"REALLY? You woke me ... for this?"
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We're also participating in the Weekend Cat Blogging blog hop...
...and the Saturday Pet Blogger Hop, hosted by Baby Patches, Life with Dogs and Two Little Cavaliers.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
"I bagged a BIRTHDAY!"
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| Mommy, are you trying to tell me something with the BLACK BAG...? |
(I'm ONLY three...!)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Thursday Trivia: the Bee's Knees
Well, you learn something new every day. Who knew that bees carry pollen back to the hive on their legs?
Not that this is where the phrase "the bee's knees" came from or anything. Nope.
The website phrases.org tells us it was just a nonsense phrase initially used in the 1900's to refer to something nonsensical. Like a snipe hunt. Or a sky hook. Or striped paint.
They cite the example of a New Zealand newspaper, The West Coast Times, which published a humorous 'report' on the cargo carried by the ship SS Zeelandia which included "seven cases of bee's knees."
The same usage crops up in other places as well, such as
newspaper cartoons (Fort Wayne Sentinel, May 5, 1914)
and writer Zane Grey's 1909 short story, The Shortstop.
When it became fashionable in the 1920's to use nonsense phrases as a way to express that something was pretty cool, "bee's knees" found its way back into popular culture.
Or...
It could possibly be thanks to dancer Bee Jackson, the woman credited with introducing the Charleston to Broadway in 1924!
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Sources:
Phrases.org.uk, The Oxford Dictionary
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| Bees have knees - who knew? (photo: Sanchez, creative commons 3.0) |
Not that this is where the phrase "the bee's knees" came from or anything. Nope.
The website phrases.org tells us it was just a nonsense phrase initially used in the 1900's to refer to something nonsensical. Like a snipe hunt. Or a sky hook. Or striped paint.
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| Dancing the Charleston (public domain) |
The same usage crops up in other places as well, such as
newspaper cartoons (Fort Wayne Sentinel, May 5, 1914)
and writer Zane Grey's 1909 short story, The Shortstop.
When it became fashionable in the 1920's to use nonsense phrases as a way to express that something was pretty cool, "bee's knees" found its way back into popular culture.
Or...
It could possibly be thanks to dancer Bee Jackson, the woman credited with introducing the Charleston to Broadway in 1924!
___________
Sources:
Phrases.org.uk, The Oxford Dictionary
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
'Toon Tuesdays
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| (MOWZERS! We think even Mommy could do this one!) |
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Toon Tuesdays feature cat & dog cartoons made by the peeps over at Shoebox Greetings (a tiny little division of Hallmark) - where our mom works, too!
Monday, July 15, 2013
BREAKING NEWS: Cat suffers swelled head, Allie throws fit
You heard it hear first, folks.
Maxwell reports Faraday's walking around the house all puffed up with pride.
Why, you may ask? According to early reports, Allie's very own Alma Mater, Wayside Waifs, has named one of their recent acquisitions after ...
That's right, you guessed it, folks. Meet Faraday the Second (also known as "Faraday, Too").
Allie's apoplectic.
Maxwell reports Faraday's walking around the house all puffed up with pride.
Why, you may ask? According to early reports, Allie's very own Alma Mater, Wayside Waifs, has named one of their recent acquisitions after ...
That's right, you guessed it, folks. Meet Faraday the Second (also known as "Faraday, Too").
Allie's apoplectic.
(We're all wishing the newest Faraday a wonderful forever home of his own, real soon!)
Monday Medical: Summer Pet Safety Part 1
NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued their 2013 forecast for hurricane season in the northern hemisphere - and it's an active one. They're predicting up to 20 storms deserving of a name, up to 11 of which will develop into actual hurricanes.
The scary news is they predict 3-6 of these hurricanes will be what they label "major" - a Catergory 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. This prediction is above the norm for this year.
And although last month's Tropical Storm Andrea thankfully didn't claim any lives (that we heard of) it did spawn ten associated tornadoes and dump over a foot of rain in some spots. So even tropical storms are worth having an evacuation plan!
That's why we thought the Petfinder's Summer Infographic series was worth passing along to you.
We especially like the subtitle of this one:
We also feel this reinforces last Monday's post about the importance of microchipping. You cannot predict when tragedy might strike, and microchip databases are fantastic places to input important veterinary and medical information, too.
Personally, we think these would make great posters for shelters, as well as library and pet store bulletin boards along the coasts and in places most commonly in the path of hurricanes. If you are in such a location, why not suggest these?
The scary news is they predict 3-6 of these hurricanes will be what they label "major" - a Catergory 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. This prediction is above the norm for this year.
And although last month's Tropical Storm Andrea thankfully didn't claim any lives (that we heard of) it did spawn ten associated tornadoes and dump over a foot of rain in some spots. So even tropical storms are worth having an evacuation plan!
That's why we thought the Petfinder's Summer Infographic series was worth passing along to you.
We especially like the subtitle of this one:
We also feel this reinforces last Monday's post about the importance of microchipping. You cannot predict when tragedy might strike, and microchip databases are fantastic places to input important veterinary and medical information, too.
Personally, we think these would make great posters for shelters, as well as library and pet store bulletin boards along the coasts and in places most commonly in the path of hurricanes. If you are in such a location, why not suggest these?
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