May 19, 2018

CATURDAY ART & AN ANNIVERSARY

Caturday Art

Mom created the art today, but we kitties are taking over the blog. Prior to telling you why, here’s what she created.

This is Sawyer napping in the pink cat cube. It was created by adding a swirl effect using AdornPic. Then the Cambalache filter from Painnt was added with the “original” color composition and the “cold”coloring. After that a metallic texture and the “arty” part were added with piZap. (We really don’t know what to call those flowers and squiggles and strange shapes.) Mom’s final step was to add the solid color borders using Picasa. We think this turned out pretty cool. What do you think?

This is Mom’s entry in Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty’s Caturday Art blog hop. You can enter or see other cool art created by your fellow bloggers by clicking on her badge.

Here’s the original photo of Sawyer in the pink cube.

Happy Anniversary

Now you know why we kitties are writing the post today. It is Mom and Dad’s 45th wedding anniversary, and we wanted to do something just from us to celebrate. Mau normally would have baked a cake, but they are both dieting. We hate to tell them, but we don’t think they’ll ever again look like they did in this first photo of them together taken in December 1971.

We think it is pretty cool that Prince Harry and Miss Markle decided to get married on our humans’ anniversary.

Happy Anniversary

Dad Tom & Mom Janet

We love you,

Angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer

Sunday Selfies

Yep, it’s that time again! We are hoping to get Mom and Dad to take a selfie of themselves today and share it on the hop tomorrow. Then you can see how REALLY old they are. No guarantees they’ll do this, but we all have our paws crossed…and not just because none of us want to take one. Anyhoo…we sure hope you’ll join us. We do enjoy seeing your smiling faces each Sunday.

Purrs and paw-pats, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer

YOU
For Fiona

It seems like only yesterday…
You were just a kitten.
When I saw your pleading look,
I was completely smitten.

Now at only six years old,
You are getting ready to leave,
Soon you will have your wings.
I’ve already started to grieve.

You’ve fought hard for the past year,
And I’m not ready to say good-bye.
I can’t imagine you not in my life
I am so sad…today I had to cry.

I am grateful and blessed
For my six years with you.
You’ll live in my heart forever.
You’re one of the best ever Kitties Blue.

YESTERDAY

Many yesterdays have passed since
You gained your angel wings. Today
Is six months since you left us behind
To remember and mourn. Our hearts
Continue to hurt, and we miss
You as much as the day you left.
Giulietta whined from the catio
Yesterday as I worked in the yard.
I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
Fiona, please do not ever forget
You are still and always will be loved.

ONE YEAR MISSING YOU

One year has passed since you flew away,
And I still think of you everyday.
I see your sweet face in my mind’s eye
And wish we’d never had to say good-bye.
It’s nice you’ve sent us kitties needing a family,
But my dearest love, we are now at capacity.
You thought it would take more than one cat
To take your place in our habitat.
We love Cooper Murphy and baby Sawyer dearly
But thinking either could replace you makes me teary.
You were one-of-a-kind and will stay in my heart
Until the day I join you and we’re no longer apart.
When once again I can hold you in my arms
And revel in all your love and feline charms.
Together with you and all who have passed.
I will spend eternity contemplating how blessed
I was to share my life with my furry children,
Each and every one of you one-in-a billion.

UNTIL

I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.

ONE OF A KIND

I don’t know how to say good-bye.
I thought you were invincible; though,
You used up many of your nine lives.
You ruled us all with an iron paw;
Never took “no” for an answer
And always got your way.
If not, you’d bark to signal your
Displeasure and sometimes raise a paw.
I always joked that you were bi-polar.
When I told people you were a calico
They immediately understood what I meant.
Today was unnaturally quiet in the house.
Can a home seem empty with eight cats?
I will miss waking up at night to find you
Sitting next to me and staring at me.
I will miss you yelling at us as you did
When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
When kitten Sawyer befriended you,
We suspect you were imparting your
Wisdom and secrets for controlling us.
Time will tell if he was a good listener.
But whatever he may have learned,
Neither Sawyer nor any other cat
Can or will replace you in our hearts.
Lily Olivia, you were one-of-a-kind.