NATIONAL KITTEN DAY ~ KITTEN JUNE

So, why not share once-the-baby-kitten-June?
Born March 2020, the early days of the pandemic.  

Adopted October, 2020, pandemic well established.
I had just moved, new apartment in Baltimore.  The two of us would share life,
quietly together, somewhat isolated, for months to come.  
She was a shy little one, and that never changed.

She was born into the "Chowder Clowder", and named Chowder.

With a special nod to dear friends 

da tabbies o trout towne

who, to this day, love to call her [it's allowed, smiling] Chowder!

Though we did choose to name her June, for special reasons.

The image below also shows her three kitty siblings.

She settled well into her new home, enjoying the day bed

and soon "adopting" nearly all other spaces as her own.

THANKFUL THURSDAY ~ THE BEST INTENTIONS

No, I was not about to jump on the table.

Well, I did think about having a better look at that purrty birdie ...

And yes, I did kinda sorta need a tissue for my nose ...

And then I did think I saw a crumb or two left from the donut you 

[should not] have had for your breakfast ...

But, s'riously, I never gave a really s'rious thought to jumping on the table,

and

I cannot tell a lie.

Meowz.

"I'm thankful to know, June, that you have only

the best of intentions.  Ever the good kitty girl."

THANKFUL THURSDAY

BRIAN'S HOME BLOG

 

THE EARTH IS NOT ROUND

The earth is NOT round.

I am NOT round.

The earth is an ellipsoid.

The simplest definition of an ellipsoid is that it is "the 3D equivalent of an ellipse".  

The other definitions are far too complex for me, a kitty cat, to explain or share here, 
because I did not understand them at all, meowz.

And according to NOAA, the earth, as an ellipsoid, 

also has a slight bulge at the middle.

Mine Mommy says that appears to describe me quite well,
though she often says I am round and big, and too round and too big.

If you choose to comment, meowz,

I am sensitive, and words matter, kindness matters,

meowz, my roundness or ellipsoid-ness

is really a very purrsonal matter, meowz.

[she posted this, not me]

CODDLE ~ not ~ CUDDLE

Recently, mine Mommy was story-telling again [which she does more often these days].
Going on about her once toddlers, having eggs at breakfast ~ usually scrambled, turning little noses
up at fried, over easy.  Hard boiled good only at lunch.  And those lovely soft boiled, she never could
get them quite right.  Until her Grandma one day gifted her two beautiful Royal Worcester egg coddlers,
with delightful classic Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit characters on them.  And with coddlers, you create
coddled eggs, nearly the same as soft boiled ~ but oh, so so much better.

Coddlers for Toddlers

Her original "coddlers for toddlers" are long lost, gone in one of her

many household moves and downsizing over years ...

until, the caring, kind person hearing the story, chose to gift her, unexpectedly,

with two beautifully floral pattered Royal Worcester egg coddlers.

Aren't they beautiful.

These are single porcelain egg coddlers. Of course, the egg that goes in for cooking

will not be in it's shell!  We She will have coddled eggs and English muffins with her favorite

triple-berry jam later this week.  Purrhaps I'll get a tiny bite?

And we are so happy and thankful to our dear friend who brought this

beautiful memory back to life, meowz.

Background image: though I cannot recall exactly if ours looked like this, 

those we had back in the mid-1970s were from this Beatrix Potter collection.

KISSIN' COUSINS ~ ALL IN THE FAMILY

We've introduced our "kissin' cousin" pups ~ Dougie Dog, Chewy and Fiona,
Xander and Winnie.  We have yet to do a "meet-and-greet" with Tegan and Coco and Miko.

You'd almost think our entire "other" pet family was all gone to the dogs!

Well, wait a minute ~ 

I should allow June to do the honors, after all these special two are,

yes ~ kitty cats!

Mine Mommy says I'll only ever meet the pups 'n' the kitties "virtually",

even though she's met some of them in purrson, but that's OK, cause it's nice

to know I've got a really big fur-family out there, specially since I'm an only cat here.

So, introducing the kitties!

Matilda and Teddy, they live way out in Wisconsin, I looked on a map, and that's

far away and it's known as the "Badger State".  Now I wouldn't want to come

whisker to whisker with one of them, but on a more yummy note, it's also the

undisputed cheese capital of the USA!  Now that's something I can sink my teeth

into, do you love cheese, I do.  In my foodz, and any time mine Mommy has 

any kind of cheese I come begging.  Sorry, I digressed here ...

Anywayz, that makes me a little envious of Matilda and Teddy,

do you two get cheese treats?

Sorry ... digressed again ...

So, they live with and take care of mine Mommy's two beautiful and super-cool

great-grandnieces who live out there, they've already graduated college,

are working RNs now, but Matilda and Teddy keep the home fires burning

[not literally] while the twins do their thing, often night-and-day, cause you

know, nurses work very hard.  And I'm sure they offer warm cuddles when

their hu-moms come home after those work times ... 

cause I've heard they're loving kitty cats ...

you can kinda sorta tell from the purrty pictures.

So, welcome to the big family M & T, and to Zoolatry, happy to have you here.

 

"Thankful Thursday" ON SUNDAY

MEOWZ, on Sunday, July 5

The super hots are on their way out!

The big boomers are over, done, gone!

Even the thunder-dunder ones that delayed our Inner Harbor

fireworks, and then lefty-over mist dulled the sounds.

Pawsibly I can spend less time in the closet?**

Maybe [well, purrably not] we can make similar 

big changes next door in DC? ...

like: out/over/done/gone!

Sorry, that's a bit too much to hope for, meowz.

Maybe I'll just purrtend to start

July all over again!

Now, we start our 251st year ... is that right?

Let's raise lots of paws for good days to come, meowz.

** btw, if'n you didn't see OONA in 

her closet, OMC, go watch!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA

I am often among many bemoaning the state of affairs in the USA.

Among many tipping my head in shame, but today I will stand tall and proud.

Below, just a few select words from two songs that have long been favorites.

To paraphrase Kermit, "somebody thought of that,

somebody believed ~ and yes, look, we have come so far."

Listening many times to the one and only Louis Armstrong,

I do hear, have heard people saying,

"I love you."

~ ~ ~ ~~