IT'S 3:00 SOMEWHERE!

3:00 AM EASTERN TIME TOMORROW

JUNE OFFICIALLY OPENS THE GARDEN GATES

~ ~ ~ 

RSVP guests will enter first ~ there are many,

so the garden and the tea party will go on through

Sunday, October 25.

And we hope all who stop by

[even the party & gate crashers are welcome!]

will visit the many special guests

over these three days.

If you enter the maze, watch out for Dormouse,

he's in there, ready to tickle your paws ...

Do not be concerned about Cheshire Cat, he's purromised

to be on best behavior ...

And the March Hare, everywhere!  But warning,

no bunny chasing, please!

Never ever nibble on those mushrooms ...

Have a cup of tea!

 

WHERE DID ALL THOSE CHARACTERS COME FROM?

Honestly!  Truly!  All I did was spend Friday "In My Dreams" with Super Girl ... 

and Saturday, traveling with some mine Mommy memories 

about Horton, the big blue eley-phant ... 

then ... suddenly, unexpectedly ... 

when I return to the garden, for the Tea Party ahead ... 

and oh no ... oh dear!

... therefore ...

you shall not see me again,

nor hear from me ...

not a meowz ...

tail swish ...

or gentle purr ...

for friends, there is much work to be done in the garden!

Alas, the ghouls 'n' ghosts 'n' monsters 'n' more

'n' all those other characters come from and 

how did they get in ...

we have the best security ... and cameras ... and ...

[I know I locked the garden gate ... didn't I?]

MEOWZ

CATURDAY ART ~ with HORTON HEARS A WHO

Hello Horton.  I'd like to be a big blue eley-phant for Halloween.

Little June, I'm not sure I can accommodate you as you are quite small.

But Horton, you always said, "a person's a person, no matter how small".

True, but you are a cat.

I know you can do something . . .

Oh, Horton, magic.  Love my big ears 'n' tail.  Purr-fect!  Meowz!

[now let me share a little once-upon-a-time story about

another Horton that mine Mommy knew and loved

and some wonderful kitties who came before ...

"OK, June ... I would love to hear a story ... about 'me' ..."]

_____________________________________________

2014

MEET HORTON

Auntie Dee's RV, fondly named after that big blue pachyderm,

about to hit the road ... with Miss Ann, now Angels TK, Pip and Zoey.

We would travel from Maryland to Florida,

stopping for little adventures along the way ... and did so for several years to follow,

and yes ... the kitties were all "happy wanderers.

2015

Of course, HORTON and HORTON

Here, with an adventure in the beautiful little town of Micanopy, FL and another

when we visited Cross Creek, FL known as the long-time home and orange grove

of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.  She lived there beginning in the late 1920s

until her death, writing her best known book while there, "The Yearling".

Yes, Horton took us many many places wonderful, fun

and beautiful over the years.  He and his Mommy still travel 

North to South every year, they are "snow birds" ... though we no longer

travel with them, we do miss our days of adventures.

_________________________________________

HORTON HEARS A WHO

was written by Theodor Geisel Seuss, Dr. Seuss 

in 1954, published by Random House

The big blue, with his elephant-sized heart, was always known

to save the day, and famously said,

"any person big or small, can speak up for what is right."

Well, said, Horton.

We can all speak up for what is right,

when we cast our votes on November 3, 2026,

right, Horton?

CATURDAY ART

 

FELINE FRIDAY ~ "IN MY DREAMS"

IN MY DREAMS

I always dreamed of being Super June Girl,

flying high in the sky,

viewing my city from so very high.

[of course, my mask would protect my eyes ...]

"come back, I called to my Super Girl from Firefly ...

but off she did zoom, not even a goodbye ...

In my dreams, 

I will wait, with quiet soft sigh ..."

Meowz.

Speaking of "super things",

our friend JUNO,

he lives in that beautiful city, Toronto,

is celebrating his 20th Blogoversary!

PLEASE CLICK HERE

to visit this super pup!

FELINE FRIDAY

 

THANKFUL THURSDAY ... and SUNSHINE

I must say I have certainly enjoyed many days this week, sitting here in my rounder,

thankful for the sunshine on my shoulders.

Meanwhile, mine Mommy is more or less, emphasis on the more, wondering why our

temperatures remain in the mid to high 80s and saying "where went autumn" and why are all

the trees on Charles Street still full, lush and green?  It's too, too hot!

So, she is mostly in absentia, off in her my pretend Tea Party Garden, washing tea cups,

dusting tables, arranging flowers and just whatever she must do to ensure

it is just right for our guests ~ are you coming?  I hope so, meowz.

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 

MONSTERS 'n' GHOSTS 'n' THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT

BUMP

 

BOOLATRY IS ON BREAK TODAY

 So here is just a purrty picture of a purrty girl ~ June.

And her mine Mommy is writing this morning.

Noting she may look purrty, calm, even innocent.  But truth be told ...

To bed last night, with all the city lights illuminating the room,

I could see her little ears as she sat in her window rounder.

This morning ... the dozen or more spring toys that once were there

on the ledge, had been reduced to less than six.

The two furry mice, one gone.

A blue jingle ball, missing.

If I had any intent [probably not] of dusting & vacuuming today,

a search-and-rescue must take place for

spring toys, mice and a jingle ball before mr. dyson even comes out of the closet.

It seemed to me this purrty little girl had been very busy all night long.

Don't you agree?

This is life with a kitty cat.

MONDAY. COFFEE.

It's Monday.

Who knows what we will do next.

Does anyone ever plan a Monday day.

I do not.  Mine Mommy does not.

We just wait and see ...

Let's have another cup of coffee ...

 

REPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAIT

No, I do not speak, read or write French, 

and yes, I should have called on many of my friends

who live across the pond and do!  

They, of course, would have at the very least, guided me

as to where to place my "tremas or umlauts".  

But then, we Americans are not known these days

for being all that friendly, sigh ... 

Me ... I am friendly.

Yes, I am ... Meowz.

I was so happy when mine Mommy brought up the mail yesterday.

I meowed out loud all over Charles Street!

So many of you have already RSVP'd for our Tea Party

~ and I think a few more are still pondering it ~

meowz.

I am shooing the mice away,

ironing linen napkins,

polishing sterling silver, and

bringing down the Wedgwood tea cups from the top shelf ...

_______________________________________

Before I leave today, I wanted to share a little update on mine Mommy's health condition, she is doing a little better, day by day.  She's still in physical therapy, concentrating on her back and hip issues, all on the left side and her internist approved a higher dose of OTC meds which has helped a lot with her pain.  I did notice that makes her sleep/nap a lot more ~ though I refuse to let her share my blankie basket with me ~ anyway.  Because it's all on her leftie-side [not that I truly understand that] she can use her mousie [I'm not allowed to play with that one] and do photoshop, she's right-pawed.  But it hurts to raise that left arm up to type a lot, even this here ... so she does only what she must. So, sorry, I'm still not purr-mitted to wander 'round and visit friends ... guess I'll just see you when I see you, meowz from June.

YOU'RE INVITED TO A TEA PARTY

Yes, we're having a Tea Party, and we'd like you ~ any, all of you to attend.

To R.S.V.P. to our invitation, here's all you need to do ~

Anytime, between now and Oct 20, email us your best picture, 

wearing your finest hat ~ a Mad Hatter, or other hat ~ a full shot of you, or head shot,

your own design, or AI generated.

If you're not up to making such a picture, you can also send us your picture [no hat],

and we'll make one for you ~ we ask for these as soon as possible please!  

If we design pictures for you, we'll email back to you

so you can post if you wish [no obligation to do so].

Only one guest per family please, and when you send us a picture,

be sure to include your name and the name of your blog.

And remember, no nibbling on those mushrooms near our

cottage door ~ Alice is unable to attend, she's way to tiny and we couldn't

find her anywhere, and that Cheshire Cat has promised to be

on best behavior.  

And we'll all share tea Friday, October 23. 

Questions?  Just ask!  Mad Meowz!

 

BEWITCHED

I'm a little more

bothered and bewildered 

by how that "other witch" got into my picture!

FELINE FRIDAY

Speaking of being "bothered",

I should be the one in PURPLE!

I mean really - my guys are 3-1 in the AFC North right now,

that's tied for 1st place, keep it up.

GO RAVENS!

 

THANKFUL THURSDAY

What's up, Juney?

Thinking about a few more costumes, after all, 

there are still lots of days until Halloween.

I think you have quite enough ...

No.

I did see Spiderman, er Spidergirl, in one file there ...

Hey, keep some secrets Juney.

And my Alice In Wonderland ... you know, the Tea Party, tomorrow.

JUNE!  Now I'm the one meowing-out-loud.

Just keep the rest of your thinking to yourself, OK?

OK.

Thank you.

GIFTING TOPIA

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 

It's Wednesday ~ No, really ~ IT'S WEDNESDAY

I'm Wednesday.

No, you're not ... look down, I'm Wednesday.

No.  You're a pretender.  A figment of Firefly's imagination

No.  I am real.

No, you are not.

Look at your sox, they are not striped, so you are not real.  I am real.

Well, Morticia was busy with her beauty routine and had no time for laundry.

Lurch can do laundry.

He went to market, to market, to buy a fat ...

Grab your pig tail, pretender, your

fantastical fantasies are just more Firefly falsehoods.

I am Wednesday, the real Wednesday, here on Wednesday.

And mine Mommy's last name is almost close enough to prove it!

                                                                                                 

 

"I GOTCHA BABE"

I got you to paw my hand.

I got you to listen, understand.

I got you to sit with me.

I got you to meowz to me.

I got you for snuggles at night.

Though you won't let me hold you tight.

I will still never let you go.

Because, my Juney, I love you so.

... I gotcha babe ...

... I gotcha babe ...

Seriously altered lyrics of the original song  "I Got You Babe"

written by Sonny Bono
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Kanjian Music

PS  I just discovered that my Gotcha Day is a day

shared with a super special pupper friend WALTER.

Today is his 14th birthday!  Be sure to go visit and

give him and huge tails-up!

BIRD BRAINS and DOG TALES

 

A THUMP, A MOAN, A GROAN

While I was busy pawing through my toy box

and searching around for some Halloween decorations,

a taking another peek through my costumes for the days ahead ...

I heard ... a thump, a moan, a groan.  No, not a monster.

Mine Mommy had taken a stumble, thankfully not a tumble.

And then, she could not sit-stand.

Like an untrained pup ... no sit, no stand.

For the last few days ... pain patches, pills, pads that heat,

none have helped and she moans, groans and nearly

dropped my food bowl [!!!] on my furry little head trying to move it

from the counter top to the floor at breakfast time.

Selfishly, my pictures, my posts, done before are ready for the week to come,

so I can be here, doing my Boolatry boo's and boo's.

I cannot go anywhere else as she will not be sitting here

[except she says to pay rent and must-pay first of month bills, of course].

So furgive me, yet again, yes again, once again!

Boo.  Boo hoo.  Of course, meow, I do hope she gets all better soon. Meowz.

 

BOOLATRY ~ Or Not?

Nope.  Sorry,  Meowz.

Not Halloweening today.

It's my easy Sunday.

That blankie basket over there is calling my name ...

 

CATURDAY ART ~ ATHENA, CAT GODDESS OF WISDOM

Of course, we must first acknowledge our very own Athena, Cat Goddess.  
Here every Saturday inviting we pet bloggers to present and share 
our "visions of art" in any way we choose.  

We thank her.

Today, having read that for Halloween 2026, 

an "Athena costume", from the feature film The Odyssey,

is a favorite on many lists, 

we've chosen to share manipulated art of June ... 

as the Greek goddess of wisdom in two versions.

CATURDAY ART

a blog hop presented by

Athena and Marie

FIRST, June becomes the Greek goddess in a costume fully designed on

Adobe Creative Cloud, our traditional choice for photo-art.

Admittedly, working this way, with many layers, took us about

2-hours to complete the image to our liking and finally layer her

onto a background.  We've had family members travel to Greece

and "borrowed" a photo of theirs, removing them of course,

to achieve an authentic setting.

I was happy with the image ... sigh.

SECOND, on a whim, I asked Adobe Firefly [artificial intelligence for art]

to create an image of June, as Athena, the Greek goddess.

Costumed, with an appropriate background. 

Sigh.  My image, remember ~ to my liking, 2 hours of traditional

designing, but yes ~ I still find it fun and challenging, well ~

Firefly did it's thing, it's magic, and did it well, in less than a minute.

And here it is.  Impressive.  Yes, it is.

I had given it a different, silhouetted pose of June as the base

and limited direction.  I reduced the final image to the same size as

my own version, and placed it in an identical ruled gold frame,

otherwise I did not manipulate Firefly's work.

Briefly I felt a little sad, outdone, diminished.  Twenty plus years of

learning Adobe Photoshop, evolving into Adobe Creative Cloud and doing

my best to improve my limited artistic skills over time ...

now, in seconds, AI becomes the artist, and well...  impressive!

CATURDAY ART

BEWARE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE . . . Feline Friday

You unlock this door with the key of imagination.

Beyond it is another dimension - 

a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight,

a dimension of mind.

You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, 

of things and ideas.

You've just crossed over into 

the Twilight Zone.

Quote, given by Creator and Host Rod Serling at the
opening of his classic show, The Twilight Zone.
The show ran from October 1959 through June 1964
and has had many revivals in the years since:
1985, 2002, 2019 and even now in 2026 can be seen
by many sy-fy fans on various channels.

FELINE FRIDAY

 

BLUE ~ or ~ BOO?

33 DAYS
No, not until the Big Boo Day.
33 days until what we hope will be the Big Blue Day.
November 3, 2026.  Midterm elections.

Vote.  If it is your choice, vote Blue.

It does not matter how you may have voted in the past.

It does not matter if you are Independent, Republican, Democrat.

It does not matter if you have not even voted in recent elections.

It does matter if you don't vote.

Your vote matters.

Local elections, state elections, elections for U.S. Senators and U.S. Congressmen and Women 

who will represent you in the years to come are on the 

November 3 ballots all over our nation.

If you do not vote, make your choices ~ you give up the right to speak out in the future.

Vote early.  Vote by mail.  Vote in person.

BOO

And be aware that these elections have been threatened and continue to be, in every way possible.  This is not likely to stop on November 3.  The current administration is taking all actions, legal or not, defying court orders, and more to interfere with the protected right to vote.  Twenty-six states have until the 30th of November to fully certify their election results, and seventeen more will not fully certify until December.  This allows time for this administration to act in ways that cannot even be anticipated.  And think into the coming year -- to the first week of January 2027, when Congress must seat its new members -- what might we face at that time?  Any who follow politics on a regular basis is fully aware that the "monsters of Halloween" will not go away on that night -- those monsters will stay with us for some time to come, doing the maximum damage and havoc they've put into practice in the preceding months.  Beware ... BOO.

June will officially begin her

Boolatry, and non-pawlitical posts

tomorrow ... so you may return then to

read a "not mine Mommy ranting" post.

WELCOME AUTUMN

At least we are hopeful we'll be welcoming it soon.

Though nights have been cooler, days remain hot and muggy 

and in the city there is little sign of changing leaves.

Here at Zoolatry today, comments are off.

We'll only post randomly for a time,

June is a bit disappointed, having only just gotten her "bloggie" back,

but for reasons unknown to her, the "mine Mommy" is somewhat on overload

with many other things on her to-do list ... and so,

until we can also visit/comment and share with friend and furriends,

we'll also not post for awhile ...

And yet, it's not too too long until 

Zoolatry becomes Boolatry!

And that, well, we won't miss that!