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Friday, September 11, 2026

How to Contain Messy (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!


Some kittens are messy and spill their water a lot.  The shelter staff has finally come up with a way to combat or at least contain it.




Ingenuity.


The hook which holds the water bowl is placed so it holds the bowl in the small repurposed litter pan, making it much harder to spill and easy to clean when it is spilled.

With some culprits.


More culprits.






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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 tend to scrimp on ___________________.


2. I tend to save on _________________________.


3. I’ve nearly perfected _________.


4. I need to find a better way to _________.



1. I tend to scrimp on    myself; if it's not an essential, it can wait a little longer.


2. I tend to save on   myself; if it is essential, can i find it on special?


3. I’ve nearly perfected   my mommy glare.  I say nearly because once in so often it doesn't work.


4. I need to find a better way to   keep my blog ideas organized as i keep getting more and more and losing the ones i was going to do next in the long lists.




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


Morning in the swamp.







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Today is Patriot Day in the USA, also called Day of Remembrance or National Day of Service and Remembrance.  To commemorate the attacks on 9/11/2001, all flags are flown at half-staff.


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



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Today is:


Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 1, Unity (sponsored by We, the World


Emergency Number Day/National 911 Emergency Day -- US


Fiesta Nacional de Cataluna -- Catalonia, Spain (National Day of Catalonia)


Heritage Open Days -- UK (What's on your doorstep?  Go find out, explore for free places that often charge admission or are not usually open to the public, castles to cottages to battlefields, all over the country; through the 20th)  


Jinnah Day -- Pakistan (Founder's Day)


Libraries Remember Day -- encouraging libraries, which preserve knowledge and heritage, promote tolerance, and represent all that is the antithesis to terrorism, to remain open the entire 24 hours of this day as symbol of freedom, tolerance, and hope


Make Your Bed Day -- make your mom happy!


National Hot Cross Buns Day


Nayrouz -- Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic new year and day of confessors) related observances

     Enkutatash -- Ethiopia

     Keddus Johannes -- Eritrea (a/k/a Geez New Year)


No News is Good News Day


Pohnpei Liberation Day -- Micronesia


Queen Paola's Birthday -- Belgium (an official flag day)


Rosh Hashanah -- Judaism (begins this evening; through the evening of the 13th)


Sacrifice to Zeus Epoptes -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)


St. Sperandea's`Day (Patron of Cingoli, Italy)


St. Vincent of Leon' Day (Patron of Cercemaggiore, Italy)


Teacher's Day -- Argentina



Anniversaries Today:


Diocletian New Year

Remembrance of 9/11/2001



Birthdays Today:


Harry Connick, Jr. 1967

Moby, 1965

Virginia Madsen, 1963

Kristy McNichol, 1962

Amy Madigan, 1951

Donna Lopiano, 1946

Lola Falana, 1943

Tom Dreesen, 1942

Brian DePalma, 1940

Paul "Bear" Bryant, 1913

D.H. Lawrence, 1885

O. Henry, 1862



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Little House on the Prairie"(TV), 1974

"The Rookies"(TV), 1972

"The Carol Burnett Show"(TV), 1967

"The Queen's Messenger"(TV, first drama ever broadcast), 1928

Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale"(first US performance), 1850



Today in History:


Battle of Teutoburg Forest ends, 9

Michimalonko leads indigenous warriors to attack and destroy Santiago, Chile, 1541

Alexander Hamilton is appointed first US Secretary of the Treasury, 1789

The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them, 1792

Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1847

Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", gives her first US concert, 1850

The Olympia Columbian becomes the first newspaper published north of the Columbia River, 1852

The postal mail chute is patenteted by James Cutler, 1883

Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa, 1906

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11, 1916

Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state, 1961

U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords, 1978

Hungary announces that East German refugees there are free to leave for West Germany, 1989

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu, 1992

September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, 2001

The State of Israel claims completion for its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip, 2005

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs, 2007

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists, 2012

The UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea, 2017

The journal Nature Astronomy publishes findings which claim water has been detected for first time on planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away, 2019

The UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea, 2017

The journal Nature Astronomy publishes findings which claim water has been detected for first time on planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away, 2019

The stolen Van Gogh painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” (1884) is returned to an art detective, 2023

Friday, August 21, 2026

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