Nature, FFFF and Feline Friday

Merry Christmas Story from Christmas Past  as told by 

Kit and David staff of Cali, Kat and Rocky

 

Our hosts for Nature Friday  LLB Gang 

Final Feature Friday

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Dear Auntie HiC,

After Mom’s mother passed away in 2001, she couldn’t bear to be home for Christmas. She & Dad spent the next 3 Christmases in one of their favorite destinations, Alaska. 

This is a compilation of the their trips.

They stayed in a beautiful cabin at Taste of Alaska Lodge near Fairbanks. 

The owner cut a small tree for the peeps to decorate in their cabin. 

On Christmas Eve they visited Santa Claus House in North Pole, AK.

Mom even kissed a reindeer! Yuck! 😹

It was brutally cold…

YEP -31 F

But that didn’t stop Dad from cross-country skiing, & Mom from taking a sled dog ride

It was definitely a Winter Wonderland & Christmases they’ll never forget!

 

Ho, Ho, Ho!

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Ho, Ho, Ho!

❤️ Kat, Rocky & Cali

Merry Meow from Madi too

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Thoroughly Thankful and Poetic #242 on Christmas Day 2025

 Thankful Thursday hosted

My Christmas Thankfuls,

Caring, Helpful, Rare, Individals, Sharing,To, Make, All (feel) Special

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

 Two Spoiled Cats

 

This week's photo challenge

Twas Christmas day,

all thru the house

spirits were gay.

We squealed with delight to see what Santa delivered

on his sleigh.

BUTT

When we saw the gift from our parent's, 

it disrupted our day. 

Neither of us asked for this loud tike.

Maybe next year they will give us

BIKES

Christmas 2013

Wordy Wednesday Christmas Eve Flashback

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus 

I first told this story on December 24, 2020 

A true Christmas  Eve Story from 1956

In case the font above is too small, I have it below in a larger font.

Twas Christmas Eve in NC

Back in the year 1956

with my Annie Ma* we lived.

Next door lived my Aunt and Uncle

and cousin Carol.

Carol was older and she thought wiser.

A few days before Christmas,

She was overheard telling gullible me

That Santa had no sleigh 

and reindeer could not fly?

Oh my what was I to believe...

I was about to cry

My uncle and my daddy were clever men.

No worries, they had a plan.

The Ladies were to keep the

children at the front of the house. 

The men vowed,

we'll be as quiet as a mouse.

Bed time came, stories were read

and we children were tucked snug in bed.

As our eyes became heavy,

and pillows cradled our heads

There was a sound bells ringing  

and a thump thump thump on the roof overhead.

The children asked what is that clatter

The ladies shook their heads

asking what did it matter?

We proclaimed with glee

it must be Santa and his reindeer.

We pulled the covers over our head and 

quickly to dream land we went.

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Side note: Carol age 10 once again became a believer

It was many years before we discovered the source of the 

thump on the roof and the ringing bells.  My daddy was on the roof walking over our bedroom and my uncle was running around the house shaking as set of bells.

*Annie Ma was my maternal Grandmother.  The first grandchild could not

pronounce "G".  Grandma became Annie Ma. 

Happy Tuesday Flashback

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus

Yesterday, Monday December 22, 2025, we return from our visit to see our Daughter, SIL and 3 grandkitties who live on the beautiful NC Coast.  Loads of photos that I will download soon.  In the meantime.

Several of you asked if Angel Madi ever got in the tree

Here is her story and she is sticking to it

 I, Madison D Cat, never got in the tree but I did ring the bell on the bottom branch a lot...which was to alert Mom  I was near.

I never had plans to get in just loved seeing mom come running waving her hands in the air.  She was such a loony tune.

Milky-Way da first cat got in the tree every year. According to Mom Milky-Way was a purrfect cat 11 months of the year. 

 Mom and Dad started putting it up a few days early so he could get climbing in it out of his system. 

Toto da mighty mini Dachshund...didn't get in it

However, he was 100% pawsitive the water in the tree stand was for his convenience. And rumor has it he raised his leg cause he thought it needed yellow water. And I might add this was kinda funny according to Mom

because being vertically challenged, long body, short legs he sometimes lost his balance.

Sincerely,

Angel Madi

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Merry Christmas Eve, Eve 12/23/2009 

FLASH BACK

Oh boy does the house smell good. Mom has been cooking

up a storm. She likes for the house to smell good when my Sis (aka 1st family diva) and her hubby arrive so she bakes the day they are due.

ONE word of warning to all puppies and kitties.

DO

NOT

FALL

for

this...it gets me every year!!!

Mom says, Madi come here for some Christmas cheer.

I go galloping over to my dish thinking oh boy I bet it is ham or turkey.

Nope it is orange, I don't eat orange food.

Mom says it is pumpkin.

It is good for your constitution. Well

that is a load of malarky Mom!!!

Since our company sleeps upstairs near the office,Mom and I will be MIA for a few days. We will catch up with everyone as soon as possible because we'll miss you.

We found this pretty candle arrangement we'd like to share with you all

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

our Blogger Friends and their Assistants you have all added joy to our lives

Madi and Mom 

Saturday

 

Nature and Feline Friday

Our hosts for Nature Friday  LLB Gang   

Photos were taken at 8 am on December 9th.

About 3pm on Monday December 8th it STARTED Snowing in Dixie

It was light snow the ground was wet from the rain/sleet earlier in the day

I hear lots of laughter coming thru the inter webs...

It snowed lightly all night. On Tuesday, December 9th, the cars had a light coating on the top,

the streets, driveway, side walk and steps were clear.

THIS IS HOW WE DO SNOW IN DIXIE

FYI THIS WAS OUR FIRST SNOW AND IT WAS VERY EARLY FOR SNOW IN DIXIE

I HOPE THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A PATTERN CARRIED ON INTO 2026

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December 2012

HARK

I HEAR

MY TREE

CALLING MY NAME

Thankful and Thoroughly Poetic Thursday #241

 Thankful Thursday hosted

💕💕ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR KIT, KAT, ROCKY AND CALI FOR ALL THE FUN emails, ARTISTIC AND JUST PLAIN 

GAWGEOUS 

PICTURES AND VIDEOS IN 2025~~~

LOVE AND HUGS FROM YOUR 

PROUD AS PUNCH

AUNTIE HiC😍😍😍

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and

A very short lived dreadful cold snap on Sunday, 12/14 and Monday, 12/15 when highs were in the 30's, the wind they call Mariah blew in giving  us feels like temps of 7 degrees 😒😒!!??Today, Thursday December 18 high temp low 60's

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

 Two Spoiled Cats

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday

 

This week's photo challenge

POEM FIRST then photo

I told everyone to S I T

Begged them to be on their best behavior no begging for food

 WHY

Because we are hosting Christmas this year

and I am stressed

They promised, we three will be the best

there would be no M E S S 

They were as good as their word....

 I forgot to include in my 

request 

all of the house

 

Wordless Wednesday Christmas version

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus  

Kit prepared/created/designed these for me I hope and purr you can see them

 

Happy Tuesday Double Date with my Nephews and their Ladies

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus  

 Auntie HiC,

For our first double date with Katie and Precious, we decided to surprise them with an overnight trip to the North Pole.

We boarded The Polar Express and traveled north to visit Jolly Old St. Nick.

We enjoyed hot chocolate & cookies, while singing Christmas carols.

Santa greeted us upon our arrival, marking the beginning of an enjoyable experience.

We visited the elves’ workshop, played in the snow, made S’mores around the campfire, and the girls went sledding. We even helped Santa with the “Naughty & Nice” list!

Before our departure, Santa presented each of us with a personalized Christmas ornament. He even sent one for Cali, knowing she would have a hissy fit if left out! 😹

The girls thoroughly enjoyed every moment and expressed their gratitude under the mistletoe! (Wink wink) 😻

Thank you, Katie and Precious, for making our trip to the North Pole an unforgettable experience!

Ho Ho Ho!

 

Dearest adorable nephews Kat and Rocky.

Please tell Mom her videography skills are amazing I don't know how in the

Sam hill she was able to use PicCollage, Instagram, CapCut and TickTok.

Auntie HiC might is almost speechless.  AMAZING. As you know I had a wee bit of trouble with the video.  I loaded (2 videos) Original Mom sent and the one from YouTube 

Hugs Kat, Rocky Katie Isabella and Precious

Auntie HiC

Awww Monday with Festive Felines from Georgia

 

Sunday Selfie Santas

Bony Santa was welcoming patients into the Chiropractor's office located in the same building as our gym

I got a giggle out of the Sweater and short skirt

Two Santa on our Front porch

Saturday Symmetry ALL AGLOW

WARM AND COZY GAS LOGS

AND MANTLE AND HEARTH

 

Nature and Feline Friday

Our hosts for Nature Friday  LLB Gang    

In 2013 when the General Assembly was selecting North Carolina's State marsupial, it was easy since the Virginia Opossum is the only marsupial found in the state

Before I retired one of the Physics Professors from Argentina saw one for the first time.  She had 2 cats👏.  She loved all animals and became thoroughly infatuated them.  She left bowls of cat food on her patio for them.  (NC Wildlife discourages feeding them).  Any way one day when she went out to put food in the bowl one of them took the opened patio door as an invite in.   Needless to say when Mr. O got in the house her two house cats were not amused.  She had to lock her cats in the bedroom until  wildlife officers came to evict Mr. O.

The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is a member of the opossum family found from southern Canada to northern Costa Rica, making it the northernmost marsupial in the world.^[7] Commonly referred to simply as the possum,^[8] it is a solitary nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and a successful opportunist.

Opossums are familiar to many North Americans as they frequently inhabit settled areas near food sources like trash cans, pet food, compost piles, gardens or house mice. Their slow, nocturnal nature and their attraction to roadside carrion make opossums more likely to become roadkill.The Virginia opossum is the original animal named "opossum", a word which comes from Algonquian wapathemwa, meaning "white animal". Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently just called a "possum

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Flashback

December 12, 2010

Madi: A tale of one tail 

Madi has a very long tail, it is quite expressive and she delights

in using it. Sometimes she gets it in very awkward positions.
This looks like it should hurt.

As always 

Hugs
Madi your BFFF (best feline friend furever)