A wonderful painting by a friend that I felt was relevant to this story. Well, mama and I found this article and video on Good News Network the other morning and she was so, so happy for the Jack Russell who was in the Gulf of Mexico for three hours (!) wearing a tiny lifejacket and floating all alone. When spotted, he paddled toward the boat that saved...
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Some creatures know how to deal with awful weather. You would think that living in southern France for at least a little part of the year would be everyone’s dream. Hot winds, warm seas, palms brushing the blue skies and beaches to laze upon and dream. NO WAY, JOSE!!! We all were awakened by pouring rain, cold, cold winds called the tramontanes and...
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Mama sent this poem to papa at spring’s beginning and winter’s end and I found it recently and thought it might be nice to pass on to you, because I love poetry–mama reads it to me often and I go into a kind of beautiful-word-induced-trance that calms and caresses me with soft beauty. Mama’s brother- in-law, who is a poet,...
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Well, a very good blogger who does such nice flower and garden pics has suggested that we show our gardens, too, and so mama and I went out there for a photo shoot and had a ball! These bright corners of the garden might even brighten your political woes, haha. Opening Night (well, opening morning around here) Mama’s favourite, Sweet Love...
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Binky, a Scottish Fold, in her youth Today, I wish to send my hugs to dear friends of ours, Jacquie and Brian, whose kitty, Binky, died two days ago. As Jacquie wrote to mama, Binky received her wings. Goodbye sweet girl! 29 March 1999 – 4 May 2016 Knowing how difficult it is to lose a dear kitty and any animal that has become a family member, I...
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Well, mama comes home from a pretty gruelling trip and this is what she finds: a GAZILLION broad beans popping off her plants and in serious need of shelling and being prepped for the freezer. She’s about to call in the neighbors to come pick whatever they want, but I think her love of fava beans gets the best of her. She’ll distribute part...
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Me, thinking. I was just thinking how nice it is when a good friend or friends go away and you miss them really a lot and then they come back, all happy to be back on their own turf and sleeping in their own beds and catching sight of their little kitty outdoors before the kitty sees them (HAH, I saw them and turned my back, so there) and then that...
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Listen, for mama to show her feet is a BIG thing, but this was too much fun to resist, so papa snapped this shot. Well, this was NOT my idea, but mama thought it was really funny and I got to chase the ear plugs around the room whenever they popped out, which was not often enough for me, but still… I asked mama to do my nails, too, but she was...
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IS THAT THE DOOR OPENING? What if it’s a catnapper? Or a catnipper, for that matter? Oh, boy, they just toodled in the door as if NOTHING had happened in the last three weeks and there I was, awakened by suitcases rolling into my boudoir voices shouting and my name being called over and over and I just sat there with a bored look and thought,...
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Led Zeppelin goin’ at it. Well, I hope mama doesn’t trade me in for a 3-year-old rock and roller. This kid is absolutely amazing, plus she dances, too! Hey, but what about a song with “CAT” in it? “Black Dog” is one of Led Zeppelin’s best, supposedly, but I think they should give more attention to...
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