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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 has entrusted 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!
Olive has a touch of the blues.
She put her toy in her water bowl, and yes, it turned the water blue!
Of course, she got fresh water (and a different toy).
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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 zodiac sign is __________________.
2. My Chinese zodiac animal sign is _____________________.
3. For me, _________ brings back memories of _________.
4. _________ is the only thing keeping me from _________.
1. My zodiac sign is not something i pay attention to.
2. My Chinese zodiac animal sign is not something i pay attention to, either. It may seem silly to some, but i do take the Biblical prohibition of astrology and divination seriously. Yes, we are still friends if you disagree.
3. For me, Elmer's Gold Brick Eggs (candy) brings back memories of my whole childhood. In fact, it tastes like my childhood!
4. Not being debt free and still needing grocery money is the only thing keeping me from retiring.
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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard. Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!
The Japanese magnolia/tulip trees and the azaleas are getting serious.
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Flashback Friday is hosted by FiveSibes. Come hop along memory lane with us!
Held down by fluff!
Bottle babies, plus The Lorax.
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Today is Love Your Pet Day! Make sure you give your pets a little extra love today.
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere the event badge.
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Today is:
Blessed Wulfric's Day
Cherry Pie Day
Clean Out Your Bookcase Day -- supposedly begun in 1985, but i can't find information on who started it; donate books you don't need any more to a local friends of the library group
Flying Car Day -- the Arrowmobile, the first flying car, patented this day in 1937 (and can you imagine, as bad as driving is, how many accidents we would have if these people were flying around instead?)
Heritage Day -- Yukon Territory, Canada
Hoodie Hoo Day (Northern Hemisphere) -- at noon local time, citizens are requested to go outside and yell "Hoodie-Hoo" to chase away winter and call in spring; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Kabuki no Hi -- Japan (Kabuki Day, commemorating the first performance by Izumo no Okuni, the founder of kabuki, for Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1607)
St Leo of Catania's Day (a/k/a Leo the Wonderworker, Patron of Rometta, Longi, and Sinagra, Sicily)
Toothpick Day -- first machine used to make them patented this day in 1872
World Day for Social Justice -- UN
Anniversary Today:
John Cleese marries Connie Booth, 1968
US Post Office, 1792 (George Washington signed the act which created it)
Birthdays Today:
Rihanna, 1988
Andrew Shue, 1967
Lili Taylor, 1967
Cindy Crawford, 1966
French Stewart, 1964
Charles Barkley, 1963
Ron Eldard, 1963
James Wilby, 1958
Patty Hearst, 1954
Gordon Brown, 1951
Ivana Trump, 1949
Jennifer O'Neill, 1948
Peter Strauss, 1947
Brenda Blethyn, 1946
Sandy Duncan, 1946
Phil Esposito, 1942
Buffy Sainte-Marie, 1941
Nancy Wilson, 1937
Bobby Unser, 1934
Sidney Poitier, 1927
Robert Altman, 1925
Gloria Vanderbilt, 1924
Carl E. Stotz, 1920
Gale Gordon, 1906
Ansel Adams, 1902
Joseph Jefferson, 1829
William Prescott, 1726
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel"(Play), 1963
"Barber of Seville"(Rossini Opera), 1816
"Giulio Cesare in Egitto"(Opera, HWV 17), 1724
Today in History:
King Christian I, ruler of Denmark and Norway, pawns the islands of Orkney and Shetland to Scotland so he can pay his daughter's dowry, 1472
An unnamed comet approaches withing 860,000 miles of Earth, the closest a comet has ever come to our planet, 1491
The first recorded wine auction is held, in London, 1673
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington, 1792
Austria declares bankruptcy, 1811
Concepcion, Chile, is destroyed by an earthquake, 1835
The US Congress prohibits dueling in the District of Columbia, 1839
Luther Crowell patents a machine to manufacture paper bags, 1872
In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens, 1872
The first minor league baseball association is organised, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1887
King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra, 1913
A new volcano, Paricutin, erupts in a farmer's cornfield in Mexico, 1943
The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate, 1959
While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes, 1962
Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts, 1965
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands, 1976
Texas industrialist Ross Perot's U.S. presidential campaign begins, 1992
Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout, 2005
Estonia becomes the first country in the world to establish a national electric car charging network, with cars charging in less than 30 minutes, 2013
A 4-inch lock of John Lennon's hair sells at auction for $35,000 to a memorabilia collector, 2016
Famine is declared in Unity State, South Sudan, affecting 4.9 million, 2017
Venezuela becomes the first country to launch a virtual currency, the petro, to counteract their financial crisis, 2018
Englishwoman Jasmine Harrison (21) becomes the youngest woman to row across an ocean arriving in Antigua as part of the Atlantic Challenge after 70 days, 3 hours, 48 minutes, 2021
Earthquakes and aftershocks near the city of Antakya, Turkey, on the Syrian border, cause mayhem just two weeks after earthquakes devastated the region, 2023
David A Lindon, a micro artist, sets a world record for the smallest handmade sculpture, creating a miniature Lego piece about the size of a human white blood cell, 2025
we like the idea with the blue water a lot... we will try that too ;O)
ReplyDeleteWe agree on zodiacs, when someone asks me, I say that it was washed off when was baptized ;)
ReplyDeleteThat water turned very blue from the toy and was surely not normal. Olive looks very sweet. I don't follow astrology either, but mostly because I consider it hogwash.
ReplyDeleteThe magnolias and azaleas are lovely, ours are about 2 months from flowering if at all. The continual storms have waterlogged the ground and all the smaller plants have rotted off. That is a sweet flashback.
A good dose of cat photos today. And those kittens on a pair of legs, wow. We're having rain up here this morning before the next snow comes through on the weekend, and you have these beautiful trees starting to bloom. Love seeing them. Happy Friday
ReplyDeleteThe cat toy is probably not a very good toy for anyone if it gives off its color so easily! Good to get rid of it. Mom would retire in a heartbeat but we too need money for too many things still. Being self employed there isn't a retirement plan like if she had a corporate job.
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