For all the occurrences in life that repeat ad nauseum (the dishes, the bills, the running out of eggs, the vacuuming, the errands, the same stoplights when I'm almost home),
there are the things that never get old. Mostly these are things connected to living creatures ~ watering my cacti, daffodils sprouting in the garden, a package in the postbox from a friend, lighting the candles just before I sit down to dinner with tim, choosing this season's seed packets.
And mimi.
She is my little sidekick, independent and completely loving. Always a joy, always the sunny and sweet of my day. When the thoughts get same-old, redundant and stale, I sit for a bit with her on my knee, and refresh.
When I picked her out of the lineup at the spca almost 8 years ago, she was just the same as she is now, self-possessed, very calm, with those golden yellow eyes. She knows what she likes, and gently persists in attaining it, and yet is quietly firm about what she won't put up with. Every day, snow or sun or rain, she takes herself out into the garden for a zen 10 minutes of sitting in amongst the purple sage, and I often find her out there at midnight, soaking it all in.
I didn't realize she was such a quiet teacher.
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This post made me say out loud 'uohh, I want a cat' followed by a sigh. When I have a garden I'll get a cat. Mimi looks lovely. Is she named after John Lennon's aunt?
This reminds me of my cat. Though he doesn't have the quiet peace of Mimi (or quiet anything really), everything about him brings me so much joy. :)
Wisdom, it is there, waiting to be discovered.
Cats are wonderful friends. When we had a baby our's was displaced from sleeping in the bed for a few months and she was so depressed that I was worried. Now that she's back in her queen bee spot she gets along with our son much better. They really have their own agendas.
she's so pretty. i love her colors. :)
Lovely reminder about simple pleasures. And this made me kiss my dog's snout as I do many times a day... :)
wait, cold little nose is a better description. :)
You chose so well and give her a lovely life. And why did you name her Mimi?
-maya
this post makes me wish we had a calm kitty of our own. :)
oh I so love this post.
I know I've probably mentioned this before but Mimi looks so incredibly like our little calico, Clementine. She too is completely loving. She is also brave as she navigates through the running feet and screeching of two little humans who delight in her presence in the hopes of getting some love back. ;)
happy weekend!
xo
cortnie
she's such a beautiful kitty....10 min. in the purple sage sounds like heaven to me too :).
xo
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