~portrait of Somer's cat Tiberio ~
Tiberio is a whimsical cat ~ a sensitive little fellow who shied at the click of my polaroid camera and caused his own portrait to have wings ~ how appropriate since he would fly away when startled if he could.
I'm having a fly-away day too, startled by the complexities of many areas of my life hitting and richocheting off each other, and me in the middle remembering that this too shall pass. As it always does.
I have two sweet new cacti on my windowsill ~ it took all my resolve not to buy more (I can imagine a whole windowsill full) but I think I'll just try my hand at these first. There's definitely a person inside of me who would have windows full of ferns and about 10 more cats, some goats and a yard full of chickens: she lives happily right alongside the part of me who would own no plants or pets and travel all the time. Anyhow ~ it's been almost 20 years since I owned a cactus! I do quite well with my jade, my aloe, and our indoor tree, though, so have high hopes. Tonight we are sitting in front of the fire eating freshly popped popcorn ~ made with my thrifted stovetop popper ~ my first attempt ever and it turned out deliciously. The rain is bouncing on the stove pipe outside, and Donovan is begging. Half the fun of making fresh popcorn, it turns out, is scattering some on the floor and watching the dogs find every piece.
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6 comments:
my cat LOVES popcorn! she goes mad for it! i call it crack corn :)
Homemade popcorn is the best!
The picture of your cat is so cool, it really looks like she is having wings :)
I am the same about wanting to settle down with a lot of animals and plants or having nothing to careo fo and just be free and travel around.
aw, I love succulents. I used to have two aloes one named henry the other herman. I have recently really gotten into ivies. your pop corn sounds like fun :)
A portrait with wings! How lucky.
Jojo ~ Whaat? That is hilarious! My cat likes celery, though...
Claudia ~ Yep, it's always a balance, and one day I think we'll be able to have more pets...but not quite yet: we like to travel so much and we usually take our dogs with us and get someone to watch the cat. That would be more difficult with, say, chickens, a turtle, and a rabbit...
Keia ~ Yes, I am a sucker for succulents too. The cacti are doing okay so far... :)
Gracia ~ Thanks! Isn't it lovely that they showed up?
I am exactly the same way; I'd love to be a homebody with a menagerie of pets and plants but for the other girl inside with the roaming gypsy heart. :)
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