Tuesday 16 June 2009
- 167th day of 2009
- 199 days to January 1, 2010
- 192 days until Christmas
Lisson Grove, London, England
- Latitude: 51°31'N
- Longitude: 0°9'W
Map
Westminster
The Amazing Mets
What The NY METS are up to Today?
In second place behind Philly (again!). 4 games back! Lost to the Yankees 0- 15! Here we go again! YIKES!
Flora & Fauna of the Week!
Orchids - mine is blooming nicely!
Quote
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. - Robert Frost
Today in History: 16 June 2009
- 1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; traditionally "Bloomsday
- 1915 – The foundation of the British Women's Institute.
- 1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
HAPPY BLOOMSDAY
People
- 1890 – Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965) born on this date
- 1938 – Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist born on this date
- 1941 – Lamont Dozier, American record company executive born on this date
- 1977 – Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912) dies on this date.
Joyce Carol Oates
Where is the World is Jeff Today?
15- 18 June: London, England
Jeff in Beaune, Burgundy
From the Photo Archives
Jeff & Beth
Dan & Carrie
Book List for 2009
- June - Being Emily
- May- The Year of Pleasures by E. Berg
- April - The Gathering by Anne Enright
- March - Jennie Churchill by Anne Sebba
- February - Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
- January
Website Links
Boris
Boris on my desk
Bella
Travel Wish List
- Victoria Falls
- New Zealand
- India
- Iceland
- The Palio in Siena
- Budapest
- Stockholm
Italian Word of the Day
- chiuso- closed
- Mercoledi - Wednesday
- Quanto costa? How much is it?
- Martedi - Tuesday
- E brutto tempo - the weather's awful
- saboto - Saturday
- Oggi - today
- Dove e il/la - where is the..?
- Mi piace - I like
- Domenica - Sunday
- Buona notte - good night
- Come sta? - how are you?
- Dove - where
- Mi chiamo - My name is ....
- palazzo - palace
- molto bene – very well
- Fiore - flower
- Gelato – ice cream
- mosaici - mosaics
- per favore - please
- Basta - enough
- Arrivederci - goodbye
- Uscita - exit (oo shee ta)
- Grazie - thank you
- Domani - tomorrow
- Buon giorno - Hello
- Per favore - please
- Ciao- bye!
Memory Aid - where have I been this year?
- May - Burgundy
- May - Wales
- December - Marrakech
- May- Liverpool
- May- Florida & New York
- May- Lake District
- April - New York
- April- Ravenna, Italy
- March - Belfast
- December - Barcelona
- August 28- 15 October - USA
- August - Ireland
- July 14-29 - East Africa
- June 27- July 1 - Tuscany
- June 11-17- Yorkshire
- May 25 - Narrowboat Cruise
- May 15 - Stoke on Trent
- May - Gran Canaria
- April - Venice
- January - NYC
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