Feline Friday August 17, 2018

I want to be a cat!

 

 

Lucy the Cat

March 2011

 

 

Oh to be a cat....

just think of that!

Sleeping on whatever pleases

while dreaming of tasty meeses.

Carelessly shedding furry hairs

and lounging on the sunny stairs

No chores for me-no siree

my life is aimless- so carefree

To be a cat would be a laugh

No bosses here- as I have staff !!

 

 

Lucy Snoozin'

March 2011

I thought it would be fun to repeat a post

from when Lucy was still a new kitty.

She arrived on our doorstep in late fall of 2010.

Six months old, borderline feral and happy to 

come into our home where we have been waiting

on her ever since!

Back then I participated in a poetry blog called

Jingle Potluck Poetry and wrote the above poem for Lucy!  

Have a lovely weekend!

Thanks Sandee for Feline Friday!

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Eric Alders Monday Photo Prompt

There are limits

wood stone dirt and six feet

silly limits

Let's just be neighbors!

for more Eric Alders Monday Morning Photos

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/

and for more Jingle Poetry

http://gooseberrygoespoetic.blogspot.com/2011/12/poetry-picnic-week-17photos-nostalgia.html

Sweet Little Stellar's Jay

Sweet little bird

Popping up learning to fly

Show us your tail

This darling sweet baby Stellar's Jay

is our backyard's newest addition...

it's sibling didn't evade the neighbors cat

but our neighbors are keeping the cat inside for awhile...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_Jay

There goes the neighborhood.........

A conversation was over heard

The neighbors were being quite absurd

They said this guy didn't belong here

He really does act rather queer...

He's always thinking of other stuff

Like Vitamin C -it's really rough

To have a lively conversation

While he's six feet deep in cogitation

Photo by Eric Alder

If he could he'd be experimenting

With chemistry and molecular biology

When all we want is a lively chat

While playing cards -just this and that.

We really are quite tired of Linus

His Nobel Peace Prize and his shyness

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for more info go here:
http://kathewsnapaday.blogspot.com/2011/01/photo-11.html

go here for more of Eric Alder's Monday Photo Prompts:

http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/

and here for Jingle Poetry Potluck:

http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/

When times are tough..........

Photo by Eric Alder of Bifocal Univision http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/

You cannot make a wish
When times are tough
and you stand at the edge
with no where to go but down
just turn 180 degrees
and walk forward

Image courtesy of Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales
http://magpietales.blogspot.com/

A few weeks ago we watched

a documentary film entitled 180° South.
We were enthralled and inspired by the tenacity, strength of character
and quiet life philosophy of these people profiled in the film.
I still think about this film- hence this simple homage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180_Degrees_South:_Conquerors_of_the_Useless/

Early bird

Happy Robin

Cheerfully singing Building a nest

Welcoming Spring

Better Living with Chemistry?

I am using both Magpie Tales and BifocalUnivision's

images and putting them together here:

Plus these two poems work perfectly for

this weeks Jingle Poetry Potluck

Evolution, Environment and Survival!!

Photo courtesy of Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales

No illusions floating

In radioactive fusion

Dangerous drops of water

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Photo courtesy of Eric Alder of BifocalUnivision

Ode to Yellow #6

there's cheetos and fritos

korn kurls and cheezits

krispy chips and corn nuts

but nuttin' like cheez puffs whew!

that's a whole lotta stuff

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for more Jingle Poetry Potluck go here:

http://www.jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/

for more Magpie Tales go here: http://magpietales.blogspot.com/

or for BifocalUnivision go here: http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com/

Trips, Travel and Vacations

A lifetime gift for a child....... When I was only seven I received a wonderful gift

A small blue trunk - it wasn't too hard to lift

I looked inside and what did I see?

A doll ? And all her clothing ? This is for me?

"The heck with the doll" I said as I pitched her out.

"I want to use this for traveling here and about."

And so I began my imaginary trips

Packing clothes and stuff for cruises on ships.

Or maybe I'd take it on my little red wagon

Hoping to find a most friendly green dragon.

My small blue trunk was my way of learning

What life I wanted and obviously was yearning.

And years later I am still packing for pleasure

Traveling with my best friend- our life is an adventure!

What he was thinking.....

I know I ate too fast

And certainly way too much

The cabbage and corned beef

It was such a tasty lunch

I'm here a wee bit longer

As I'm stuck on this seat

Reflecting upon my gluttony

While chewing on more meat.

Life Lessons to Be Learned

Our friend Tom

The man who walks the talk

Quiet and thoughtfully

Writing silly poems does tickle my funny bone....

I saw that little mouse....oh what a louse!

He scampered all over and through our house

So we caught it one day

Ah ha!

In the midst of play

And now it's only a dormouse

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for more Shadow Shots Sunday go here:

http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

and for Jingles Poetry Potluck go here:

http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com

Happy Pie Day-Happy Poetry Potluck!

Happy Pie Day

The scent of apples

Fills the neighborhood

Evokes cinnamon memories

Of mothers and apple pies

And childhood times gone by

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A smile a day keeps the blues away

Mom and Apple pie can do the same

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Could not resist putting this smirky face on the pie!

Have a great week!

Love, Bonds and Relationships

To My Best Pal
Life with you
Is a happy adventure
A lovely life

The first photo is of Russell and me crossing

the Brooklyn Bridge last June.

We were there to visit Grace and Radu and to explore New York.

I was born in Brooklyn, but wasn't raised there. This was the first

time I had been back to Brooklyn since I was an infant. Neither one

of us had ever walked across this bridge before.

The second photo is of Russell and me crossing the Golden Gate Bridge

for the first time last April. We had taken the ferry from Sausalito

to San Francisco and had wandered down to Little Italy

for a wonderful 20th anniversary lunch.

When were about done with lunch I said

"Why don't we just walk home?"

So we did! It took us 3 hours and about 12 miles later we arrived

back at my cousins house! We'll be down there again this year for our

anniversary...and who knows maybe we'll cross that bridge again!

Happy Valentines Day!