Four Down

Four of our precious babies are now ready for their forever homes.

Dan, the orange tabby boy, answers to his name. He likes to be called Danny, and #2 Son has fed him noodles, so he really likes them.

Sasha, a brown tabby girl with a couple of calico like spots, is very fun. She plays with almost anything, and gently. When she plays with the tinier kittens, she is almost motherly with them.

Stormfur is a gray tabby boy with one habit that is either endearing or off putting, depending on whether you like this behavior in your cats. He likes to nurse, literally suckle, on earlobes. Also, don't go barefoot around him, if he can't get to your ear to suck on it, he will be glad to use a toe.

Crowfeather is from one of the younger litters, and is black with one white back toe. He is very fluffy and fuzzy, almost like a bunny fur cat (those are few and far between). A snuggler.

I have 8 more coming up for adoption, we have them scheduled for surgeries before Christmas. Anyone want a new member of the family for the holidays?


Today is:

Birth of Baha'u'llah -- Baha'i

Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, Doctors Day, and Cultural Renaissance Day -- Taiwan

Chicken Soup for the Soul Day

Constitution Day -- Azerbaijan

National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day

Order of Fools

Republic Day -- Austria

St. Emillion's Day (patron of Spain, finding lost objects)

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (patron of hospital administrators)

St. Josaphat's Day (patron of Ukraine)


Anniversaries Today:

The Arches National Park established, 1971


Birthdays Today:

Sammy Sosa, 1968
Michael Moorer, 1967
David Schwimmer, 1966
Nadia Comaneci, 1961
Neil Young, 1945
Al Michaels, 1944
Wallace Shawn, 1943
Grace Kelly, 1929
Jo Stafford, 1918
Sun Yat-sen, 1866
Auguste Rodin, 1840
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1815


Today in History:

Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days starting today, 764
Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament, 1439
Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic, 1847
Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris); he also designed garment that bears his name, 1859
World's Fair in Paris opens, 1900
The first movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon, 1910
Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic, 1905
Robert Scott's diary & body are found in Antarctica, 1912
Austria becomes a republic, 1918
The first underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel connecting NY to NJ opens, 1927
The first photo of whatever is in Loch Ness is taken, 1933
Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations, 1956
Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations, 1968
The Comoros joins the United Nations, 1975
The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings, 1980
The Space Shuttle Columbia becomes the first time a manned spacecraft launched into space twice, 1981
Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch, 1990
Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web, 1990
Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, 2003