Friday, April 14, 2023

Lovely (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins, an A to Z Post

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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (who no longer blogs), and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.

He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she's entrusting it to me.  Wish me luck!  


Feline Friday is simple to join.  All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute).  Then add your link!


One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do.  So come and join us in Feline Friday.


What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!


This lovely is named Lady Luck and she went on an adventure.  When i showed up at the shelter Wednesday morning, she was out of her cage!













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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 nailing jello to a wall.


2. I could use a break from _________.


3. I'd like to thank _________ for _________.


4. Just in case _________, I _________.



1. Cleaning a house  is like nailing jello to a wall.   Because you live in it, it gets dirty again and has to be done over.


2. I could use a break from   work.  Just a short one.


3. I'd like to thank   Grandma and Grandpa (my parents, my children's grandparents)  for   all they have done.


4. Just in case   can't get home one evening,  I   carry my tablet and charge cord in my bag so i can update my blog for the next day!



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Today is:


Ambedkar Jayanti -- India (birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution)


Americas Day -- Honduras


Bisket Jatra -- Nepal (Nepali New Year)


Black Day -- South Korea (for those who got neither Valentine's gifts nor White Day gifts; singles wear black and get together to eat black noodle soup)


Celebrations in the Houses of Ra, Osiris, and Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Children with Alopecia Day 


Day of Mologa -- Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (commemorates the destruction of the town of Mologa during the construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir)


Day of the Georgian Language -- Georgia (marking the 1978 protests of Soviet attempts to suppress the Georgian language)


Elfin Choir Congress -- Fairy Calendar


Ex Spouse Day -- why?


Fast and Prayer Day -- Liberia


Holy Friday/Good Friday -- Orthodox Christian


International Moment of Laughter Day -- started by Izzy Gesell 


Kinetoscope Day -- the first commercial exhibition of motion pictures through Edison's "peep show" device occurred on this day in 1894


Look Up At The Sky Day -- internet generated, no history on this one, but if it's a pretty day, take advantage of it (some sites say April 12, but since we don't know who started it, today is fine)


National Dolphin Day -- US


National Love Our Children Day -- sponsored by STOMP Out Bullying and Love Our Children USA


National Pecan Day   


N'Ko Alphabet Day -- Mande Language Speakers


Pan American Day -- Order of the American States


Pathologists' Assistant Day -- US (American Association of Pathologists' Assistants)     


Rato Machhindranath Jatra -- Nepal (chariot races for the god of rain; cannot confirm this year's date, but always begins mid-April)


Reach as High as You Can Day -- internet generated, and listed on various dates; a good idea, anyway, whenever you decide to celebrate it


Runic Half Month of Man (humanity) begins


Sacrifices to Leto, Pythian Apollon, Zeus, Hermes, and the Dioscuri in the Deme of Erichia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)


Sidereal Equinox New Year Celebrations -- throughout South and Southeast Asia, including

    * Assamese New Year, or Rongali Bihu (India's Assam Valley)

    * Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state)

    * Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (Burma)

    * Hindu and Sikh New Year, or Vaisakhi (Punjab region)

    * Khmer New Year, or Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (Cambodia)

    * Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Laos)

    * Malayali New Year, or Vishu (India's Kerala state)

    * Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (Nepal)

    * Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi (India's Orissa state)

    * Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu (Sri Lanka)

    * Tamil New Year, or Puthandu (India's Tamil Nadu state)

    * Thai New Year, or Songkran, celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Thailand)

    * Tuluva New Year, or Bisu (India's Karnataka state)



Sommarsblot -- Ancient Norse Calendar (celebration of the coming summer, with sacrifices to the gods over the next several days; through Walpurgis/May 1)


Spring Hula Hooping Day -- try out the old hula hoop one more time, then toss it


St. Benezet's Day (Patron of bachelors, bridge builders; Avignon, France)


St. Lydwina of Schiedam's Day (Patron of ice skating/roller skating/skaters, prolonged suffering, sick people; Schiedam, Netherland; against bodily ills and sickness) 


St. Peter Gonzalez's Day (Patron of boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen)


St. Tiburtius' Day (Considered the day the cuckoos return to England for the spring)


Takayama Spring Festival -- Takayama City, Japan (often considered one of the 3 most beautiful festivals in Japan; through tomorrow)


Thingyan -- Myanmar (Burmese Water Festival; celebrating the Myanmar New Year through the 17th)


Vaisakhi/Baisakhi -- Sikh (celebration of the spring grain harvest and of the rebirth of the Sikh religion in the 15th Century)


Youth Day -- Angola



Birthdays Today:


Abigail Breslin, 1996

Sarah Michelle Gellar, 1977

Adrien Brody, 1973

Anthony Michael Hall, 1968

Greg Maddux, 1966

Cynthia Cooper, 1963

Robert Carlyle, 1961

Brad Garrett, 1960

Emma Thompson, 1959

Ritchie Blackmore, 1945

Julie Christie, 1941

Pete Rose, 1941

Loretta Lynn, 1935

Rod Steiger, 1925

John Gielgud, 1904

Arnold Joseph Toynbee, 1889

Anne Sullivan, 1866

Emperor Momozono, 1741

Christiaan Huygens, 1629



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"The Boys in the Band"(Musical), 1968

"Bye Bye, Birdie"(Musical), 1960

The Grapes of Wrath(Publication date), 1939

"Jeux d'enfants"(Ballet), 1932

"Murders in the Rue Morgue"(Publication date), 1841

American Dictionary of the English Language(Publication date), 1828



Today in History:


Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded, BC 43

Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions, beginning the Siege of Jerusalem, 70

Temur, grandson of Kublai Khan, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, 1294

The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid, 1434

Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush establish the first abolitionist society in the US, 1775

Napoleon calls for establishing Jerusalem for the Jews, 1799

Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary, 1828

The Donner Party departs Springfield, Illinois, 1846

Harriet Tubman begins her first Underground Railroad run, 1853

William Bullock patents the continuous-roll printing press, 1863

Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth, 1865

Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills, 1871

Canada passes the Dominion Lands Act, 1872

The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg  at 11:40pm and sinks 2 hours later, 1912

The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1927

The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press, 1939

The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit, 1958

The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, at 1 kilogram, hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92, 1986

The most costly natural disaster in Australian history, a hailstorm, strikes Sydney, Australia, 1999

The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%, 2003

The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County, 2005

Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway, 2010

The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union, 2013

Seychelles President Danny Faure makes the first-ever live speech from a submersible, pleading for better marine protection, 2019

Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York stock exchange, 2021

25 comments:

  1. Aww! Lady Luck looks just like a lovely cat Thomas I had years ago brought back memories :-)

    Thanks for hosting mimi have an FFTastic weekens 👍

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  2. Lady Luck is a pretty girl. I am sure she enjoyed her big adventure.

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  3. Lady Luck, what a lovely name! Very sensible, carrying your tablet with you. Perhaps I should!

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  4. Lady Luck is a very pretty girl, and clever too I guess. We give credit to those of you who clean houses. Mom dreads cleaning as it seems almost pointless and the clean only lasts a day or two. Happy Friday!

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  5. Lady Luck is a nice name for a cat. Most of us don't enjoy cleaning house but someone just has to do it.

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  6. Lady Luck is a beauty. I tried using a hula hoop a few years ago for exercise, ended up hurting my back, lol. Thanks for the reminder.

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  7. That little Tuxie girl is such a cutie and I enjoyed your fill-in answers too.

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  8. What a gorgeous tuxie and we love her name, Lady Luck is furbulous! Supurr fill-ins and a great idea to keep a table on mew for blogging - epic idea!

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  9. Lady Luck is beautiful. She looks like my Friday. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins,great answers. Very true about cleaning a house-especially one with Carl living in it. :)

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  10. lady luck is a pretty cat. mine is up.

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  11. Lady Luck is beautiful! Great fill ins. Have a great weekend!

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  12. Everyone deserves to go on an adventure now and then. Good for you, Lady Luck.

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  13. What a beautiful cat! She definitely looks like she's seeking an adventure. :-)

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  14. Wonder how she got out?
    https://findingeliza.com/

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  15. Congrats on your new hosting duties! :-)

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  16. Lady Luck is beautiful OH those white mittens
    Hugs Cecilia

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  17. I don't usually notice the whiskers on cats, but Lady Luck's whiskers really stand out.

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  18. Lady Luck looks so much like a witch's cat!

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  19. Oh Lady Luck ~ you are beautiful and look very feisty ~ hope you have a forever home soon ~ Xo

    Wishing you good health, laughter, and love in your days,
    A ShutterBut Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  20. How did the cat manage to fet out- wow! Cute escaoe artist! Love your fill-ins- especially #1!! sso very true!

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  21. Now THAT'S a face full of whiskers!
    You accomplish more in one day than any three people I know! You're my hero!

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  22. Feline Friday! I've never heard of that, but it sounds like I fun. I, myself, have four cats at home.

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  23. We sure hope Lady Luck had a great time on her walkabout! :)

    I just nailed some jello to the wall --er, I mean cleaned the house -- today. LOL

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