Friday, April 26, 2019

Friday, April 26, 2019


Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2007. Mattie was five years old and doing something he loved..... creating with found objects from around our home. Mattie took the FedEx box we received and attached some paper towel rolls to the end of it and as you can see created a power pack. Maybe to be used in space! 










Quote of the day: You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh. ~ Jay Leno

It was a rainy afternoon, with thunder. Sunny doesn't mind the rain, but he gets very nervous when it thunders. He took for cover and went under the dining room table. 

My worry when I walk him on rainy days is that there could be thunder. I have experienced this once before, and Sunny literally panicked and made every attempt possible to get into whatever building is around him. Which doesn't always work out well, since some buildings don't allow dogs. 

From the dining table, Sunny then migrated to a closet! This doesn't look like a happy face, does it?

Meanwhile, tonight we are taking a break and going to see Jay Leno. Typically I try not to schedule things as we get closer to the Foundation's Walk, but I figured we both needed a change of pace. 

For those of you interested, take a look at Jay Leno's bio.......

Acclaimed TV late night show host, admired stand-up comedian, best-selling children’s book author, much-in-demand corporate speaker, lovable TV and movie voice-over artist, pioneering car builder and mechanic, and philanthropist…it’s no wonder that Jay Leno is widely characterized as “the hardest working man in show business.”

Jay Leno’s late night television ratings domination included more than two decades of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, winning every consecutive quarter of his hosting over the past 19 years. After resuming hosting the 11:35 p.m. program following its one-time interruption, he made it once again the consistent and uninterrupted ratings leader for late night, once again leading all of the ensuing quarters handily, under the supervision throughout of executive producer Debbie Vickers. He has been honored by the Television Academy with an Emmy® for “Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Series.” The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has also taken home the trophy for “Favorite Late Night Show” in the annual TV Guide Awards determined by voting viewers, and he was recently installed in the Television Academy's Broadcast Hall of Fame.

As if night-time dominance were not enough, Leno has also succeeded in the newest entertainment arena as producer and star of Jay Leno’s Garage. The NBC creation, which is viewed on CNBC, gained an international following on the web, not to mention an Emmy Award® and two additional nominations for "Outstanding Special Class–Short-Format Nonfiction Programs." Leno, himself, is the recipient of the People’s Choice Award and other honors, including the Harris Poll selection as most popular star on television. Other personal highlights include his induction into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame, his 2014 reception of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Hasty Pudding Award at Harvard University, an honor whose sole prior comedy/talk host recipient was Johnny Carson and an honorary doctorate from his alma mater Emerson College. Like Mr. Carson, Groucho Marx, and an elite group of entertainment figures, he has been invited to have his papers installed in the Library of Congress.  He also received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame (asking that it be placed in front of the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum since that is where he was arrested for vagrancy when he first arrived in Hollywood.)  He also has set several land speed records and became the first person to drive the pace car of all major NASCAR events.