Tail of Tails
That’s a finger, in case you are wondering. Remember that fairy tale? Well, that was just a little pun on my part, that Tail of Tails. Actually the movie is Tale of Tales...
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Tears and more tears for Charleston’s victims of white hatred, the hatred of one Dylann Roof. I don’t even want to grace his name by writing it, but remember it. ...
Is Matisse Yourtisse?
Costume by Matisse for Le Chant de Rossingnol. Mama would like to have seen this in Matisse colors. Well, mama and papa went to see a show of Mr. Matisse’s works and on the...
Family Ties
So are you saying that MY family is wacko? Mama has been discussing with me her propensity for reading books about dysfunctional families—Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs...
Home, Sweet Home
Well, home is where the heart is, they say, but for me, home is where the kibble is. Not that hearts don’t count. There are two around here that make me very, very happy,...
Hills and Dales-La Chiusetta
La Chiusetta, quiet and green Civita di Bagnoregio attached to another town by a walkway and full of kitties! Hills and dales – whatever they are! But we sure went up and...
Down on the Farm
La Chiusetta near Orvieto Several years ago, many farm-owners in Italy (and other places) turned their houses into bed and breakfast places, agriturismi, for guests and now...
Books and Worms
Now I know that isn’t a literal thing—that people who like to read are not actually worms as in the garden variety, but I guess when someone is really getting into a book,...
Rights and Wrongs
The blue mosque–Turkey Celebrating the upset Papa read me this morning’s news about the young Kurdish group in Turkey that got 13% of the votes recently and who are...
Lend a Hand
I begged mama for my string, but I paid her back by giving her a bath. Well, you know those people who beg on the streets everywhere? I should say “have to” beg but...
Summer In The City
HOT, HOT, HOT. About 90 degrees out there and boy, I am not one for trekking around in Sahara weather. Even moving from breakfast to nap and from nap to dinner wears me out! All...
Hot Plates (and thanks)
Waiting in a cool spot for lunch! Well, these are not actually hot plates but plates of nice cool things for HOT weather. Mama does a lot of dishes to get us through lunch when...
Feral and Furry
Guess whose hand that is caressing that Lucia kitty? ONE GUESS. Well, this is the end. Do you SEE what THEY have been doing on THEIR little 2-day visit with what I thought were...
Eggs-actly
Everyone says that to make an omelette, you have to break eggs. Well, duh! What else would you break, I ask you, kitty kibble? And so when I saw mama making a little light dinner...
Blatter Bows Out! GOAL…..
Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the most underhanded FIFA president of all? (Thank you, WIAT.com for the photo) Oh, yeah, right, says papa, Mr. head-of-FIFA Blatter has...
Liberazione!
Well, I gazed out of our window hoping for these guys to whiz by and I sat there all morning and then decided to take a bath on the bed in mama’s and papa’s room and...
Roma Bella
Hotel Rafael with bougainville near the ice cream place mama and papa discovered Well, I figure since none of us will ever see all of Rome in a lifetime, I’ll just start...
Mai in Una Vita
Well, that is what they say, mai in una vita, about this spectacular city—Never in a lifetime, meaning that you will never see all of Rome even if you spend a lifetime exploring...
Crooks in FIFA
Okay, not a lot of people are interested in the problems of FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, but if you follow soccer, as this kitty does with great...
Landed
Of course I’m under the bed. Where would YOU be after such a trauma? Okay, we’re here. Finally. I’m certainly here, under the bed. Where else after a rocky...
Ballet Class
Well, I think I’ve mastered 5th position, but I’m not quite sure what this last one is called. I may be called upon to perform in Kitty Lake, or maybe next Christmas...
Telephone
I wonder, do you have the game of Telephone in your family? Here, I hear mama on the phone or after she has read her email and there’s a certain piece of information about...
Roma, Roma, Roma
Well, everyone in this house is jumping for joy since the Roma won over Lazio in the Olympic Stadium in what is called the Derby—thus ensuring their chance to be in...
Cat Naps
Quel horreur! Well, I know I scared the bejesus out of mama this morning when (both of them sleeping like angels, haha) I suddenly leapt straight up in the air from mama’s...
Garden Glory
A wall of night-blooming jasmine…mmmmmm; good smells. Sweet Love, bloomin’ away. More good smells. Well, today it’s photoshoot time for gardens. The weather is...
Saved!
(Thank you, Yahoo) How wonderful that Malaysia has decided to allow a large boatload of immigrants into the country and strive to rehabilitate them. Would that others would...
Paws That Refresh
Or should I say, “Claws That Refresh”…haha...
Winsome Windows
Well, these were a surprise! Mama saw these at night on a Paris street and loved how the eyes followed her as she walked by. I wish I had been there to see them but why...
Box-ing Day
Well, not exactly, but mama passed a pizza place here in our little ville and saw that the owners had put out a very nice cage sort of thing with a sign on it that says...
Kitty Snaps
See, this is sort of blurry, no? I don’t think Bonnard would be happy. Well…mama’s still learning and this was in a gallery where one could take pictures but...