Thankful Thimble Thursday by the Christmas Tree

Hello and happy Thursday! Thimble is here and ready to share something festive for Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.

This is Thimble's first post since we put up our Christmas trees, so she of course wants to share her gratitude for the festive fun. She especially loves this particular tree, as the window behind it gives her some lovely glamour shots.

Thimble has already snapped even more glamour shots like this one. I need to go through them all and add them to our blog album, but I do know that there are a couple stunning ones with Thimble and the tree just glowing in the sun. We'll share those soon, of course.

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And now we have the fill-in statements for tomorrow's Friendly Fill-Ins challenge. My amazing co-host Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.

1. The easiest one on my Christmas shopping list to buy for is _________.

2. The toughest one on my Christmas shopping list to buy for is _________.

3. I try to spread Christmas cheer by _________.

4. When it comes to _________, I'm a bit of a Scrooge.

We'll see you tomorrow, friends!

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Flashback Doodle of the Day

I really do hope to finish some of my new Christmas doodles this weekend, but for now we're still sharing flashbacks. And today is another from the old-fashioned Christmas series I scribbled up a few years ago.

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Tip of the Day

A series of tips on Christmas tree safety simply would not be complete without a comment or two on tinsel. Long story short, please do not use tinsel if you have furbabies in your life. This stringy stuff can be quite tempting to kitties, for example, but it can also be extremely dangerous. If consumed, it can cause problems such as gastrointestinal obstruction or laceration. Keeping that in mind, if your furbaby does swallow tinsel and you find some hanging from their mouth or even their anus, do not pull on it, as this can cause even further internal damage. If you find yourself in a situation such as this, seek veterinary care as soon as possible. Again, though, to prevent such incidents, it is highly recommended that you simply do not use tinsel as part of your Christmas decorations.