Born on this day – Martine Sarcey:

Actress

September 28, 1928 – June 11, 2010

Pollinator week - June 19 to 25, 2023:

#Bees #Pollinators #Pollination #Environment #SaveTheBees

World MS Day – May 30:

 

Cats - Bodhi ready for his nap

This is how we usually see our Ragdoll cat, Bodhi, as he readies himself for yet another one of his many naps.

Bodhi’s superpower is his ability to nap anywhere, anytime, for as long as he wants.

Sweet dreams.

#Ragdoll cat, #Bodhi, #cats, #catnap

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 9, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)

Symphony No. 9

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on May 7, 1824.

Choral symphony in four movements.

Opus 125, in D minor.

Composed: 1822–1824.

Ode to Joy is based on the 1785 text by Friedrich Schiller.

Happy Easter

 

On this day in movie history - Madame Bovary (1991)

Madame Bovary

directed and written by Claude Chabrol,

based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert,

was released in France on April 3, 1991.

Narrated by François Périer.

Music by Jean-Michel Bernard, Matthieu Chabrol and Maurice Coignard.

Cast:

Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne, Lucas Belvaux, Christiane Minazzoli, Jean-Louis Maury, Florent Gibassier, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Sabeline Campo, Yves Verhoeven, Marie Mergey, François Maistre, Thomas Chabrol, Phillippe Abitol, Henry Ambert, Jean-Marie Arnoux, Henri Attal, Gilette Barbier, Dominique Clément, Olga Colin, Claire Dalsace, Catherine Deville, Etienne Draber, Julien Dubois, Pierre-François Dumeniaud, William Clément, Michel Dupuy, Marie Guyot, Jean Joulin, Jean-Jacques Lagarde, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Rene Marjac, Pierre Martot, Bernard Mazzinghi, Mona Muche, Christine Paolini, Claude Pascadel, Christian Paumelle, Valerie Soudant, Tina Sportolaro, André Thorent, Aleksandr Vatkovic, Philippe Verquin, Dominique Zardi, Jacques Dynam, François Périer, Pierre Vielhescaze, Thierry Marcos.