Vinny and Vivi (Feline Friday), Friendly Fill-Ins, and Nature Friday

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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!

I was trying to snap a picture of Vinny and only then saw Vivi was "photobombing."  Later, I got a photo of her, too.

They were both a bit shy, but had just had their surgeries and were not feeling their very best.

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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 favorite kind of pie is _________________.

2. I will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by __________________.

3. I was correct when I predicted that _________.

4. I didn’t see _________ coming.

1. My favorite kind of pie is   vegan chocolate "cheezecake".

2. I will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by   taking care of our little Annie, since it's on a Tuesday.

3. I was correct when I predicted that   my Sweetie would spoil Link Linker the Stinker rotten by getting up to let the cat in our out every single time he squeaks in the middle of the night.  Sure enough, the cat wants to be let in and out at least twice every night (and i sleep through it, i'm not spoiling him!).

4. I didn’t see   working as a janitor/housekeeper at my age   coming.

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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard.  Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!   

We have lots of blooms now, some very showy:

And some very shy:

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It's K-9 Veterans Day!  This is the anniversary of the US Army K-9 Corps, established in 1942.

Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.        

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Today is:

Africa Scout Day -- Africa (celebration of all Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in Africa)

Anniversary of the Election of Pope Francis

Ear Muff Day -- invented by Chester Greenwood in 1873, when he was only 15; if you need them today, keep a good thought for Chester

Girl Scout Sabbath -- US (encouraging Girl Scouts to wear their uniforms to synagogue services and represent their troop to their congregations; through tomorrow, the final day of Girl Scout Week in the US)

Good Samaritan Involvement Day -- emphasizing the importance of unselfish aid to others

Kasuga Matsuri -- Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan (Monkey Festival)

National Coconut Tort Day

National Jewel Day -- for no other reason than that someone who liked jewels wanted a holiday for them

National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day -- an experiment in whether or not bad luck ensues

Shabbat Across America/Canada -- sponsored by the National Jewish Out-reach Program, encouraging Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist Jews to observe the Sabbath from sundown tonight until sundown tomorrow   

St. Ansovinus of Camerino (Patron protector of crops)

Uranus Day -- the planet was discovered this day in 1781

World Sleep Day® -- sponsored by the World Association of Sleep Medicine, aiming to lessen the burdens of sleep problems on society; this year's theme is "Sleep Well, Live Better" 

Birthdays Today:

Emile Hirsch, 1985

Rachael Bella, 1984

Will Clark, 1964

Adam Clayton, 1960

Glenne Headly, 1957

Dana Delany, 1956

Deborah Raffin, 1953

Charo, 1951

William H. Macy, 1950

Neil Sedaka, 1939

Helen "Callaghan" Candaele Saint Aubin, 1929

William Casey, 1913

L. Ron Hubbard. 1911

Sammy Kaye, 1910

Walter Annenberg, 1908

Percival Lowell, 1855

Lorenzo Delmonico, 1813

Joseph Priestly, 1733

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Larry King Show"(TV), 1983

"Same Time, Next Year"(Play), 1975

"Brigadoon"(Musical), 1947

"Three Musketeers"(Musical), 1928

"The Pink Lady"(Musical), 1911

"Marie Magdalena"(Opera), 1846

"Médée"(Opera), 1797

Today in History:

Twelfth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet, 607

Spanish explorer Cortez lands in Mexico, 1519

The Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli, 1560

Cambridge College is renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard, 1639

Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam, 1656

Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000, 1677

The twenty-seventh recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet, 1759

William Herschel discovers Uranus, 1781

The Uncle Sam cartoon figure makes its debut in the NY Lantern weekly, 1852

The US Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, 1868

Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match, 1878

The Siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins, Madhist Sudanese against the Egyptian, British, and loyalist Sudanese forces, 1884

In France the length of the workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law, 1900

Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China, 1921

A law is passed in the US state of Tennessee prohibiting the teaching of evolution, 1925

Clyde Tombaugh announces the discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory, 1930

Rotaract begins as a youth program of Rotary International, 1968

Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module, 1969

The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan, 1988

India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader, 1997

Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time, 2008

A Harvard Medical School study claims that red meat increases the risk of death and has additional negative health implications, 2012

In Greenland, the Siumut party wins the parliamentary election, setting up Aleqa Hammond to become the country's first female Prime Minister, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected the new pope, taking the papal name Pope Francis, 2013

Scientists announce they have concluded that a large ocean exists beneath the icy surface of Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter; the discovery was made by using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe aurora movements at the moon's poles, 2014

The home of civil rights activists Medgar and Myrlie Evers is established as a national monument in Jackson, Mississippi, by a land bill signed President Trump, 2019

Covic19 is declared a national emergency in the US, 2020

According to a new report, vinyl records outsell CSs for the first time since 1987, 2023