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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!
Much thanks to Ms. Ann of Zoolatry for the new Feline Friday badge.
The Tripod SissyCat has decided she has a new favorite sleeping spot, the lid of the toilet. We jokingly call it "Sissy's Throne," and i ask her politely to move every time i have to use the facility, and i generally just pick her up and put her in front of her food bowl where she has a snack then comes back when i'm done.
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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 write with my _________ hand.
2. My plans for the month of May include _________ and _________.
3. I wonder if anyone else _________.
4. _________ is what I like most about _________.
1. I write with my right hand. My Sweetie was left-handed until his teacher made him switch and all four of our kids are lefties!
2. My plans for the month of May include going to see Grandma on Mother's Day and plenty of work.
3. I wonder if anyone else drinks as much water as i do, i'm always thirsty (and no, i am not diabetic, my doctor does the labs every year and my blood sugar is perfect).
4. Being able to see beautiful sunsets is what I like most about living across the street from the big field behind the school.
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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard. Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up! https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com
Here's a picture of a property with the Amite River in the background. We're having daytime temps in the 80's to 90, and rainstorms, and it's all green.
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Today is:
Anniversary of the 3rd Druk Gyalpo -- Bhutan
Baby Day -- birth anniversary of Dr. Spock
Brothers and Sisters Day/Sibling Appreciation Day -- an internet generated holiday, not to be confused with National Siblings Day on April 10 each year
Community Day -- M, Spain
Day of Osiris going forth from his mountain -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Flag Day -- Poland
Holiday of the Region of Madrid -- Madrid, Spain
Hug Your Cat Day -- this particular cat hugging day was originally sponsored by Apricat
International Scurvy Awareness Day -- because yes, some people do still get this disease of Vitamin C deficiency
International Space Day -- UN
International Tuba Day www.tubaday.com/homepage.php
King James Bible Day -- marking the publication in 1611 of the King James Version of the Bible
Magic Dragon Street Meet -- Historic Bagnell Dam Strip and Prewitt's Point, MO, US (if you like car shows, this is the place for you! through tomorrow)
National Education Day -- Indonesia
National Play Your Ukulele Day -- just because it's fun!
National Truffles Day
No Pants Day -- first Friday in May, and not to be confused with the annual No Pants Subway Ride in NYC
Roberts Rules of Order Day -- birth anniversary of Henry M. Robert, author of the standard parliamentary guide Robert's Rules of Order
Rowdy Friends Day -- go look up the ones you haven't seen in a while
St. Athanasius the Great's Day
St. Zoe's Day
Teacher's Day -- Bhutan; Iran
Twelfth Day of Ridvan -- Baha'i
Birthdays Today:
Sarah Hughes, 1985
Jenna Von Oy, 1977
David Beckham, 1975
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, 1972
Elizabeth Berridge, 1962
Christine Baranski, 1952
Larry Gatlin, 1949
Lesley Gore, 1946
David Suchet, 1946
Bianca Jagger, 1945
Engelbert Humperdinck, 1936
Roscoe Lee Browne, 1925
Theodore Bikel, 1924
Satyajit Ray, 1921
Dr. Benjamin Spock, 1903
Baron Von Richthofen, 1892
Hedda Hopper, 1885
Henry M. Robert, 1837
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Sunday in the Park with George"(Musical), 1984
"Peter and the Wolf"(Prokofiev Op. 67), 1936
"The Jack Benny Program"(Radio), 1932
Good Housekeeping(Magazine), 1885
"La Bottega del Caffe/The Coffee Shop"(Play), 1750
Authorized King James Version of the Bible(Publication date, by printer Robert Barker), 1611
Today in History:
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft, 1536
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation, 1559
Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle, 1568
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America, 1670
William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris, 1780
Charles Fremantle founds the Swan River Colony in Australia, 1829
Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao, 1866
Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time, 1885
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion, 1885
The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium, 1885
Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film, 1887
General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware, 1918
Pearl S. Buck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth, 1938
The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1, makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg, 1952
Tennessee Williams is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1955
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City, 1969
The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opens, 1986
The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy, 1998
President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military, 2000
Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless, 2008
Conservationists determine poachers killed the last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique; these poachers worked with game rangers responsible for protecting them, 2013
New research published in the journal "Plos One" shows plants "talk" to each other through their roots and the soil in a study on corn, 2018
For the first time, a drone delivers a kidney for transplant, to a hospital in Baltimore, MD, US, 2019
Second-only sketch known of Leonardo da Vinci (from Queen Elizabeth's collection) is revealed on the 500th anniversary of the artist's death, 2019
A clean-up on Mt Everest ends, having removed three metric tons (6,613 pounds) of rubbish and four bodies in just two weeks, 2019
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the Icelandic actor who played Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in Game of Thrones, sets a world deadlifting record, lifting 501kg (1,104lb), 2020
After being closed for two years because of the pandemic, New Zealand reopens its borders to international travelers from 60 countries, 2022
The Writers Guild of America votes to begin striking over pay and industry changes, bringing television production to a halt, 2023
Cats sometimes pick the oddest places don't they? I have several "lefties' in my family too.
ReplyDeleteNice cat.
ReplyDeleteGod bless always, Mimi.
SissyCat looks lovely on her throne. I like the new badge Ann has made and have saved it and will use it from next week.
ReplyDeleteGood fill ins. I was also left handed and made to change by my teacher. Although I write right handed I do everything else left handed. If an electronic signature is needed for a delivery I do that left handed, and can't for the life of me do a legible one with my right hand.
Oh, wonderful blog as usual but I am LOULOU commenting, not anonymous, haha. And poor Anne Boleyn, 'with her head tucked underneath her arm;....
ReplyDeleteWhat a place to choose, Lucky it's not here, we never cloe the lid ;) Busy children in a hurry made for a permanent habit, now I swear if someone does indeed close it :(
ReplyDeleteI love your fill-ins. For me May includes weeding and weeding. I can write with both hands - now almost equally bad, as I always use a keyboard - but I prefer to use my right for writing (not for cutting and for many other jobs).
I started life as a leftie until the school cured me by tying my left hand behind my back. I now struggle to use it to do anything.
ReplyDeleteLove that cat throne. And hooray for sunsets.
You work hard you work up a big thirst. It's understandable. Too bad your husband was forced to write with his right hand. What a odd coincidence that all four children are lefties. Sweet sissy tripod sitting on her throne is as cute as can be. I guess you need to put a thick rug on there so that she has a soft spot, lol.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta love that Tripod Sissycat! What a little sweetie, even though she's a little kinky with her toilet obsession. I like when they're diffurent. Kiss, kiss!
ReplyDeleteMy mother was ambidextrous…she started out as a leftie but they made her use her right hand to write. My younger daughter is a leftie.
ReplyDeleteI don’t see a place to link up for Feline Friday …
We couldn't find it either.
DeleteTripod SissyCat is such a cutie. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. How cool that all of your kids are lefties. How sad your hubby was forced to change. That happened to my sister too. XO
ReplyDeleteTripod Sissycat is adorable. Great fill-in answers.
ReplyDeleteSweet SissyCat looks very Royal! Those were great fill-in answers. Hey, I like the new Feline Friday badge, it's no colorful and nice!
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the blog hop linky either.
ReplyDeleteTripod SissyCat is so cute. Great fill ins. I didn't see a link up either. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why it isn't letting me log in like I always do and posting me as annonymous, but it's me :)
DeleteOur mom's dad was also forced in elementary school to switch from writing with his left hand into using his right. Though our mom writes with her right hand, she probably does 75 percent of other things with her left. Maybe you should get one of those fuzzy toilet seat covers so SissyCat will be more comfortable. MOL! Have a great weekend. XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
ReplyDeleteI also could not find where to link up. I did it over on Eric and Flynn's blog.
ReplyDeleteI love sunsets too, as you now know having seen my Wordless Wednesday pictures this week!
ReplyDeleteHey SissyCat...you are very pretty as is your little precious girl. I must change my Feline Friday badge
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Lol! Now that is a different kind of spot to sit on. Happy Feline Friday! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to sign up for the Feline Friday blog hop, but I don't see it on your post this week.
ReplyDeleteYou're such a sweetheart, Tripod Sissy, we think you're keeping the toilet warm for your peeps😸Those were great answers on the fill ins and that surrounding picture is so beautiful😸We searched three times to find the linky, but couldn't find it either. Double Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend, Mimi🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteTripod looks terrific on the throne! And we gotta tell you, our Throne Room has a castle on the door. We gotta get Mom to take a picture of it! We love the fill-ins!
ReplyDeleteKeep being AWESOME! Marvelous Marv and Mom Barb
thecontemplativecat here. No pants day? I will tell my gr-kids. Now at last they have their own holiday.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the fill-ins. AND I took one copy of the new Badge for today.
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely a throne! MOL
ReplyDeleteTripod SissyCat looks like content to rest upon her throne.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Sissy is Meautful! Pawesome fill-ins today, and mew can't beat seeing a supurr sunset every evening, what a joy! Happy Caturday and we hope your Sunday is epic too!
ReplyDeleteTripod SissyCat is so beautiful. Great fill-ins, Mimi. How wonderful that you can enjoy those sunsets every day!
ReplyDeleteMaybe Sissy likes sitting on the texture of the plastic lid.
ReplyDeleteChaplin: "A cat's gonna sleep where a cat's gonna sleep, am I right, Sissy? Lately I've been sleeping on top of the wicker basket lids in the kitchen. Is it a cat bed? No. Do I care? Also no."
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