Friday, October 28, 2016

Plush Animal Lovers Day October 28, 2016

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Plush Animal Lovers Day

Plush Animal Lovers Day is a day of celebration that is held every year to show your favourite stuffed toy some extra special love and appreciation. There’s an urban legend that says that the Teddy Bear, one of the worlds most popular plush animal pets, was invented when American President Theodore Roosevelt saw a baby bear on a hunting trip, and refused to shoot it.,
The original origins of the day’s creation are vague but there is an unconfirmed Urban Legend that the day first came about after a collectibles dealer named Royal Selangor came up with the idea of a Teddy Bears Picnic Day in the late eighties. Other stuffed toys became jealous that Teddy Bears were being singled out for their own celebration and demanded a special day all of their own! Not long after, Plush Animal Lovers Day quickly replaced Teddy Bears Picnic Day in popularity!
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Word of the Day

camion 


Definition:(noun) A low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage.
Synonyms:dray
Usage:An empty camion came bumping down the cobblestone street, pulled by two exhausted horses.


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Idiom of the Day

have (someone's) blood on (one's) head

 — To be the cause of (someone's) death; to bear the guilt or responsibility of (someone's) death or injury. 

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History

Statue of Liberty Is Dedicated (1886)

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The Statue of Liberty, originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World, was proposed by French historian Édouard Laboulaye in 1865 to commemorate the alliance of France with the American colonies during the American Revolution. Designed by French sculptor F. A. Bartholdi, the statue is 152 ft (46 m) high and is possibly the tallest metal statue ever made. It was shipped to New York in 1885, assembled, and dedicated in 1886.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837)

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Tokugawa was the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. The Tokugawa family held the shogunate and controlled Japan from 1603 to 1867. Beginning at the time of Yoshinobu's birth, there were numerous peasant uprisings and samurai unrest. Undermined by increasing foreign incursions, the Tokugawa were overthrown by an attack of provincial forces from Choshu, Satsuma, and Tosa, who restored the Meiji emperor to power.

Cave-Dwelling Millipede Has 414 Legs and an Unusual Number of Other Appendages, Too

Millipedes, the little blunt-headed invertebrates with a habit of coiling up like baby ferns, rarely live up their name. In Latin, millipede means "thousand feet," though the majority of the arthropods do not surpass the hundred-leg mark.
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Cave-dwelling millipede has 414 legs and an unusual number of other appendages, too

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1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America. 

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1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin. 

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1798 - Composer Henri-Jerome Bertini was born. 

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1904 - The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting. 

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1949 - U.S. President Harry Truman swore in Eugenie Moore Anderson as the U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Anderson was the first woman to hold the post of ambassador.

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1956 - Elvis Presley's song "Love Me Tender" became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. He became the first artist to follow himself into the No. 1 position. The song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" had been the No. 1 song for 11 weeks. 

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1965 - The Gateway Arch along the waterfront in St. Louis, MO, was completed. 





DAILY SQU-EEK




If You Were Born Today, October 28
Some might say you are a law unto yourself. You combine originality with a sharp and logical mind into a very intriguing "package". Able to dig deep and come up with treasures, you are never satisfied with what appears to be, which gives rise to some restlessness. Warm and affectionate, you value your "down time" with family, as well as your privacy. However, when push comes to shove, you know you have yourself to rely on. You have a pioneering quality that is unmistakable. Famous people born today: Julia Roberts, Bill Gates, Lauren Holly, Caitlyn Jenner, Annie Potts, Jonas Salk, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Paisley, Troian Bellisario.




READER'S BLOG

sheri is a foster parent for all the feral kittens that are caught in her florida neighborhood. she and her husband raise them and generally make them ready to be neutered, adopted or released into the wild. she volunteers for MEOWNow .. get involved in a shelter in your area.

some of their kitties, hard at work doing the accounts! lol


if you are interested, contact them to find out how to become animal foster parents, too.
    
MEOW Now Facebook: 

or contact:

i could go for a potato chip, too!


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Pictures of the day

King vulture

A portrait of a king vulture(Sarcoramphus papa) at Walsrode Bird Park, Germany. This species of vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Though its ruff, flight, and tail feathers are gray to black, the king vulture's head and neck are bald and with varying skin color.

Exploring Iceland's Ice Caves by tom anderson myspace tom

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Cardigan in Alaska, Eskimo, Symphony, Silke-Tweed and Glitter

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RECIPE


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CROCKPOT RECIPE
Slow Cooker Creole Chicken and Sausage - 10 minute prep for this hearty dinner, made healthier with beans and peppers. 300 calories. | pinchofyum.com


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HEALTHY CARAMEL APPLES

Healthy Caramel Apples


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ADULT COLORING


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CRAFTS, halloween


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CHILDREN'S CORNER ... , halloween
Crawling Spider Soda:
Freeze rubber spiders in ice cube trays filled with orange juice
When cubes are frozen, fill drink cup with ice cubes, and then 7-up
Opt for Cherry 7-up for a bloody effect!
The fizz of the 7-up combined with the citrus of the orange juice creates a fabulous sherbet like flavor.

*Tip: The Dollar Tree has $1.00 bags of spider rings, simply cut off the ring portion, leaving the spider intact.


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PUZZLE
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QUOTE


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Pizza’s here! In May 2016, after hiking 19,341 feet to the top of Kilimanjaro, a team of Pizza Hut employees set the record for the highest altitude pizza delivery on land! -------------------- David Kirke, founder of England’s Dangerous Sports Club, adapted a medieval rock-throwing device called a trebuchet so that humans could be catapulted 55 feet into the air in under two seconds! -------------------- Using satellite photos, Google Earth, and astronomy, William Gadoury, 15, of Lanaudiere, Quebec, discovered an ancient Mayan city in Belize without leaving his province’s borders! Submitted by Benoit Paquin, Quebec, Canada


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CLEVER
thanks, clara


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EYE OPENER



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2 comments:

  1. Thank you so much Diane for using your wonderful blog to inform people about our wild kitties. If we get kittens we foster, like I do, then they can be placed for adoption. If the adult kitties are already out in the neighborhood they are trapped, brought to a vet, spayed/neutered, shots, wormed, flea meds, rehab for a couple of days in foster care, then released and taken care of by a "caregiver". The caregiver monitors food, if one is injured it is caught and taken to the vet for care. The end result is we have a population of non-producing happy cats who give us back in the way of rodent control...remember 1 pair of mice can reproduce 1 million offspring within 12-14 months so "community" (feral) cats do give us something in return. They get to retire and enjoy their lives! Kitty hugs!

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  2. Diane, I always enjoy your blog, but today was special. I laughed more than usual. Now I must grab my needles because you have inspired me. Again.

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