MONDAY ~

 JUNE, YOU LOOK A LITTLE WORRIED, SWEETIE . . . 

I've been reading the news on our 'puter.

You know I luv polka dots.

But I'm not sure . . .

Are those polka dots, or

bullet points?

ONCE UPON A SEUSS DAY ~ Celebrating Friends from our Archives

 

THE STORY OF THE TABLE

This is our table.  Mine Mommy was like really really fond of this table, we shared it every day.  She told me it was over one hundred years old.  That's more than me-and-her put together!  It was mahogany, all tongue and groove and pegs, no nails, can you imagine.  And it had lived in 4 different states with her, so it had done lots of traveling. 

I liked to lay under it.  I liked to lay on top of it.  We ate meals there (well, only me on very special occasions).  Mine Mommy did lots of worky-work stuff there.  And most importantly I did all my computer work and everyday blog posts there! 

So, like about a month ago, our table got a hurty, it got broked down near the bottom and since we are "small living" with not too many tools, even though she tried very hard to fix it, it was not to be.  We were sad.  But our story doesn't end there.

This old table is actually a game table, it folds in half.  So with the magic of wood glue, mine Mommy got it put together at the bottom and braced good enough, then folded it in half and put it carefully in a corner with a little antique lamp on it, and I promised with paws together never to jump upon it ~ knowing how fragile it was. I did pose once for this little photo of our half-table in its new home!

 

What now, no place to eat, no place work ... I am always purrpared, so I did post on my blog for some days as I always have many pictures ready ahead of time. You see there is still one more part of the story to tell, Chapter Two, if you'll indulge me awhile longer. 

Chapter Two.  Losing a table isn't really a big deal when it comes to life's everyday trials and troubles, we know that.  For close to a year, mine Mommy has had a less-than-good knee, and about this same time it turned into a very very bad knee.  I keep trying to steer clear of that cane she's hobbling around with while she (we both!) wait/wait to see the orthopedic!  The worst part, two parts: she's stolen my polka dot chair like 100% of the time so she can keep that knee up in the air, and she gets a little crabby lots of the time, too.  Sorry, Mommy, kitties tell the truth.  She yelled at me, "June, we can't do our blog, or pictures on the laptop.  Don't have a lap when one leg is high up and one leg way down, my lap is all off kilter. It took forever just to do this post explaining why you're not here posting, sigh."  

Off kilter? Purrsonally speaking, I've always suspected she was off kilter in most ways ...

Pawing on.  She did search our computer for a new table.  It had to be wood, like real wood.  And the right kind and color of wood, the right size, small, square-ish, sort of, to fit our small space, and of course: not cost to much.  We're small living as mentioned, with small wallets!  She did find one, but OMC, like everything else today: it's DYI, put it together yourself, oh dear.  And so it arrived, thankfully Mr.FedEx agreed to bring it up to the 16th floor (bravo!).  It took bad-knee-mommy 2-days to unbox it though, spread out the bazillion pieces and parts, give it her best shot at assembly: ha, ha, not to be.

And there it stayed.  For two weeks.  Other parts and pieces, out of sight, here/there, stacked up.  Sort of out of the way so as not to be trip hazards.  Me, it was fun to play hop-scotch in here.  Or mine Mommy would put toys in the squares and I'd bat them in-and-out. All the while she was searching for someone to come assemble it for us ... sitting there in my polka dot chair, one leg up, one leg down, being Miss Crabby A.. 

Life will be normal again.  I know it.  She knows it.  Even that table knows it will soon stand upright and tall!  I'll get my polka dot chair back.  Mine Mommy can sit there and together we can do Zoolatry blog posts.  She'll see the ortho and maybe he'll fix her broked-knee, will wood glue work I wonder?  

Meanwhile, don't plan to see me posting, or even visiting and commenting until we take care of these few things.  Sorry.  I'm just staying clear of that cane as she mostly watches the news and uses bad language at that one with the "red tie" and the "man in black with the chain saw" ... actually, thinking about this: chances of life being normal again any time soon aren't very realistic at all, I'm afraid.

Life will go on ... someday ... when my new table gets pawed together.

 

P B & J

 

HAPPY HEARTS DAY

~ everyone ~

 

THANKFUL IF'N I CAN FIND A LITTLE MORE LOVE OUT THERE ~

I'm gonna look all 'round and see if'n I can find more,

for tomorrow and the next day and the next,

cause as every furry (and most peoples know) it sure is needed right now!

I know I'll find some over at Brian's Home with friends at the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop ~ you will, too!

 

(ALMOST) WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 June, it's a bit chilly this morning.
I'm going to put my sweater on now ...

NO

HAPPY LUMP-HUMP-BUMP TUESDAY

One-Of-Fifteen

Yesserday I was telling you about my fourteen 
(actually fifteen, if'n you count that new one) 
places for happy napping, a/k/a sleepy times ... 
today, I share a fave one: my blankie basket.  

It got named the "blankie" basket 'cause when mine Mommy

first bought it, she used it for storing extra blankets, and an old

pillow down in the bottom.

Of course, it only took me a nanosecond to discover it, jump in

and find it to be a comfy spot to well ... curl up and stay!

Then, not too long after that ... mine Mommy had catchatted with

wonderful Ms Ellen (you know, 15 and Meowing) and before I could

MOL, a polka dot blankie arrived For Me For Me!

So, it's official now.  The Blankie Basket is mine.

I get in, cover myself up.  Yes, I can do that all on my own!

I'm that happy lump, happy hump, happy bump ...

oh, but Mommy, can you please come cover up my paw ...

HAPPY TUESDAY

JUNE 14 ~ MOM 2

Obviously, not the super game score (we fell asleep a minute or two into the 3rd quarter ...)

Before moving on, congrats to all Eagles fans, and sad-head-bonks to our Chiefs fan friends ... 

But this post ... that score up top ... is all about sleeping, or more specifically, sleeping spots!

Awww, Juney, so, you've found yet 1 more place to

catch a nap, score a few zzzzz's ...

Indeed I have, mine Mommy!

You know, June, sitting here, I looked around and it's really quite

amazing as I've counted at least a total of 14 ... yes, a whole 14 places

where you sleep or nap, compared to just 2 for me!

I guess you win the super bowl of napping.

Indeed I do, Mommy!

On my big tree, there are 3 places to curl up, on this little tree there is 1.

I can sleep in my donut, so add 1 more, in my tunnel, plus 1.

My blankie basket, plus 1, either chair, plus another 2 ...  

of course, there is always the bed, add 1 more.

And you know since I've learned how to open all the closets all by myself, 

I often go in any of those to curl up in the dark and quiet,

undisturbed for a little nap ... so plus 3.

And last, not in the least ... the floor!  Any square inch of floor,

here, there, everywhere can be a sleeping spot ... that's a big 1.

You?  The bed, that's 1.

And then (I suppose I shouldn't tell on you), but when you sit

in your our my polka dot chair, which is one of those recliner thingies,

I see you, meow I do, you always fall asleep!  1 more for you!

JUNE WINS

AWWW MONDAY

STAY AT HOME SUNDAY

 SUNDAY

Stay at home.

Read.  Watch TV.  

Eat potato chips, drink a coke.

(Eat Temptations!)

Nap.

Nap again.

CATURDAY ART

We've always enjoyed doing montages, particularly "grid" montages.  They are not especially difficult or challenging, more so time intensive.  One begins by building around one (or two) favorite photographs and repeating/repeating - repeat again, from there.  Our program of choice is always Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop), but I'd think this could be done with many available art programs.  Once the main image is chosen, it is resized, smaller/larger/randomly into strips and the individual images within each strip can be color tinted, desaturated, flipped, or filtered using tools or techniques available in your art program.  Time intensive: you simply work the picture, repeating, until you have a final product that you're happy with ...

BELOW:  Left, a past image from our Art Gallery files of Dougie Dog, using two photos and primarily doing pastel color tinting.   Right, a past image of Angel Zoey, featuring her in black and white centered, surrounded the the same photo in varying tones of sepia.  These two past pictures encouraged me to try a grid montage for polka dot June for Caturday Art today.

CATURDAY ART

THANKFUL THURSDAY

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 

WORDLESS or maybe not ...

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Only kinda/sorta wordless.  Actually kinda/sorta hiding out 'n'

covering my sweet little ears and eyes as much and as often as I pawsibly

can.  You see, mine Mommy is so hugely upset (that is a very mild word for her

current condition) and she is shouting/ranting/raving/angry/disappointed/aghast ...

horrified/scared/did I say angry?/in somewhat of a state of disbelief too/and

often using those bad werdz no kitty should ever have to hear ...

all over what is happening in our country right now ...

disastrous, she says ... and on, and on and on.

I wish she would be wordless, but she says this is not the time to be silent.

No.  This is the time to speak up, shout out, loudly.

Against all that is wrong, unlawful, immoral, unjust ...

PAY ATTENTION. MOL

 

HAPPY "HI" TUESDAY

Hi, June.  Can you give a "hi paw" to your friends?

Well done ~ thanks, sweetie!

HAPPY TUESDAY ALL!

 

AWWW MONDAY

Don't think I don't see you.
I do.
Sneakin' up on me.
Camera in your paw.
Tryin' to get yet another picture.
Interruptin' my after-breakfast nap.
Meow.  When is enough enough?

AWWW MONDAY

DUNK IN MY DONUT

Mine Mommy likes to start the day sipping coffee, 
quietly watching the sunrise from our high-up windows, 
contemplating ~

Me?  Even though it's not glazed or sugared, 
I like to start my day with a dunk in my donut.

However you start yours today ~ happy Sunday, friends.

CATURDAY ART

 Original image, above.

Altered image, below.

CATURDAY ART

with Athena, Cat Goddess and Marie