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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!
Tripod SissyCat says, curl up on the tile and stay cool, friends.
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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. _________ is a book that I would reread again.
2. My _________ is in need of _________.
3. I've been working on _________ for _________.
4. I finally figured out _________.
1. What's So Amazing About Grace by Phillip Yancy is a book that I would reread again.
2. My car, GusGus Die Fledermaus is in need of a part which will make the check engine light quit coming on.
3. I've been working on paying off debt for a couple of years, and we hope it won't be long now.
4. I finally figured out i had everything together and then i forgot where i put it.
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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard. Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!
One of the views on our Sunday morning walks with Mr. Cal.
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Flashback Friday is hosted by FiveSibes. Come hop along memory lane with us!
Coda dog, back when her mama was on military duty and i was on doggy duty.
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Today is:
Anti-Bigot Day -- doesn't seem to be sponsored by any particular group, which is good on a day to practice tolerance of all
Constitution Day -- Uruguay
Gentse Feesten -- Ghent, Belgium (a ten day music and theatre festival)
Mandela Day -- UN
National Caviar Day -- no one knows how it started, but even The Russian Tea Room in New York has celebrated it for years and caviar importers know all about it; pair it with ice cold vodka or a Burgundian pinot or unoaked chardonnay, but never with champagne!
St. Theneva's Day (Patron of Glasgow, Scotland)
Vitulatio -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Vitula, goddess of exultation, joy, and life, is given the first fruits of the earth)
Wienermobile Day -- celebrating the creation, in 1936, of the now iconic vehicle by Oscar Mayer's nephew Carl
World Listening Day -- World Listening Project (this year's theme is "Future Listening")
Anniversary Today:
Timothy Verner Taylor marries The Lady Helen Windsor, 1992
Bobby Brown marries Whitney Houston, 1992
Birthdays Today
Chace Crawford, 1985
Priyanka Chopra, 1982
Kristin Bell, 1980
Vin Diesel, 1967
Elizabeth McGovern, 1961
Ricky Skaggs, 1954
Richard Branson, 1950
Steve Forbes, 1947
James Brolin, 1941
Martha Reeves, 1941
Joe Torre, 1940
Dion DiMucci, 1939
Paul Verhoeven, 1938
Hunter S. Thompson, 1937
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 1932
Dick Button, 1929
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1929
John Glenn, 1921
Nelson Mandela, 1918
Harriet Nelson, 1914
Richard "Red" Skelton, 1913
Hume Cronyn, 1911
Clifford Odets, 1906
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, 1906
George "Machine Gun" Kelly, 1895
Charles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr., 1890
Vidkun Quisling, 1887
Margaret "Unsinkable Molly" Brown, 1867
William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811
Gilbert White, 1720
Robert Hooke, 1635
Today in History
A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gaul, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome, BC390
The Great Fire of Rome begins in the merchant area of the city, 64
King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities, 1290
Matthew Flinders leaves England to circumnavigate and map Australia; it was he who gave the continent its name, 1801
The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility, 1870
Britain introduced voting by secret ballot, 1872
Marie and Pierre Curie announce the discovery of a new element and propose to call it polonium, 1898
Adolph Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, 1925
The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California, 1968
Nadia Comaneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976
Beverly Lynn Burns becomes first female Boeing 747 airline captain, 1984
On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts; over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee, 1995
Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever, 1996
Phoenix, AZ, US, is hit by a dust storm of the kind known as a "haboob", 2011
Kim Jong-un, son of Kim Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2012
The 'immediate and severe' fiscal emergency declared by the U.S. city San Bernardino, California, allows it to declare bankruptcy without negotiating with creditors, 2012
Investigators on the case of the October 2012 Kunsthal gallery theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse and Monet, discover paint, canvas and nails in the oven of a woman whose son has been charged with the crime, 2013
Detroit, Michigan files the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, 2013
PayPal is spun off from eBay as a separate publicly traded company on the NASDAQ, 2015
Google is fined a record $5.1 billion by the EU for abusing its power in the mobile phone market, 2018
The Hawai'i National Guard confirms that the current eruption of Kilauea volcano has destroyed 700 homes and added 700 acres to the size of the Big Island, 2018
According to The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, June 2019 was the hottest June on record with average worldwide temperature of 61.6F (16.4C), 2019
The city of Phoenix, Arizona, breaks a five decade old heat record with 19 consecutive days of temperatures above 110°F (43.3°C), 2023
Cats instinctively know the coolest places, and Tripod SissyCat is no exception.
ReplyDelete#4 fill in applies to me too. They told me it was chemo fog at the hospital, but I finished 7 months ago so think it must be old age!
Coda Dog is a lovely looking dog.
Oh ... I love that dog.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
What a beautiful photo of nature. I'm thinking the trees have Spanish moss dripping off of them? And of course sissy is going to be trying to stay cool when this hot weather. Precious does the same thing and I keep a fan blowing on her.
ReplyDeleteYou know it is hot when a cat enjoys sleeping on a cold tile floor! Mom always puts things in a spot so she won't lose them and then can't find them!
ReplyDeleteThe only time I can tolerate a cold floor is in the summer and it feels nice, not so much in the winter though. That's dreadful! :) Car woes are awful. I hope yours gets fixed soon. Best of luck with paying of the debt. I hate loans but sometimes its necessary. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could pay for everything up front and not owe anyone, anything?
ReplyDeleteSissyCat and Coda are both cuties. Thanks for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I will look up that book. I wonder if my mom's 2011 Honda Pilot needs that same part because her engine light is always on and no local garage can figure it out. XO
ReplyDeleteSissycat is such a cutie! Great fill-ins, laughed at #4, I can so relate!!! MOL Sorry abut your car, I hope it gets the part it needs. Happy Friday and here's wishing mew a blessed weekend.
ReplyDeleteI agree, SissyCat is such a cutie and smart too. Those were really good answers and I really liked #4!
ReplyDeleteSissycat is featured on our blog today. What a funny girl! And that Coda dog is magnificent. Such a handsome boy!
ReplyDeleteAQUÍ tens el meu gat, li agrada pujar a les teulades. ;-)))
ReplyDeleteSissy és una gata intel·ligent.
S'obliden les coses que has guardat en un bon lloc.:-)))
Aferradetes, Mimi.
Sissy is so sweet. Mom's car battery died this week...thank COD for AAA. We still haven't heard back from the Shelter for your donation.
ReplyDeleteHad to laugh at your forgetful comment, seems I forget so often I forget what I've forgotten.
ReplyDeleteLove the pics of Sissy and Coda. My girls love to lie on the cool tile floors.
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