The Mega Pawsitive Fundraiser

[Furballsmom]

The pain is about 50% gone. I think I'm winning!

Good for you!!!

PushPurrCatPaws I had to get up and grab my little jar of rosemary to smell it - I'll have to try that next time with eggs...what a great tip

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

In our neighborhood, there are rosemary bushes all over the place!
We never buy rosemary at the store. We just need to skip outside, choose our favorite, most fragrant rosemary bush and snap off a few sprigs.

 

[neely]

While having my first cup of coffee today I was watching the CBS show, Sunday Morning, and they featured a cat sanctuary in Lanai, HI. It made my day!
Cuddle 500 Kitties At This Heavenly Cat Sanctuary In Hawaii | HuffPost
http://lanaicatsanctuary.org/about-us/

 

[tinydestroyer]

1CatOverTheLine - yes, the song is truly sad and sadly true of jealousy. I'd like to believe that Francoise still got her wish in the end. After all, "music has charms to soothe the savage beast."

Speaking of: I found a few baby pictures to contribute M maggiedemi

I would say that I blame my outfit on the fact that I wasn't dressing myself yet. But honestly, I probably loved it.

Seriously. Petticoat junction every day. Man, my head was huge!

And, as all Texas children, I had the obligatory bluebonnet picture. Always PAWsitive to take a trip down memory lane, especially if you were too young to remember anything going on!

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

Cuddle 500 Kitties At This Heavenly Cat Sanctuary In Hawaii | HuffPost
About Lanai Cat Sanctuary: Saving Cats & Protecting Birds

tarasgirl06 - Not to sound too much like Roy Scheider in Jaws, but you're gonna need a bigger boat coat!






M maggiedemi - Yep - your translation is on the money - an Angelic voice, and a woman scorned.


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I'd like to believe that Francoise still got her wish in the end. After all, "music has charms to soothe the savage beast."

tinydestroyer - Nice turnaround, and same poem too. "Savage breast," was only missing its "r."


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[tarasgirl06]

I love rosemary, PushPurrCatPaws and Furballsmom ! In the Mojave, we had wild sage growing everywhere, and I'd pick some for my cooking. It was wonderful *and the purple flowers beautiful!*
tinydestroyer Cute! I like the bluebonnet pic very much.
M maggiedemi and everyone -- I think John Mellenkamp and Francoise Hardy look very similar. Am I wrong? As for French songs, here's one (I usually don't think much of covers, especially of such iconic songs by such iconic originals, but I make an exception here):

 

[maggiedemi]

1CatOverTheLine --I love those extreme emotions in songs, not sure why. Anger, Jealousy, Sadness. I sure don't like them in real life.

tinydestroyer --I love the baby pics! Thanks for sharing. I actually like the gloves. I had a big Elmer Fudd head as an infant, but didn't post those pics.

tarasgirl06 ---Hmmm. I'm not seeing the resemblance. He's really short in real life. I think I was in the 3rd or 4th row.

Just picked some fresh red bell peppers from the garden. Maybe I'll make something from these cookbooks that @foxxycat sent me. That would be a positive.

Peaceful World by John Mellencamp below.

 

[Shane Kent]

I found two Canadian made pieces of art today. I have been on the lookout for one of these and so happy I found it. From Blue Mountain Pottery and it is their harvest gold color

 

[tarasgirl06]

M maggiedemi -- I meant facially. The features look similar to me, and the hair color as well.
Shane Kent -- I love all of those! As you know, I'm partial to black cats. And my kitchen just happens to be harvest gold. *No hint meant. Just admiring*

My mid-century cookie jar that belonged to my mom.

 

[Furballsmom]

@ermentrude My hat is off to that emergency vet in CSH, South Carolina for being able to open her clinic in the midst of the chaos.

Just picked some fresh red bell peppers from the garden.

Yummy!!

On the lighter side, here's a rather large California Poppy - I'm not sure what's bringing about the increase in size but I'm thrilled

 

[Shane Kent]

As you know, I'm partial to black cats.

I am very aware of that. This is the Czechoslovakian cat.

I don't keep it in the IKEA case but it is in a very safe place though

 

[Alice catlady]

Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well. The weeks just seems to fly by, but I thought I might pop in to say hi.

My pawsitive for today is that I might be back to grading papers, but I’m not doing it alone.

 

[tarasgirl06]

Alice catlady Thank you for checking in -- I've been wondering how you are! Looks like you have excellent assistance.

Shane Kent That is one of the most beautiful collectibles I've ever seen! Very lithe and elegant.

*A graceful Elvis*

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

As you know, I'm partial to black cats. And my kitchen just happens to be harvest gold. *No hint meant. Just admiring*

tarasgirl06 - You know, if this keeps up, you're going to have to have a trailer made for that coat, don't you.


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[MoochNNoodles]

tinydestroyer Teeth are something. My DD had a molar come in so fast that it pushed a piece of bone out ahead of it. Her dentist said it's not unheard of. It fell out without her ever noticing and I don't think it caused her any discomfort to begin with.

PushPurrCatPaws - I love the flavor of rosemary! I do not love chewing it though. I try to just use the crushed.

We are having some gorgeous weather here today. If I had a hammock I'd be out napping in it! DH is about to finish trimming the yard or I'd crack open a few windows. Today seems like the perfect day to nap with a cat.

 

[tarasgirl06]

MoochNNoodles I almost forgot -- a very happy belated birthday to you!

And on the subject of teeth, my wisdom teeth came in impacted (no comments, 1CatOverTheLine !) and I got them all out at the same time. Afterwards I had to syringe the canyons left by them and it wasn't fun. Could only have liquid food for a long time, as I remember. My jaws are pretty small so there was no room for them even if they had grown in straight. The dentist promised me a coffee after I woke up.
I never got it.
*He owes me!*

 

[raysmyheart]

I found two Canadian made pieces of art today. I have been on the lookout for one of these and so happy I found it. From Blue Mountain Pottery and it is their harvest gold color

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Shane Kent , I love the colors used in this work, the harvest gold, it is a very attractive piece. It is always nice to find a piece that you have had in mind and are seeking and this is a great discovery.


In keeping with the theme of the cat photos posted here today by Alice catlady and tarasgirl06 - the theme being "lie on your back, twist to the side and look absolutely adorable and irresistible", may I present here in the same theme - Speedy -



Warmest wishes to all from Speedy and R raysmyheart .

 

[segelkatt]

tinydestroyer & MoochNNoodles - so people without wisdom teeth are more evolved than those with them according to your dentist. In that case I must be close to a troglodyte as I still have all four of mine. On the other hand: missing permanent small molars runs in the family although the baby ones usually fall out around age 10-12 and then there is still enough time for the other teeth to crowd in on their own to close the gap. Does that make us more evolved?
However. my younger son did not loose his last one until he was around thirty (he called it his silly tooth because it was so small alongside the other teeth). What is strange though is that when he was about 14 he got a sore in the roof of his mouth which turned out to be the bud of a tooth which may have been the missing small molar that had lost its way, it had to be surgically removed.
Then there is the odd way my family's baby teeth come in: instead of bottom front teeth and then top front teeth we get "vampire teeth", meaning the eye teeth come in first, usually the ones on top first. Think about what that looks like when baby smiles!

M maggiedemi - you'd go crazy in California and other Southern states with the "strange" fruits we get here: dragon fruit, papaya, guava, chayote, mango, cherimoya, jujube, purple/orange/yellow and red colored bell peppers, yellow banana peppers, Japanese cucumbers which grow to be 2 feet long on a trellis, passion fruit, pummelo, loquat and lychee. They all grow here and there are many more that people grow in their gardens but these you will find in big stores and/or farmers' markets. The Asian farmers also bring veggies that are native to their regions and they have planted them here. Greens of all kinds, different kinds of the cabbage family, I particularly like bokchoy which I stir-fry, and root vegetables. I like Daikon radishes which are white, grow to be as much as 2 feet long and about 2 to 3 inches across, never bitter or too hot and last in the fridge for weeks at a time, I slice them up real thin for salads or stir-fry them with other veggies. I have even been known to put thin slices on top pf bread and butter with a pinch of salt, nice and crunchy. When I move to Reno next year I will miss many of those fruits and veggies.

 

[Furballsmom]

Hmmm, my daikon was too bitter/peppery to eat unless I cooked it.
I'd love to see multi colored bell peppers if that's what you meant, that one pepper has all those colors? I think the solid colored ones are so pretty

 

[raysmyheart]

I am a big fan of bell peppers, especially from the local farms. My favorites to look for are the ivory to light yellow bells, purple bells and deep chocolate or deep merlot shade peppers.

I always love to look for ones that are pretty unusually-shaped (well unusually-shaped if you were being offered in the supermarket, but more desirable to me). I love peppers with striations of a secondary color in their skin, also.

Yesterday, my farmstand purchase included some small eggplant-shade purple peppers striated with ivory/canary. Very wonderful artist, Nature is.