Thirsty! (Feline Friday), Friendly Fill-Ins, and Nature Friday

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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (may he rest in peace), and i'm going to believe it's because he liked cats.

He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she has entrusted it to me.

Feline Friday is simple to join.  All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute).  Then add your link!

One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do.  So come and join us in Feline Friday.

What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!

These kittens were totally out of water when i went for my shift Wednesday morning.  Two started drinking right away, the third was playing shy.  I moved a bit further from the cage and she came over, then they all drank at the same time.

I do enjoy when i see several trying to get their little heads in the water bowl at the same time.

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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by Lorianne The Menagerie Mom of Four-Legged Furballs. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts!      

Here are this week's statements with my responses underlined:

1. Never have I ever __________________.

2. My September to do list includes ________________ and ________________________.

3. I wouldn’t mind hosting a _________ party.

4. I’m always curious about other people’s _________.

1. Never have I ever   not needed a ladder or to climb on the counter to get to the top shelf in the kitchen.

2. My September to do list includes   work   and   get the twins their glamour shots (mammogram), get the rest of my physical done, possibly revamp my work schedule so i can take care of Grandma more, and look into changing life insurance companies as my 20-year term insurance expires next month.

3. I wouldn’t mind hosting a   Christmas cookie exchange   party.   I always had fun at those and found new cookies to try.

4. I’m always curious about other people’s   bookshelves.

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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard.  Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!   

Ms. A’s knockout roses are almost always in bloom.

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Today is:

Animals' Day -- Curacao

Blackpool Illuminations -- The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England (five miles of spectacular lighting; through Jan. 3, 2027)

Bring Your Manners To Work Day -- sad that we even have to have this one, isn't it?

Ceremony of Transformation through Anubis -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Dri-jerbal -- Marshall Islands (Labor Day)

Eat An Extra Dessert Day -- internet generated, you have the WWW's permission to indulge today

     note that some sites also list this day, instead of July 7, as World Chocolate Day, so celebrate either one!

Gaura Parba -- Nepal (women's festival for the goddess Gauri to ask for health and long life for their husbands)

Immigrant's Day -- Argentina

Krishna Janmashtami -- Hindu (birth of Lord Krishna)

Lazy Moms Day -- a day for mom to be lazy, and let the kids do the housework!

Ludi Romani -- Ancient Roman Calendar (through the 19th; a festival to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also called Circensian games)

National Macadamia Nut Day

National Wildlife Day -- US http://www.nationalwildlifeday.com/

Newspaper Carrier Day -- US (anniversary of Benjamin Day, publisher of the New York Sun, hiring Barney Flaherty as the first newspaper carrier in 1833)

St. Ida of Herzfeld's Day (Patron of brides, widows)

St. Rose of Viterbo's Festival -- Viterbo, Italy (actual feast day of the saint is March 6)

Anniversaries Today:

Ford Motor Company introduces The Edsel, 1957

Birthdays Today:

Beyonce Knowles, 1981

Ione Skye, 1970

Mike Piazza, 1968

Damon Wayans, 1960

Judith Ivey, 1951

Tom Watson, 1949

Jennifer Salt, 1944

Mitzi Gaynor, 1930

Dick York, 1928

Paul Harvey, 1918

Henry Ford II, 1917

Richard Wright, 1908

Nigel Bruce, 1895

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1846

Anton Bruckner, 1824

François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand, 1768

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Captain Midnight"(TV), 1954

"Beetle Bailey"(Comic strip), 1950

"London Calling"(Musical revue), 1923

"Adonis"(Burlesque musical), 1884

Today in History:

Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the West, is formally deposed, 476

Edmund Halley, English astronomer, first observes the comet that now bears his name, 1682

The City of Los Angeles is founded in Bahia de las Fumas (Valley of Smokes), 1781

Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat, 1807

Barney Flahery, age 10, is hired to be the first newsboy, by the NY Sun, 1833

Although he had demonstrated their use before, the first major lighting with electricity comes online as 400 bulbs are lit in offices on Spruce, Wall, Nassau, and Pearl streets in lower Manhattan by Thomas Edison, 1882

The last major US-Indian war ends with the surrender of Apache Chief Geronimo, 1886

George Eastman patents the first roll-film cameral and registers the trademark name "Kodak", 1888

Beatrix Potter first tells the story of Peter Rabbit, 1893

Comic strip "Beetle Bailey" first appears, 1950

The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel, 1957

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games, 1972

Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University, 1998

A 7.1 earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand, causing widespread damage, 2010

Scientists announce the creation of a 'magic carpet' using optical fibers to help prevent elderly people from falling by detecting when unusual footsteps are taken, 2013

Archaeological remains of a Viking fortress from the 900s CE, the Vallø Borgring, are discovered in Denmark, 2014

A 400-year-old sunken Portuguese spice trade ship is discovered near the port of Cascais, Portugal, 2018

A Pew Research Center Study reports that a record 52% of 18-29-year-olds are living with their parents due to the pandemic, 2020

The Blue Line, the first metro rail service to Lagos, Nigeria, begins running, cutting a typical commute from 2 hours to 15 minutes, 2023

The painting 'Portrait of a Lady' by Giuseppe Ghislandi, looted in Nazi-occupied Europe and missing for 80 years, is handed over to the Argentine justice system after being discovered in an estate that belonged to the daughter of a Nazi fugitive, 2025

Usually Not a Speedy Person (Six Sentence Story), Good Fences, Sammy's Poetry Day, and Brian's Thankful Thursday

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If Ms. G really wants to, she can move at speed, but often i wish i could get her to light a fire under herself and pick up the pace.

Yesterday, when we were at the storage unit picking up a few items she's found a home for, including two outdoor chairs she's figured out she can use, it was so hot out there she didn't waste any time as she loathes being hot.

Once we got back to the house and it was time for us to tackle the junk in the spare room again, it was back to the snail's pace, one item at a time, decide which box to pack it in, do we have any smaller boxes, etc.

Also, for many items take a picture, check and see how much it's worth online (for the third or fourth time), does she keep it and try to sell it, and if so, where to put it, oh, and there are all the Christmas presents she bought for the niece and great niece, she can give them these this year instead, and so on.

We spent a couple of tedious hours (to me, at least) in the spare room listening to April cat howl to be let in (she jumps on and breaks stuff and is banned from here and the library) doing this kind of sorting bit by bit, but there's good news.

While doing all this she had an idea and called a friend who has a trash and treasure shop as well as some shelves at another store where she sells things, and she agreed she could probably sell a lot of it there, so we actually packed several boxes and got them into her car for her to take out there once i went home!

Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Fire.     

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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!

This tiny fence caught my eye.

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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day!  This week's image and my poem:    

Their bucket list was Italy

for a spark in their romance,

but with their serious jet lag,

they didn't stand a chance!

I'll just keep on floating them

until they wake and then

I'll drop them at a tourist spot

to start over again!

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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  

Today i am simply thankful no one was hurt when my Sweetie's front passenger tire fell off the car the other day.  We still don't know if it can be fixed or for how much, but one thing at a time is all we have to handle, and that's another thankful.

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Taiwan

Cromwell's Day -- The Cromwell Association holds a service at his statue on his death date

Day to Mourn All Manifestations of Sexism -- in honor of passage of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Feast of San Marino and the Republic -- San Marino (A/K/A National Day)

Flag Day -- Australia

Ig® Nobel Prize Ceremony -- Boston University, Boston, MA, US (each winner has done improbable research, something that makes people laugh, then think)   

Macchina di Santa Rosa -- Viterbo, Italy (St. Rose, patron of the city, celebration begins this evening at 9pm sharp)

Merchant Navy Remembrance Day -- Canada

National Welsh Rarebit Day

National Wilderness Day -- US (commemorates passage of The Wilderness Act in 1964)

Skyscraper Day -- birth anniversary of Louis H. Sullivan in 1856, architect credited with some of the first skyscrapers

St. Gregory the Great's Day (Inventor of Gregorian Chant; Patron of choir boys, educators, masons, musicians, papacy, Popes, schoolchildren, singers, stone masons, stonecutters, students, teachers; England; Kercem, Malta; Legazpi, Philippines; Montone, Italy; San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Italy; West Indes; against gout and plague)

St. Marinus' Day (Patron and founder of San Marino; Patron of bachelors, deacons, and falsely accused people)

Tokehega Day -- Tokelau (remembrance of the Treaty of Tokehega)

Birthdays Today:

Shaun White, 1986

Kiran Desai, 1971

Charlie Sheen, 1965

Valerie Perrine, 1943

Pauline Collins, 1940

Eileen Brennan, 1937

Alison Lurie, 1926

Anne Jackson, 1926

Mort Walker, 1923

Kitty Carlisle Hart, 1914

Alan Ladd, 1913

Edward Albert Filene, 1860

Louis Henry Sullivan, 1856

John Humphrey Noyes, 1811

Prudence Crandall, 1803

Anna, Duchess of Bedford, 1783 (in 1840, she began the tradition of afternoon tea)

Nicolo Amati, 1596

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Search for Tomorrow"(TV), 1951

"Poppy"(Musical), 1923

"Funf Orchestrerstucke/Five Pieces for Orchestra"(Schoenberg Op. 16), 1913

"What Every Woman Knows"(Play), 1908

The New York Sun(Newspaper, first of what was to become the Penny Press newspapers), 1833

"Uncle Sam"(Image first used), 1813

Today in History:

Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, is defeated in the Battle of Naulochus by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, which ends the resistance to the Second Triumvirate, BC36

Saint Marinus founds San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, 301

Consecration of Pope Gregory the Great, 590

King Richard I (the Lionheart) crowned, and 30 Jews are massacred as part of the celebration, 1189

Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, 1658

The first large group of Swiss and German colonists reach the shores of North and South Carolina areas, 1709

The Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time, 1777

Signing of the Treaty of Paris, end of the US Revolutionary War, 1783

John Dalton, English scientist begins using symbols to represent different atomic elements, 1803

The first daily newspaper, a "penny paper", that actually succeeded, The Sun (New York), begins publication, as well as employing the first paper boys, 1833

Outbreak of the Greek revolution against the autocratic rule of King Otto, 1843

William, Prince of Albania, leaves the country after six months because of opposition to his rule, 1914

Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, 1935

68th and final transport of Dutch Jews, including Anne Frank and her family/friends, leaves for Auschwitz, 1944

Wally Gator premiers, 1962

Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight, 1967

The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, 1976

Russia and the People's Republic of China agree not to target each other with nuclear weapons, 1994

An 87-automobile pile-up happens on Highway 401 freeway just East of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair, 1999

Iran's Parliament approves the first woman minister in 30 years, confirming the appointment of Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi as Minister of Health, 2009

The mobile division of Nokia is purchased by Microsoft for $7.2billion, 2013

Chris the sheep breaks the world record for biggest shorn fleece (40kg / 88lb) near Canberra, Australia, 2015

A 1.4 ton WWII bomb is defused in Frankfurt, Germany with 60,000 people evacuated beforehand as a precaution, 2017

Curators at St. John's College, Annapolis, announce the discovery of a previously unknown text by John Locke, "Reasons for tolerating Papists equally with others," an argument for religious tolerance, 2019

Mackenzie Scott, philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, becomes world's richest woman worth $68 billion, 2020

Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in eastern Taiwan, forcing the evacuation of 400,000 people, 2023

The City of Phoenix, Arizona reaches a high temperature of at least 100°F (37.8°C) for the 100th consecutive day, 2024