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

Click here Hostess Miss Mimi 

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)

THANKFUL AND Thoroughly Poetic Thursday #240

 

 Thankful Thursday hosted

I am thankful for each day that Bryan and I are able to get up (albeit a bit stiff and achy), have breakfast together, sip our favorite flavor of Peets coffee and then prepare for whatever the day brings.  We are STILL able to exercise each day either walking or going to the gym. As the saying goes, 

motion is lotion to the joints.

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

 Two Spoiled Cats

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday

 

This week's photo challenge

At Christmas, we have learned, snacks 

are left out for Santa Claus.

Mom caught us taking a sample.

We told her it was our civic duty

to be sure the milk was fresh

and the cookies were sweet.

After all, we don't want Santa's

belly that shake like jelly to

get grumbly and rumbly

he might toss his crumbly cookies

on the rug and we'll be blamed.

Wordless Wednesday Komedy with Kat

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus  

Dear Auntie HiC,

It’s joke time! I crack myself up! 😹

MOL MOL friends,

 Auntie HiC told me her ancient ears could not hear the punch line...here it is Auntie HiC.

"Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom? Because the “P” is silent!"

❤️Kat

 

Happy Tuesday with my Grandkitties

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus  

Frisco (ginger) Harper (dark gray with white bobbie socks) 

Frisco and Harper like to wait for their Mommy to sit in the chair beside them.. They take turns sitting in her lap.

Mia da tortie is a Daddy's girl she is always near him

This is Mia...

Awww Monday with Rocky and Precious

Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus 

Thank you

 

Dear Auntie HiC, 

Now that I have a girlfriend, Sweet Precious, I want to stay well-groomed. 

Mom & I just finished a relaxing combing session while listening to one of your favorite tunes

❣️Enjoy Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk. 

Dearest Rocky and Mom OMCs you know me so very well

any time I hear this song I take a deep breath

stop what I'm doing close my eyes

Thank you Lovingly 

Auntie HiC

Mr. Acker Bilk

Ruby da Red Camellia all lit up

RECAP of Ruby's Selfie last week

 On Sunday, November 23, 2025 we adorned Ruby the Camellia with 400+ mini Christmas lights. (We won't light her up until after Thanksgiving).  I'll let her do another selfie when we turn on her lights.

While adorning her we noticed she has a zillion buds on her

her time to bloom/shine is between November and February.  Sometimes she blooms twice

This is her very first bloom of the season.

I Pizapped the red bow on the top Ruby Camellia