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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!
Walking Mr. Cal one Sunday, we noted a couple of the areas cats that are allowed outdoors. The orange one especially didn't seem worried about a dog walking past.
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| He was watching squirrels in the tree and not at all worried about Mr. Cal, or us. |
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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. If someone offered me a free _________, I would accept it.
2. If someone offered me a free _________, I would refuse it.
3. I have _________ memorized.
4. _________ has really changed since I was younger.
1. If someone offered me a free newer car with air conditioning, I would accept it. I'm not looking forward to driving this summer.
2. If someone offered me a free steak dinner, I would refuse it. Weirdo vegetarian, that's me.
3. I have several Bible verses and my work schedule memorized.
4. More than i can think to write about, especially technologically has really changed since I was younger. One thing has not changed, human nature.
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In other news, I wish many happy returns of the day to #2 Son!
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Today is:
Celebrate Your Name Week -- Friday: Middle Name Pride Day, established by Jerry Hall as a day in which to tell at least 3 people who don't know it what your middle name is, and be proud of it
Girls Write Now Day -- on International Women's Day, encouraging girls as the makers of future history to put pen to paper and make their voices heard
International Women's Day -- also celebrated as:
Day for Women's Rights and International Peace -- UN
Mother's Day -- Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Laos; Macedonia; Montenegro; Republic of Moldova; Russia; Serbia; Slovenia; Tajikistan; Vietnam
Maha Shivaratri -- Hindu (festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati; local observances and government official days off will vary)
National Peanut Cluster Day
National Proofreading Day -- to promote accuracy in written messages
Revolution Day -- Syria
St. John of God's Day (Patron of alcoholics, bookbinders, booksellers, dying people, firefighters, heart patients, hospitals, hospital workers, nurses, publishers, printers, sick people; Tultepec, Mexico; against alcoholism, bodily ills and sickness)
Anniversary Today:
Harry Hamlin marries Nicollette Sheridan, 1991
Birthdays Today:
Marcia Newby, 23, 1988
Bob, Clint, and Dave Moffatt, 1984
Kat Von D, 1982
James Van der Beek, 1977
Freddie Prinze, Jr., 1976
Kathy Ireland, 1963
Camryn Manheim, 1961
Aidan Quinn, 1959
James Edward "Jim" Rice, 1953
Carole Bayer Sager, 1947
Micky Dolenz, 1945
Lynn Redgrave, 1943
Susan Clark, 1940
Raynoma Gordy Singleton, 1937
Cyd Charisse, 1923
Alan Hale, Jr., 1921
Claire Trevor, 1909
Louise Beavers, 1902
Kenneth Grahame, 1859
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1841
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, 1714
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Mary, Mary"(Play), 1961
Symphony No. 2 in D major(Sibelius Op. 43), 1901
"Don Quixote"(Straus Op. 35), 1898
"Emilia Galotti"(Play), 1772
Today in History:
William Claxton completes his translation from French into English of Mirror of the World; as England's first printer, he will soon turn this into England's first illustrated print book, 1481
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in what will be the United States, 1655
Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1702
Thomas Paine's "African Slavery in America," the first article in the U.S. calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery is published, 1775
Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians, 1782
The New York Stock Exchange is founded, 1817
The first train crosses the first US railway suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, 1855
Everett Horton of Connecticut patents a fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes, 1887
International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, 1911
Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India, 1930
Daytona Beach Road Course holds their first oval stock car race, 1936
Phyllis M Daley is the first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign, 1945
Ghana joins the United Nations, 1957
The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4, 1978
Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time, 1979
Martina Navratilova becomes the 1st tennis player to earn $10 million, 1986
The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing, 1999
The first comprehensive map of the debris field of the RMS Titanic is revealed, 2012
The Aboriginal DNA study by University of Adelaide shows that the Aboriginal population dates back 50,000 years from one migration, 2017
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon formally apologises to the 4,000 Scots, mostly women, accused of witchcraft between 1563 and 1736, 2022
Danish scientists reveal the discovery of the oldest known reference to the Norse god Odin, from a fifth century gold disc from Vindelev hoard, Western Denmark, 2023
Sweet neighbourhood cats.
ReplyDeleteSo many things have changed since I was younger. One of the things that annoy me most is places that will only take a card payment. If I am going somewhere face to face I want the option to pay by cash. A café we went into recently refused cash but they had a jar on top of the counter for cash tips! We didn't give them our custom and went to a much friendlier place across the road.
Heheh! Cats can be so funny and unprodictable
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting mimi have a purrtastic week 👍
Lovely cats.
ReplyDeleteGod bless, Mimi.
I look for cats everywhere I drive or walk. And it's not that I don't love to see them outside, it's just that they don't belong outside. Hope these two have a home to go back to.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely peachy kitty! I'm not surprised Mr. Cal didn't scare him or her. I used to go on the front porch with my kitties and they seemed to love the pups that came to visit. By the way, Bettina is on Dani's blog today. May I ask if you are a foster to other animals, or is it medically related? Dani's just nosy.
ReplyDeleteHope the kitty stays safe outside. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. # 4 is so true. I feel bad for you about the a/c, I had a car without once and it was awful.
ReplyDeleteThat was some good kitty spotting Mr. Cal. Good fill-in answers too!
ReplyDeleteFurbulous fill-ins, and we ove the photos today, absolutely epic! Hoping mew have a truly terrrific weekend, purrs from The B Team.
ReplyDeleteGreat fill ins and I love the pics. Happy Weekend!
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Did somebody say 'squirrel'?!?!?"
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to son #2 ~
ReplyDeleteGreat cat photo ~ what a hunter ~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I like you'r fill-ins. Mine are as usual only written in my head, but quite different from yours. I like your pics of those indiferent cats very much.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy my EMW(early morning walks) I see lots of K9's walking their humans and every so often an out of doors cat runs by often into a storm drain...that worries me. Thanks for hosting
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Really enjoyed your fill-in answers. I'm sitting here thinking what else I have memorized other than the alphabet. Ah yes, the times table. I've still got that.
ReplyDeleteYou have lots of kitty neighbors!
ReplyDeleteI like all the trees. I see cats wandering around the grounds here too, though they are not supposed to. Our law says cats must be confined to their premises, so either in their home or in a yard where they can't get out.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your son! Have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is one laid back kitty! I have to chuckle about proofreading day. Someone I read was mentioning that they hated autocorrect, they were selling something, and autocorrect made the ad say they were giving a monkey back guarantee!
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Trees, Mr. Cal, and kitties ... that sounds like a great walk to us. :)
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