Henry Lewis Aaron (Hank) was born in Mobile, Alabama, February 5, 1934. His baseball career started on November, 20, 1951, as he got a contract with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League where he played as shortstop and started getting Major League Baseball (MLB) offers.
In theory, every rainbow is a circle, but from the ground, usually only its upper half can be seen.
A circular rainbow, also known as a “halo,” is a rare and fascinating meteorological phenomenon. While the most common rainbow that people are familiar with is the semicircular arc that forms in the sky after rain, caused by the refraction, dispersion, and reflection of sunlight in raindrops, a circular rainbow is much rarer and more elusive.
Photo by Beau Howard, Medlock Park, Decatur, Georgia
Continue reading “Circular Rainbow”The expansion of the universe is not only increasing but also accelerating.
It all started with a Big Bang, will it ultimately end with a Big Rip. The Big Rip is a speculative cosmological hypothesis regarding the ultimate fate of the universe. Proposed in the early 21st century, it suggests a scenario in which the expansion of the universe accelerates to such an extent that it eventually tears apart all matter,
There are over 3,390 varieties of cicadas around the world.
Cicadas are fascinating insects known for their distinct buzzing and clicking sounds, which fill the air during the warmer months in many parts of the world. Belonging to the order Hemiptera, cicadas are part of the superfamily Cicadoidea.
The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old, But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul, My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man, I’m just a living legacy to the leader of the band
There are some great songs about fathers out there: the ones dedicated to his love, the ones about a strained relationship and even the ones certain dads wrote about their newborn children. No matter your relationship with your Dad, there are probably some songs that will bring back memories.
A medium named Emily Grant Hutchings claimed to have communicated with Twain’s spirit after his death.
“Jap Herron” is a controversial book attributed to Mark Twain, the renowned American author known for classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The story behind “Jap Herron” is as intriguing as the book itself. In the early 20th century, a medium named Emily Grant Hutchings claimed to have communicated with Twain’s spirit after his death in 1910. Hutchings said that the novel was dictated to her and medium Lola Hays from beyond the grave by the deceased Twain through use of a Ouija board.
Suckers are a tree’s attempt to grow more branches, often in response to some kind of injury. If the roots have been damaged, suckers may grow from the base of the trunk. If suckers grow higher on the trunk, they’re called watersprouts and they are usually at the site of a pruning wound, a crack or some other damage.
Tree suckers, also known as basal shoots, root sprouts, adventitious shoots, or basal sprouts, are vegetative growths that emerge from the base of a tree’s trunk or from its roots. These shoots often arise from dormant buds located on the root system or just below the soil surface.
Dire wolves were among the largest canids to have ever lived.
The dire wolf (Canis dirus) is an extinct species of the genus Canis that lived during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene epochs, approximately 125,000 to 9,500 years ago. Taxonomically, it belongs to the family Canidae, which includes modern wolves, coyotes, and domestic dogs.
I’m riding high upon a deep depression, I’m only happy when it rains
I’ve always loved music. Later in life I would make playlists on Cassette, CD’s and now on thumbdrives. With these posts I’ll reminisce about some of my all-time favorite songs.
Varieties of trees such as Loblolly Pine, Sycamore, Sweetgum, Redwood, and Douglas Fir.
Moon trees are a unique botanical phenomenon that embodies the intertwining of space exploration and terrestrial life. Originating from seeds that journeyed to the moon aboard NASA’s Apollo 14 mission in 1971, these seeds were carried in the command module by astronaut
