Hey There, Charlie Girl (Feline Friday), Friendly Fill-Ins, Nature Friday, and Flashback 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.

Please note, LinkyTools is down so we are using Mr. Linky, which i've never done before.  Please be patient as we get the hang of it and maybe LinkyTools will be back by next week.

What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!

Charlie Girl is Ms. G's neighbor's cat who wanders from feral feeding station to feral feeding station in the neighborhood, trying to mooch treats.  She loves to sleep under cars.  She got under Ms. G's car, and when Ms. G started the car, Charlie Girl jumped out, then ambled to be under the truck.  When the truck moved, she ambled over to lie under the RV.  She's one laid back cat.

Ms. G is yelling, "Charlie, are you under the car?"

Yes, Charlie Girl is under the car.

Ms. G started the car and Charlie wandered out.

She headed for the truck (sorry about the photo angle).

She's now under the truck.

Charlie Girl, under the parked and chocked RV.

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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. ___________________________sparks my creativity.

2. ______________________zaps my energy.

3. My dream _________ would have _________.

4. _________ is the silliest way I’ve injured myself.

1. Word or picture prompts   spark(s) my creativity.

2. Too long a work day   zaps my energy.

3. My dream   tiny home   would have   everything in it as easy to clean as possible.

4. Closing a stepladder and falling with it when it finally shut   is the silliest way I’ve injured myself.   I was at the cat shelter and needed seven stitches above my eye, but as i tell everyone, i fought the ladder and won, it closed whether it wanted to or not!

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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard.  Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!   Some of the crepe myrtles are still blooming, or are blooming again.

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Flashback Friday is hosted by FiveSibes.  Come hop along memory lane with us!  

Coda, back when she was half grown, with her mama holding her.

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Today is:

Aquino Day -- Philippines

Buhe -- Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Christian remembrance of the Transfiguration.)

Cadillac Day -- the first Caddy was built this day in 1902

Consualia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (festival of Consus, god of grain and silos)

Crazy Day -- go crazy, in honor of Patsy Cline recording Willie Nelson's song Crazy on this date in 1961

Fete de la Jeunesse -- Morocco; Western Sahara (Youth Day, on the Birthday of HM Mohammed VI)

Gospel Day -- Kosrae, Micronesia

National Men's Grooming Day -- US (sponsored by American Crew, participating salons and barbershops host a day of grooming events for men)

National Pecan Torte Day

National Senior Citizens Day -- US

National Spumoni Day

Poet's Day -- a day to celebrate the poet in you, and share special thoughts about poets and poetry

Senior Citizens Day -- US (by Presidential proclamation in 1988)

Statehood Day -- Hawaii, US

St. Pius X's Day (Patron of first communicants, pilgrims; Des Moines, Iowa, US; Great Falls-Billings, Montana, US; Kottoyam, India; Santa Lucija, Malta; Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO, US; Zamboanga, Philippines)

Anniversaries Today

Seminole Tribe of Native Americans is legally established and recognized, 1957

Hawai'i becomes the 50th US state, 1959

Birthdays Today

Ozma, Queen of Oz, year unconfirmed

Hayden Panettiere, 1989

Usain Bolt, 1986

Brody Jenner, 1983

Alicia Witt, 1975

James Robert "Jim" McMahon, 1959

Steve Case, 1958

Kim Cattrall, 1956

Jackie DeShannon, 1944

Peter Weir, 1944

Clarence Williams III, 1939

Kenny Rogers, 1938

Wilt Chamberlain, 1936

Melvin Van Peebles, 1932

Shimon Peres, 1923

Christopher Robin Milne, 1920

Friz Freleng, 1906

Count Basie, 1904

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1872

William Murdoch, 1754

Francis de Sales, 1567

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"La Cage Aux Folles"(Musical), 1983

Today in History

Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shogun and therefore de facto ruler of Japan, 1192

Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt, 1680

James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales, 1770

The Nat Turner slave revolt in Virginia leaves 55 dead, 1831

Mighty Casey (Dan Casey) is struck out! In a game against the N.Y. Giants, 1887

William S Burroghs patents the adding machine, 1888

Oldsmobile is incorporated as a division of General Motors Corp., 1897

Arthur Rose Eldred becomes the first Boy Scout to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, 1912

Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1945

James Anderson, Jr., posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine, 1968

Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport, 1983

Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range, 1986

Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses, 1991

The Red Cross announces the famine in Tajikistan and calls for international aid there and in Uzbekistan, 2001

Hurricane Dean becomes the first storm to make landfall as a Catagory 5 since Hurricane Andrew, 2007

After 108 years, a "message in a bottle" put in the sea by the UK Marine Biological Association is announced found on a beach in Amrum, Germany, 2015

Big Ben, the bell in London's parliament clock, chimes for the last time before a four-year restoration process for its tower starts, 2017

The discovery of water-ice on the Moon by India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is published, 2018

Nigeria goes three years without a case of polio, a landmark toward eradication of the disease, 2019

Masai Graham wins funniest joke at Edinburgh Fringe with "I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn't get pasta," 2022

A 1642 will at the center of a legal battle over Shakespeare's home is found after 150 years in an unlabeled box at the National Archives, 2025