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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!
Our little Annie was wondering if Link Linker the Stinker wanted to play with his toy.
He didn't seem very interested.
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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 rue the day ________________.
2. One thing I wish I had closure with is __________________.
3. _________ recently took a turn for the worse when _________.
4. My _________ has improved thanks to _________.
1. I rue the day the young lady ran a stop sign and wrecked my Sweetie's Honda, the best car we ever had.
2. One thing I wish I had closure with is my best friend from high school who decided to move off the grid almost 30 years ago and i haven't been able to find anything about her since.
3. Our budget recently took a turn for the worse when someone in this house (and not me) ran the water a little too vigorously during the freezes last month, causing our water bill to double, which will be reflected on our sewer user fees for months to come because of how they figure such things here.
4. My sodium level has improved thanks to me being diligent about 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!
More azaleas are popping up.
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Pet Photo Fails is hosted by Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries & Meows.
I was trying to get Abby to post for a Sunday Selection, but she wouldn't cooperate and stay in the light. This was too dark to use as anything but a fail.
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Today is:
Aspirin Day -- Bayer received its US patent for the medicine on this day in 1900
Day of Selene -- Ancient Greek Calendar (goddess of the moon, date approximate)
Equirria -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Cavalry Horse Festival)
Feast of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows/Gabriel Possenti (Patron of clerics, students, young people; Abruzzi, Italy; Catholic Action)
Independence Day -- Dominican Republic(1844)
Majuba Day -- South Africa (celebration of the Boers victory at Majuba Hill)
National Kahlua Day
National Plan for Vacation Day -- US (don't wait, and don't forfeit your paid leave, plan your vacation early in the year and get that much needed time off)
National Strawberry Day -- no, i don't know why this isn't in June, when the berries are best; maybe the person who put it here had too much Kahlua
No Brainer Day - this day is for me! created by Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith, "America's Premier Eventologist"
Polar Bear Day -- as declared by Polar Bears International
Read Five Pages in the Dictionary Day -- internet generated, and am i the only one who likes the idea?
Runic Half Month Tyr commences (cosmic pillar)
St. Galmier of Lyon's Day (Patron of locksmiths)
Threepenny Day -- Eton College, England (By the last will of two Provosts in the 16th century, each boy receives a threepenny piece on this day -- enough to buy half a sheep back then.)
Anniversary Today:
African Burial Ground National Monument is established, 2006
Birthdays Today:
Josh Groban, 1981
Chelsea Clinton, 1980
Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas, 1971
Grant Show, 1963
Adam Baldwin, 1962
Michael Bolton, 1953
Alan Guth, 1947
Mary Fran, 1943
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 1942
Howard Hesseman, 1940
Ralph Nadar, 1934
Elizabeth Taylor, 1932
Joanne Woodward, 1930
Ariel Sharon, 1928
John Connally, 1917
James Thomas Farrell, 1904
John Steinbeck, 1902
Gene Sarazen, 1902
Marian Anderson, 1897
David Sarnoff, 1891
Hugo La Fayette Black, 1886
Alice Hamilton, 1869
Ellen Terry, 1847
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807
Constantine I, 272
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"What Makes Sammy Run?"(Musical), 1964
"Road to Utopia"(Film), 1946
Today in History:
The first Russian Embassy arrives in London, 1557
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland, 1560
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci, 1626
Jews are expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I, 1670
The Pacific island of New Britain is discovered, 1700
Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire, 1812
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti, 1844
Composer Robert Schumann is saved from a suicide attempt in Rhine, 1854
Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland, 1861
The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships, 1870
Charlotte E. Ray becomes the first African American woman to earn a law degree, from Howard University, 1872
Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway, 1912
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14, 1940
The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over, 1964
The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1973
People magazine is published for the first time, 1974
U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated", 1991
A Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya, 2002
The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years, 2007
Central Chile is hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, 2010
Wikileaks begins releasing 5 million emails from Stratfor, a private intelligence company, 2012
At Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his farewell address, 2013
The smallest baby boy ever born who grew enough to be released from the hospital goes home from a Tokyo hospital, after an original birth weight of 268g (9.45oz), 2019
Doctors announce the world's second known case of semi-identical twins, a boy and girl from Brisbane, Australia, 2019
Astrophysical Journal publishes the results of a study of the largest cosmic explosion ever detected from a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy, 2020
The Philadelphia Orchestra renames their concert hall Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the noted contralto from that city, 2024
She is very sweet. It is a pity Link Linker didn't want to play. It is upsetting when you lose contact with a friend and never hear from them again.
ReplyDeleteThe azaleas are looking lovely.
The photo of Abby may be a fail, but she is still looking lovely.
Annie had a challenge trying to get Link to play with the cat toy. Love the beautiful pink azalea. Happy Friday
ReplyDeleteMy best school-friend also disappeared, a shame. Love the azaleas, yours are far ahead ofours!
ReplyDeleteMom wonders about a couple friends she had growing up that she lost touch with. One connected with her maybe ten years ago and it was really fun but her friend from grade school she has not been able to find so easily. She wonders how it could be that they did everything together and then suddenly it ended and they never heard from each other again.
ReplyDeleteYour little Annie sure does make for very sweet photos, especially when she's interacting with cats and/or dogs.
ReplyDeleteAnnie is so cute. Great fill-ins. Our electric bill will go up this month because of the freeze since Mom had to run the pool the whole time.
ReplyDeleteAnnie is a sweetie and how nice of Link to stay there for her. Thanks for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers except how sad about your friend and your Honda. Cute photo fail. XO
ReplyDeleteEl gat té més coneixement que l'Annie, per això no es mou, per no fer-li mal. ;-)
ReplyDeleteJa fa temps que vaig perdre les meves amigues de l'escola, no he tornat a saber -ne res i és trist.
Uff, no em parlis de la corrent!
Boniques flors i la foto del gos està bé... és un gos a les fosques. ;-)
Petonets, Mimi.
Such sweet photos with Annie! Good fill-in answers and a fun fail too!
ReplyDeleteHow nice that Annie tried to get Link to play. Maybe a wand toy would work?
ReplyDeleteOh Annie is so adorable and sweet kitty too ~great fillins too ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteLink and Annie are so cute. Great fill ins, too.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos!! believe it or not I got off my lazy ass and did a Feline Friday and a 5 On Friday post as well!
ReplyDeleteYour Annie is adorable and I love how comfortable she is with Link...an animal lover in training
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Nature too
Hugs Cecilia
Link Linker is very cute. My Silver did something cute this week too...while living with other people she became quite the spoiled princess, so I think she's had more to say to me in the weeks she's been back at home than she had in the first six years of her life, together.
ReplyDeleteBut what readers really need to know about the Petfinder posts is that there's another thing they *might* be able to do for the homeless pets. In addition to sharing the pictures, they can sponsor an specific animal for adoption, if they know someone who would be a good pet owner but can't afford the full price. Or they can share the pictures with someone who might sponsor the animal for adoption by them...Actually, just visiting an animal's web page at Petfinder moves it up the list and increases its visibility, so even just clicking on a link may help!
Reading the dictionary - I'm with you on that one, and have done on several occasions.
ReplyDeleteAwww, such cute friends!
ReplyDeleteAbby's photo is fine. Link Linker is very placid to sit still while a toy is dangled close.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet girl Annie is, looks like she's very gentle with the Linker and vice versa💗Abby, you may seem in the dark, but we still can see you purrecious self😻Double Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend Mimi. We try to stay a little longer next time🐾😙💞
ReplyDeleteBoth Annie and Link are super cute. He definitely doesn't seem to be interested in his toy ... rafter have a cat nap. Mom says that if you can e-mail her your friend's name and the city/state where s/he lived, she may be able to find her/him for you. She has a secret weapon. She did all the research for her 50th H.S. reunion and found lots of missing people. XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid & Sawyer, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Kizmet, Audrey, Raleigh, Gibbs & Tali
ReplyDeleteAnnie is so sweet. It looks like she is very gentle with Link Linker!
ReplyDeleteAwwwww, BFF's waiting to happen, so cute! Finding your friend, are any of her relations still around in the area you went to school? Pawesome fail, Abby is adorable!
ReplyDeleteCharlee: "Sometimes it's playtime and sometimes it's stare-at-the-human-like-you-never-saw-one-before time ..."
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