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A few images of Henry:

The Hubby and I believe that Henry thinks of our yard as her home sweet home.

She appears to be quite fond of Da Boyz, while still fearful of humans.

However, each day I get a skosh closer, and have brushed her fur just a touch a few times.

At least she's not afraid of my phone camera!

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Spiky

It's Caturday!

A pic of our Tall Sunflowers, after blooming and looking rather spiky.

Artified with Prisma, I just like the colors!

Click on the image, you'll have a jigsaw puzzle to play.

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Be An Anipal!

 October 4 is World Animal Day!

“There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, and happiness and misery.”

– Charles Darwin

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Animal: a living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses, especially of sight and hearing.

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Respect animals in every bit of your daily life, and encourage honest conversation about how we each can make an impact to the good.

Let's be pals to all animals.

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Frown Turned Upside Down

Tomorrow, October 4 is World Smile Day.

Each year on the first Friday in October, World Smile Day devotes a day to smiles and spreading random acts of kindness.

Searching my library of memes and cartoons, the word 'smile' brought up these:

Mmm, maybe not exactly in the correct mood for the day, but hopefully you, dear reader, are entertained.

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Yes, we are thankful for smiles and kindness!

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My Chair Shenanigans

It's Twozday!

Manny and Chili Bruce just take over my chair whenever they want to.

This is a selection of their snoozy stylings in one day.

Reminder:

Chili Bruce's fur looks brown in certain light.

Manny has a big white spot...his 'underwear'...on his tummy.

A World-Wide Ritual

October 1 is International Coffee Day!

#ICD2024

#EmbracingCollaboration

So, grab a cup of joe, and know that the world loves coffee too!

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P.S. Have been lax at visiting blogs recently; it's like my brain is on another planet!

My apologies, and I should be back up to speed soon.

So Rudely

It's PO'Monday!

September 30, 2016, Celestial Paddy O'Malley was snoozing under the broad leaves of the hosta plants.

That is, until I started to snap pictures:

Snoozing.

"You woke me up!"

"Rude!  I'm outta here...!"

Sorry, not sorry!

Seriously, methinks it's impossible for a cat to NOT get it's 14-16 hours of sleep each day, hmmm????

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Bring The Luck

 September 29 is Maneki Neko Day in Japan.

The beckoning cat figurine or statue is considered to be a talisman of good luck.

The date itself is a clever wordplay – "9" (ku) and "2" (fu) can be read as "kuru fuku," meaning "come, good fortune."

While visiting the Feline Historical Museum in Alliance, Ohio in 2019, there was a display of unique and beautiful Maneki Neko.

Big or small, we all could use a Maneki Neko or two around...in a location, of course, where our cats cannot get their paws on them.

Nature Girl

For Caturday, I tried to artify this image of Henry, but in the end, I just left it the way it was.

She's just adorable.

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Stylin'

September 27 is National Scarf Day.

Here are a few of my newest scarf acquisitions, and there appears to be a blue theme.

Seriously, how could I have passed up the hedgehog scarf at the bottom?

Have a dozen or so cat scarves, which I highlighted last year here.

Wear a scarf, or do like Da Boyz do and 'scarf' up your breakfast like food is going out of style!

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❤️Purrs❤️

Artwork by Ann Adamus

Remembering Our Adoptees

#ShineALight

#RememberMeThursday

Rescued is my favorite breed!

Celestial Angel and Chuck: adopted from co-worker

Celestial Sweetie, and Paddy O'Malley: adopted from backyard

Manny and Chili Bruce: adopted from Humane Society

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Cuties

The following cuties were seen as I tramped 'round:

The first three cats are unknown to me.

The last image of the floofy black cat is Nightfury, and she seems to have snuck outside.

Love their faces, especially that ginger cutie.

They seem to be saying, "Oh!  You can see me?  I'm over here trying to blend into the garden, but you are talking to me, making smoochie noises, and taking pics...what's up with that?!?"

I tell every single one: "Come on over to my place, and you'll really get the royal treatment!"

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It's Twozday!

Da Boyz are snuggly, when they aren't:

1) trying to sneak upstairs

2) watching out the open back door, which often includes Henry looking back in. 

On MY chair.

On the futon.

Again, they took over MY chair.

A funny thing about MY chair; it makes me sleepy!

No matter what time of day, a few minutes sitting there causes lots of yawns and lassitude.

Guess that's why Manny and Chili Bruce enjoy it so.

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Thanks all for your well wishes after my small yellowjacket 'event' on Sunday.

Discovered at least two previously missed stings, yet with the correct timing of topical anti-itch cream, and antihistamine and pain tablets, I'm doing pretty well.

I've begged off from a couple of meetings, because wearing underthings is uncomfortable, but I couldn't bring myself to 'go commando' in public.

Working from home has worked out nicely for stung-up me!

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Sting Stang Stung

WARNING!

If you don't like insects and flying critters, don't scroll down!

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Okay, I warned you!

Not yet two hours into Autumn, and I managed to harass a yellowjacket nest while pulling backyard weeds.

Just like a cartoon character, I went running while swatting and yelling!

Thankfully, I didn't have an allergic reaction, and The Hubby kindly dabbed hydrocortisone cream on the bites that I cannot reach between my shoulder blades.

A few moments before, I'd gingerly working around a huge spider's web to avoid damaging it, but forgot to look out for flying insects coming out of the ground.

15 to 20 bites.

Will investigate how to either relocate the underground nest, or kill it without damaging chemicals that will harm other wildlife.

Here's hoping that this means I've already hit my quota of surprising and icky events for Autumn!

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Wikipedia says:
Yellowjacket or yellow jacket is the common name in North America for predatory social wasps of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. 

Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking countries.

A Double Special 9/22

Autumnal Equinox: Sunday, Sep 22, 2024, 8:43 AM Eastern 

At today's equinox, the sun appears directly above Earth’s equator; it’s crossing from north to south.

As usual, here are some of my Stonehenge funnies in honor of the season change:

Above images found on the interwebs.

Hey!

It's our 11th Blogoversary.

Our first post was September 22, 2013.

Before learning to blog, I would send emails to family and friends, relating the antics of of our inside cats and the outside cats.

Appreciate all of our readers, and love your comments.

THANK YOU!

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 9/21 International Day of Peace

2024 Theme: Cultivating a Culture of Peace, and the importance of choosing negotiations over confrontation and of working together and not against each other.

Copied from the United Nations website noted above.

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 For Caturday, Da Boyz peacefully slumber in each others embrace, colored with Prisma app.

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Look Around

You never, ever know what you'll observe when out and about:

Hilarious decal!

Pupper in stealth mode.

This is not normal behavior for an Easter Island mo'ai statue!

Found at a public library, wearing a deerstalker cap.

This sweetheart of a kitty just would not let me pass without many pets and smoochies.
She has a home, and I know her pawrents, yet I rarely see her.
This was a treat!

What interesting things have you seen while on your travels recently?
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Ahoy!🏴‍☠️

 Drink rum 'n plunder ships!

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Whoa Woden!

Did you know that Wednesday is derived from Old Norse for 'Woden's Day'?

Woden was the highest ranked of the Anglo-Saxon gods.

This has been a long week already; what's up with that?!?

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