Friday, January 10, 2025

A Trio (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!


Their mama was Margarita, these are Salt, Lime and Ice!





It's not easy to get good shots of kittens, especially in the cages.






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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 will keep my old _________ over a new one any day.


2. My theme song for the year is _________.


3. _________ is the most relaxing part of my day.


4. _________ is the most stressful part of my day.



1. I will keep my old   Bible   over a new one any day.   It's got all the notes, prayers, you name it, and it's falling apart and i dread the day i have to retire it.


2. My theme song for the year is   Bless the Lord, O My Soul.


3. Evenings after work when i don't have to leave the house again   is the most relaxing part of my day.


4. Any time prior to evenings after work when i don't have to leave the house again   is the most stressful part of my day.




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


It's still camellia season.






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Today is:


Asarah B'Tevet -- Judaism (Tenth of Tevet, a minor fast day, in remembrance of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar)


Feast of St. Geraint -- Wales (legendary Welsh hero who fought King Arthur)


Majority Rule Day -- Bahamas


National Bittersweet Chocolate Day


National Cut Your Energy Costs Day


Peculiar People Day -- an internet generated day to celebrate all the strange and peculiar people in your life, including me!;)


St. Peter Orseolo's Day


Sturdy Flat-Heeled Shoes Appreciation Day -- listed on many sites, and since i appreciate them, i included it


Vaudoun Day -- Benin (Traditional Religions Day, with a huge festival in the seaside town of Ouidah)


Where's The Beef? Day -- the Wendy's slogan premiered this day in 1984



Anniversaries Today:


Princess Margriet of the Netherlands weds Pieter van Vollenhoven, 1967

UN General Assembly first meeting, 1946

Uniform Penny Post (the reformed postal system) starts in the UK, 1840



Birthdays Today:


Pat Benatar, 1953

Bonnie Hellman, 1950

George Foreman, 1949

Rod Stewart, 1945

Jim Croce, 1943

Sal Mineo, 1939

Bill Toomey, 1939

Gisele MacKenzie, 1927

Johnnie Ray, 1927

Paul Henreid, 1908

Ray Bolger, 1904

Robinson Jeffers, 1887

Grigori Rasputin, 1869 (O.S.)

Mary Ingalls, 1865

George Washington Carver, 1864

Charles Ingalls, 1836



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Masterpiece Theater"(TV), 1971

"That Was The Week That Was"(TV, US version), 1964

"Finian's Rainbow"(Musical), 1947

"Arsenic and Old Lace"(Play), 1941

"Pete the Tramp"(Comic strip), 1932

"Street Scene"(Play), 1929

"Rosalie"(Musical), 1928




Today in History:


Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, begins a civil war, BC46

"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published, 1776

Napoleon divorces Josephine, 1810

Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin their correspondence, 1845

The first underground railway opens in London, 1863

John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil, 1870

The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas, 1901

The League of Nations is established, 1920

The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals, 1946

The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years, 1984

Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people, 2011

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again, with pyroclastic flows streaming down the volcanic slope, causing the evacuation of about 22,000 people, 2014

Commercial space company SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon 9 rocket, which releases the Dragon cargo ship into orbit to the International Space Station and then returns to Earth with a rough landing, 2015

Jeff Bezos becomes the second man worth over $100 billion, 2018

Canadian astronomers at the CHIME observatory, British Columbia, report fast radio bursts (FRBs) of probable extragalactic origin, one repeating six times, 2019

The US Mint issues quarter coins commemorating poet Maya Angelou, making her the first black woman to be depicted on a US coin, 2022

4 comments:

  1. The kittehs are super cute and I love their hammock.
    I hope that you get more time to relax and a whole lot less stress.

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  2. Those kittens are adorable. I still have my old bible from bible class days which would make it over 60 years old.

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  3. At least those kittens are keeping each other happy by swinging together in a hammock. It kind of makes the cage bars fade away even for a while. We wish them all forever homes in the near future. Sweet!

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