CAT/GARDEN "SCRAPBOOK"

08 April, 2008

"A thorn defends a rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."

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Cat/Garden Blog

Photos of family pets through the years as well as pictures from friends and the Internet..Flower photos are from my garden and surrounding areas.. Enjoy

Friend "Jo's" kitten

October 2013

"Cookie and Muffin"

new pet parakeets 2013

close up "keets"

"Cricket" watching new friends

"If only they were lower!"

Tiger and Snaggle

Our Outdoor Adopted Pets

Colby and "friends"

nephew's dog in South Carolina

Shilo and Jake/Border Collie "Gizmo"

sister's pets

Cat Jokes

(1) Where do cats write down notes? SCRATCH PAD (2) What do you call it when a cat bites? CATNIP (3) What was left when the cat's party was over ? KITTY LITTER.....

"Gizmo"

I'm 11 in Cat Years

3 Window Thinkers

"Cricket"

"Weasie"

Wilbur

Moving Day

Extreme Cuteness

from the web

Pop Art

Almost There

Posing

"Cricket"

GIZMO

"kitchen window,my favorite place"

Gizmo(1997)

In cozy blanket pocket

Cat Diaries

GIZMO.... one day at the store where i was working, a customer brought in a box of kittens!! Of course, I picked up an adorable tiger kitten who immediately put his paws around my neck with a big hug, the rest is history!! It wasn't time to go home from work yet so he stayed with me until closing time..The deli usually gives me leftover chicken wings at the end of the day in a box to take home..brought a box home as usual so my husband thought I had "CHICKEN"... wrong!! to his surprise, there was a kitten inside!! They have been buddies ever since!!

"POUNCER" photo

"I love Spring"

POUNCER

Pouncer is a black and white stray cat found by my grandchidren while at their dad's construction site..Their dad is not known to love cats, but the kids spent the day playing with this kitten who was all dirty and pitiful looking..At days end they pleaded with dad and she ended up going home with them...She has turned out to be the calmest , most well adjusted cat I have ever known...She gets along great with everyone including their Shitzu "Amber".(photo below)..

pouncer eyeing the new bunnies

"Amber"

"neck squeeze"

Dinner Time

"when do we eat?"

"Guess Who?"

"You're right, it's Cricket"

"Cat in the Bag"

cricket

"getting my toys"

toy bowl

"Cricket" has all of his toys in a bowl in my kitchen cupboard...He takes them out by himself every morning..(doesn't put them back though!) Half the fun is getting them!!

Cricket(again)

"New Chair Just for Me!"

"I Have One Too"

and it's Blue!

Rules for Cats to Live By

For Book Readers, get in close under chin, between eyes and book, unless you can lie across the book itself. For Paperwork, lie on the paper in the most appropriate manner so as to obscure as much of the work as possible, or pretend to doze but occasionally reach out and slap the pencil or pen. Bathrooms: Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do anything, just sit and stare.

Cozy Spot

"Do Not Disturb"

"cozy too"

Cat Kisses

Sandpaper Kisses.. On a cheek or a chin.. That is the way.. For a day to begin Sandpaper Kisses.. A cuddle, a purr .. I have an alarm clock .. That's covered with fur.

Garden Spot

"My Place"

Happy Family

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Abraham Lincoln

Top Cat

"Night Out"

Fancy Kat

paper collage

The Benefits of Owning a Cat

Statistically you are likely to: Live longer. Have lower blood pressure. Be in less danger of heart attacks. Suffer less stress. Be emotionally stronger. Be better motivated. Be less aggressive. Be less judgmental of others. Less self-centered and more supportive of others.....

Best Friends

"Purrrrrr"

Blossom Time

"Stop and Smell the Roses"

Greenhouse Cat

asleep among the flowers

"The Greenery"

"Cricket"

First Time Outdoors

"Blair"

my nieces cat(Tenn.)

MY "Weasie"

Victoria and Friend

"Hermy" (15 years old)

COURAGE is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. Alice M. Swaim

Cat Books

"The Cat Who Smelled A Rat" - Lillian Jackson Braun "Cats, Cats, Cats," - Leslea Newman "125 Most Asked Questions About Cats" - John Malone "Lessons In Stalking"(adjusting to life with cats) - Dena Harris

"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat."

"I will be the gladdist thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one."

Cat in the Box

South Main Street, Salem

American Superstition

When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the window instead of the door, so that it will not leave.

Tiger Lily

backyard garden

"Bee Balm for Hummingbirds"

"Star Gazer"

A "Glorious Morning"

Painting(acrylic on 8x10 canvas 2009)

"Gizmo"

"Cricket" (painting 2009)

Favorite Show

"Gizmo"

Gizmo

"he likes books"

OUR CATS(through the years)

First Meeting

kitten "Crombie and "Cahill (Lab)

A Lesson of Love and Tolerance

"Copycat"

web photo

Sorted By "Attitude"

Plant Eaters

Curiosity

Cat Jokes

Q: What would you get if you crossed a cat and a donkey? A: A Mewl Q: Did you hear about the cat who swallowed the ball of yarn? A: She had mittens!

SPY

Imposter

black and white

Defensive Cat

Our Backyard Garden

Garfield

July

"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures, a cat and some books, I live without envy."

Before the Frost

September

Sweet Pansies

Lupine

backyard garden

May blossoms

In full bloom

May 1, 2009

First Peony Bush Flower

June

Kitchen Window

"Crackle Glass Collection"

Gizmo

loves the sun

Scarlet Morning Glorys

bloomed in late September

Garden Quotes

"Will is the root, Knowledge is the stem and leaves, and Feeling is the flower."-- ( Sterling ) "If you would be happy your whole life long, become a gardener."-- (Chinese Proverb)

Daffodils

first flowers of Spring-photo 2009

Tennessee Daffodils

blossomed in Feb. 2009

Snow in Tennessee !!

February 22/2009

"Oh, spring came to my garden And caught it unaware Wearing just a few old leaves And a dejected air. But when spring left my garden, its work so deftly done, Many, many daffodils Were dancing in the sun."

April 2009

warm weather blossoms

"Shilo"

sisters' cat

"Jake"

Sister's Rescued Cat

Azalea Bush

April

"When March goes on forever, and April's twice as long, who gives a damn if Spring has come, as long as Winter's gone." R.L. Ruzicka

Purple Iris

Sisters' Patio Garden

Greenville, South Carolina

Daisies/Cone Flowers

Polly's Garden

Zinnia Field

at Sheldons' Farm in Salem

Fairchild Guest House

Salem, New York

Christines' Garden

"Star Gazer Lily"

"McCartee's Barn"

Antiques,Fine Art - Salem,N.Y.

"Gardenworks"

Fall

Fall Harvest

gardenworks

Autumn in Vermont

October

Salem Farm

September

"The Greenery"

Salem, N.Y.

Greenhouse photo

Geraniums Galore

"The Greenery"

"In Full Bloom"

May

"A Prayer in Spring"

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away... As the uncertain harvest; keep us here... all simply in the springing year.....Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white... Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night... And make us happy in the happy bees... The swarm dilating round the perfect trees....Robert Frost (1915)

Garden Path

Neighbors Cat

Garden Quotes

"Flowers in a city are like lipstick on a woman - it just makes you look better to have a little color." Lady Bird Johnson "In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation." Louise Beebe Wilder "Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Summertime

First Daylily Bloom

Cat Quotes

"People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." - Faith Resnick "The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe murder." - Paula Poundstone "Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has function." - Garrison Keillor - "If you yell at a cat, you're the one who is making a fool of yourself - Unknown.

Three Little Kittens

Who Lived In A Shoe

Window Sharing

"We're starting to get along"

Alarm Clock

Years Ago

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this."

Let Me In

It's Cold Out Here

Cat Desktop Photos

"Come Here Often?"

Road Trip

"Hang In There"

TWO CATS

"TWO CATS CAN LIVE AS CHEAPLY AS ONE, AND THEIR OWNER HAS TWICE AS MUCH FUN."

Twice Blessed

Springtime in Salem

Cat Poem

I'm Only a Cat, and I stay in my place... Up there on your chair, on your bed or your face! I'm Only a Cat, and I don't finick much... I'm happy with cream and anchovies and such! I'm Only a Cat, and we'll get along fine... As long as you know I'm not yours... You're all mine!

"Wilburs" Photos

Posing

WILBUR

WILBUR..was living under the Antique Center where I help out. It was a cold January day, so brought him inside..We took him to the Vet to have him checked and he was in good shape...We also asked neighbors but no one claimed him, so of course, he has been a part of the Center ever since....again he is the sweetest cat and poses for me for photos...He greets all the customers and gets lots of attention....It turns out I have cats at home and at work,... as Martha Stewart says: "It's A Good Thing"....

Lazy Days

"just hanging Out"

Staircase pose

"waiting for customers"

More of Wilbur

Unfortunately, the Antique Center is for sale and Wilbur has moved to a new home but is adjusting well, owners are glad to have such a wonderful cat.

Cat Quotes

"A cat is there when you call her...if she doesn't have something better to do. - "No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens."....Abraham Lincon ""Beware of people who dislike cats"..Irish Proverb - "Dogs come when they're called, Cats take a message and get back to you."..unknown
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: Music and Cats."-Albert Schweitzer

Salem Art and Antique Center

Spring 2007

"My Gizmo"

Feb.2011

"Cricket"

on table - bad boy !!

"Have a "Happy" Day"

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