Pet Owners Independence Day, In the News, and Enjoy

Pet Owners Independence Day - Today is Pet Owners Independence Day!

Dog and cat owners take the day off from work, and have the pets go to work in their places. Since most pets are jobless, sleep all day and do not even take out the trash.

If having your pet go to your work while you stay home is impractical, consider simply having your pet feed itself and entertain itself!

Well, it was worth a try. It did not work for me! I quickly learned our cats are incapable of opening the packages of kitty treats!

In the News - They walk among us!

Criminals Using Drones to Find and Rob Pot Farms

New Cop on the Beat May Be a Bot

New Payment System Uses Vein Scans

Al Gore Calls Global Warming Skeptics "Immoral, Unethical And Despicable"

Woman Claims Twitter Gave Her PTSD

Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!

May Day, Animal Action

May Day - Today is May Day. May 1 is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures.

May Day is related to the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night. As Europe became Christianized, the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations—as with May Day—or were merged with or replaced by new Christian holidays, as with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and All Saint's Day.

The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the Queen of the May.

Animal Action - Enjoy these adorable animals!

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow, Petting a Porcupine, and Google Nexus Smartwatch

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow - The title of this should be, "Hair Yesterday Gone Today," but that lacked the cadence I desired.

Laura determined it was time that I shed my winter hair and address spring with trimmed locks.
Here I am prior to the shearing:

Here is the vast mound of hair that fell to the floor during the shearing:

Here I am, sporting my welcoming spring hair:

Petting a Porcupine - I openly admit never to have petted a porcupine. Here, however, is someone who has:

Here is the Google Nexus Smartwatch: