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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!
Riff and Raff are a bonded pair of half-grown cats, and they are quite a pair. Whoever adopts them will be highly entertained.
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| Wrasslin' in the litter box! |
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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. My _________ is _________ because _________.
2. I stopped _________ because _________.
3. I'm _________ away from _________.
4. _________ is the scariest experience I've ever had in my own home.
1. My back is sore because Ms. SE had a huge mountain of laundry yesterday.
2. I stopped eating meat because of health reasons (and i'll still cook it for others to eat).
3. I'm at least two days away from catching up on all the blogs i got behind on over the wedding weekend.
4. A washing machine, two dishwashers, a refrigerator, and a coffee maker catching fire (is the scariest experience) are some of the scariest experiences I've ever had in my own home. Also all the times we had to bail water out because of storms. If you are guessing our home has some trouble, you'd be right.
Please note, if it has a motor or is plugged into the wall, it can burn or catch fire and start a fire in your home. The coffee maker even spit sparks at me. Be careful with appliances!
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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard. Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!
Whatever this is, it's blooming at Mr. BA's house. He keeps his garden colorful.
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Flashback Friday is hosted by FiveSibes. Come hop along memory lane with us!
A couple of flashbacks from several years ago. First, a litter we were bottle raising, and then a snap of Wee Jimmy, the cat who belonged to one of my clients.
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Today is:
Black Poetry Day -- birth anniversary of the USA's first published black poet, Jupiter Hammon (some sites say this is on the 3rd Friday each year)
Dessalines Day -- Haiti
Doburoku Matsuri -- Oita Prefecture, Japan (one of the few sake festivals at a shrine; through tomorrow)
Festival of Hengest -- Asatru (approximate date of the Norse celebration of Hengest and Horsa, who fought to establish Norse settlements in Eastern Britain)
Four Prunes Day (only if you dare!)
Gaudy Day a/k/a Wear Something Gaudy Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty -- UN
Loyalty Day -- Argentina
Mammography Day -- the third Friday of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mulligan Day -- C. Daniel Rhodes wants you to give yourself or someone else a free do-over today
National Pasta Day
National Police Day -- Thailand (Wan Tamruat)
Paint a Mural on a Sidewalk Day -- let your inner child go a bit wild, but please use paint that will wash away so you don't get in trouble!
St. Ignatius of Antioch's Day (Patron of the Church in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa; against throat diseases)
St. Richard Gwin's Day (Patron of large families, parents of large families, torture victims)
Work on Your Charisma Day -- because what else are you going to do on a lazy October afternoon?
Anniversaries Today:
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is founded, 1919
Composer Johann S. Bach marries his niece Maria Bach, 1707
Crown Prince Fernando of Aragon marries Princess Isabella of Castile, 1469
Birthdays Today:
Eminem, 1972
Ermie Els, 1969
Norm MacDonald, 1963
Richard Roeper, 1959
Alan Jackson, 1958
Mae Jemison, 1956
Howard Rollins, 1950
Margot Kidder, 1948
George Wendt, 1948
Michael McKean, 1947
Ronn Owens, 1945
Evel Knievel, 1938
Beverly Garland, 1926
Jimmy Breslin, 1930
Tom Poston, 1921
Montgomery Clift, 1920
Rita Hayworth, 1918
Arthur Miller, 1915
Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I, 1912
Jean Arthur, 1905
Spring Byington, 1893
Buck Ewing, 1859
Jupiter Hammon, 1711
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical"(Musical), 1967
"The Hollywood Squares"(TV), 1966
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"(Musical), 1965
Jailhouse Rock(Film), 1957
"Chayka/The Seagull"(Chekhov play), 1896
"Don Sanche"(Liszt opera), 1825
Today in History:
King Cyrus the Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon and releases the Jews from their 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration, BC539
Battle of Neville's Cross, the defeat of King David II of Scotland by Edward III of England, 1346
German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus, 1604
Boston blacks petition the legislature for equal school facilities, 1787
The political rights of Jews are suspended in the Duchy of Warsaw, 1808
Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie), 1888
Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Clifden, Ireland, 1907
Albert Einstein arrives in the US as a refugee from Nazi Germany, 1933
The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, in Cumbria, England, 1956
Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra, 1964
Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations, 1966
Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group, 1970
OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria, 1973
Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, making it the World's tallest high-rise, 2003
Australia's first Saint, Mary MacKillop, is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI, 2010
Astronomers confirm the identification of the nearest planet outside of our solar system, orbiting Alpha Centauri B, 2012
Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch muppeteer Caroll Spinney leaves "Sesame Street" after 50 years, 2018
Canada legalizes the sale of recreational cannabis, the second country after Uruguay, 2018
Shehan Karunatilka becomes the second Sri Lankan author to win the Booker Prize with his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, 2022
Teen smoking in the US falls to its lowest level in 25 years, 2024
Google tells me that lovely yellow flower is Candle Bush aka Senna Alata. It certainly is a cheerful colour and now I am wondering if I can find some here. All the kitties are beautiful and the last one reminds me of Angel who had that same fluffiness.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff look very sweet. I hope they soon get their forever home together. An indoor fire would scare me. I switch off and unplug everything possible when we are away from home, but have to leave the large chest freezer and the fridge running.
ReplyDeleteThe flashback of the kittens and Wee Jimmy look adorable.
I hope your warning about plugged in appliances doesn't turn out to be relevant: we KNOW this and yet we can't get our recordings off the television while abroad unless the set stays plugged in. Should we insist on being able to see some of our favorite shows at the risk of having the house burn down? You'd think the answer would be obvious, but you'd be wrong. Let's hope the fire department gets there quickly.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awwdorable pair Riff and Raff are, we like that smile and the kitties, they're so awwdorable too. They remind us on our heavenly bro💗Wee Jimmy is very cute. Enjoy the wedding, Mimi! We're always behind with our replies, we can hardly keep up🙈Double Pawkisses for a wonderful weekend🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteOh my, a lot goes on in your home! Love the picture of Wee Jimmy!
ReplyDeleteI was just down to our Humane Society to drop off a couple of bags of cat food. Precious has to start eating something different as she gets older and I don't like the cat food to just go to waste. I would love to bring all those cats home.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff need a bigger cage now that they are adolescents. So much energy and nowhere to let it go. I wish them both a furever home furevermore.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff seem to really be enjoying life despite the small cage. Hope they find a home together. We are way behind on blogs this week as we are traveling and competing every day. Most likely we will never catch up and just start fresh Monday.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff are sure cute! Those were good fill-in answers and sweet flashbacks too.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff are adorable and we love their names. Fire scares us too.
ReplyDeleteBaralles típiques d'adolescents... però són moníssims! ;-)
ReplyDeleteNo et vull explicar tot el que s'ha romput darrerament a casa... Salut per poder pagar-ho!
Petonets!
Such cute kittens. The flashback photos are sweet too. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. Your house has had more than the normal amount of troubles. Sorry your back hurts. XO
ReplyDeleteAdorable kitties ~ hope you are adopted asap ~ hugs, ~ Hope your back heals soon too ~ hugs,
ReplyDeletean artist reflects
Riff and Raff are so cute. They look like they would be fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff are so precious and cute I can only imagine the things they can do when they put their two heads together. I love the beautiful yellow flower
ReplyDeleteHugs cecilia
I love seeing the cats! I don't know what is blooming, but it is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThey're precious!
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Riff and Raff, what great names! They go together like—"
ReplyDeleteCharlee: "Charlee and Chaplin?"
Lulu: "Well I was going to say 'peanut butter and jelly' but sure Charlee and Chaplin works too."
I like your tip about switching off appliances when not in use.
ReplyDeleteRiff and Raff sure are cute. We hope they find their happily ever after real soon!
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