Andy Warhol

WORLD CAT DAY CATURDAY ART

Today is World Cat Day. We thought Mom would create some art for Athena and Marie’s Caturday Art Blog Hop that would be representative, but as you can see, that didn’t happen. But we will celebrate the day nonetheless. We just hope that means extra treats!

Giulietta is the subject of today’s Caturday Art. Mom used Picasa, PicMonkey and Photo.Funia to create our submission to Athena and Marie’s Blog Hop. The most obvious effect is the one that turned this into an Andy Warhol-type painting. Some of the filters Mom used were neon, HDR and a lavender frost.

This is the slightly blurry photo of Giulietta Mom used to create today’s art project. She loved the expression on Giulietta’s face and her cute toes on the arm of the chair. Like so many of Mom’s photos, it has a really cluttered background which was disguised in the final creation.

To participate in the Caturday Art Blog Hop or view the other submissions, click on Athena and Marie’s Badge.

Tomorrow is the Sunday we thought last Sunday was…the 52nd week of our Sunday Selfies Blog Hop. Last week we reported on the number of selfies each of us had posted. Astrid won and declared herself Queen of the Selfies. We also discovered that Misty May had the fewest selfie posts. So Mom has promised her that she has center stage tomorrow. Now she just has to convince Misty May to take some selfies. Obviously this is not an easy task. If it were, Misty May would have been featured more than two times during the year. Please join Misty May tomorrow for this significant Sunday Selfies milestone.

Wishing all of our friends, including the ones we haven’t met yet, a very happy World Cat Day. And sending a huge thank you to Zoolatry’s Ann for creating the great graphic.

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

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.