tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228461532469969172024-03-05T23:11:49.950-05:00my cat eats bananas and fliesCChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-35756071206855078022017-11-14T11:47:00.001-05:002017-11-14T14:34:38.267-05:00 CITY BIRD
Rainy cold morning.
Men digging trenches for pipes blocking my
regular route west to the grocery store.
Crossed further down turning my cart south to Spruce.
In the middle of the wet sidewalk, head turned backward,
wings splayed, a poor dead little city Pigeon.
Possibly broke its neck flying CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-64629049247970233652017-11-06T07:31:00.000-05:002018-01-14T14:24:26.245-05:00STANDARD CAT TIME
Just realized Tizzycat is operating on Standard Cat Time,
NOT just showing up an hour early for his snack!
(Come to think of it.... I prefer SCT to changing clocks twice
a year, too!)
⏰🐱❤️
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-44946143423127239682017-11-06T07:04:00.002-05:002017-11-06T07:36:34.320-05:00MY BIRTHDAY BOY AT 17Summer of 2000, my Neighbor's son and
his pretty little year old Tortoiseshell
Cat, Nutty, (short for Nutmeg)
arrived from Las Vegas.
Just before leaving Vegas, Nutty got out.
Was gone for 2 weeks returning at
the last minute.
Tizzy's Mom, Nutmeg
Arrived here and taken to the Vet for spaying,
Nutty had a surprise. A litter of CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-90276011285979793522017-06-19T09:41:00.000-04:002017-07-03T14:27:25.776-04:00FAREWELL SWEET DIAVOLINO
Poor little Freddie Cat became so skinny.
Vet exam + ultra sound.
Lymphoma. Agressive Cancer.
Maybe 3-4mos...but as the Vet says...they can
fool you.
He tried hard to carry on.
But eating almost nothing.
Just wanted milk.
Wobbling now not scooting into
the corridor when I opened the door.
A kiss on that sweet little head
instead of our chase.
With every ounce of strength, hauling
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-44959524339018747382016-12-13T08:19:00.000-05:002016-12-13T08:21:26.725-05:00HOLIDAY GREETINGS 2016
★★WARMEST WISHES!!★★
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-42222197407784977212016-11-29T08:46:00.000-05:002016-11-29T08:46:31.077-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March are dear old friends.
With me nearly all my life.
They have remained in my heart and mind since our first encounter, a century after Louisa May Alcott published LITTLE WOMEN and now that more than 50 years more have passed.
My dear English friend Rosalind once confided that she always identified with Meg. Perfect casting!
On CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-27598776458770833642016-05-07T10:58:00.000-04:002016-05-07T11:23:24.569-04:00MOM, HER MOM, HER MOM & ME
🌺 HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY !!! 🌺
My Mom, her Mom (left), her Mom (middle) and Me. Four generations!!
Great CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-64165022807761807172016-03-12T09:24:00.000-05:002016-03-12T09:26:37.509-05:00ALARMING
Fire Alarm Wednesday night.
Only this time there was SMOKE in the hallway.
Hearts racing,
Cats yowling!!
Stuffed the Cat Boys in their carriers and headed
into the fire tower across the hall.
Worried how to get the 3 of us down 30-some concrete flights
with my very sore left hip.
The tower door opened
and a fully kitted out Philly Fireman said,&CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-30005164653251652632015-02-22T11:43:00.002-05:002015-02-22T11:47:14.579-05:00CAT ON A WARM TIN HEATING ELEMENT
One cool Cat.
Morning toast.
Cat on a warm tin heating element….
Tizzy cat warming his old bones on the heatvent before breakfast…….
(Also reminds me of Whistler's "Arrangement in Gray & Black" (aka Whistler's Mother).
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-25827216060900092542015-02-13T08:54:00.001-05:002015-02-13T08:57:15.054-05:00VALENTINE
HAVE A HEART
Made it myself on the Ipad
TAKE 2 &CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-58506053695132461352014-12-30T15:51:00.000-05:002014-12-30T16:14:58.435-05:00 9 CAT FACES ?
9 kitty faces sitting on the bed…..
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Looked again and now there are 10!
Fred E. Cat cannot resist a freshly made bed.
Cute Kitty cushion, a purrfect Christmas present from friends.
WISHING ALL FAMILY & FRIENDS A HEALTHY,
PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS 2015
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-51709227260513613912014-12-15T13:39:00.003-05:002014-12-15T13:45:49.904-05:00WHO KNEW?December 15 is NATIONAL CAT HERDERS DAY!!
Con molti ringraziamenti al mio grande amico, Tomasso Di Paola
che mi ha mandato questa notizia di oggi.❤❤❤
Without a doubt, my new favorite holiday!!
Finally, something to celebrate on a magnificent scale.
Maybe a RODEO!!
Too late for this year…..but will be ready next time!!
©Tomie DePaola art - all rights reserved
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-7538870151683702222014-12-07T10:52:00.001-05:002014-12-07T10:58:17.799-05:00MOM'S BIRTHDAY
Susan, Jock. Mom. Ted, Me c. mid 1950's
Remembering, celebrating and missing our
dearest, loving, beautiful, bright, funny,
courageous, late Mom and Mom Mom on her
92nd birthday (33 Celsius - thanks, George Carlin)
today.
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-21006706239049885152014-11-26T10:46:00.001-05:002014-11-26T11:06:03.030-05:00GIVING THANKS
My cover art/ Ladybug mag.
Giving thanks for my loving caring funny
family and friends.
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-23082934461082311082014-11-19T08:49:00.000-05:002014-11-19T13:02:41.422-05:00NEW TRICKS, OLD CAT
Add caption
This might look like just another
picture of a lady holding a cat. But to me
it is a long leap in learning to "draw and paint"
on my trusty IMac and IPod with a stylus and software.
My biggest problem?
It doesn't take many written directions to make my
eyes cross and my brain stall out.
Video CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-89067984089411042122014-11-17T17:42:00.001-05:002014-11-17T17:48:00.506-05:00GET WELL SOON, TIZZYBEAN
Sweet Tizzy is in hospital.
Skinny. Lost 4 lbs.
Receiving treatment for hyperthyroidism.
Will be better and home again Thursday.
Sorry I couldn't explain any of this to him.
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-10489497630364648442014-09-10T12:33:00.001-04:002014-10-09T16:44:55.308-04:00CATCHING UP
Bigger challenge than doing the crossword in ink.
Doing it through 14 lbs of opaque Tuxedo cat.
The Tizzy challenge. =^..^=
No need to tweak the design of the FRED100 scanner weight.
Sits on the scanner lid preventing dust from settling on inside
glass.
Never needs charging.
Like
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-46356795409164282812014-04-12T17:39:00.001-04:002014-04-15T15:28:18.127-04:00HOORAY, HIP! HIP!
Fred E. Cat hiding under the bedspread.
Haven't posted much for a long while
due to a number of unforseen momentous
life events suddenly requiring all my attention.
The latest of which is preparation for
impending hip replacement surgery in
about a week.
Can hardly wait to sit, stand, walk&CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-73013675854957953682014-02-16T09:29:00.000-05:002014-02-16T15:17:45.647-05:00GROSS, DISGUSTING & UTTERLY FASCINATING
February just happens to be National Children's Dental Health Month.
Yawning?
Well maybe a look through Dr. Theodore Croll's
GROSSER, MORE DISGUSTING, BUT STILL TOTALLY COOL MOUTH BOOK,
will snap you and/ or your kids out of the deep freeze outside and into the hot stuff that could be happening in your mouth!
Not just your usual admonition to brush and floss.
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-31896576588369701282013-12-19T10:49:00.001-05:002013-12-19T10:52:41.750-05:00FROM MY HEART
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-13479877244353994902013-11-30T09:39:00.003-05:002013-11-30T09:46:35.162-05:00SNOWCAT TZ
Tizzycat, 4 or 5 months old watching his first snowfall. So excited he chirped like a bird.
My iPad sketch of the memory of that moment. All babieslove snow.
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-22057601369220590802013-11-22T17:23:00.000-05:002013-11-22T17:24:22.830-05:00TRULY THANKFUL
My illustration of the Mayflower from THE STORY OF THE PILGRIMS, by Katharine Ross, Random House
This Thanksgiving, more than ever, I am deeply thankful for my incredible loving, caring, generous
and entertaining family. Our Mom's best gift to all of us.
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-70459086320130138902013-09-02T14:09:00.001-04:002014-03-05T19:31:38.046-05:00A PIANO TALEBecause our Mom was the apple of her Daddy's eye,
Mom on her Daddy's shoulder, Atlantic City, NJ around 1926.
He wanted her to have the best of everything.
Mom loved music.
So when she was eight years old, her Dad bought her a
piano.
And it was GRAND! Actually, a small grand piano,
made by one of the best piano makers in the world.
Krakauer.
Mom, age about 5 or 6, a few CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-74537594433807006362013-08-28T11:35:00.000-04:002013-08-28T14:34:34.619-04:00THINKING, BEADS
My idea of a good time....
Cutting a swath through a bead show with cousin Janet
Cheering and stirs imagination.
Some of this year's haul..........
African beads made from old vinyl records.
African beads from wound recycled paper.
Czech Glass beads
Enameled copper beads
CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422846153246996917.post-13873406808919717532013-07-10T13:40:00.000-04:002013-07-10T13:41:20.366-04:00Just Now
That's Tizzy Cat on the window ledge behind me.
You've just missed him jumping from my left shoulder
to his perch.
He knows this annoys me greatly especially when
he digs his back claws through to my skin to steady
his push off.
OUCH!!
Sometimes he needs to remind me who is the alpha cat, REALLY.
=^..^=
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