Charles Robert Darwin

in Downe House, Kent, England

born 12th February 1809

in The Mount, Shrewsbury, England

 naturalist, best known for his contributions to the theory of the evolutions dies at 73

Event of the day:

19th April 1897

1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)

117th Boston marathon ran Leisa Desisa Benti in 2:10:22 (fortyfive minutes faster than the first Boston marathon. A tagedy happened when two brothers detinated two bombs killing three spectators and injurung 264.

 

John J McDermott 1897

Leisa Desisa Benti 2013

My ride of the day:

Well the photo is ready, a picture taken yesterday showing how the rape is beginning to glow.

 Wrong bicycle though, I was on my cyclo cross. I wanted to take my racer, but I'm too heavy, I'm not going on it until I'm under one hundred kilograms, at the moment the scale stops at one hundered and  one. It was a good ride, the weather was nearly perfect, not much wind (northeast, tree beaufort), the sun was shining and I was fit.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/482843512

A picture I took when I was doing my round. Guess whose birthday it is? Claas, the names written on the bib, it's hard to read I don't know him but the sculpture was good.

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