CATURDAY ~ and ~ CATURDAY ART

After many days of big storms, and mine Mommy taking all my toys off the window ledge,

to close windows, my having no fresh air ~ of course, hiding in closets ~ a reprieve.

So now I can do my duty, observing Charles Street

and I'm deciding which toy to play with this morning.

I've got my mind set on my blue-and-white striped mousie,

a fave, but he's soon to depart window ledge ~

let's see what happens next!

Oh noes, I think this may have all been a bad dream!

Yes, mousie and I played together ~ but ~

somehow, he grew and grew and before I knew it,

this game of cat-and-mouse took a turn for the worse!

He'd trapped me, not as it should be, oh noes!

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MOUSETRAP

CATURDAY ART

by Athena and Marie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

It was the summer of 1976, hot and humid in the DC metro area.  
My husband and I eagerly awaited the birth of our second child. 

We had some small hopes he might arrive on the 4th of July,

a memorable date that year ~ waving a little flag ~

but he decided otherwise, maybe playing with whatever toys he'd

gathered in there over the months prior. 

Then this day arrived.  August 6.

Now I wonder, does any Mom, yelling, pushing hard,

giving birth to 8 pounds plus 9 ounces of new life give

a single thought to fifty years in the future.

Of course not.

Yet here we are, today.  Those fifty years have arrived.

Memories vivid, others faded with time.

Now I wonder also, does love grow, deepen, expand over the years.

Yes, it does.  That baby, is loved now more than ever.

Happy Birthday, Jon.