A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day.......02-15-06....Pets and Friends

[dutchess]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, dutchess, dollycali; godblessusa ~

Hi Finest Friends... It's Pet Day at the Finest. A little re-run but well worth it. Time to show them off!!! Feel free to show yours!!!

Smiles
(Thanks Aquamarine for finding the music!!!!)

ENJOY!!!!

Smiles from our Furry Friends

SMILES

Verse:
Dear -ie, now I know just what makes me love you so,
Just what holds me and en -folds me in its gold -en glow;
Dear -ie, now I see 'tis each smile so bright and free,
For life's sad -ness turns to glad -ness when you smile on me;

Chorus:
There are smiles that make us hap -py,
There are smiles that make us blue;
There are smiles that steal a -way the tear -drops
As the sun -beams steal a -way the dew;
There are smiles that have a ten -der mean -ing
That the eyes of love a -lone may see,
And the smiles that fill my life with sun -shine
Are the smiles that you give to me.


Okay...sing-along time!!! (unless your freeping at work!)

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There are smiles that make us hap -py,

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There are smiles that make us blue;

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There are smiles that steal a -way the tear -drops

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As the sun -beams steal a -way the dew;

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There are smiles that have a ten -der mean -ing

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That the eyes of love a -lone may see,

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And the smiles that fill my life with sun -shine

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Are the smiles that you give to me.

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HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!! - Love - Giz and Friends

12-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #14

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 02-13-06 Military Monday 02-14-06 Valentine's Day at the Finest

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[skimask]

Did you ever get the background on the Viking Kitties????

No I didn't

[jwfiv]

Nice to see Giz and the boys doing an encore ... thank you, Miss D ... )

I've been leaving cat food in a bowl on my porch to feed one or two of the neighborhood cats ... they sneak up and munch away, then dash ... shy little things.

I think sometimes a skunk comes by to get first dibs on the grub ... shy little stinkers.

[Billie]

I LOVE this picture, meandog! It's amazing how they can train these dogs for the army and the police force, too. It seems like they're almost always German Shepards. Maybe their size, and agility? And their smarts! :)

[Billie]

There's no end to the cute kitten and puppy pictures we can find. Sure put smiles on our faces!

[dutchess]

Can one of you fill skimask in on the background of the viking kitties. I just know they use them for "zots" but that's about it! Thanks

[Billie]

Beautiful cats - the one on the bottom doesn't look like he's having too much fun bringing in the new year though! :)

[dutchess]

Oh that is such a sweet picture Lady Jag. We had a sheltie who was such a sweetheart. Is this a generic or someone you know?

[Darksheare]

Oh, the history of the VK's parallels the history of Zot.
Someone posted a link to the Joel Veitch animation using Led Zepplin's "Immigrant Song" and the Viking Kitties were sorta born.
There was, for awhile, a long standing thread titled The Cult of the Viking Kitties.

[dutchess]

What a sweet picture billie! Love it! As you can see, had a little formatting problem last night and ended up with this rerun. Atleast I've got another one almost done for another day :o)

[Diver Dave]

Looks like a winner to me, Billie.

here's a previously posted photo from last spring...

[dutchess]

I've been leaving cat food in a bowl on my porch to feed one or two of the neighborhood cats ... they sneak up and munch away, then dash ... shy little things.

That's so sweet. It's also how we ended up with FredtheCat!>br>
I think sometimes a skunk comes by to get first dibs on the grub ... shy little stinkers.

We had an opossum ("Opie") who would raid Fred's food. Ugly think but lots of personality :o)

[dutchess]

I just love that picture of Jack (?) and Bailey. There's a pledge in there!

[Billie]

Thanks, dutchess. You probably had gotten that picture some time ago, too - I just kept going back to it and this morning played with some vignettes and stuff to go with it. :)

I *thought* you had planned to post another thread this morning, but didn't know you had some problems with it. Not a thing wrong with seeing these cuties again though! :)

[meandog]

here's a photo of America's top dog "Rufus" who won the Westminister Show last night:

[Billie]

I love that picture of Jack and Bailey - it's so cute. I think Lori made a pledge graphic with it, didn't you, Lori?

[skimask]

Thanks for the information.....I'm a big fan of the VK's

[Diver Dave]

I think she did make a pledge graphic of that. Just checked my folders, and I didn't save it.

BTW, Bailey has grown to the point that he now looks "down" at Jack.

Oh, and he like to dance with Christian as long as Christian leads.

[Darksheare]

Welcome.
I'm a minor unimportant figure in that history, totally outside of it, I come along 'later on' after the VK's were well settled.

And then there's the 'secondary' group which I helped generate.

[DollyCali]

Hi Sistah.. what a fun thread! Sorry I am late.. I got home late last night (after dinner/movie) & Had no cable connection. Called & they said they knew about the problem in our area & were working on it.

Just got it back about half hour ago & I am to leave shortly.. will catch up w/all tonight.

Just want to say hi to everyone...looking forward to catching up on yesterdays great thread also.. I am sure there are a LOT of great posts..

[Lady Jag]

And I never get tired of seeing photos of flags with dogs . . . and kids . . . and cats . . . and girls . . . and men . . . and anywhere...

Cheers!