Friday, May 12, 2023

Oh, Well, I Guess I Will (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins

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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.


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!


Belle wasn't sure about committing to eat at that moment.






Hunger finally prevailed.






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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. I've got a yen for _________.


2. I would gladly trade _________ for _________.


3. It seems like only yesterday that _________.


4. If you offered me _________, I would _________.



1. I've got a yen for   vegetable spring rolls.


2. I would gladly trade   my brother-in-law  for   yours! (Please note, this is a joke.  Please do not offer me your brother-in-law, i'll stick with the rock of my own and not take the hard place of breaking in a new one!)


3. It seems like only yesterday that   i started my housekeeping business.  It's been close to 15 years.


4. If you offered me   a mansion,   I would   say no, it's too much to keep such a place clean!



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Today is:


Child Care Provider Appreciation Day -- US (on the Friday before Mother's Day, to recognize the important role of child-care providers in society today)


Day of Purification of All Things -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Fairy Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Royal Humans Disbanded -- Fairy Calendar (and don't ask how we blew it)


Fibromyalgia Awareness Day   


Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks, Skates, and Rays a Voice -- Whale Times or Shark Research Institute (to raise awareness and encourage advocacy to protect elasmobranchs)    


Hug Your Cat Day -- another date given on many sites, and here's some advice about how to do it safely    


International CFS/ME Awareness Day -- bringing awareness about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis     


International Nurses Day -- birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale


Limerick Day -- birth anniversary of Edward Lear


Military Spouse Appreciation Day -- US (Friday before Mother's Day)


National Nutty Fudge Day


Odometer Day -- actually first called a "roadometer", it measured wagon wheel revolutions, as 360 of them made a mile, and was invented and first used this day by William Clayton, Orson Pratt, and Appleton Milo Harmon, Mormon pioneers traveling to Utah in 1847


Olde May Day (Julian Calendar)


Rotuma Day -- Rotuma, Fiji


Saint Andrew, the First Called Day -- Georgia


Snellman Day/Day of Finnish Identity -- Finland


St. Diomma of Kildimo's Day (Patron of Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland)


St. Francis Patrizi's Day (Patron of reconciliations)


St. Pancras' Day (2nd Ice Saint; Patron of children, oaths, treaties; Albano, Italy; Iserlohn, Germany; Pontevico, Italy; Sestino, Italy; against cramps, false witness, headaches, and perjury)




Anniversaries Today:


Mick Jagger marries Bianca De Macias, 1971

Eddie Fisher marries Elizabeth Taylor, 1959 

Coronation of George VI of England, 1937

Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia, 1743

National University of San Marcos is founded in Lima, Peru (oldest in the Americas), 1551

Jagiellonian University is founded in Krakow, Poland (oldest in Poland), 1364

Richard I (Lionheart) of England marries Berengaria of Navarre, 1191



Birthdays Today:


Emily VanCamp, 1986

Cheryl Burke, 1984

Jason Biggs, 1978

MacKenzie Astin, 1973

Christian Campbell, 1972

Jamie Luner, 1971

Kim Fields, 1969

Tony Hawk, 1968

Stephen Baldwin, 1966

Emilio Estevez, 1962

Ving Rhames, 1961

Kim Greist, 1958

Bruce Boxleitner, 1951

Gabriel Byrne, 1950

Lindsay Crouse, 1948

Steve Winwood, 1948

Millie Perkins, 1938

George Carlin, 1937

Tom Snyder, 1936

Frank Stella, 1936

Burt Bacharach, 1929

Yogi Berra, 1925

Mary Kay Ash, 1918

Katharine Hepburn, 1907

Florence Nightingale, 1820

Edward Lear, 1812



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music"(Musical revue), 1981

"Mary Had a Little Lamb"(Paul McCartney & Wings single release), 1972

"The Poisoned Kiss, or The Empress and the Necromancer"(Opera), 1936

The Symphony No. 1 in F minor(Shostakovich Op. 10), 1926

"L'elisir d'amore / The Elixir of Love"(Opera), 1832



Today in History:


Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome, 1328

Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief  of to the Rathore clan, founds Jodhpur, India, 1459

Philip Lenzi places the first ice cream advertisement, in the NY Gazette, 1777

Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers; it later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses, 1789

The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15, 1870

US District Court Judge J. Dundy rules, in Standing Bear vs. George Crook, that Native Americans are persons within the meaning of the laws of the United States, 1879

Tunisia becomes a French protectorate, 1881

In the North-West Rebellion, the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat, 1885

Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey, 1932

Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin, 1941

A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada, 1958

West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations, 1965

The U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces in international waters, 1975

South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years, 1984

Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi, 1985

Fred Markham of the US becomes the first person to pedal a bike at 65mph unaided by wind, 1986

Ingrid Baeyens becomes the first Belgian woman to ascend Mount Everest, 1992

Russia and Chechnya sign a peace agreement after 400 years of conflict, 1997

The Texas, US, legislature is brought to a standstill when 59 Democratic lawmakers go into hiding in a dispute with Republicans over redistricting, 2003

An 8.0 earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000 people, 2008

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning monarch in British history, 2011 

Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints, 2013

Brazil declares an end to the Zika national emergency as cases decrease, 2017

The first images of the supermassive blackhole Sagittarius A* that lies at the heart of the Milky Way captured by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration are published, 2022

21 comments:

  1. Belle's striped tail almost doesn't look real, the stripes are so different, so wide and solid. Very unusual.

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  2. I hope you got your vegetable spring roll - and that it was delicious.

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  3. Wow, look at those wonderful stripes on Belle's tail!

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  4. Aww! Belle gave in in the end it usually works heh!
    Have a tanfastical weekend and thanks for hosting 👍

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  5. That kitty has a really cool looking tail! Congrats on 15 years of your business!

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  6. Yes, sweetie Belle with the beautiful tail! Those were good answers too!

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  7. Funny funny, I thought I was looking ata 'coon rump! And speaking of 'coons, one took down my bird feeder clothes line last night and et a whole suet cake and a cup of peanuts. He oughta be sick now! Lynn

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  8. What an epically cute tail! Supurr fills, and we totally agree with having a big house, no thanks, who wants all that work!!! LOL

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  9. I thought she was a raccoon. :) So cute. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. Congrats on 15 years of your own business! I will take some spring rolls too please. :) XO

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  10. I would trade my sisters-in-law for anything, anywhere, any time. Not kidding.

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  11. Belle is a cutie! I wouldn't want a mansion either. Have a great weekend.

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  12. Raz says "Thanks for stopping by our blog and helping me celebrate my birthday."

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  13. Wow, Belle sure is a tall girl and has such a unique tail!
    Working for your water is a good idea to keep you interested and active.

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  14. Belle has a wonderful tail! If I had a tail I would trade it for hers!!

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  15. Gratz on the new hosting duties. That racc...cat sure looks fantastic.

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  16. Eventually food will tempt! Your fill-ins are great- especially the one featuring your Bro-in-law!

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  17. What a ring tail on that cat!

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  18. Yes ~ that is quite the tail on that kitty ~ and fun fill ins ~

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

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  19. WOW! I have never seen such a prominently striped tail on a cat before!! Beautiful! :)

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  20. I'm feline fine; so is Shama, and it's already Saturday! Enjoy your weekend, messymimi. :)

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  21. Hooray for eating time, Belle! And what an awesome tail you have!

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