The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent’.” ― Alfred Brendel And today in my garden I began to listen to the mulch and all that is growing under it that will make more roses and tomatoes and lettuce and coriander and lavendar and rosemary and tarragon and fenugrek and….uh…let’s get to the...
Read MoreI loved to climb up and survey my previous domain, which is what I’m doing today for my Sunday treat We are sorry that Mr Trump was shot at and so sorry for the fireman who was killed. Violence solves nothing, nothing at all. Getting rid of guns does.…
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Hey, do you think we kitties might make nice windows in little churches? Or even maybe over the kitchen sink? Okay, maybe even a bathroom window. All I know is that we kitties are defnitely not crass in glass, haha. Have a lovely weekend and a Sunday...
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Here I am as a dog….guess what I’m doing, haha! I did this first one: 1. It would be nice to be __a doggy__ for a day. To see how the other half lives…No leash, please! Then mama took over: 2. The older I get, the more I appreciate __friends and family and simplifying life. 3. I like to decorate __the house with __lots of flowers! 4....
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Leaping for joy! Well, today we are very grateful that…make that “I”…am grateful for 16 years with mama and papa before, well, you know. Great years and I know they were grateful for me, for sure and now for sweet memories. Mama and papa are glad that their grandkids are all well and one graduating from high school and off to...
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Hey, do YOU talk when you’re...
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Oh, mama, that ice cream used to drive me bonkers… Well, I guess the treats I’m talking about are mama’s latest curry that she did for some neighbors, one of whom brings her a spice from Goa called Xacuti, and 3-minute ice cream that literally takes about 3 minutes. Serves 4: Cut up into slices some lovely summer fruits like 2 large...
Read MoreBut at least here’s our spark! What could be more uplifting than a tour of kitties? And mama thinks Macron call for elections was planned to get the left to oust Marie Le Poison Pen and keep France true to its motto: Liberty Equality Fraternity! Smart cookie that Macron. Happy cool-ish week for those suffering fron heat. California is simmering!...
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Well, here I am. Er….sitting…uh….somewhere, and loving every minute of being with you this weekend, wherever you are! Love from a special space… By the way, Peejay’s mama is doing a blog so I will stop publishing his (ADORABLE) photos but had to put this one in, lying on his mama’s lap while she works....
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Happy Friday from my blue cloud…. 1. My favorite beverage to drink when it is hot out is __cold running mountain water from snow runoff…haha, just kidding, but water, water, water is my favorite__. (Mama says, too, that our rain has sand from the Sahara in it and makes our outdoor table BROWN so I pass on the rain water.) Mama: 2. My favorite...
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Ooops, mama published my Thursday blog on Wednesday. Jeez, Louise, so hard to get assistants around here. So here is another Thursday thanks for our friend, Cathy’s, newest addition to their family. Peejay. Mama and I can just hear the ‘awwwwwwwws’…… Happy Fourth and nummy barbeques for...
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A simple blog today. Thank you all for just being. You bring joy to us daily. Your kitties and doggies and ducks and geese and horses and donkeys and rabbits and hamsters and turtles and all the other sweet pets you have bring us joy, too. And thank you for putting up with mama’s forays into politics, haha. Back to basics…....
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Just havin’a little ‘whooshing’ Wednesday in my glorious state….whoosh,...
Read MoreFrom Heather Cox Richardson article: Today the United States Supreme Court overthrew the central premise of American democracy: that no one is above the law. Today’s decision destroyed the principle on which this nation was founded, that all people in the United States of America should be equal before the law. The name of the case is “Donald J. Trump v....
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Just hanging out here, invisible to all, no bother to anyone, haha. Donc, today’s sparks are from the Roosevelts…Eleanor suggested that you do one thing a day that scares you and Franklin came up with the only thing to fear is fear itself, which we felt went fairly well together! As did the two of them.. But I particularly like this one from Oscar Wilde:...
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Well, aren’t we all in little ways. You are certainly important to ME/US! And every now and then, I feel a nose-y selfie is needed to set the world spinning properly. Will it help? Who nose?...
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Well, sometimes mama just can’t keep her iPhone steady, who knows why? She bumps her elbow while holding it or it slips a bit but whatever happens it means one thing: BLURRED BOOPERS. Here’s a better example. Really, mama, this could be ANY Tuxie on earth! I think I’ll just will that first one to be Luapic-ed! It’s a grey day today,...
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I just filled-in one of our birdie feeders…piece of cake. I just think it and voila, FILLED! What a life…. Mama did these fills today as I am busy elsewhere with planting and…uh, watering…. 1. My summer bucket list includes __staying out of the crowds in our little village, __gardening and hoping for tomatoes__ and __sitting with my...
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Uh, oh, better straighten up THEIR bed…I hear mama on the stairs…I’ll work on my thankfuls in the garden… Well, today we’re thinking about so many thankfuls! All of you out there, for a start, and your lively lives full of sweet kitties and sweet peeps! Thats ‘people’, not birdies… I’m thankful to be a...
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Even heavenly creatures need beauty sleep, n’est-ce pas? They never know when I sneak in a snooze on my...
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