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.

Caturday Art

If it is Saturday, we are having fun with 

Caturday Art with Athena

These effects are from the edit feature right on my computer.

Arty, Jakey and Rosy SassyPants have changed their blog name
it is Living Loving and Barking in our Backyard

If you are pawticipating in our blog hop Sunday here is the link

https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/
on their menu bar you'll see a tab for their hippty hoppty page

Flower Friday: March

Today we are finally able to join Rosy SassyPants for....

 Our daffodills started popping thru the pine straw the week after February Flower Friday

MOL

This is our first one to have a bud

 then to burst open with glorious yellow others are popping thru all over the as of February 18.

We were worried about our lovely red Camellia due to the very very cold 10 days we had in January.but ooooh Cammie the Camellia didn't let us down.  

This is the view we have coming out of the front door

 and there are just as many ravishingly red blooms on the front.

Jewel Orchid from Gigi Google to show you the beautiful leaves

I've always wanted an orchid..actually had one years ago that I "loved to death".
February 24, 2018 I saw this Jewel Orchid at Logan's Trading Company.
I didn't write the following paragraph but it is exactly what happened to me.


Click link below to read all about them.

Jewel Orchid Care

This is a story of the little jewel orchid that grew up to be a champion. I first saw my little Ludisia Discolor on the out of bloom table at a local floral nursery. It was after the holidays, after the normal blooming season for Ludisia here in the Mid Atlantic area and the nursery was clearing out the extra orchid stock that had not sold.Velvet-soft burgundy striped leaves caught my attention out of the corner of my eye and I walked over to have a look.

Toxicity: Non-Toxic to Dogs, Non-Toxic to Cats, Non-Toxic to Horses

Toxic Principles: Non-toxic

Here are a few photos of our Jewel Orchid with 2 bloom stalks.
One stalk is blooming the other isn't far behind.

OMCs is mom Happy she says it looks just like an orchid  (MOL I reminded her it was an ORCHID
Look at all the blooms about to open

Sissy and BIL will be arriving today at about 3:30 pm.  We'll be off line once they arrive but 
back bright and early on Saturday

REMINDER

Friends, It is I, Madison D. Cat, with a grand announcement....

I would like to invite you to pawticipate in a ROAD TRIP hop to 

celebrate my 16 birthday.   I will be 16, on Sunday, March 11th.  

Please feel free to snag this photo to use you can make it smaller or larger.

here is a slightly smaller  photo

We thought it would be fun to have all my friends tell about learning to drive: if your parents taught you, if you went to driver's ed and the fun or not so fun things that might have happened.  Another idea would be to 

tell about a road trip that stands out in your mind as memorable, good or bad or funny.
  Doesn't have to be long.

We would love to have you all join us to celebrate my 16th.

Mama of Mayor Arty, Jakey and Rosy SassyPants will set up a blog hop for us.

The hop will be set up and ready for you to pre-post on March 1, 2018.  You may reach it by 
Living Laughing and Barking in our Backyard
AKA
LLB in our Backyard
NEW blog address::::::
clicking here and looking for Road Trip.  

It is the 3rd hop on the hippty hop page

It will begin at 12 am on March 11 and run thru 12 am on March 12.