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March 17: Holidays and observances

Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Children's Day (Bangladesh)

Christian feast days:

Alexius of Rome (Eastern Church)

Gertrude of Nivelles

John Sarkander

Joseph of Arimathea (Western Church)

Patrick of Ireland

March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)

Saint Patrick's Day, a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and to a lesser degree in other parts of the world.

The above from Wikipedia.

 🍀 Enjoy the day! 🍀

P.S. March 17, 2020 was the date that we brought Celestial Sweetie inside.

She'd been an outside cat since we'd TNR'd her in 2009, and she really enjoyed her inside retirement with a heated bed, soft blankets, and no other cats to bother her in Sweetie's Apartment (now Henryville).

Miss you, Celestial Miss Growly-pants!

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March 17, 2020: Sweetie Retired

 March 17, 2020, we trapped Sweetie and brought her inside.

Taken one year before her retirement, on March 17, 2019.

Just two days after coming inside, Sweetie seemed happy to play!

March 17 is Celestial Sweetie's Inside Gotchversary, or Retirement.

We miss her dearly.

Knowing that her last years were spent in warmth, comfort, and snuggles means the world to us, and we are offering the same to Henry, hoping that he follows in Sweetie's pawprints.

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy St. Gertrude's Day!

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17 March, 2024 is Queen Sweet's 4th Outside-to-Inside Gotchaversary!

We TNR'd her in 2009, brought her inside in 2020, and enjoy every single day we have with her.

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17 March is St. Patrick's Day, Patron Saint of Ireland, and we have a few sillies to share:

They dye the river green on St. Patrick's Day.😹

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17 March is St. Gertrude of Nivelles Day, whose patronage was never made official by the Vatican, but her association with whisking away mice and rats made her, by default, the saint that all cat lovers venerate.

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Angel Lucy unexpectedly earned her angel wings.

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Lucky March 17th

Today is a busy day at Eastside Cats!

First:

Sweetie's 3rd Inside-Forever Gotchaversary!

Living in the lap o'luxury!
We love you to pieces, Queen Sweet aka Shrimpie O'Hollaren

Second:

It's St. Patrick's Day!

Third:

It's St. Gertrude's Day!

However you spend your day today, enjoy the gifts that Mother Nature has given, and be careful on the roads, as there are many St. Patrick's Day partiers out there.

Disclaimer: Images used above were copied from social media and used solely for the entertainment of our readers.

What Holiday is on March 17?

It's Sweetie's 2nd Inside Gotchaversary!

Ellen from 15andMeowing decided that Sweetie needed a crown!

All Hail Queen Sweetie!

The first photo that I snapped of Sweetie on March 17, 2020.
💖We love you dearly, feisty Swee Wee!💖

Oh yeah, there are other minor holidays on March 17...St. Patrick's Day (you all know him!) and The Feast of Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of cats.

My St. Patrick's Day Cat Socks.

I spent 33 days in Ireland years ago, and soft days were common.
Going back to Ireland is on my 'to do' list!

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Let's Hop!

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Sweetie's First Gotchaversary!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy St. Gertrude's Day!

Happy Gotchaversary, Sweetie!

It was exactly a year ago, on 3/17/20, that I trapped Sweetie, and brought her inside the house.

She arrived in late 2008, and we TNR'd her in 2008.

For a decade, we fed her, housed her, and loved her, often from afar.

She took to being an inside cat with ease, surprising us all!

We adore her, and couldn't be happier to have her sleeping on us every night!

Enjoying her Sweetie Spa

She spends a lot of time there

"I'm ready for my close-up!"

Frost on clover, taken in March 2019.

The Feasts of St. Patrick and St. Gertrude

Gertrude

The patron saint of gardeners, travelers, widows, recently deceased people, the sick, the poor, the mentally ill, and travelers in search of lodging. 

People call upon Gertrude for protection from mice and rats, fever, insanity, and mental illness.

Cat lovers revere Gertrude of Nivelles most of all.

Patrick

The patron saint of Ireland.

He was a Christian missionary given credit with converting Ireland to Christianity in the AD 400s.

Irish legend says that Saint Patrick used the shamrock as an educational symbol to explain the Holy Trinity to non believers.

(Above information found on the interwebs)

A St. Patrick's Day gift!

Please take care my friends; some of what we must do is counterintuitive, yet cool heads must prevail for the maximum number of humans can escape unscathed.

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Let's not forget, it's Two-zday!

Manny in the bed, Chili Bruce with his tailio over the side.

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Sending all of my love to Sparky and his mom;

May the powers of the universe converge to keep Sparky with us for awhile longer.

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