tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75496062024-03-09T16:36:20.908-05:00Cat WhispererAnyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-80569647917448782032023-12-26T17:34:00.000-05:002023-12-26T17:34:13.663-05:00<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISG8VlTlMF41wiyVzvTJ7UNgab7rnsqtC4wyMXK-aon8Ozb2-62pw-MfyqBPUVCYEzsrib0bF2zb3HZ9uizqTrgTxA1F6nTXO0fKvYcEwxpUVck5H2Q1gKC4YEEabdZsq6LsukYHDIY3Dqx43svV98ipp_MkbyY00o5r9-H49FcfVE4QboRxIYQ/s1191/Ginja%20and%20sheep%202023-12-15.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1191" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISG8VlTlMF41wiyVzvTJ7UNgab7rnsqtC4wyMXK-aon8Ozb2-62pw-MfyqBPUVCYEzsrib0bF2zb3HZ9uizqTrgTxA1F6nTXO0fKvYcEwxpUVck5H2Q1gKC4YEEabdZsq6LsukYHDIY3Dqx43svV98ipp_MkbyY00o5r9-H49FcfVE4QboRxIYQ/w640-h322/Ginja%20and%20sheep%202023-12-15.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ginja wonders why he's getting sleepy!😉</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs0s6j1XD-_chOxibvvzQWEnTASF6N1KcS5w6FL-AZ6XkYHTffl6pxJqBt7hxqqO2cRbEWOBl_oP2UXG1B_nqkU8DaIoZnAe77ted3wG3hlFEuV2cINF3uEKxWvRSx5V4CcsL87f8-kuHb9PBdwWTcAOq6wqm6ILS470FpDagVxD5IJVWLK4eKg/s4656/20231217_203818.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs0s6j1XD-_chOxibvvzQWEnTASF6N1KcS5w6FL-AZ6XkYHTffl6pxJqBt7hxqqO2cRbEWOBl_oP2UXG1B_nqkU8DaIoZnAe77ted3wG3hlFEuV2cINF3uEKxWvRSx5V4CcsL87f8-kuHb9PBdwWTcAOq6wqm6ILS470FpDagVxD5IJVWLK4eKg/w640-h480/20231217_203818.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tristan supervising the lighting of the candles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisL4AtWJYhRiRpfnQj4BQPBgCToKHJOyzL7JapJl_dYP_y-i9WuGJtKMkIKrLI_kGGFcKqmxKt0_wYtVR5wia_PDSDrbtYPa8vh0h1A6nJKxUrxus0HPwYbFaz_qA8gNOhXnMBewczfOmDw1yIfiIJSvGMuA7e4HfuA59err1Fqd9dfcrrBsMZrQ/s4656/20231219_214404.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="4656" data-original-width="3492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisL4AtWJYhRiRpfnQj4BQPBgCToKHJOyzL7JapJl_dYP_y-i9WuGJtKMkIKrLI_kGGFcKqmxKt0_wYtVR5wia_PDSDrbtYPa8vh0h1A6nJKxUrxus0HPwYbFaz_qA8gNOhXnMBewczfOmDw1yIfiIJSvGMuA7e4HfuA59err1Fqd9dfcrrBsMZrQ/w480-h640/20231219_214404.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elvie illuminated by candlelight.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzCCmI9ShSHVPruwebGpILNwixxXMUWILon584fZz-YP7lE3S2UOR0q6V4Q9TcxvE5m9yq1ouUu8o2fUTcy5FqpvzHFVeusRj7w9ymQ6cZl4-medRGQpw_CCVYngzJd-qixU1FbGunUkl6_xlvI83R8w0X2QKP8h2WEbCbHBdbPoldrLKyRpy2Q/w640-h480/20231221_101025.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My last desk top at work? Perhaps...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzCCmI9ShSHVPruwebGpILNwixxXMUWILon584fZz-YP7lE3S2UOR0q6V4Q9TcxvE5m9yq1ouUu8o2fUTcy5FqpvzHFVeusRj7w9ymQ6cZl4-medRGQpw_CCVYngzJd-qixU1FbGunUkl6_xlvI83R8w0X2QKP8h2WEbCbHBdbPoldrLKyRpy2Q/s4656/20231221_101025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWXi2IHiWZh1_prbMUJG0t4a33ZZesrOrJrIFB2dCpPG86lb-eT3Gq2NmZy-b2i3vbEGCHaUU6C6L9_YG2DnYXDxOMrJ7GRbqFls-MNLu0x7G0hM_G2dt0U-38TTLSeqZgsexFcudyuj-E9YR2VcUcwW3EYAY1wbC4lda0zbrajb3BO9jse1TCw/s4656/20231223_235732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWXi2IHiWZh1_prbMUJG0t4a33ZZesrOrJrIFB2dCpPG86lb-eT3Gq2NmZy-b2i3vbEGCHaUU6C6L9_YG2DnYXDxOMrJ7GRbqFls-MNLu0x7G0hM_G2dt0U-38TTLSeqZgsexFcudyuj-E9YR2VcUcwW3EYAY1wbC4lda0zbrajb3BO9jse1TCw/w640-h480/20231223_235732.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84X8WtVTqNXnW0EgaWtTtMPGCuMVzQcNQIwSGBcq2BOfslIGh6WV4kHtXqssTHX2csXP-f7LfXlGff4PDNjZR8JWqk7vDe_AfM97yFtlOtcTQH0YN8ddMjO4TePKMZkIt5Ng8K3apGcT6OR_VY-bMjh2u3L372-upOUzLp-rpfvILpT0aYVYXXw/s4656/20231225_215445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lili and company!" border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="4656" data-original-width="3492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84X8WtVTqNXnW0EgaWtTtMPGCuMVzQcNQIwSGBcq2BOfslIGh6WV4kHtXqssTHX2csXP-f7LfXlGff4PDNjZR8JWqk7vDe_AfM97yFtlOtcTQH0YN8ddMjO4TePKMZkIt5Ng8K3apGcT6OR_VY-bMjh2u3L372-upOUzLp-rpfvILpT0aYVYXXw/w480-h640/20231225_215445.jpg" title="Lili and company!" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lily and company!<br />She just loves the new basket,<br />prime real estate these days.<br />Must get another. <br />🎄</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div id="hzViewer" style="background: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: auto; left: 272px; line-height: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 5px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 1842px; visibility: visible; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-33851833335717605372023-12-15T15:59:00.000-05:002023-12-15T15:59:48.195-05:00Zena - RIP November 22, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51y_JAgME_Le1kihnUKg2j7xsVFpWa_ihYhwTH8Xb6rFIC46II5jXG8g-udau4YJJeT2YBwxJvIByBtPGiNoQ1Sq0qRPCmeI_B5FXTfnU2bHZIF8eHTMqT0scEYIUVwaOSLzE539omTjIDYYD4IxmMMF7LONiLqWSW_iYyQ8dneVfd2nszmN6MA/s791/zena%20in%20the%20sun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="791" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51y_JAgME_Le1kihnUKg2j7xsVFpWa_ihYhwTH8Xb6rFIC46II5jXG8g-udau4YJJeT2YBwxJvIByBtPGiNoQ1Sq0qRPCmeI_B5FXTfnU2bHZIF8eHTMqT0scEYIUVwaOSLzE539omTjIDYYD4IxmMMF7LONiLqWSW_iYyQ8dneVfd2nszmN6MA/w640-h506/zena%20in%20the%20sun.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Our dear Zena rallied for almost a whole year after her stroke last November.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alas, she never showed an interest to go outside again, and yet her quality of life was not so bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, in recent weeks, she was showing the signs we all know, when this decision is coming near.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">RIP sweet Zena.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">💗</div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-58574492634576786902022-12-31T18:31:00.005-05:002022-12-31T18:31:47.776-05:00Happy New Year!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA8czVWKbgFB8qruNL2ExSth6BQQ47wAivwiZQFoifvQa_BQD-weIAkFrr66YgGg4NpPJs69c0oGR-thD0Uh7oj0Kcb4xwAKFs9w-pzSekdqI6Yqlt5OZjqLhH--PYAnf_VELLyjL51MMQnrf2wwg2GYGWZQUNLUrjOcHdNsqpaXBzHQAd1I/s4032/20221227_165531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA8czVWKbgFB8qruNL2ExSth6BQQ47wAivwiZQFoifvQa_BQD-weIAkFrr66YgGg4NpPJs69c0oGR-thD0Uh7oj0Kcb4xwAKFs9w-pzSekdqI6Yqlt5OZjqLhH--PYAnf_VELLyjL51MMQnrf2wwg2GYGWZQUNLUrjOcHdNsqpaXBzHQAd1I/w640-h480/20221227_165531.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><p></p><div id="hzViewer" style="background: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; line-height: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-13446444322947633832022-12-13T10:46:00.083-05:002023-01-16T18:12:39.692-05:00May to December<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Friends,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A long absence, since April. I am sad for the old days, gone, and fear the new looming days, worry about what's coming round the bend ahead. Sad for the state of the world. But cats and flowers are always a good respite - for sanity - for hope. So - what follows is an overview from now back to May - it was not all bad:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK_msUri0ZI6Hm_hnKJ8rHqubyHdNY84HzrHSJk4LbfsHsrkfKwZXqZiMr4PSE4zREXjqTA2DKg4HL355OtqozbnelyXdxX6rqSqATzRFGH1vYCJwP5B9g6LkIUaKnXGcsQwVGO5AVfzwxzIaSBrTeM9Y1bQ8nXb5b1-MU0MfQqUQAQkyayc/s4032/20221211_213608.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK_msUri0ZI6Hm_hnKJ8rHqubyHdNY84HzrHSJk4LbfsHsrkfKwZXqZiMr4PSE4zREXjqTA2DKg4HL355OtqozbnelyXdxX6rqSqATzRFGH1vYCJwP5B9g6LkIUaKnXGcsQwVGO5AVfzwxzIaSBrTeM9Y1bQ8nXb5b1-MU0MfQqUQAQkyayc/w480-h640/20221211_213608.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ginja blends in - or so he thinks!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrla6_zQworWePQSrcItiVovaGPy77ccge_c6vIkaUwmD4EJn0ofMrpfL0Njh48Fxno5FM8BPgji3rVaz_QQ-jY5Z9u5q_8gw_gjw1L0_dYFfz_cG9QDVQK9D-lO-nae1wpzYItEhn3JWqHVqevW6zuUEtQDXvYNlKQXguxcPI0fLlVzfC5s/s4096/IMG_20221018_092929.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrla6_zQworWePQSrcItiVovaGPy77ccge_c6vIkaUwmD4EJn0ofMrpfL0Njh48Fxno5FM8BPgji3rVaz_QQ-jY5Z9u5q_8gw_gjw1L0_dYFfz_cG9QDVQK9D-lO-nae1wpzYItEhn3JWqHVqevW6zuUEtQDXvYNlKQXguxcPI0fLlVzfC5s/w360-h640/IMG_20221018_092929.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Frost works some magic on Hydrangea leaves.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeCueNmsuIzaY4htjk-TgU1ONzKJu5StO5NlCdm01OG3sY48Z9lM-a_nNFLbT-_vN2ke6whFYL7XBKDSOYgW235C_4AZh1G9123oTQc_50vzccu5mnVAt5eggWMYv7t8nZ7w_4gYGO10eI4YG2TZFYWOk4stYbYt3BTQRyWHV8YXAb18xsrw/s4032/20220910_193053.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeCueNmsuIzaY4htjk-TgU1ONzKJu5StO5NlCdm01OG3sY48Z9lM-a_nNFLbT-_vN2ke6whFYL7XBKDSOYgW235C_4AZh1G9123oTQc_50vzccu5mnVAt5eggWMYv7t8nZ7w_4gYGO10eI4YG2TZFYWOk4stYbYt3BTQRyWHV8YXAb18xsrw/w640-h480/20220910_193053.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pray for our wee fragile Zena, recently had a stroke,<br />but is recovering well - even managing to go upstairs!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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But it was huge!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIK36kfcC3y0dctZOF9WPADtV2FGZEsgVvyhJ8kzW63wiKxjniimR9iqnHokScq0JA8q1k61RG5wzXjj8iH8Gs5asWGHL0KB6sszc4vp0TxhzH6vB3sMaCfcxEMGS98k1f8pq3mMsQHBSXlcDRIkt2mNQ7b2qmti43BSa4Lj1stzLVhtrpdw/s4032/20220910_180618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6hZeRu9LPkPUsJ-8YCTLea6BGHlfX7jlD9oN6wbB26ADesBQnFoIJxMPCDGMqvsGxtB9jN2Y05vZG6ZqQKEkbxJwnnHWuV5-l2bTObnno60673P46nppdfK2jj4ycZo2ZhHPfVOuhjlhH8gDJLnKXAEKQsUgEsRMsSzodE8-QS70KKLSPIQ/s4096/IMG_20220903_174730.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 5px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 10546px; visibility: hidden; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div><div id="hzViewer" style="background: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: auto; left: 53px; line-height: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 5px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 3015px; visibility: visible; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div><div id="hzViewer" style="background: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: auto; left: 9px; line-height: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 5px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 1598px; visibility: visible; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-90857151575135790342022-04-09T14:20:00.003-04:002022-04-09T14:20:57.440-04:00The Great Mandala<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="4096" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVe1j86ZWyZlv7v0qv3zpiwXSCAuSYC633lFFQnM34KZ09smxXE6WWiopgeKFGUOa3MRT-g04Fngh_4_ok50HrHdgg_nsPs-Ufozw7HchXr1vOZo3YAFWJawnB_aQH-uMfoTjrd7IfmegLskGyu7bJwk66WtKqGivMIE2NVE3s19XEWRqJixk/w640-h361/IMG_20220404_172757.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="xaAUmb" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 16px 0px; text-align: start;"><div jsname="WbKHeb"><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And do his job like a man.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And he answered "Listen, Father,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I will never kill another."</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He thinks he's better</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">than his brother that died</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">What the hell does he think he's doing</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">To his father who brought him up right?</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Take your place on The Great Mandala</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">As it moves through your brief moment of time.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Win or lose now you must choose now</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And if you lose you're only losing your life.</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Tell the jailer not to bother</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">With his meal of bread and water today.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He is fasting 'til the killing's over</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He's a martyr, he thinks he's a prophet.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But he's a coward, he's just playing a game</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He can't do it, he can't change it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">It's been going on for ten thousand years</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Tell the people they are safe now</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Death has gagged his accusations</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">We are free now, we can kill now,</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">We can hate now, now we can end the world</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">We're not guilty, he was crazy</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And it's been going on for ten thousand years!</span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc" jsname="U8S5sf" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Take your place on The Great Mandala</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">As it moves through your brief moment of time.</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Win or lose now you must choose now</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And if you lose you've only wasted your life.</span></div></div></div><div class="f41I7 ai4HXb j04ED" style="background-color: white; color: #70757a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 16px 0px; text-align: start;">Source: <a data-ved="2ahUKEwiJq9Gty4f3AhUbB50JHZ_mDAQQ5s4FegQIHRAC" href="https://www.lyricfind.com/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.lyricfind.com/&ved=2ahUKEwiJq9Gty4f3AhUbB50JHZ_mDAQQ5s4FegQIHRAC" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #70757a; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">LyricFind</a></div><div class="f41I7 ai4HXb" data-ved="2ahUKEwiJq9Gty4f3AhUbB50JHZ_mDAQQycMBKAB6BAgdEAM" style="background-color: white; margin: 16px 0px; text-align: start;"><div class="auw0zb" style="color: #70757a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 13px;">Songwriters: Albert B. Grossman / Mary Allin Travers / Peter Yarrow</div><div class="auw0zb" style="color: #70757a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 13px;">The Great Mandala (Wheel of Life) lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc</div><div class="auw0zb" style="color: #70757a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="auw0zb" style="line-height: 16px; margin-top: 13px;"><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozX0KazFoDk</span></span></div></div></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-64496038309165025262022-01-17T19:07:00.009-05:002022-01-17T19:10:56.052-05:00Frosty New Year, and a Storm Looms<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, </span></p></blockquote><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkGcsyBNQuy6CnZGnQZjO9Ja3A8WAB7WEIyCTaY71pVZH6_9VoG9Yx6_6Cv9L5os7j1ofXtbZI_mrPLqo6bZsZBRDawzWqqKN2-aFoEE_Wy6iSEOXoadmQOPck55-0I3i_fRIuC7AHlOUFLizbgpf47PsWYXP0AeAoqXZb7PqeOLc36ulioo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLj-62o406xeBwVa3yh6ydqr5kcl1Q2jPUDmRjCdGhOzUSJ7nlAcgAIPb34VDftlgveWNmmfJAFpzilV0_VC0iHYiCIdF5QDVfArGT0AfqzwfVXOgfP-9U0Cwl2eJ4yfGODSYNuPOiy_J-7SXxDDB6JiUpEhyJD74m07raVVhI7NMXC3mTucQ=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLj-62o406xeBwVa3yh6ydqr5kcl1Q2jPUDmRjCdGhOzUSJ7nlAcgAIPb34VDftlgveWNmmfJAFpzilV0_VC0iHYiCIdF5QDVfArGT0AfqzwfVXOgfP-9U0Cwl2eJ4yfGODSYNuPOiy_J-7SXxDDB6JiUpEhyJD74m07raVVhI7NMXC3mTucQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Festive and lightly fragrant<br />Paperwhites Narcissus "Inbal"<br />are a great alternative to those who find "Ziva"<br />overpowering in fragrance.<br />So happy to have found them, as Cat Wrangler <br />was finding Ziva nauseating, <br />threatening to banish them to the basement LOL!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7oS2yv0-CFqWRZpmM4nYuV730JunXoApThn1aKAPlAFfBETCwQQcxBfcv-09TNs2jGc3iN97NCyMs-amKZTXZhdmwJieOpBA4vVydYQXpZhX7HzQ3BE2pdBA_wO0H4fsjF08bKKbO0nbEL8hjLFQfyBozqIk_tqCUKOw6P2n2VRAo78X3250=w480-h640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Winter blossoms to feed the gardener's soul.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqTr0rpVZDJigvz5pq7FAzCBLHN23675xCutTV4M0BVNnvDngOioQeH2Yb64-jzekkrlGYlrlCtxmjUZq51HoQQOarYzioMZmwGOGj_cmbICneRiCTxhexxwL6M5KjA9X-QmwO0jTG2VBZkkK7kdpU0Nt4XjiuK1ZV3a9dLtK2k0LR00EBGno=s4096" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqTr0rpVZDJigvz5pq7FAzCBLHN23675xCutTV4M0BVNnvDngOioQeH2Yb64-jzekkrlGYlrlCtxmjUZq51HoQQOarYzioMZmwGOGj_cmbICneRiCTxhexxwL6M5KjA9X-QmwO0jTG2VBZkkK7kdpU0Nt4XjiuK1ZV3a9dLtK2k0LR00EBGno=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Happy New Year,<br />with Good Health above all!</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><p></p>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-44199120541205220272021-12-25T16:23:00.003-05:002021-12-25T16:23:49.816-05:00Merry Christmas<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipn63Sr5qlGRiT-saHDiXdrT_aDBOl4rMLN1Fh0mweU7c1sqy0zD8Cf7mSVovva07DJQ8RMauf-g3unIPY584dBJzMB7bAKSp-Krbz-HsAqBcbSf0Nx2bTAWqRGpsPf1Om_N8BWlqhDK6mEB6ylARetAzs0Lj4iPtyBAV9bMwKZ0ITYqb5DlQ=s4096" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="4096" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipn63Sr5qlGRiT-saHDiXdrT_aDBOl4rMLN1Fh0mweU7c1sqy0zD8Cf7mSVovva07DJQ8RMauf-g3unIPY584dBJzMB7bAKSp-Krbz-HsAqBcbSf0Nx2bTAWqRGpsPf1Om_N8BWlqhDK6mEB6ylARetAzs0Lj4iPtyBAV9bMwKZ0ITYqb5DlQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And so, another year was brought to a sudden halt at work, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">sent home early due to rising COVID.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Again, no tree at work - and just a small one at home.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Hard to muster up that "feeling", but today, </span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Christmas Day</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I am here with my blessings,</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">the Cat Wrangler and kitties, and perfect softly falling snow, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">whilst listening to the Salvation Army show from England.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> Then Mr. Bean later on!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and still later maybe I'll see what the Pope has to say as well. ;)</span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Merry Christmas!!!<br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;">🎄</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-54617485722080755192021-11-25T10:41:00.000-05:002021-11-25T10:41:19.835-05:00Time Is A Little Girl/Over The River and Through the Woods<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/vUvqdU8_EU8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-60558765655368024962021-09-06T15:14:00.003-04:002021-09-06T17:42:16.434-04:009/11 The Story of a Dog<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBqjzI-AbNpE6YmFdC1ZCE1PYKkRbQQTzpz2GvCiIcF1qPdnaRB_jiB-uzzGR2Poi6DTDK2aX7G4I-kbG8kWyRbOgMwm4lW6gPwAzkW5iXMi5aannepND4GBUK5OL0CRcZL4Igg/s2048/Victor+911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBqjzI-AbNpE6YmFdC1ZCE1PYKkRbQQTzpz2GvCiIcF1qPdnaRB_jiB-uzzGR2Poi6DTDK2aX7G4I-kbG8kWyRbOgMwm4lW6gPwAzkW5iXMi5aannepND4GBUK5OL0CRcZL4Igg/w640-h480/Victor+911.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">As the world is remembering 9/11 20 years later, let me share a story that to this day seems rather amazing. This happened several years ago. I think it was 2003. It was a snowy late night, close to midnight. Snow was falling lightly, slowly but persistently, covering all surfaces with a magical, sparkling white coating, obliterating all traces of footprints and paw prints. As we are shutting off the lights for the night, we notice a dog on our neighbor's porch - just sitting there, as though admiring the view. Sitting very still, as though waiting for a command or for his owner to appear. But a few things were wrong: our neighbors don't have a dog, they had had no visitors with a dog that evening, and the dog was now looking up and down the street, looking a bit confused and anxious.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We figured (hoped) he would soon move along and so we waited for about 1/2 an hour. But it was late, and not a soul in sight.<span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">How could we just leave him out in the cold? But most importantly, how could we bring in a largish boxer-type dog into a house of 4 cats!? Very carefully that's how. So, Cat Wrangler (CW) goes outside, down the driveway and approaches him slowly with hand cautiously extended, soon realizing this is one sweet dog, with no meanness whatsoever. He is easily led by his collar onto the back porch and into the house. The cats having been secured upstairs, we usher him into the screened-in front porch (with storm windows), give him some cat crunchies and water, secure the door and go to bed. </span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Since we have cats, rising early is not unusual. Happily, that is the CW's job, not mine</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span color="inherit" id="🙂" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">🙂. He heard whimpering coming from the porch, which is not winterized - the poor guy was shivering, and we realized a little too late this sweetie was certainly not used to being out in the cold for those few hours. Feeling just horrible about that, we usher the cats outside (it was for them a mild winter morning) and lead the poor cold dog upstairs and put him in the spare room. When we looked in on him later, he was so well-behaved, snoozing on a blanket and happy to be warm and secure. One of our cats, Smudge, upon sniffing the closed door, looked at us with wide eyes, as if to ask, "whadya got in there this time??" This room often being the "holding pen" for various critters needing assistance, requiring sequestration, usually cats - an occasional baby raccoon. He was such a good-natured cat and welcomed all. He even once followed a young moose after he appeared in our yard - I guess he thought it was a very large dog! </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>Anyway, with </span></span></span><span color="inherit" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">poochie safe and secure, CW went off to the local grocery store up the street, where folks often post items lost/found including cat/dogs. Amazingly, as CW was posting our sign, the owner of "our" dog was affixing his (see photo). Long story short, dog and owner happily reunited, CW told me the story of this dog named Victor, as recounted by the owner: the dog was a 9/11 survivor - he had lost his owner/s due to the tragedy in New York and was put up for adoption. Victor, being a sweet poochie, unfortunately had the habit of following children when coaxed, as children do. Turns out he lived not that far away from us, we learned - round the corner, down the street. </span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But I guess this time, and partly due to the snow, he had gone a bit too far, lost his bearings, and so he got lost.<span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">CW was his saviour. Now guess what CW's birthday is? That's right - 9/11. Also born in the Chinese Year of the Dog. 🐾🐾🦮💖</span></span></div><div id="hzImg" style="background: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: auto; left: 112px; line-height: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 5px; visibility: visible; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-35758084445746969422021-03-17T18:20:00.007-04:002021-03-17T18:20:50.902-04:00One Year of Lockdown: My Normal<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaI9wj4X_KrjFK2rX_EX_Ygd7boZD8xSVJ68woP-oJ7CnuZ9zEuYQHVmMyhyphenhyphen_WifpxSL0EpAn-jW8qLq6k5rMd91XsM5I0dVLjvM4lLNqHGVyjm3R2Oc6R0qorQs8q819EyXB1Q/s2048/DSCN1976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaI9wj4X_KrjFK2rX_EX_Ygd7boZD8xSVJ68woP-oJ7CnuZ9zEuYQHVmMyhyphenhyphen_WifpxSL0EpAn-jW8qLq6k5rMd91XsM5I0dVLjvM4lLNqHGVyjm3R2Oc6R0qorQs8q819EyXB1Q/w640-h480/DSCN1976.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I work pretty much in isolation. My work as an archivist in a very small university library necessitates a quiet and reflective environment: those who study there are expecting silence and that is what they get. But it is not a bustling place. As for myself, I have worked in this solitude for over 35 years, and therefore, this lockdown is not a hardship for me the way it is for others, and I feel sorry for them. Even my personal life is quiet and largely uneventful: no big family reunions, no large circle of friends, and so weekends and evenings are also quiet and peaceful. Usually. We like it, and the cats like it. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16ADkN-rL1_uOU9PtLe8KDWxdy6vuKkuAzc1AZWGxz1Btn7jEwFSp_7b9Bx4zT9O2n5cRkYFAD0BqyqurTZtOrqPQD8RYlKX2Oc_5-v9Ha2_hzHBhWLs70kfg6tKKe2TWzRVZLQ/s2048/DSCN1988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16ADkN-rL1_uOU9PtLe8KDWxdy6vuKkuAzc1AZWGxz1Btn7jEwFSp_7b9Bx4zT9O2n5cRkYFAD0BqyqurTZtOrqPQD8RYlKX2Oc_5-v9Ha2_hzHBhWLs70kfg6tKKe2TWzRVZLQ/w640-h480/DSCN1988.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNpv3L1zKT8ZXzGs7fubA1uemLOxgPFlSzfklr05i9-MYXqU-tboh-QeG1IysOzZ2g2Xss_WqEdW5J5KBMHJBmCIHUXg9MRVXNzHDt_4tVuJPLfvgAQK3Dcb6SM5ugt6uMcM3eg/s2048/DSCN1990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNpv3L1zKT8ZXzGs7fubA1uemLOxgPFlSzfklr05i9-MYXqU-tboh-QeG1IysOzZ2g2Xss_WqEdW5J5KBMHJBmCIHUXg9MRVXNzHDt_4tVuJPLfvgAQK3Dcb6SM5ugt6uMcM3eg/w640-h480/DSCN1990.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIrVCbykRJbx2tQcbGOtCVF-tHehxI-HLl3HkSpdvGVsKqBV40OklJMFOqW1dNDna_Q7t4P7ALn3iHWVGfYEXb9ae6Mxc-pBvbPcL0IB_9PwFazswb7_nDdWAJ886ZO78BeHgDQ/s2048/DSCN1995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIrVCbykRJbx2tQcbGOtCVF-tHehxI-HLl3HkSpdvGVsKqBV40OklJMFOqW1dNDna_Q7t4P7ALn3iHWVGfYEXb9ae6Mxc-pBvbPcL0IB_9PwFazswb7_nDdWAJ886ZO78BeHgDQ/w640-h480/DSCN1995.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Every moment is a fresh beginning.</i><br />T.S. Eliot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uE-B89qP_ZZOUe9LDLUxcE4nZus9mKG06R20OmVvZbBQEnLWsF8EPd_JHoU0iA1RBzw0W-vdJy-7l9OnWVRb8S74T-x0YcYqxJVIZhnYkh2O3ykQxQU1qkfOCauL3rpFP6ImEw/s2048/DSCN1986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uE-B89qP_ZZOUe9LDLUxcE4nZus9mKG06R20OmVvZbBQEnLWsF8EPd_JHoU0iA1RBzw0W-vdJy-7l9OnWVRb8S74T-x0YcYqxJVIZhnYkh2O3ykQxQU1qkfOCauL3rpFP6ImEw/w640-h480/DSCN1986.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A recent Amaryllis festival in my window garden.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 4px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 3px; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: auto; left: 185px; line-height: 0px; margin: 4px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 2493px; visibility: visible; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-50494070842992555872020-12-29T14:09:00.005-05:002020-12-29T14:09:50.276-05:00A Chair with a View<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtpeca5VyIUADUKMblCZFRERh0jowGKDkk9wtNlej2gilKBm_TbScvcPwTF5Xr0yh5KIoAO6Jz55zgeqwGCrH6QKY-sdV6vuTLq4YlaIx3jhV2hh7YE_QsdfBr9s-sTX-N0Vtsw/s1920/1608928511642.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFtpeca5VyIUADUKMblCZFRERh0jowGKDkk9wtNlej2gilKBm_TbScvcPwTF5Xr0yh5KIoAO6Jz55zgeqwGCrH6QKY-sdV6vuTLq4YlaIx3jhV2hh7YE_QsdfBr9s-sTX-N0Vtsw/w640-h360/1608928511642.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">🎄The view from my armchair 🎄</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; border: 4px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 3px; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: auto; left: 5px; line-height: 0px; margin: 4px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 32px; visibility: visible; width: auto; z-index: 2147483647;"></div><div id="gtx-trans" style="left: 158px; position: absolute; top: 352px;"><div class="gtx-trans-icon"></div></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-86006900910700384012020-12-16T15:14:00.005-05:002020-12-16T15:26:25.606-05:00No Christmas in my little library this year...<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlGUXX2V46EtsM9H_6NryS8PwJiiUn5Pt13piTA7hfUDKRY_m90jVPbtCOxA6VNyZmGABXWLxN48h71xBqm14nyN9yFOIU63vMfvcxQY_686BwOrPTt5VrRnwrVF0IhlKN-WlDQ/s1366/2020-12-12+%25284%2529.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlGUXX2V46EtsM9H_6NryS8PwJiiUn5Pt13piTA7hfUDKRY_m90jVPbtCOxA6VNyZmGABXWLxN48h71xBqm14nyN9yFOIU63vMfvcxQY_686BwOrPTt5VrRnwrVF0IhlKN-WlDQ/w640-h360/2020-12-12+%25284%2529.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Due to the world wide pandemic, I was off work March to August, went back briefly <br />September to mid November, then home again. <br />Back in the office today for one more "clean-up" day to tidy the desk etc., <br />and then home to at least the 6th of January.<br />It feels lonely without my little tree in my Old Library,<br />put up every year since we first moved in in 1994.<br />Luckily, I have some items from the folks at <a href="https://www.jacquielawson.com/" target="_blank">Jacquie Lawson</a> cards, calendars etc. <br />All interactive, and just a joy to look at, and play with, and feel like a kid again,<br />even though I scarcely feel anything like that these days.<br />But check out this living room, which I helped to decorate - such fun!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTcasGWY9wgGkZAjSSz7WgqsLnyJQ_xnsK_fPrITn9mz6zd6JF_NjQcf60uHt6SIrdMU7NUz3yEmH9S0JPf20dZ0tNNo5eLTEY-4h1jBpg5r7mPkh3TzZMzpoZbhwphHXESAXRg/s800/my+christmas+tree.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTcasGWY9wgGkZAjSSz7WgqsLnyJQ_xnsK_fPrITn9mz6zd6JF_NjQcf60uHt6SIrdMU7NUz3yEmH9S0JPf20dZ0tNNo5eLTEY-4h1jBpg5r7mPkh3TzZMzpoZbhwphHXESAXRg/w640-h640/my+christmas+tree.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I even got to decorate this little tree, save it, and then share it.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And no boxes to put away!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does it look familiar?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's right, it's the same one as in the living room,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">which can be "recreated" outside!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Brilliant!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">🎄</span></p><div id="hzImg" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.33) 3px 3px 9px 5px; cursor: pointer; display: none; left: 95px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; top: 704px; z-index: 2147483647;"></div>Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17633199916791691821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-58685656608604262712020-10-04T14:38:00.002-04:002020-10-04T17:15:01.423-04:00The Summer That Wasn't<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">That's how it feels anyway 😟 Very few daylilies bloomed - why? As for everything else, due to my back issues, being unable to be upright for longer than a few minutes without extreme pain setting in, it all suffered. The garden was a mess - and seemed in mourning with my decrepit state. But a few things shone through despite the gloom of Covid and my own infrastructure problems, always a combination of cats and flowers. </span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgLmdAGlhGqYhtrtt1hGEVa42XbsFRkHi9jPzrNMxZM-5M3JZ8wh7wrmgmSTfqBlSFZk7f5iF-Ht2Bf7EK0jbvn86tXLBjWA3yAixPG91FMM5aDB4tAg_NgHzXOCIAij5UtXLHg/w640-h480/DSCN1792.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Elvi loves to soak up the sun in the living-room window garden<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="hoverZoomLink" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAtJ8yhcXxw_lM2-x5WVHPrVINr6_DY3NYQ4rUFynXf_edQ6PZDshgdl4UPyl_XgtZNzVkJzAmyEVPoLha-8cF870L-DYqhKtv5CkEKhBZJ2udBqjN_YPDE6NtfEPNawtZdYgnA/s2048/DSCN1741.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" class="hoverZoomLink" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_ixjbedLrEgQN4P0rgFq0XVnprxCbCY-MnieqrQSQ4h2KZx8VPVruQG1tfK-EKV07PKjAyUw5Pttx2UwlSFXRv8RBjZfpCRmMIyJCdzwKlaWNX9E7PR6B7GBVQuyUWYa9rteBA/w640-h480/DSCN1830.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And of course, some things never change:<br />Ginja and Zena,<br />"<i>You lookin' at me</i>?"<br />Who's zoomin' who eh?<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><img id="hzDownscaled" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px;" /></p><img id="hzDownscaled" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px;" /><img id="hzDownscaled" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px;" /><img id="hzDownscaled" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px;" /><img id="hzDownscaled" style="position: absolute; 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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Beautiful Chaiyka left us last October 13, 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here he is in his prime, shortly after he came to us one early</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During this time, late summer, a shadow began to flit by in the garden on a regular basis, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and more and more frequent as the days wore on into fall. </span><span style="font-size: large;">And you probably can guess the rest already.</span></div>
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Here she is - Lily - showing off the new garden trug that just arrived in the mail. So cute, and we need all the entertainment we can get in these strange and difficult times. I am off work until May 1, so they say, and have been off since March 23.</div>
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PS - you may notice there are two contributors to the blog now, Anya and Anya 😉 Well, back when I knew less than I do now about all this, I had another blog with another email address. I don't use it anymore, but it meant I had to sign out of Google and do other sign-ins (all very annoying), to get to this, my main blog. (Not to mention the Google photos business, having to download from G-photos to then upload here - THAT is majorly annoying). This partly caused my absence - just too bothersome. Anyway, finally found a fix today: I invited myself to be a contributor from the other blog - and voila - no more signing in and out nonsense. There was probably another way, but I was afraid to lose all this content. 😁</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Muscari in a pot, left forgotten on the ground last fall, <br />was a lovely surprise out in the spring garden where almost nothing is growing yet, let alone blooming.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Spring was late this year - very late, </span><br style="font-size: x-large;" /><span style="font-size: large;">and all manner of things were delayed. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A double-decker for our girl Elvie.<br />But don't let that innocent face fool you!<br />She is craving to get outside at last.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These beauties just refused to bloom for Christmas! <br />That's OK - as long as they eventually do</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The always exquisite, <br />always different Gervase.<br />A stunner!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-47713757211028316472019-01-09T12:03:00.001-05:002019-01-09T12:03:16.677-05:00Christmas Lingers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A much down-sized tree this year,<br />due to naughty kitty behaviour last year,<br />and pain issues on my part <br />(part of the Christmas Blues).<br />But most said it was pretty nevertheless.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">No room at the inn!<br />Not for humans anyway.<br />Sleeping in heavenly peace here:<br />Chaiyka, Tristan, Ginja (and pal), and Zena.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ginja pondering or plotting?<br />He was naughty with the tree last year, <br />and this year's edition <br />is rather underwhelming <br />in his view,<br />not to mention, out of reach (yes!)<br />Or is he thinking:<br />"Meh, call that a tree?<br />Not worth the effort"<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!!<br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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<br />Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-15047773784111105532018-10-22T16:41:00.001-04:002018-10-22T16:41:28.403-04:00October 22, 2003 - 15 Years ago<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In railway halls, on pavements near the traffic,<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />They beg, their eyes made big by empty staring<br />And only measuring Time, like the blank clock.</span></div>
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No, I shall weave no tracery of pen-ornament<br />To make them birds upon my singing tree:<br />Time merely drives these lives which do not live<br />As tides push rotten stuff along the shore.</div>
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- There is no consolation, no, none<br />In the curving beauty of that line<br />Traces on our graphs through history, where the oppressor<br />Starves and deprives the poor.</div>
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Paint here no draped despairs, no saddening clouds<br />Where the soul rests, proclaims eternity.<br />But let the wrong cry out as raw as wounds<br />This Time forgets and never heals, far less transcends.</div>
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Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-13478604305554258122018-10-10T16:28:00.000-04:002018-10-10T16:28:00.226-04:00Ginja in the Sun<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-8847096601218669322018-07-27T19:27:00.001-04:002018-07-27T19:27:12.075-04:00The Summer Thus Far - Hot!!<span style="font-size: large;">Hmm - seems to me there was an April post here, but it is gone. Very strange.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The earliest of my daylilies - Middendorfii - blooming at the beginning of June, lasting until the 3rd week.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My fearless towering Acacias, <br />in full bloom here in mid June, <br />my house is the barely visible one at the end near the pine tree.<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Physical problems have forced me to slow down,<br />and find aids like this one.<br />Ginja found it quite comfortable!<br />I bought a second one :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am accustomed to my purple Clematis, below, but this year,<br />like a miracle, a white one bloomed, just one single flower.<br />How is that possible, and a double (triple?) no less.<br />It was the only single clematis at the time - the purples had not even begun.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flowering Maple (Abutilon),<br />Winters in the basement, this past year was so neglected,<br />Cat Wrangler was sure it was dead and wanted to throw it out.<br />Truly, there were no signs of life.<br />After a month outside, tiny leaves appeared,<br />then later, came into bloom.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-41535018140554752192018-01-19T15:48:00.002-05:002018-01-19T15:48:37.703-05:00Ghost of me and Christmas - Past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Every year I have gloomy thoughts as I put Christmas stuff away,</div>
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Having received a 35 year service award pin at work,</div>
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I am feeling mighty old - and tired.</div>
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Pain of osteoarthritis is causing much struggles to just get to the bus stop,</div>
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just to get out of my chair, etc. etc. </div>
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Something in the word degenerative that is really really depressing. </div>
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Like, how can you have any hope with that word hanging around.</div>
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Medicinal MJ?</div>
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My last hope, I guess.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">O</span><span style="font-size: large;">h little tree in library,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(to the tune of O Little Town of Bethlehem)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My little tree got a new topper this year,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">instead of the broken one, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">mended with paper clips for a couple of years (shocking!), </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and which I took home last year,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with every intention to glue it together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can someone say Amazon!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tell you, when it's as cold as it's been lately h</span><span style="font-size: large;">ere in Quebec,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">online shopping is just the ticket!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cool make-over app at Facebook,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">like this old favourite - a frosty me,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">it's not in the cards for me!)</span></div>
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<br />Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-84158960366633311072017-04-06T16:19:00.002-04:002017-04-06T16:20:57.781-04:00Kobi's Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last May, following the death of his owner, who was our neighbour across the street, little Kobi was left an orphan.<br /><br />Before he passed, we were asked, no, <br />instructed to take care of his beloved Kobi, no matter what. <br />But, we already had 6 cats!<br />Here is the little guy still at the old house, his home - his garden.<br />In the next few months, he would see many changes...lots of people, noises, some familiar, some not....coming and going.....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">His master's furniture being moved out....here is the<br />old couch on the side of the road, and Kobi makes the most of it before it leaves for good. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And finally it is done, it is final, the house, his house, goes up for sale. There is nothing left for him there, and the clock is ticking...time to check out the other side of the road...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not bad at all.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A funny new resting area appears in December...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Christmas tree was a total loss this year,<br />they were all in cahoots to bring it down,<br />ornament by ornament.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah, lounging by the fireplace,<br />Kobi and Ginja we can almost feel those "virtual" flames.<br />(TV fireplace channel!)</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975724370731829509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549606.post-86644891030414397352016-12-23T16:24:00.000-05:002016-12-23T16:24:01.037-05:00Christmas Without Our Golden BoyAfter a relatively short illness, our beautiful Grand Manitou of the Townships of the East has left us. We are heart-broken.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My office - now.<br />Sad - alone.<br />Harry Nilsson singing <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIeLeIwwpHc" target="_blank">Remember</a></i>.<br />"Long ago, far away...<br />life is just a memory"</span></td></tr>
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