It’s Monday, May 2, at least in Chicago, and I can hear the wind howling outside my crib. It will be more dire weather today. On this day in 1611, the first King James Bible was published in London, gulling all subsequent Christians into thinking that its lovely bits were written, in English, by God. And, in 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by U.S. Special Forces.
Notables born on this day include Catherine the Great of Rusia (1729), Emma Darwin (1808), without whose care (and money) Charles might have had to get a real job, and famous cricketer Brian Lara (1969). Those who breathed their last on May 2 include Leonardo da Vinci (1519), on my list of the best 5 painters of all time (others are Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Turner, and Picasso), J. Edgar Hoover (1972), and Lynn Redgrave (2010). Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili is dissing Andrzej again, but at least the cherries are doing well:
A: So far everything is well.Hili: A bit of rain would be useful.A: But we might get a hailstorm instead!Hili: You farmers are always afraid of something.
Ja: Jak dotąd wszystko dobrze.
Hili: Przydałoby się trochę deszczu.
Ja: Żeby tylko nie spadł grad.
Hili: Wy, rolnicy, ciągle się czegoś boicie.
Leon: Are we changing gears?
I’m currently sitting in shirt sleeves watching cricket at the Oval in London. 16C and just a few white clouds in the sky.
Hili is correct about that. Farmers are always worrying about something. Leon appears to be taking to the auto without difficulty. One of our previous cats hated being in a car.
The weather is lovely in Gusland, perhaps it will make its way to Chicago in a day or two. I admire Hili and her cherry blossoms.
Poor William Tyndale was executed for his translation of the bible into the English vernacular, prior to the King James Version.