Happy St. Patrick's Day on Caturday Art Day

If it is Saturday, we are having fun with 

Caturday Art with Athena

Mom and I thank our favorite Jersey Girl, Chelle, who now lives in Florida

for this lovely photo taken in Washington Oaks State Park.



Now a little Mom art...before she was the old gray mare she used to 
cross stitch A LOT.

Above the bed where I rest is a cross stitching mom did called

AN IRISH BLESSING

It is a favorite of Mom's

In case you can't read it...Mom typed it for you.

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields 
and until we meet again, 
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

I think this is a very nice place to nap and mediate

THE OLD GRAY MARE has been fighting a losing battle with

eye allergies. It all started as they walked at the mall on 3/2..

demolition to a shop was causing all kinds of debris and dust to float in the air.

They left immediately but not before adhered to her contacts.

She awoke the next day to very swollen and itchy eyes.  

She has been to the eye doc 3 times in 2 weeks.

The RX eye drops she was using ran down onto her face, she has very sensitive skin, drops caused an allergic on her face. Now she is a splotched OGM.

She has med for that now...
THUS I have given her Sunday off...but we will return on

Monday, March 19, 2018.

Hugs Madi and Splotchy
PS
Mom discovered that baby oil feels really good to her itchy eye lids
but it makes it very hard to see. 

Share a Smile Day

Today we join KORU BEAR and Mom as they host Smile Day

in Memory of Sugar who had the most Golden Smile ever.

Below are several of my BEST smiles.  I'll  explain how you can tell I'm smiling

1.  No explanation needed here...I'm definitely smiling

 2. This is my official photo shoot...trust me I'm smiling.
I stare right at the flashy beast

3. Any time Mom touches me I'm smiling

 4. This is a two part smile
a.  I'm standing on something so I'm smiling
b. (for all the K9s) Anytime a kitty has her tail up in the shape of a 
?  mark that is a smile/friendly greeting.

5.Walrus Smile

Thoroughly Poetic Pictorial Thursday

Today we join Two  SPOILED CAT 

Angel Sammy and Teddy for their poetic pictorial poem.

This was a very WET picture!!

YIKES

by Mom with Madi's assistance

As you can see, this is a picture of the sea.

Rest assured that speck in the sea is not me.

You see I have a see-cret about the sea.

Only my toes goes in the sea.

My toes I must clearly see or else the sea is not for me.

As a child, a visit to see the sea gave me much glee.

I waded waist high with the sun in the sky.

I squealed as the waves made it difficult to see.

My toes loved the feel squishy wet sand.

Then one summer, in the middle of July, the sight I saw

in the sea gave me such a fright. 

No matter how hard I wished. there was no way I could 

UN-SEE 

all those (Portuguese) Man of War jelly fish floating about like they 

owned the sea. 

From that day forward being in the sea was not for me.

Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, NC

A few of our favorite things

1. sleeping on mom's backrest...and she doesn't even make me move

2. Our hot air balloon in the office at Manor Madi

3. Mom loves her Willow tree sisters by heart.  It is on Manor Madi's desk

Merci Beaucoup....

....pour mon escargot carte postale

....for my snail mail card

cher ami merci beaucoup pour ma carte pétillante Câlins Madi

Dear Friend
thank you very much for my bubbly card
Hugs Madi

Tuesday Mail Tale

TOGM orders my compounded phosphorus from Roadrunner Pharmacy in 

Arizona.  OMCs are the quick as greased lightning getting it here too

They always tell you to allow 5 days but it comes in a nano second and

they always include toys for me.  First order came with two red fetch toys...

Divas don't fetch so we're gonna give those to Sissy for Mia and Frisco.

 My second order came last week with this adorable stuffy.  He is very very 

soft and very very cute BUTTTTTTT.....

Thank you for your Friendship: Sparks

Today we are pawticipating in 

McGuffy’s Reader’s Sparks blog hop
This hop is all about spreading cheer and positive vibes via quotes

Mom and I will be pawticipating in this Monday fun spreading pet cheer and positive vibes

 WE'D LIKE TO THANK 

EVERYONE WHO PAWTICIPATED IN MY 16TH BDAY ROAD TRIP BY POSTING A STORY OR

COMMENTING. 

THIS WAS SUCH FUN AND I MIGHT HAVE A DO OVER 16TH NEXT YEAR. MOL MOL MOLWe thank Mama of Mayor Arty for setting up the 

Hop for us!!!   My mom is hopeless when it comes to

hop link ups.  Here is a Friendship Sparks collage!!

my assistant misspelled version....but she works for 
free so what can I do? Nuttin'!

Sweet 16 today

Today in honor of my sweet 16 birthday we are having a blog hop.
We thank Mayor Arty, Jakey and Rosy Sassypants Mama for setting it up for us.

I thank Ann at Zoolatry for my beautiful Header.

I'm 16 and I'm taking Driver's Ed...how do you think I'm doing so far.

Honestly I did exactly what my instructor told me to do.

I turned left but I migh've been a wee bit heavy pawed on the gas.?!

Mom found this poem in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lovin' Our cats. It describes Moi purrfectly.

It was written for a male cat. Mom changed it to fit this Diva.

Under her Spell

by

Tami Sandlin

I can feel her watching me

Through golden eyes, unblinking

And I can't help but wonder

Just what it is she is thinking.

I know her habits, I know her ways

But her moods are hard to tell

The only thing I know for sure is

She knows I'm under her spell

For eating she has claimed my nicest dish

To nap, my favorite chair

And anytime I want to sit,

She is comfortably resting there.

For play, she's got expensive toys

To chase and romp and caper

But still she is only happy with

A balled-up piece of paper!

She is always begging for attention

To be scratched beneath her chin

And when my writing takes me away from her

She steals my writing pen!

Despite our unique relationship

People ask "Just who owns who?"

It's really nice to have someone

To look forward to come home to.

And so, I stay enchanted with

This crazy pet of mine

For nothing keeps you spellbound

Like a furry finicky feline.

*********************

I am not the first girl to turn 16 in this house.   Lo and behold my Sis aka Big M as dad called her for a very long time, turned 16 here too.  So I send Big M aka Human sissy a big thanks for all she taught them.

Sissy (on the left) and her bestie Kathy holding their

Sweet 16 tshirts. They both 

had all the same friends so their shared their 16th bday at

Pizza Hut.  Sissy's bday is August 28 and Kathy's September 5

We feel the need for speed!!! NOT!!! 

A grand time was had by all.....after the 16th party is 

where our Driving story began a year before.

Sis(l), Kathy (r)

Today I will share a story about my sis learning to drive.

Sis got her learner's permit shortly after her 15th birthday in

August of 1986. Every weekend and holiday from that day forward

Dad took Sis to parking lots to practice her driving. He set up little fun 

obstacles for her too.  Mom went also but she sat in the back seat ...but she never 

did any back driving because Dad was a EXCELLENT teacher.  As sis became 

accustomed to driving and judging distances, they started driving around residential 

areas on the weekend and finally on city roads and the beltline.

Sis was a really good driver.

At the beginning of 1987, Sis started making a deal with mom about
what she wanted to do on August 28, 1987 after she passed her 

driving test....yep she was quite confident she would pass.

 On August 28th, Mom drove Sis to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

for her driving test.  The DMV office was half way between home
and where Mom worked.   Sis's asked mom if she would let her drive Mom to work 
KEEP  the car for the day to do some errands during the day. Mom agreed to this deal,    

 'cause she was pretty sure Sis would forget.  The joke was on Mom.
Sis had a memory like an Elephant and her breaths smelled like peanuts.
Sis PASSED with flying colors and  mom kept her promise.
Mom said watching sis drive out of the parking lot ALONE that day

was the scariest and proudest moment of her 16 years as a Mom.  She was confident in sis
but it was all the other crazies on the road that worried her.   Mom watched her for as long
as she could see her.  Sis promised to call mom when she got home from her errands to let her
know she was SAFE.   The people in Mom's office said mom was a nervous wreck until
Sis called to let her know she was home. When it was time for Sis to come back for Mom,
it was rush hour. Mom paced the floor and kept looking out the window.
 Lo and behold sis arrived on time and drove mom home in the very busy traffic
and as they say the rest is history!!!!!

I would like to thank

Pipo, Dalton and Petcretary Ingrid for this beautiful card!!

Great big thank yous to Zoey, Dougie Dog and Miss Ann at Zoolatry for my hot pink wheels!!

Zoooom Zoooom

Thank you  Phod and Precious for  taking  a trip out to the black
 top to pose for this birthday card...

Thank you Emma and Hailey for posing with the top down as traveled down the road.

Thank you Angel Sammy, Teddy Butterbean and Mom Pam for this lovely card.

Thank you to my Huggy Puggies Hazel and Mabel

Thank you Marvelous Marv

thank you Mayor Arty, Jakey and Rosy SassyPants

From my Guy Raz

Thank you to all my furry friends at ATCAD

thank you to Marg's Furries

thank you Cody and Dakota and Mom

thank you Wyatt and Tegan

Hooray! We made it!

Come and get your salmon burger Madi!!

Happy Birthday Madi!

thank you Binky and Granny

I Madison D. Cat thank you all for stopping by today to celebrate my 16th Birthday. 

It is a BIG one!! Each of you bring us joy and laughter each day and we thank you.