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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!
Also, photographing kittens isn't easy, and I think these also qualify as Pet Photo Fails, which is hosted by Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries & Meows.
These two mischief and mess makers are Carbon and Copy. They are exact copies of each other in the destruction of their cage department.
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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 already know what I am going to get _________ for Christmas.
2. I have no idea what to get _________ for Christmas.
3. _________ is my earliest Christmas memory.
4. My house _________ during the Christmas season.
1. I already know what I am going to get the children and grandchild and niece and nephew for Christmas.
2. I have no idea what to get Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas.
3. The toy kitchen is my earliest Christmas memory. When i was five, Grandpa (my father, my children's grandfather, simply referred to as Grandpa on my blog) told me Santa was having a back-up in toymaking in the shop and had asked him to build the toy kitchen i wanted. It was a true child size kitchen, built of wood and painted white, a refrigerator, oven and cooktop, counter and storage cupboard, and sink, and i watched him build it and played with it for years, and so did all my children.
4. My house stays the same during the Christmas season.
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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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Flashback Friday is hosted by FiveSibes. Come hop along memory lane with us!
Several years ago, this little lady was waiting for her forever home, which she got soon after i snapped this.
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Today is:
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day -- US, and i will observe the latter
Buy Nothing Day -- UK (Shop Less, Live More)
Dita e Clirimit -- Albania (Liberation Day)
Electronic Greetings Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Family Day -- Nevada, US; Palau
Festival of Saturnia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (for the Sons of Saturn; Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto)
Fur-Free Friday -- originally sponsored by The National Humane Education Society, trying to make it a world-wide movement
National Day of Listening -- US (sponsored by StoryCorps, encouraging sharing family stories during the holidays; learn how to interview and record those special stories here)
National Flossing Day -- US, but a great idea everywhere; help spread peace of mouth!
National Lemon Creme Pie Day
National Unity Day -- Vanuatu
Native American Heritage Day -- US; related observance
Maize Day -- US; celebrating the First Nations of the Americas and the role maize/corn played in their cultures
Plan Your Dagwood Sandwich Day -- admit you've always wanted to, so build one with your Thanksgiving leftovers!
Sinkie Day -- sponsored by SINKIE, The International Association Of People Who Dine Over The Kitchen Sink, which urges you to combine your Christmas shopping with enjoying a quick meal of Thanksgiving leftovers and become a SINKIE convert!
St. Andrew's Eve -- in many traditions, a night to foretell the future, especially whom you will marry
St. Saturnius of Toulouse's Day (Patron of Toulouse, France)
Square Dance Day -- internet generated, and fun to do, but here's some information about square dancing
Tori No Ichi -- Japan (the third "rooster day" of November, so called because it is held on the two or three days of the rooster this month, in which to wish good luck and prosperity at temple and shrine ceremonies around the country, and celebrate with a fair)
William Tubman's Birthday -- Liberia (it's longest serving President)
You're Welcomegiving Day -- US, the day after Thanksgiving, started by Richard Ankli to give everyone a reason for a 4-day weekend
Anniversaries Today:
Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin, 1916
Birthdays Today:
Jon Knight, 1968
Don Cheadle, 1964
Andrew McCarthy, 1962
Kim Delaney, 1961
Cathy Moriarty, 1960
Jeff Fahey, 1956
Howie Mandel, 1955
Joel Coen, 1954
Garry Shandling, 1949
Petra Kelly, 1947
Chuck Mangione, 1940
Peter Bergman, 1939
John Mayall, 1933
Jacques Rene Chirac, 1932
Diane Ladd, 1932
Vin Scully, 1927
Madeline L'Engle, 1918
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., 1908
C.S. Lewis, 1898
Busby Berkeley, 1895
Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1876
Louisa May Alcott, 1832
Wendell Phillips, 1811
Christian Doppler, 1803
Charles Thomson, 1729
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Tatort"(TV), 1970
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"(Beatles single release), 1963
"Bells Are Ringing"(Musical), 1956
"Kukla, Fran, and Ollie"(TV), 1948
"Gay Divorce"(Musical), 1932
Today in History:
Jews of Augsburg, Germany, are massacred, 1349 (Sometimes, it seems, the more things change...)
King Philip II devalues Spanish currency, 1596 (See above...)
Sir James Jay invents invisible ink, 1775
San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, 1777
Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent, 1803
First Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC), 1825
Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph, 1877
The first motorcycle race ever is held in Surrey, England; the distance was one mile and the winner was Charles Jarrot in a time of 2 minutes, 8 seconds, 1897
The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine. 1910
Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California, 1915
Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public, 1922
Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole, 1929
The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, 1944
The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine, 1947
Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space, orbits earth twice, and is successfully recovered after splashdown, 1961
Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2, 1965
Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California, 1972
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan, 1983
The Czechoslovakian Parliament votes to end Communist rule, 1989
The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by the following January 15, 1990
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique, 2007
Pablo Picasso's electrician reveals 271 previously unknown works he claims were gifts from the artist, 2010
NASA announces its space probe MESSENGER has almost certainly found water ice buried beneath the surface of the north pole of Mercury, 2012
Tens of thousands Indian farmers protest the agrarian crisis at parliament in Delhi, 2018
Singapore's parliament repeals the British-era law in Section 377A, decriminalizing gay sex, while introducing amendments to protect the current definition of marriage, 2022
Carbon and Copy are adorable. Your toy kitchen sounds wonderful - the perfect gift.
ReplyDeleteCarbon and Copy are so cute and are keeping themselves well amused.
ReplyDeleteWhen Eric was a kitten he used to love to play in the (clean) litter box and scatter it everywhere.
I am glad that pretty little girl soon got her forever home.
I also had a toy kitchen as a child. Mine was shop bought and made of tin though. I still had lots of fun with it. Yours was special to have it made specially for you.
That play kitchen would have been a super duper gift to any child. So glad you had it and could pass it down. Love the kitten photos today. Happy Friday
ReplyDeleteLovely Kittens. Thanx Mimi.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you.
Those kittens need to find a home where they can get into better trouble, LOL! Today is decorate day. Mom doesn't decorate as much as she used to, but we will make it look like Christmas anyway.
ReplyDeleteVery cute kittens. Thanks for hosting and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. Older people are hard to buy for because they usually have everything they need. That is a sweet memory of the kitchen set. XO
ReplyDeleteCarbon and Copy are adorable. Mom remembers a toy kitchen too.
ReplyDeleteCarbon and Copy sure were having some fun, such cuties. Those were good fill-in answers and such a sweet wee flashback.
ReplyDeleteCarbon and Copy OMCs what wonderful fun names.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your fill ins
Hugs Cecilia
They are both so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteCarbon and copy are so cute! Your fill ins are good, too. My one that I have no idea for... Is my husband, and he has a birthday in December, too. But it's hard to buy for someone that just gets what he wants, rather than saving it for me to get him... Siiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggh....
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Adorable kitties and photos ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
They're so cute! They sound like perfectly lovable and rascally kittens. :) Loved your flashback, and your fill-ins, as always. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThe names of the two C's are so well found😹Such cuties, so is the already adopted kitty! Great fill ins too, Mimi. We only have inside decorations for Christmas. That's a lovely memory too🎅💗Double Pawkisses for a Happy Sunday to all of you🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteCharlee: "Carbon and Copy! We love that pair of names almost as much we love as our own names!"
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