Thursday, June 30, 2016

End of the First Half

It does not seem like the first half of 2016 is getting ready to slam the door shut in just under three hours from where I sit. So, as this first half of the year ends, we can say about the same thing Queen Elizabeth II said to the PM of Ireland: "Well, I'm still alive,anyway.Ha", the Queen said.

 In 1952, I remember watching the Queen's coronation on television. It was in black and white and I am trying to recall, but I think it was a delayed broadcast because of the time difference. Technology was not up to our speed then, but of course, then, it was the latest gig. So, The Queen has had two birthdays and I'm only going to have one. "We've been quite busy. There's been quite a lot going on." she continued. Hear, Hear! I'll second that. I broke in thee new doctors and here I though I was only going to have one new doctor!

The past couple of days  have been spent lining up work that I can do while the heat hits Texas right on schedule. One of the weather quiz questions today was: what was the lowest daytime temperature  ever recorded on July 4th in Dallas? Well, as it turned out, it was 63 degrees F in 1924. That was 92 years ago. Mom would have been only a few days old. Then, tonight, I read an article about the sun spots going away and what that means. First it starts with no sun spots for a couple of days, then none for a couple of weeks and then none for several months. According to NASA, its the beginning of, or could be the start of a "mini ice age". It's called a Minimum sun vs. a Maximum sun. It's cyclical. Sun spots run a 11-year cycle more-or-less, give-or- take a year or two or thee, here or there.

It is to be hoped that you had a good first half of 2016 and the second half will be equal or even better than the first half.
This is a little different . Usually the American Flag is displayed. However, there has been so much going on this year that I have really been looking for new material that doesn't repeat a lot of what has been said. My admiration for the Queen has been a long running admiration and passing up the parallel on so many fronts, it had to be included.





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