“The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us. Its warmth fills our veins, its light fills our hearts—let us be grateful for each morning’s golden embrace.”
John Muir #quote
Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies during the Spanish conquest (1520); Oxford debate on evolution takes place (1860); Singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne born (1917); Olympic legend Michael Phelps born (1985).
This is one of my most favorite California native plants. The dried flowers smell like butterscotch. It has kind of an ugly name for such a beautiful thing. California cudweed (Pseudognaphalium californicum), also known as California everlasting. Who the heck named it cudweed?🫤
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London destroyed by fire (1613); "The Little Prince" author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry born (1900); "Bird of Paradise" plane completes first successful transpacific flight (1927); Modernist Swiss-German painter Paul Klee dies (1940); Apple
The current moon phase for June 28th, 2026, is the Waxing Gibbous phase.
On this day, the moon is 13.83 days old and 98.53% illuminated with a tilt of 96.589°. The "approximate" distance from Earth to the moon is 406,186.13 km, and the moon sign is Sagittarius.
Terry Fox died 45 years ago today. Here is footage of the first Marathon he ran after losing his leg - and prior to the Marathon of Hope. September, 1979 in Prince George, BC. 🇨🇦