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 HUNTER

 I do not move with the speed of

BEAN and LULU

but just you wait.

When I'm on the hunt and

ready to attack ...

MINE MOMMY, CAN WE TALK?

Hi, Juney, you've been sitting and staring awhile.  I'm reading, did you want something?

Meowz.

Not sure I understand, can you be more specific please?

Meowz, meowz.

Treats, pets, brushies?  Or, you want to sit in our your polka dot chair?

meee-ooowz

Sorry, try one more time, little one.

😿😿😿

Oh my, now I completely understand.  So you looked at our your entire bloggie for the whole month of June ~ your month ~ yes, the month you wait all year long for!  I know, I know.  Every day was supposed to be devoted to you, only you.  You counted?  OMC!  I missed 7 days!  A whole week, with posts not about you, oh no, oh dear.  I promise, we will make up for this in the month to come, and the month to follow.  Promise.  Fur sure.  Meowz.  Want to come up for some lap cuddles?  No.  Okay, guess you're still not a lap cat. 

Oh, wait a minute, is it OK if I add one more photo?

Is it another "not me" one?  Am suspecting it's from we were both

window-watching yesterday, and it was so loud-and-noisy 

I had to go hide in the closet?

Yes, that one.  We were watching the Blue Angels air show together from our window,

down over the Inner Harbor.  You know dear, if the weather is OK today, 

me 'n' some friends are going there soon to see the "real deal".

Sure you are. Gone and leaving me alone again.

I'll wait for you in the closet, meowz.

 

CATURDAY ~ TO DO LIST

Was just finishing my breakfast, around 4 am, meowz, yes, we are up early.

Before a few paws over for a sip of fresh cold water, 

I did look at the bulletin board that hangs up above.

My note purrty much is always the same one, I should add another

with a reminder about treat times! 

And purrhaps a suggestion she should think about updating all the other

things stuck on there, they've been there furever.

Anywayz, sometimes it will let me know what mine Mommy is planning "to do" today.

Not this day.  

I meowed loudly, asking about this day ~ now on her 2nd cup of coffee,

she drooled a bit of coffee and mumbled:

"rain all day sweetie, so we'll change our plans and go tomorrow for the 

Blue Angels air show down at the Inner Harbor, and do other 250th stuff, my

real "to do" list is very long, I'll figure out the inside-do-it-at-home

stuff after another cup of coffee .... ok?"

MEOWZ

 

 

THANKFULS with BRIAN'S HOME ~ and ~ POETRY at SAM'S CORNER

So, we both likes it.  And you'll like anything, well, everything, you'll find at

Mr. Terry's GIFTING TOPIA.

All high quality, well made and good for you, for your pets, for gifting.

This shirt was gifted to us [thank you, sweet friend], but we've happily ordered other things

on our own and as gifts.  And all purchases help support our good friend Mr. Terry

and the hard work he does for our CAT BLOGOSPHERE.

If you haven't checked out the shop, click over and do so.

Today is Thankful Thursday,

a great way to say thanks!

THANKFUL THURSDAY

GIFTING TOPIA

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

And of course,

it's also the day when we hop over to

TWO SPOILED CATS

Join in and have fun writing silly poems for

SAM'S POETRY CORNER

[and with our often pawlitical leanings, this one yelled at us!]

 

IT'S OUR/MY TURN

Getting ready, just gotta check my bag to make sure I've got all I need for my day out ...  

going visiting ... and you know, all those TSA regulations! 

 

Me and mine Mommy did a little bit last night.

She was busy, walking to the library [in pouring-down rain] to VOTE,

then helped a friend move into our building, unpacking boxes 'n' stuff.

But we did catch-up on some bloggie visits early evening,

 until she nodded off and then MEOWZ, 

her laptop almost fell off-a her lap onto my little head,

so that ended that for the day!

Today, after that bag check, I'm on my way.

Here, comments are off.  You don't need to comment. 

It's our my turn to do that, we've been veryveryvery behind.

See you soon.

 

OLD FRIENDS, FRIENDS OF OLD

An old friend popped up in our files, came to visit over the weekend ~
and seems to be visiting in movie theaters all over the USA!

Meanwhile, mine Mommy was super-busy with all kinds of things, 
including spending time with her old, well not old, but friend-of-old ... 
[who, yes I did hiss at, sorry] ... 

so, our COMMENTS ARE OFF today.

She says we'll have a quiet Monday, guess that means I can nap.

She will have a laundry day, and spend the rest of the day visiting all
my/her blog friends and seeing what all of you were up to over the
past few days that I/we have missed.  

See ya soon, MEOWZ.

CATURDAY ART ~ THE STARRY NIGHT

Today we pay homage to Vincent van Gogh [1853-1890] 
and one of his most recognizable paintings, 

THE STARRY NIGHT, painted in June, 1889.

Our inspiration was recently viewing the Netflix film, LOVING VINCENT [2017].
For any who appreciate visual arts, this was an amazing undertaking.
A Polish film, created by over 100 artists from around the world.
  These were the artists original oil paintings, drawings and more, 

interpreting the style of van Gogh and CGI animated for the film. 

The film tells the story of a young man who travels to the home town of

van Gogh, intent on delivering a letter, also curious to learn the

true circumstances of his death.  His journey progresses through the

full color painted illustrations, yet when he visits the memories of

van Gogh's final days images transition to black and white.

If you choose to watch this unique film, be sure to stay for the

credits at the end.  A book of slowly turning pages...

each page highlighting the artists who created the beautiful film

you just watched... a little film, ending a film.

Starry Night by

de kunstenaar juni ~ the artist june

[if written in van Gogh's Dutch language]

Original Image

SPONSERED BY ATHENA AND MARIE

CATURDAY ART

ALSO JOINING THE WONDERFUL

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

ACROSS THE ROOM

I heard her calling my name.

She was across the room.

Over there, on the day bed.

Her. Her stuff, cluttered ~ a book, a cell phone [just in case, you know],

the TV remote, albeit in silent mode, though she could look up for the

inevitable "breaking news".  Meowz.

I heard her calling my name.  "Junie, come here."

I heard the click of that camera phone ...

Find my spot in that pile of clutter, no thank you,

far more interesting things to see and hear on Charles Street.  Meowz.

FELINE FRIDAY

 

CRY, BABY CRY and THANKFUL THURSDAY

 It's been a long time, but this one called out to us!

Just hope we're also forgiven for "playing around with the photo",

it's something we have a hard time not doing.

Time now to hop over to

TWO SPOILED CATS

and join in

SAM'S POETRY CORNER

And it's

THANKFUL THURSDAY

at 

BRIAN'S HOME BLOG

The poetry photo for today reminded me of an old personal photo,

always thankful for our babies, 

especially now when cry-time is a distant memory ...

I HAVE TO ~

 

We are always up early, mine Mommy having coffee, reading the Washington Post on her phone, me having my breakfast, then usually sitting under her chair cause she likes that my tail brushes across her feetz.  This morning tho, she was talking, out loud ~ and a lot, l thought maybe I should listen, so I sat in the other chair and paid attention, well, a little bit.

In my years here, I've learned lots of words ~ I know "paws down", and of course, "no, no".  I really like "good girl" and think I don't hear that often enough, but I digressed, meaning to say all of this talking she was doing, she was kinda sorta reading to me something she said was impawtent from whatever she was reading in her WAPO story ... I'll let her speak, OK?  Meowz.

Junie, it's all about a mind reset, something that takes humans awhile to do, but can be done.  This, from "I have to ~ to ~ I get to."  Usually, I'd think, "I have to clean your litter box", my mind reacting with some stress, some anxiety to get a chore done.  But, if I can work to begin thinking "I get to clean your litter box", my mind will begin to see this as a privilege, a good thing because I'm caring for another little being important to me.  Instead of thinking "I have to design posters for our drama group this week", change the thought process to "I get to design posters," because I know it's a fun group to be part of and all enjoy being together.  Apply "get to" instead of "have to" to so many things ... such a simple thing.  Do you have to vacuum, no, you could let it go ... if you get to vacuum, your home is refreshingly clean and you feel better.  

And just one more ~ passing by the stranger on the street or in the market?  Do you look down, in this fractious world of today?  Consider thinking, the mind reset, "I get to", I get to look up and smile or nod.  You don't have to, but it isn't so hard to do.  Endorphins will flood the brain, those feel good chemicals.  The stranger may or may not return your smile, your nod.  But if they do, for that one second in time you each "get to feel good" and two worlds have become a better place.

Well, mine Mommy, I didn't understand all your words, 

but I kinda sorta think I understood a few.

So, do I get to have a treat now?

We'll work on this together, dear,

you may not fully understand yet,

purrhaps a treat later. 

REASONS WHY ~

 

FLAG DAY

It's Flag Day.

This is the one and only thing that is important today.

Author's Note:  By the way, here in the DMV, we do have drought conditions.

For any not familiar with that acronym: D [DC], M [Maryland], and V [Virginia].

So we could use rain today.  Heavy rain actually.  

What would be best, a nice, warm dry day and then 

some of those super-duper storms in the evening, you know.  

I really don't like having to see little June hide in the closet, 

since she's a-scared of all that thunder, 

but maybe, this day could be an exception.

Yeah, that'd work well.

 

THE CAT DOES HER THING, THEY ALWAYS DO

This is a sequel to our June 7 post "Sunday Sup-Purr".

In that post, June was demanding a seat at the table.  She ended by snarfing up
a few crumbs, then leaving to seemingly create a few protest signs.

Well, we never saw any protest signs.  Lazy cat.

And during this past week, her Mommy's new desk arrived, was assembled

and set up ~ thus all the clutter 'n' stuff on the dining table disappeared.

Apparently, all the open and uncluttered space was calling her name ...

June, June!  Look at me.  We need to have a little talk about

your being up on the table ...

ahem, that half look doesn't quite cut it, girl.

June, June!  That was neither a suggestion or invitation to lie down.

We were to have a little talk about your being up on the table

at all, in any pawsition, at any time ... 

and I said "look at me, not a half look!"

Hey you, come back here, right now,

we were having a very serious

June and mine Mommy talk!

IT'S FRIDAY ~ FELINE FRIDAY

It's my day, isn't it?
Meowz.
Well, every day is your day, June.
Meowz.  I know that.  Just like seven times a week there is a "day".
Smart girl.

But I kinda sorta am thinkin' you're wanting to have a say this day ...

Again, smart girl.

FELINE FRIDAY

~ ~ ~

Seven days a week, one into the other, The Madness of King George Donald.  And as we move beyond 100-days, yesterday he declares [roughly for the 40th time] "the war is ended", soon I will be attending, with tag-a-long, JD, a signing ceremony.  We can all sleep peacefully now.  He always seems to forget there is another side that needs to agree ...

And sidekick Pete can barely wait [if you heard his little speech] to raise-a-glass in toast to dropping a few more bombs.  He's happy playing playing war games.

Meanwhile, a few blocks away, though a judge ruled his name was to be removed from the Kennedy Center by today, it remains. And of course, his minions have now filed an appeal.

Paws up for a win for the Knicks tomorrow night, just disappointed it won't be held at MSG in NY, but happy it won't be attended by you-know-who.

Sunday: 50/50% chance of rain, thunder and lightning next door in neighboring DC, late in the day.  Paws together for the rain/thunder/lightning.  MEOWZ.

ICE agents grabbed "two supposed immigrant parents" from their car as they dropped off young children in the parking lot of an elementary/middle school in Baltimore. The car window was smashed, a scuffle and handcuffs, shouting ensued. School staff rushed to safely remove the children, and other students from the scene.  SHAME.

Have you seen the "numbers" carved into the grass on the National Mall?  No, James Comey did not do it.  But go with your bad self whoever did.

And so much more, so much more.  Sigh.  If you've read this far ... bravo.

Me.  I did it myself.  Assembled a new desk on Wednesday/Thursday.  But did have to ask a dear neighbor to help me upright it once done.  Now still feeling aches-and-pains in body parts I didn't even know I had!  Tomorrow, with a friend, the Baltimore PRIDE PARADE.  Colorful, fun, a good way to end the "days" of this week with joy.  Hoping to find a spot near the "pet parade" part of it ... they are always plus-adorable.

 

THE TEASER on THANKFUL THURSDAY

 

Thankful for this silly, playful kitty girl!

Time to hop over to

BRIAN'S THANKFUL THURSDAY

MY WORD FOR WEDNESDAY

 affection: noun, /e'fekSHen/

tender attachment

gentle fondness

visible expression of closeness

shown in several old favorite photos

A CHOICE

THE PAW         -or the-        THE CLAW

I remind myself daily to choose the paw, the soft paw.  Especially being the hard news junkie I am.  Yesterday morning for the first time ever, June jumped into my lap [while I was sitting at the computer] for nearly a half hour of petting and cuddling.  She is not, has never been a lap cat ~ a surprise to say the least, a beautiful time, and it calmed me and as much as she may have enjoyed her pets ~ that time of caressing and listening to those gentle purrs also tossed away all the anxiety built up in me from my early morning reading of the news.  Would she give that to me every morning ~ is a new, more mature and confident kitty arriving, time will tell.

Anxiety returned with late breaking news Sunday evening.  Here we go again ... why oh why did a headline read "Israel appears to attack Iran in retaliation".  Duh.  S'riously, meowz.  

Back to that "claw".  To paraphrase Forrest Gump, "ugly is as ugly does", though his original words work just as well.  Do not misunderstand, I've nothing against sports, of any kind, even wrestling.  To each his own.  I've lived in five states over my adult life, the DC metro area was where I lived/worked for the most of those years, it will always be thought of as "home".  Its physical "destruction" is a metaphor for the destruction of our democracy at this time.  I won't bother to list the "long list" here, it grows longer with each new day as "bob don the builder" treats our nation's capital as his own private playground, using our money, and from the oval office outward and onward: ugly is as ugly does.   

 

SUNDAY SUP-PURR

 

CATURDAY ART ~ MONTAGES

Today's art ~ montages of June. 

Although for a long time June has been associated with our polka dot chair, 
it seems of late she favors napping on our day bed.

That doesn't mean she isn't often in the chair, it's a bit of a 50/50 thing now,

and of course the bed is always her nighttime choice.

Here, on the day bed ~ it is a "day" bed after all,

she will always find her spots among the clutter of pillows ~

on them, up against them, or laying her furry little

head on one ... and even other hidden spots!

And let it be known, there is far more "June" furniture in this apartment,

than "Ann" furniture.  She can and will occupy mine, at will, any time.  

However, it is not possible for me to do the same.  

Meowz.

Let's go visit the lovely Marie and Athena, Athena Cat Goddess, for

CATURDAY ART