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Friday, August 23, 2024

April and Sassy (Feline Friday), Friendly Fill-Ins and Nature Friday

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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (may he rest in peace), and i'm going to believe it's because he liked 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!


Ms. Fiona's cats, April and Sassy, are now Ms. G's cats.  Sassy has never been afraid of me, but April is cautious.  She sometimes lets me get close, but only when she's ready.  I've petted her before, but she has to be in the mood.  Here are a few photos of them while i was cat-sitting and also from this past Wednesday.




















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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 am in my _________ era.


2. I am insecure about _________.


3. I'm really happy with my recent purchase of _________.


4. My alarm clock is usually set for _________.



1. I am in my   work like crazy  era.


2. I am insecure about   insecurity!  Security is an odd thing, and i believe you don't find it in anything natural, just in The Almighty.


3. I'm really happy with my recent purchase of   flowers for my over-the-kitchen-sink vase, they are lilies and they smell delightful.


4. My alarm clock is usually set for   4am, although i am generally awake before it goes off.



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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!   






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Today is:


Black Ribbon Day -- Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania


European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism -- European Union


Flag Day -- Ukraine


Grand Magal de Touba -- Touba, Senegal (commemoration of the departure into exile of Ahmadou Bamba to Gabon, a Sufi religious festival, begins at sunset and runs through sunset tomorrow)


Great Feast of the Netjeru (all gods and goddesses) -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Health Unit Coordinator Day -- US 


International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition


National Spongecake Day


Nemeseia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (local festival to the goddess Nemesis, date approximate)


Ride the Wind Day -- internet generated, a day to get out and ride with the wind in your hair, in whatever transport you choose, or fly a kite


Sento Kuyo -- Nenbutsu-Ji Temple, Adashino, Kyoto, Japan (memorial service for graves that no longer have families to tend them; through tomorrow)


St. Eoghan's Day (Patron of Derry, Ireland)


St. Rose of Lima's Day (Patron of embroiderers, florists, gardeners, needle workers, people ridiculed for piety; The Americas/The New World, especially Central and South America, Latin America, Peru, and the West Indies; Lima, Peru; Philippines, Santa Rosa, CA, US; Villareal Samar, Philippines; against vanity)


Valentino Memorial Service -- Hollywood Cathedral Museum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA, US (annually since 1927, a memorial service celebrating Rudolph Valentino on the anniversary of his death)


Vertumnalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (in honor of Vertumnus and Pomona)


Vulcanalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (festival to the god of fire)



Birthdays Today:


Kobe Bryant, 1978

Jay Mohr, 1970

River Phoenix, 1970

Queen Noor of Jordan, 1951

Rick Springfield, 1949

Shelley Long, 1949

Antonia Novello, 1944

Patricia McBride, 1942

Richard Sanders, 1940

Tony Bill, 1940

Barbara Eden, 1934

Sonny Jurgensen, 1934

Mark Russel, 1932

Vera Miles, 1930

Gene Kelly, 1912

Edgar Lee Masters, 1868

Navy Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1785

Louis XVI, 1754



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"She Loves You"(Beatles single release date), 1963

"The Bat"(Mystery play), 1930

"Gasoline Alley"(as a daily comic strip), 1919



Today in History:


On the feast of Vulcan, Roman god of fire, Mt. Vesuvius begins to rumble, 79

Visigoths storm Rome, 410

Edward I executes William Wallace, Scottish patriot, for high treason, 1305

French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada, 1541

Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code, 1542

The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots in Paris begins, 1572

The first one-way streets open in London, 1617

Steamship service begins on the Great Lakes, 1818

Great Britain abolishes slavery in the colonies, 700,000 slaves are freed, 1833

Automobile tire chain is patented, 1904

The World Council of Churches is formed, 1948

Lunar Orbiter I takes the first picture of Earth from the Moon's orbit, 1966

Bryan Allan, in a Gossamer Condor, completes the first man-powered flight of one mile, 1977

Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the US, 1979

Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany, 1985

Hungary opens the Iron Curtain and allows thousands of East Germans through to West Germany, 1989

West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on Oct. 3, 1990

The remains of Anastasia and Alexei, rumored to have survived the 1917 assassination of the Russian Czar and his family, are found, 2007

Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground, 2010

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown, 2011

Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, announces he will not contest the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charges of doping, a result of which will include being stripped of all of his tour de France victories, 2012

Libya's ruins of Cyrene, a World Heritage Site near Shahhat, is damaged by real estate developers, 2013

Destruction by ISIS of the first century AD temple of Baalshamin in the ancient ruins of Palmyra is confirmed by Syrian officials, 2015

The world's driest place, the Atacama desert in Chile, blooms after an unexpected rainfall, 2017

Russia launches the first floating nuclear power station, the Akademik Lomonosov, from the port of Murmansk, 2019

Video evidence shows a Seychelles giant tortoise hunting and eating a bird, a new behavioral observation, as tortoises were previously thought to be herbivores, 2021

India becomes the fourth nation to launch a successful mission to the Moon when its Chandrayaan-3 craft successfully lands at the Moon's south pole, 2023


20 comments:

  1. I am so glad that April and Sassy have a new home.
    My internal clock gets me up around the same time as you - though I slept in till after five this morning.

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  2. We have joined in the blog hop. We can't see many other kitties there, yet. Greetings and thank you for your informative post.

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  3. We rarely hear the alarm at our house as Mom always wakes up before it goes off unless she was really exhausted and sleeping hard which is rare. Sleeping in means 5 or 5:30, but that is rare.

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  4. Of course, I love seeing new kitties. I'm guessing that Sassy is the tortie from her beautiful colours and April is the little black one. I see you lured them in with treats and/or food. It allows you to get closer in a good way. Cute.

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  5. April and Sassy, cute kitties with cute names.

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  6. They seem very happy in their home. We love the one of them eating together. Great fill-ins.

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  7. Those are great kitty pics. They are so cute. Great fill ins. Happy weekend!

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  8. Beautiful cats. I am so glad they have a home. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. You sure get up early, I am impressed. XO

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  9. Those kitties are so cute and they were sure enjoying their foods!

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  10. Sassy and April are gawgus! And supurr fill-ins this week, though the 4am start is a bit early for us cats unless an early early breakfast is on offer! MOL Wishing mew a supurr weekend and thank mew for hosting!

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  11. Cats and nature, your posts always lift my spirits.

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  12. I think I could look at your kitty photos all day!

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  13. Lovely kittie pics, Seems to me you are always in your work like crazy era

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  14. April and Sassy what fun names for you beautiful lady cats. Ohh do I spy Spanish Moss?
    Hugs Cecilia

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  15. Oh sweet kitties ~ April and Sassy ~ great series of photos and fill ins too ~ thanks,

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

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  16. 4 am! My goodnes, this counts as middle in the night for me ... but then I am an owl ;)
    I totally understand your other fill--ins.

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  17. April and Sassy are pretty cats. I haven't risen at 4am since I retired. I used to get up early back then to be at work by 5.30 to do all the preparing for the 6am opening of the store.

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  18. Charlee: "I can't blame April, I mean, it's only good sense to be prudent about who gets to approach you. For instance, I let anyone approach me if they want to, as long as I'm hiding under the sofa and can't see them."

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  19. Beautiful cats! Have a great weekend! :)

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  20. Aww, April and Sassy are beautiful. You sure do wake up early!

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