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Friday, September 23, 2022

A Sleeping Abigail is a Happy Abigail (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.


Abigail is so mellow, she slept right there even as i vacuumed next to her.









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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. _________ should come with _________.


2. And just like that _________.


3. I get funny looks from others when I _________.


4. I once tried to _________, and I failed.



1. Marriage  should come with   a warning:  you aren't old enough!  (That's everyone, no matter how old.  Yes, it works out anyway, but you still aren't old enough.)


2. And just like that   it's morning, every morning.


3. I get funny looks from others when I   first tell them i don't eat meat and i also try to avoid dairy and eggs.


4. I once tried to   snow ski,   and I failed.   Miserably, i might add, and you can have it!



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Today is:


Al-Yaom Al-Watany -- Saudi Arabia (National Day/Founding of the Kingdom)


Augustalia -- Roman Empire (birthday of Caesar Augustus, still the traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and in the Eastern Orthodox Church)


Autumnal/Spring Equinox -- Sept. 23, 1:03 UTC (Sept. 22, 9:03pm EDT); related observances   

     Mabon -- Wicca/Pagan Northern Hemisphere

     Ostara -- Wicca/Pagan Southern Hemisphere

     Alban Elfed -- Celtic Winter Finding

     Chuseok -- Korean harvest festival (high point of the festival)

     Feast of Carpo -- Greek Horae, goddess of autumn

     Kukulcan Snake God Celebration -- Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico (the snake appears at the equinox, a time to honor this Mayan god)

     Festival of the Sea Goddess -- Eskimo

     Higan -- Japan

     Mabon/Fallfest -- Asatru/Norse Pagan (harvest festival, time to make wine and mead for the next winter)

     Oenach Carman -- Ancient Celtic Calendar

     Sendai Great Tug-of-War -- Sendai, Japan (festival on the equinox that dates back over 400 years)     

     Svarog's Holiday -- Slavic Pagan Calendar/Asatru (day to drink mead in honor of Svarog, god of fire and the sky)


Bunster Winding -- Fairy Calendar


Checkers Day/Dogs in Politics Day -- thanks to Mr. Nixon; and i'm tempted to further comment, but this one is too easy


Citua -- Ancient Inca Empire (feast to the Moon, and to banish disease, in the month of Coyaraimi, date approximate)


El Grito de Lares -- Lares, Puerto Rico (anniversary of the first uprising against Spanish rule in 1868)


Innergize Day -- the day to take time for yourself! always on the day after the equinox, so either the 23rd or 24th, depending on where you live


International Restless Legs Syndrome Awareness Day -- on the birth anniversary of Professor Karl-Axel Ekborn, the neurologist who first described it


Love Note Day -- some good ideas on keeping romance alive   


National Great American Pot Pie Day


Native American Day 2022 -- US (begun in California, a day to honor all Native Americans, always celebrated the fourth Friday in September)


Neptune Day -- planet discovered this day in 1846 by Johann Galle of Germany


St. Adamnan's Day (Patron of Donegal, Ireland; Raphoe, Ireland)


St. Padre Pio's Day


Thrue Bab -- Bhutan (Blessed Rainy Day)



Anniversaries Today:


The University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded, 1908



Birthdays Today:


Anthony Mackie, 1979

Ani DiFranco, 1970

Elizabeth Pena, 1961

Jason Alexander, 1959

Bruce Springsteen, 1949

Mary Kay Place, 1947

Paul Petersen, 1945

Julio Iglesias, 1943

Tom Lester, 1938

Ray Charles, 1930

John Coltrane, 1926

Mickey Rooney, 1920

Walter Pidgeon, 1897

Friedrich Paulus, 1890

Walter Lippman, 1889

Victoria Woodhull, 1838

William H. McGuffey, 1800

Kublai Khan, 1215

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, BC63

Euripides, BC480



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Marcus Welby, M.D."(TV), 1969

"The Jetsons"(TV), 1962

"Threni: id est Lamentatines Jeremiae Prophetae"(Stravinsky dodecaphonic work), 1958



Today in History:


Concord of Worms, 1122

The first major battle of the Wars of the Roses, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire, 1459

First commencement exercises of Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., 1642

Liechtenstein declares its independence from the German Empire, 1719

John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats the HMS Serepis, 1779

Lewis and Clark arrive back in St. Louis from their explorations, 1806

The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York, 1845

Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams, 1846

Nintendo Koppai, later known as Nintendo Company, Limited, is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi; it produces and markets the playing card game Hanafuda, 1889

The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantome de l'Opera), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, was first published, 1909

The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait, 1959

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law, 1972

Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina, 1973

Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations, 1983

Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm; some passengers only receive minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas's history, 1991

The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released, 2002

Hurricane Jeanne strikes Haiti and leaves at least 1,070 dead, 2004

Researchers announce the identification of four genetically different types of breast cancer, 2012

Japan's space agency becomes the first to place two robotic explorers on an asteroid, Ryugu, from its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft, 2018

The 178-year-old British travel company Thomas Cook goes into liquidation, stranding 600,000 travelers worldwide, prompting largest postwar repatriation effort by UK government, 2019

Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previously though, 2021

13 comments:

  1. I tried roller skating but failed miserably too. Gave up totally after 1 try.

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  2. Abigail is so cute LQQKS like she is sleeping on a marshmallow heheh! :-)

    I liked the replies on #3 if anyone gives you a dirty LQQK in future when you say it poke your tongue out they soon look away LOL

    Have a meatfreetastic weekend 👍

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  3. Sleeping while the suck monster is in use? We have NEVER had a cat like that.
    I hear you on the snow skiing caper. I quickly discovered that I travelled much faster on my face than I did while upright.

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  4. My first wife was 18 years younger than me, she should have heeded yor warning. Unfortunately it didn't work ou!

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  5. You know, I was 17 when I married. I asked my Dad why he allowed that? You are never as wise as you think you are,

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  6. That's one mellow kitty. Most hate the vacuum cleaner when they're trying to nap.

    Love your fill-ins. I chucked at #1. You're right about that.

    Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.

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

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  7. Abigail is very brave!! We agree about mornings!!

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  8. Everyone fails at skiing the first time, but if you take a couple of lessons, then stick with it, it is SO much fun.

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  9. Oh sweet Abigail photo ~ great fill ins ~ Xo

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  10. Abigail is cute I wonder if she is deaf. Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. Morning does come quickly- especially when you need to get up early. I would never even try to ski- I am a klutz. Have a wonderful weekend. XO

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  11. Abigail sure looks so peaceful. Those were good answers. I could snow ski but I sure couldn't water ski.

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  12. I avoid using my vacuum cleaner altogether as it freaks Lola out so much. When I really need to vacuum, I try to shut her out in the porch for the few minutes it takes.

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  13. I was just 20 and Husby 21 when we married. We thought we were so mature and grown up. (HA! We soon learned....)
    I would have expected Abigail to leap up (a la Bugs Bunny) and be clinging from the ceiling!
    GREAT fill-ins!

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