Fun @ the park

Today gentle reader, Lena and I took Robert to the park. Here are some pictures.

Today in History May 5th

Happy Cinco de Mayo Gentle Readers, lets blindfold the kids and let them beat the crap out of the Pinata of History.

 

1260: Kublai Khan takes charge of the Mongol Empire.

 

1821: Napoleon dies in exile on the island of St. Helena.

 

1862: Cinco de Mayo. Mexican troops under the command of Ignacio Zaragoza stop a French invasion.

1912: The communist newspaper "Pravda" is published for the first time.

1943: Michael Palin, writer, comedian and Python is born.

1988: Adele, Oscar Winning UK singer/songwriter, is born.

#kublaikhan #napoleon #cincodemayo #pravda #michaelpalin #adele

Star Wars Day: The Wedneday Thought: YODA

Hello there Gentle Reader, as its Star Wars Day 

(May the 4th be with you) 

I am going to share with you the wisdom of the Jedi Master Yoda.

Enlightened and Entertained you will be.

“Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless.”

 

“When you look at the dark side, careful you must be. For the dark side looks back.”

 

“Through the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future…the past. Old friends long gone.”

 

“Do or do not. There is no try.”

 

“You think Yoda stops teaching, just because his student does not want to hear? A teacher Yoda is. Yoda teaches like drunkards drink, like killers kill.”

 

“When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good, you will not, hmmmm?”

 

 

 

#starwars #yodaquotes

Top 10 fun facts about.....Star Wars

Welcome gentle reader to Star Wars day.
In honour of my 5th favourite science fiction/fantasy franchise, here are some facts that you may not have heard....and remember...."The force is strong with this one!"

1. George Lucas (boo) wanted Chewbacca killed. In fact in one of the Star Wars novels...he was.

2. In the infamous Star Wars Christmas holiday special we got to meet Chewbacca's family.

3. The Ewoks from Return of the Jedi are speaking Tibetan.

4. Bobba Fett's costume was designed by Joe Johnson...the director of the Captain America movies.

5. The space worm interior set from The Empire Strikes Back was made from black plastib bin bags and some dry ice.

6. Star Wars may never have been made because George Lucas was first choice to make Apocalypse Now.

7. In the original script. The Han Solo character was a green skinned alien with gills.

8. Return of the Jedi was originally called Revenge of the Jedi.

9. Tupac Shakur auditioned for the role of Mace Windu.

10. Anakin Skywalker meets 6 of the 9 criteria required for a diagnosis of

 Borderline personality disorder.

#starwars #top10facts

Today in History May 1st

Greetings Gentle Reader. its a new month so lets plunge headlong into the ocean of history.

1328: Scotland has its independence acknowledged my England.

1707: After 379 years, Scotland and England reunite politically with the Act of Union.

1786: Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" has its premier in Vienna.

1960: Francis Gary Powers' U2 spyplane is shot down over the Soviet Union.

1999: Cartoon "Spongebob Squarepants" debuts on Nickolodeon.

2004: Latvia and 9 other countries, join the European Union.

#latvia #scotland #unitedkingdom #spongebob #garypowers #mozart

Orthodox Easter fun

Happy Easter gentle reader.

I know what you are thinking.

"Easter was last month!!!"

Well its the christian orthodox easter so Lena, Robert and myself are making colourful boiled eggs for breakfast.

Today in History 30th April

Hello Gentle Readers, Spring has arrived so lets dance through the meadows of time as we sniff the flowers of history, 

1938: Porky's Hare Hunt, sees the introduction of Bugs Bunny.





1945: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.

 
1980: The Iranian Embassy Siege of London begins.





2008: 2 Bodies found near the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed as the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich Tsarevich of Russian and his sister the Grand Duchess Anastasia.





#adolfhitler #evabraun #Alexei Nikolaevich #anastasia #iranembassysiege #todayinhistory #april30 #bugsbunny