Feline Friday was started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude, and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.
It's easy to participate. Just post a picture of a cat -- your cat, a LOL cat, or even draw a cat -- and link up!
Speaking of cats, our cats want to know, what in the world is that!
Dansig is very concerned about what is going on here.
Enigma is not going to get too close.
SissyCat is not amused.
Friend Chris had a customer who was about to go to the vet to have this sweet guy euthanized because his plans to breed and sell Cocker Spaniels wasn't paying off as he wanted it to. Now we are puppy-sitting until Little Girl's friend at school, whose parents have approved them adopting this dog, can take him on Saturday.
Too cute, isn't he?
The poor cats. First a duck and a chick, and now a puppy. It's no wonder all of my cats are a bit off.
Today is:
Alamo Day -- Texas, US
Aldo Leopold Weekend -- Wisconsin, US (celebrating Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic; through Sunday)
Celebrate Your Name Week -- Friday: Middle Name Pride Day, established by Jerry Hall as a day in which to tell at least 3 people who don't know it what your middle name is, and be proud of it
Dress in Blue Day -- US, for colorectal cancer awareness
Employee Appreciation Day
Feast of Excited Insects -- China; Korea (sometimes called Chinese Groundhog Day, the day insects are supposed to awaken for spring; date approximate)
Foundation Day -- Norfolk Island, Commonwealth of Australia
Headache Relief Day -- aspirin was patented today in 1899
Holi -- Hindu (Festival of Color, where everyone gets doused with colored water, or powder, or paint, or all of them; it's been described as an iridescent madhouse) officially recognized holiday in Guyana; India; Nepal; Suriname Phagu Purnima / Basanta Utsay -- Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Independence Day -- Ghana(1957)
International Festival of Owls -- Houston, MN, US (a great way to celebrate and learn about the wonderful creatures that are owls; through Sunday)
Kaziukas Fair -- Vilnius, Lithuania (traditional craft fair dates back to the 17th century; through Sunday)
March Goblins' Galumphing Gala and Display -- Fairy Calendar
Midnight at the Oasis -- Yuma, AZ, US (nostalgic festival featuring cars and music of the 50s and 60s; throughy Sunday)
National Day of Unplugging -- sponsored by Reboot, encouraging recharging your spiritual life by unplugging your technology from sunset today to sunset tomorrow
Oreo Cookie Day -- no history found on why this day, but if you like Oreos, do you need a reason?
Stoneware Pottery Appreciation Day -- internet generated by those who love stoneware
St. Colette's Day (Patron of Corbie, France; against the death of parents)
St. Rose of Viterbo's Day (Patron of exiles, people rejected by religious orders, tertiaries; Viterbo, Italy)
Words by the Water: a Cumbrian Literature Festival -- Lake District, The Theatre by the Lake at Keswick, Devon, England (a lively literary festival; through the 15th)
Ryan Nyquist, 1979 Shaquille O'Neal, 1972 Amy Pietz, 1969 Connie Britton, 1968 D.L. Hughley, 1963 Tom Arnold, 1959 David Gilmour, 1946 Rob Reiner, 1945 Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944 Dave Gilmour, 1944 Ben Murphy, 1942 Willie Stargell, 1941 Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva, 1937 Lorin Maazel, 1930 Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, 1928 Alan Greenspan, 1926 Ed McMahon, 1923 Will Eisner, 1917 Lou Costello, 1906 Bob Wills, 1905 Ring Lardner, 1885 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 Anna Claypoole Peale, 1791 Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619 Michelangelo Bounarroti, 1475
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Lend me a Tenor"(Play), 1986 "Deep Blue Sea"(Play), 1952 "Both Your Houses"(Play; Pulitzer Prize for Drama), 1933 "La Traviata"(Opera), 1853 "La Sonnambula"(Opera), 1831
Today in History:
Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam, 1521 The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island (an external territory of Australia) in order to found a convict settlement, 1788 York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto, 1834 After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort is captured, 1836 Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata receives its premiere performance in Venice, 1853 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society, 1869 Bayer registers "aspirin" as a trademark, 1899 The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins, 1951 United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana, 1957 After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time, 1981 Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers, 1992 A referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania, 1994 Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later, 1997 Microsoft is fined €561 million for not providing E.U. residents with an alternative web browser to Internet Explorer, 2013
Geesh, they would put down a dog because their plans didn't work for breeding? Makes you hope they never get another dog. Sorry....just touched a nerve here. We had a beautiful gorgeous corgi that came from a line of champions, pure bred, AKC, you name it. We made the choice when we first got him as a puppy to neuter him rather than "stud him out" because we wouldn't know who the pups would go to and we wanted to be responsible pet owners (we lost him to cancer this past December, still devastated by it).
I am glad you are house sitting until the dog can go to a home that will love it and that you helped save its life.
WHAT?! He bought a cocker to breed and then decided it wasn't making enough money and decided to KILL the dog??!! Special place in hell reserved for people that selfish and unfeeling.
It is so interesting watching animals. Strange guy though not wanting to keep this dog alive. I sometimes wonder why people breed animals when they don't even like them.
Oh, my word... I try to be even tempered about people and pets, that just (censored) me off! He was going to do that pup in because it didn't dump puppies all over the place?? SNARL... I hope the kitties are calming a bit. It probably would be a bit confusing with a pup-chick-duck, whatever around. Let the sniffing begin!
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Geesh, they would put down a dog because their plans didn't work for breeding? Makes you hope they never get another dog. Sorry....just touched a nerve here. We had a beautiful gorgeous corgi that came from a line of champions, pure bred, AKC, you name it. We made the choice when we first got him as a puppy to neuter him rather than "stud him out" because we wouldn't know who the pups would go to and we wanted to be responsible pet owners (we lost him to cancer this past December, still devastated by it).
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are house sitting until the dog can go to a home that will love it and that you helped save its life.
Cute cats :)
betty
so glad he has a home!!! good lord, people! animals are not throwaways!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of monster would put down a puppy?
ReplyDeleteWhat Joe said. Why would you put down this precious baby. Good grief. Our babies are part of the family.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. Your family rocks. :)
Hard to believe anyone would consider euthanizing such a beautiful creature.
ReplyDeleteCrikey why would anyone wanna d that with such a gorgeous puppy :-(
ReplyDeleteAt least he now has a home waiting for him awww!
Have a puppytastic weekend :-)
WHAT?! He bought a cocker to breed and then decided it wasn't making enough money and decided to KILL the dog??!! Special place in hell reserved for people that selfish and unfeeling.
ReplyDeleteIt is so interesting watching animals.
ReplyDeleteStrange guy though not wanting to keep this dog alive. I sometimes wonder why people breed animals when they don't even like them.
Oh, my word... I try to be even tempered about people and pets, that just (censored) me off! He was going to do that pup in because it didn't dump puppies all over the place?? SNARL...
ReplyDeleteI hope the kitties are calming a bit. It probably would be a bit confusing with a pup-chick-duck, whatever around. Let the sniffing begin!
Cat
If it were up to me, I'd get a puppy and dump the cats. Cute little cocker spaniel. Too bad you have to give him back.
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You can send the puppy over to us - Jo would love to have him! I have no suitable name for the person who was going to put it down.
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