Sunday Tale of Tails

 October 19, 2010 

This is my new favorite flop spot.....I pick a new spot every few weeks. Variety is the

spice of life

Right smack dab in the middle of a high traffic area...
I'm thinking of putting up a sign saying:
"Cat sleeping...please detour"
Madi

Symmetry Saturday with turtles

Janice my very dear friend and photo journalist sent me this photo and

challenge me to make a poem 

On Symmetry Saturday My  mind's eye saw so much symmetry

Seven turtles all in a row

You have a perfectly symmetrical line

My mind's eye wonders if you are out for stroll or

Maybe a nice sun bath on that perfect log

Exceptional balance 

Turtle love

Reptile family

You slowly meander with care so no one slips.

 

Nature Friday and Feline Friday Flashack

 One of our hosts for Nature Friday host LLB Gang   

There are 11 houses on my cul-de-sac.  Many years ago one of our techie neighbors set up a

Cowden Court Chat Text. Recently, I received this text from Jennifer:

"This hawk might be why the birds aren't visiting our feeders"

I replied:  I agree and it might be why the hummingbirds flew south earlier than usual.

I keep a birding log.  I always have hummingbirds til at least early October.  I haven't seen one since September 26th. 2024 my last sighting was 8 am October 8th.  I noted that the temperature on the evening of Oct 7th was 43.  

Jennifer replied: That her husband hasn't seen a hummingbird is some time.

Another neighbor replied:

The hawk is now hiding in the tree in your front yard.

Can you see him on the lowest branch on the left

My next door neighbor took this video from her patio door

For the record I will say, our cul-de-sac has an over population of Chipmunks and Squirrels

If a hawk is patient they will come to him. As you can tell from the first photo of the hawk, it has not missed a meal in a long time.

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October 17, 2014 

Flashback with the drama Queen aka Diva Madi

I NEED BAIL MONEY

SERIOUSLY!!!

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday #232

  Today is Poetic Thursday hosted by our pals Teddy and Angel Sammy at

 Two Spoiled Cats

Below is our photo challenge for this week  

Using Symmetry as my guide, I wrote things that came to my mind when I saw this photo.

Scrambled mess

You have got to be kidding me

Mass confusion

May the force with you

Energy nightmare

Terror in the streets

Run if you see a spark

You are own your own 

Wordless Wednesday with Cali and Dad

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus    

Cali is always close to her Dad/David this was taken on his birthday, October 8, 2025. She spent lots of time in his lap too

Cali will always remember that her Dad found her in the driveway all alone.  Once he scooped her up into his arms, he was her knight in shining armor.

Happy Tuesday: Musical Facts with Rocky

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus  

Do you have a favorite song? 

A song that you never get tired of hearing & always touches your soul?

Mom’s favorite is Wichita Lineman by Glenn Campbell. 

Jimmy Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman" in response to Campbell's urgent phone request for a "place"-based or "geographical" song to follow up "By the Time I Get to

Phoenix".  

His lyrical inspiration came while driving through the high plains of the Oklahoma panhandle past a long line of telephone poles, on one of which perched a lineman speaking into his handset. Webb "put himself atop that pole" with the phone in his hand as he imagined the lineman talking to his girlfriend. Despite its real-life roots lying elsewhere, Webb set his song in Wichita, Kansas.

Campbell, who was born in Oklahoma, said, "When I heard it I cried because I was homesick."

In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" ranked "Wichita Lineman" at number 206. Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan considered it "the greatest song ever written".

Best lyrics ever: “And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time.”

Please tell us your favorite song, and we’ll try to feature it on a future post!

Enjoy!

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❤️ Rocky 

 Dearest Rocky OMCS OMCs...there are so many vocal and instrumental songs I adore. Any time I hear any of them I stop what I'm doing.

Vocals:

George Straight: Amarillo By Morning

Glenn Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman  

Brooks and Dunn: Neon Lights, Maria, A man this lonely and many more

Glenn Frey (Eagles): No more Cloudy Days

Paul Anaka: Steel Guitar and a glass of wine 

Righteous Brothers:  Unchained Melody

Elvis Presley: Blue Hawaii in fact any of Elvis' songs

Beach Boys: Darlin'

Englebert Humperdink:  All

All music from Grease, Dirty Dancing and Sound of Music

Instrumental:

Acker Bilk: Strangers on the Shore actually all of his 

Theme from a Summer Place any version

Kenny G 

Herb Alpert 

So many many more.  I love any song with guitars, drums and Saxaphones

Loving 

Auntie HiC

Awww Monday with my nephews and niece

 Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus 

Thank you

  

Dear Auntie HiC,

Is Cali broken? Can she be repaired?

If so, who do we call? 😹😹😹

Love Kat and Rocky

Kat and Rocky

We then exchanged some emails

My reply:
Mol mol mol mol Cali
Auntie HiC has turned  upside down and all around.  I don’t see anything broken but she has a new middle name.  From this day forward, she will be known as Cali da contortionist.
I bet if one of you lick her toesies she will move quicker than greased lightning

Nephews replied:

We’re afraid if we touch her she’ll wake up hissing & swatting! 😹 😹😹

I replied:

Mol good thinking a Calico can be quite unpredictable and throw a hissy fit w/o warning

We decided it was best to leave Cali alone.

Triple S

Sunday Stuffie Selfies

The new owners of the mall where we walk in the morning, recently opened a new Toys R Us

Grand opening was Friday, October l0, 2025..

Thank you all for your kind words on my Afghan yesterday.

Saturday Stitches the finished Afghan

 

On May 24, 2025 I posted that I would join Saturday Stitches

Hosted by 

YAM Aunty click here to see her handwork

My next crochet project 'might' be learning or attempting to learn

63 patterns.  All are 7" squares. 

Here are a few photos of squares as they were completed

FRONT of completed Afghan

I made 20-7" squares (not 63 according to pattern).

Dimensions: 40" long x 32 wide

This one is the perfect size for your lap.

The instructions for joining the squares were to slip stitch together with white yarn using a yarn needle...I decided to join the squares with a single crochet. I joined 4 vertical rows of 5 squares, then I joined  each of 4 vertical rows of 5 together

I like how the white yarn outlines or gives the appearance of topstitching on the squares on the front and on the back

BACK

I washed it on delicate dried slightly then blocked.

It took 2 1/2 days to completely dry.

The border is 5 rows of single crochets

October 7th the borders was completed

Nature and Feline Friday with Kat and Mom

One of our hosts for Nature Friday host LLB Gang   

 Dear Auntie HiC, 

Mom just finished reading Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton.

Mom had 2 bunnies as classroom pets, so she had a special interest in reading this book.

The  bunnies had a light left on in the classroom every night, and they were content in their spacious cage, which was well-stocked with food, water, and Timothy hay.

The bunnies would come home every weekend and holiday.

Honey Bun 

posing for the classroom photo. 

The buns had a magical effect on the kids. When the class would get too loud, Mom would remind them that the bunnies big ears were very sensitive to loud noises, and the room would instantly become silent. ❣️

Even our second grade weekly “Book Buddies” loved the  bunnies. 

The book is the memoir of a young woman who discovers a leveret, a baby hare. Fearing for its safety, she decides to take it home, hoping to prevent any unfortunate fate.

Even if you’re not particularly interested in rabbits, I believe you’ll find this book enchanting.

Some reviews include: 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE • A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

“A philosophical masterpiece ruminating on our place as human beings in nature.”—Matt Haig, author of The Midnight Library

“A perfect testimony to the transformative power of love. In learning to love an orphaned hare, Chloe Dalton learned to love the whole wild world. The great gift of this remarkable book is the way it teaches us to do the same.”—Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows

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Kat you are a purrfect reading buddy for Mom.  I can tell you both thoroughly enjoy your quiet time together.  I can see that your sweet paws are making biscuits on the bed.  Thank you both for sharing the story of Hare and Mom's classroom bunnies.

Lovingly Auntie HiC

BREAKING NEWS

MY AFGHAN IS FINISHED...PLEASE DROP BY TOMORROW

TO READ ALL ABOUT IT.

Thankful from Kat and Thoroughly Poetic Thursday #231

 

 Thankful Thursday hosted

Dear Auntie HiC,

After Pup’s passing, Mom expressed her uncertainty about how she would cope without dogs in her life. 

However, she firmly believed that no one could have filled the void left by Pup like I have. I, Kat the Trememdously loving Tabby am VERY THANKFUL I could do this.

I suppose you could say I’m quite extraordinary❣️

❤️ Kat

 Today is Poetic Thursday hosted by our pals Teddy and Angel Sammy at

 Two Spoiled Cats

Below is our photo challenge for this week   

A beautiful day in nature

makes me happy

this type of gathering

would make me very crabby.

Wordless Wednesday

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus   
Snapped on vacation on the grounds of the Barter Theater

Banjo Man

Colorful K9's