Mom has finally started her own blog!
Given her gift for story telling I'm very excited to see what's to come.
The weather cooled down just a bit today and so I braved the afternoon heat to wash the dogs. They are always so depressed when I first lift them up on the table but then so darn proud of themselves after getting puffed up by the dryer.
Random Facts:
I'm really love little-known facts and while looking up
this date in history I discovered a few great tid-bits.
On this date in...
1866: Tennessee is the first state to ratify the 14th amendment
(not the first state I think of when it comes to civil liberties but good-on-ya)
1816: The survivors of the Medusa are rescued after 17 days
(remember that painting of the mostly naked, half dead people on a raft by Gericault?)
1553: Lady Jane Grey is deposed as Queen of England
at the age of 15 after a rule of only 9 days
(one of my favorite stories of the backward British monarchy)
