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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
I tried roller skating but failed miserably too. Gave up totally after 1 try.
ReplyDeleteAbigail is so cute LQQKS like she is sleeping on a marshmallow heheh! :-)
ReplyDeleteI 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 👍
Sleeping while the suck monster is in use? We have NEVER had a cat like that.
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the snow skiing caper. I quickly discovered that I travelled much faster on my face than I did while upright.
My first wife was 18 years younger than me, she should have heeded yor warning. Unfortunately it didn't work ou!
ReplyDeleteYou 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,
ReplyDeleteThat's one mellow kitty. Most hate the vacuum cleaner when they're trying to nap.
ReplyDeleteLove 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. ♥
Abigail is very brave!! We agree about mornings!!
ReplyDeleteEveryone fails at skiing the first time, but if you take a couple of lessons, then stick with it, it is SO much fun.
ReplyDeleteOh sweet Abigail photo ~ great fill ins ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
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
ReplyDeleteAbigail sure looks so peaceful. Those were good answers. I could snow ski but I sure couldn't water ski.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI was just 20 and Husby 21 when we married. We thought we were so mature and grown up. (HA! We soon learned....)
ReplyDeleteI would have expected Abigail to leap up (a la Bugs Bunny) and be clinging from the ceiling!
GREAT fill-ins!