National Public Gardens Day is Friday, May 11th! Discounted or free admission to public gardens throughout the U.S.!

Yippee!!! Something to celebrate — It’s National Public Gardens Day with hugely discounted or free admission to botanical gardens throughout the United States!!!!
National Public Gardens Day

John Lennon: It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love…

it matters only that you love.

Rush Limbaugh: “We’ve arrived at a point where the president of the United States if going to lead a war on traditional marriage.”

His first, second, third, and fourth wives could not be reached for comment.

The New Canadian $20 bill: Naked Ladies, 9/11 Towers and the Queen of England

Dear gentle blog reader,

The new Canadian $20 bill is bit out-of-the-ordinary: Naked women + memorial that looks like the 9/11 Twin Towers in NYC + the Queen of England.

Here’s more on the story:

The part of the memorial apparently causing some Canadians to blush is a depiction of some of the most senior figures, a group of women — sans clothes — known as the chorus. One person said the naked woman is going to “offend someone.” …
The bank hired a research firm to hold focus groups with Canadians to get their opinion on the new currency. They found that not only did most Canadians not know of the Vimy Memorial’s existence, but that some of those surveyed said the monument reminded them of New York’s World Trade Center that was attacked and destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, according to an internal report cited in a CTV article. …

Here’s the rest of the article:New Canadian $20 Bill Too Provocative for Some