Friday, June 5, 2020

Plenty of Kittens (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins

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Feline Friday was started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude, and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.
He has handed hosting duties off to Sandee, of Comedy Plus, and it's simple to join, just follow the link to Sandee's page for the rules and the code.

It is kitten season, and the shelter is now open for adoptions again, as long as you don't mind waiting your turn to come in and wearing a mask.

We have plenty of kittens, too:









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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. __________________ is like trying to nail jello to a wall.

2. _______________never _______________________.

3. If I had a dollar for every time _________, I would be rich.

4. I wish _________ grew on trees.


1. Getting a message across to people who do not want to hear it  is like trying to nail jello to a wall.

2. Can't  never  could do anything.

3. If I had a dollar for every time   i have changed a diaper in my life, or wiped a bottle-baby kitten's bottom,  I would be rich.

4. I wish  a fruit that could impart common sense to the eater  grew on trees.


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Today is:

15th Khordad National Uprising -- Iran (1963)

Apple II Day -- the Apple II first went on sale today in 1977
    note that some historians say it went on sale June 10, others say the first models were shipped out that day

Arbor Day -- New Zealand

Festival of Popular Delusions Day -- begun as this was the last day before D-Day that the Germans could delude themselves that they could win; thus a day to question your own assumptions and try to align your beliefs with facts and reality

Full Strawberry Moon / Rose Moon; related observances
    Ancient Celtic month Equos (horse-time) begins
    Nayon Full Moon -- Mayanmar
    Poson Full Moon Poya Day -- Sri Lanka

Grundlovsdag -- Denmark and the Faroe Island (Constitution Day)

Indian Arrival Day -- Suriname (marking the arrival of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent)

Judgement Day -- Fairy Calendar (Nosegays)

Labour Day / Sir Randol Fawkes Day -- Bahamas

Liberation Day -- Seychelles

Lord Buddha's Parinirvana -- Bhutan

Natalicio de Oblang Nguema Mbasogo -- Equatorial Guinea (President's Day)

National Attitude Day -- if this is really a day to celebrate, try to have a positive one

National Donut Day -- US (successor to the original Donut Day begun by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI and as a fundraiser in Chicago, and it is still used as a fundraiser there for Salvation Army projects; look for a doughnut shop to give out freebies near you)

National Gingerbread Day

National Moonshine Day -- with its own sponsor   

Nones of June -- Ancient Roman Calendar; related observance
    Festival of Semo Sancus -- god of loyalty, honesty and oaths (one of the oldest Roman cults, probably Etruscan or Oscan originally)

St. Boniface's Day (Patron of brewers, file cutters, tailors; Fulda, Germany; Germamy; Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada)

World Environment Day -- UN (this year's theme, "Time for Nature")  


Birthdays Today:

Chad Allen, 1974
Mark Wahlberg, 1971
Brian McKnight, 1969
Kenny G, 1956
Jill Biden, 1951
Suze Orman, 1951
Ken Follett, 1949
Spalding Gray, 1941
Margaret Drabble, 1939
Bill Moyers, 1934
Tony Richardson, 1928
Richard Mcclure Scarry, 1919
William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, 1895
Panco Villa, 1878
Adam Smith, 1723 (O.S. Date)
Thomas Chippendale, 1718
Pu Songling, 1640


Today in History:

Traditional date for the sinking of Atlantis, 8498BC
Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem  in the Siege of Jerusalem, 70
Kraków, Poland  receives city  rights, 1257
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched, 1817
Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas, 1837
Denmark  becomes a constitutional monarchy, 1849
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper, 1851
Denmark  amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage, 1915
Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements, 1956
The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in, 1959
The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale, 1977
Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion, 1984
A severe heat wave across Pakistan  and India  reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region, 2003
The planet Venus makes its last transit of the 21st century beginning at 22:09 UTC June 5, and ending 4:49 UTC June 6, 2012
The Swiss vote to reject the referendum to give each citizen a guaranteed income of $2,500 Swiss francs per month, 2015
Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus outbreak to be over, 2017
Montenegro joins NATO, becoming its 29th member, 2017

14 comments:

  1. Hear, hear to fill-in number Four.
    Love the kittens, and mourn that there are so many needing homes.

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  2. Aww! what cuties hope they get loving homes real soon 🐱🐱🐱

    I liked your replies especially 4. :-)

    Have a safetastic weekend 😷😷😷

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  3. I'm a sucker for cats, kittens and photos of both! :)

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  4. Cute kittens. I am not adopting one, though for eldest daughter is allergic to cats.
    Grunklovsdag -- Denmark and the Faroe Island (Constitution Day) Should be Grundlovsdag, sorry for pointing out typos. I just hope you reciprocate ;) .

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  5. Hope the kittens get adopted into good homes. Have a beautiful weekend. Stay safe.

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  6. Have you tried glueing jello to the wall?

    God bless.

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  7. Cute kittens!
    I agree with #4 and a lot of people also put very similar today.
    I have been checking every so often to see if the code is up.

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  8. I'm sorry about the code. I forgot to click the "It's a Blog Hop" button when I set up the code. It's fixed now.

    Awww on the kittens. They are so precious.

    Love your fill-ins. I'm with you on most of them and especially the fruit one.

    Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.

    Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. Big hug, my friend. ♥

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  9. Those were really good fill-in answers and those wee kittens are sure squee-worthy!

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  10. Such cute kittens, I would love one of those ginger ones. Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I would like a fruit tree like that too. :) Have a nice weekend. XO

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  11. crackin up at number 4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!☺☺☺

    N hay ewe wee kittenz...best fishez findin a place oh yur own....we hope yur in yur for everz bye dadz day ☺☺♥♥

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  12. Excellent answers! LOve all 4 of them!

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  13. I want every one of those adorable kittens!
    And I loved your sentence answers, made me laugh!

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  14. These kittens are so precious! And thank you for joining in on the Friendly Fill-Ins! Your answers are fantastic, and I really agree with your answers to #1 and #4. Common sense seems so rare these days. Well wishes!

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