Monday, May 4, 2009

Month of May

Hello and welcome to Monday!

Hope you all had a great weekend. Sorry to say my horse, "I Want Revenge", I was hoping to win, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby. I'm hoping "Mine That Bird" goes on to win the Triple Crown. A horse with 50 to 1 odds - amazing story.

How much do you know about the lusty, blustery and many times rainy month of May?
It's an interesting month. Here are some unique facts about May:

* The flower associated with May is the Lily of the Valley and the birth gemstone is an Emerald.
* Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May in the USA, Canada, Brazil and
Australia.
* Charles Lindberg made the first historic solo Trans Atlantic airplane flight in May of 1927, in
his plane "The Spirit of St. Louis".
* Ameilia Earhart is credited as being the first women to fly a plane solo and nonstop across the
Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland on May 21, 1932.
* Horse Racing fans should know that the first Kentucky Derby was run in May, 1897.
* Gail Borden received a patent for condensed milk on May 14, 1853.
* A patent was issued for an ice making machine on May 5, 1851.
* May is celebrated as:
National Salad Month
National Egg Month
National Barbecue Month
National Hamburber Month
National Bettr Sleep Month
National Photo Month

Enjoy the month of May.

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