SPRINGTIME ON THE CATIO WITH LISBETH & FILL-INS

Friendly Fill-ins: Week #153

For Good Friday, Ellen (15 And Meowing) and Lorianne (Four-Legged Furballs), have provided us with a couple of Easter-themed fill-ins. My completions are in teal italics.

1. An Easter memory that I have is of my first Easter after moving from California to Kansas City, Missouri. It was 1974. It snowed.

2. I hope to purchase nothing more this year, as I have already spent too much on various items needed for our addition.

3. When the days are warm, I like to go swimming.

4. If the Easter Bunny visited my house, he’d be surrounded by eight cats looking for treats or a nice bunny rabbit lunch.

Each Thursday, Ellen and Lorianne post four sentences with blanks to be filled in. Participants complete the sentences, and we post them on Friday. The blog hop takes place at Four-Legged Furballs. Click on the badge above to go there.

Feline Friday

Kitties Blue also like to join the Feline Friday blog hop at Comedy Plus. Today Lisbeth is in the spotlight as she enjoys a sunny afternoon on the catio. To join the hop, click on the badge below.

The Swiss Cats says:

April 20, 2019 at 3:51 pm

Lovely Spring picture of Lisbeth ! Purrs

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Ellen Pilch says:

April 19, 2019 at 8:04 pm

You are a beauty Lizbeth. Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. We have had snow on Easter in Massachusetts 🙂 The Easter bunny would be in for a big surprise at your house and mine. Have a wonderful Easter. XO

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The Island Cats says:

April 19, 2019 at 6:44 pm

What a lovely picture of Lizbeth.

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Eastside Cats says:

April 19, 2019 at 11:07 am

Lisbeth is such a cutie! As a child, I remember wearing my cute Easter dress, only to have to bundle up in a winter coat, hat, and mittens to go outside! In one photo, when my grandparents were visiting, I refused to wear my coat so I’d be photographed in my dress, but it was so cold! I recall shivering and shivering.

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Brian Frum says:

April 19, 2019 at 9:44 am

Those were great answers and a very pretty photo sweet Lisbeth!

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The Florida Furkids says:

April 19, 2019 at 8:17 am

MOL every Easter Dad would tell Mom about the year it snowed in KC!! Great Fill-in answers. Lisbeth, you look lovely!

The Florida Furkids with smoochies and love to Mau from Allie and paw pats and headbonks to Sawyer from Noelle

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Teddy says:

April 19, 2019 at 5:11 am

Oh it looks delightful on your sunny catio Lisbeth! Lucky you getting to enjoy being OUT without being in danger. Having a catio is PURRFECT! Hope you all have a lovely Easter – we will have a WET one I’m afraid. Still, the Easter Bunny has a raincoat so he will be fine. Great filling in from your Mom today!

Hugs, Teddy

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mommakatandherbearcat says:

April 19, 2019 at 1:26 am

Lookin’ good, Lisbeth! I didn’t know you had lived in Kansas City at one point! Though you might not know that I lived in Virginia for a year! These days, the world is much smaller than it used to be.

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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.