Candles In The Wind

and it seems to me
that you lived your life
like a candle in the wind
never knowing who to cling to
when the rain set in....

In 2007 we did a remembrance from blog to blog to our beloveds. With so much sadness and recent losses Kashim, Othello and Salome from Three Cats In Vienna suggested we link paws and remember them again with love and sweetness.

Today I am remembering Mr Kitty the feral kitty who came as quickly as he left. He was such a sweet boy and how I wished he had not been so afraid. Another who came and left us too quickly was our girl Button. Button was a tortie who had been abandoned at a shopping mall. She followed me home one night and became our "workshop" cat. She refused to come inside, and she disliked other cats. She enjoyed spending her nights in her Dad's workshop. Every morning she was let out and then she would roam into the woods that sit up against our property. One bright Saturday morning in 2006 I let her out of the shop and saw her wander off towards the woods. When I came home that afternoon, I called her and waited but she didn't come. I waited and then called some more. I became worried and started looking for her. But sadly she was not to be found. The only thing that I can tell you is that she led us to Gracie who we saved from Animal Care and Control. But I know Button had a host of medical problems one of which was a back injury which the Vet said probably came from being thrown from a car. It healed on it's own. But she walked with a strange gait and she didn't like you to touch her in certain spots. But she was a feisty little thing, with a lot of tortie-tude.
We miss you Button.
We hope you found the love you so deserved with us.
We miss you too Mr Kitty.
We were never able to give you the home and care and love you deserved, but we tried.

Double Friday

Unbelievable!

Side by side, and there wasn't any fussing!

Thursday in The Garden Part

I noticed on the deck that I kept seeing fine powery dust falling from up above and I thought it was the flowers that were blooming. NO it's a bumble bee making a home!
Second week and the blooms are coming fast and furious!

It is really pretty!

Of course no stroll in the garden is complete without help!

And I don't know why BLOGGER loaded this picture here, it is not the order I put it in!
*SIGH*
More of Miss BumbleBee!
Be sure to check out more fabulous gardening posts with our Master Gardener Jonesie!

Wordless Wednesday

Mom wanted to add another video from the Alma Antenna which is located in Chile.

Tuxie Toosday With Abby

Happy girl in her basket!
purrs,

Miss Praline

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This is a posting we did not want to write.
Sadly another of our icons from the blogosphere has left us to join the Rainbow Bridge.
Words simply fail.
We can only say that we will miss you dear sweet Praline, and we send loving purrs to your Mom.
Run free and play as you did in the above photo, return to your kittenhood and wait for your Mom who loves you so. Visit her in the shadows and send comfort to her as you have so comforted her all of your life on this earth. We will all hold her close and help her through this and mostly we will miss you and keep you in our purrs.
Until we meet again love and purrs
~Abby

Mancat Monday With Ping

Ping studies scene to check for introoders.

Nothing gets by on Mr. Ping's watch.

Friends In Need

We wrote this for a posting we were going to do tomorrow, but now after reading Praline's blog, I wanted to go ahead and post this today. Miss Praline has told her Mom that this may be her last Sunday. Praline has had the "the talk" with her Mom and she may be leaving us to go become an Angel and be with all the others who have come before. Please take today and go by and give Miss Praline your thoughts and leave some comforting words for her Mom Paula. Our eyes are all leaky Miss Praline, we have known you for many many years now and the heaviness in our hearts is strong. Peaceful journeys, until we meet again.

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Miss Praline is not eating well and she was diagnosed recently with a tumor near her spleen or stomach which is not operable. Please keep her and her sweet Mom Paula in your purrs and purrayers.
Also our good friends Eric and Flynn's Mom Jackie was recently diagnosed with the "C" word, and she will be undergoing an operation very soon. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she heals and mends.

Last week I wrote my thoughts in a posting called In the Arms of an Angel. I think each of us has had that special "heart kitty" come into our lives and give us the care and comfort we need. Our fur babies help us transition through our lives and we can find great comfort in what they give and what we receive from them. May Praline and Eric and Flynn comfort and be comforted by their pawrents, we love you guys and all of you are in our purrayers.

In the arms of an Angel, far away from here
From this dark, cold hotel room, and the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie
In the arms of an Angel; may you find some comfort here

Hoppy Easter

We had a total of 10 adoptions this weekend at Lucky Cat! Lots of baby kitties got new homes for Easter. What a great thing to help us celebrate this Easter. Happy Easter to all those who are celebrating this holiday!

The Journey

There is great meaning in life for those who are willing to journey.

Ping A Ling

He is a little love of orange fur!
Happy Friday efurryone!!
How about a tummy rub?
Do I have any takers?

Happy Birthday Mom

Family memories
Happiest of birthdays Mother.
If God had asked me who I would chose for a Mother
It would be you.
Love you always

In The Arms of an Angel

I sat reading blogs throughout the evening, and I came up to a post by I MAXIMUS about his brother Scampi. Scampi is now 22. Wow just think of about that. 22. He said he is losing Scampi a little day by day. Soon Scampi will be at the Bridge. I just lost it. I sat there and buried my head into my hands and wept. Abby was asleep in my lap and she immediately took notice of my pain. She started by nuzzling me gently and then she came up and turned over onto her stomach in my arms like you would cradle a baby and she was purring, LOUDLY. She kept on nuzzling me. Abby is a cat of comfort and she is my angel. She knows when I hurt and she comes to soothe the rawness out of my pain. I feel such empathy for Maximus because of the age of Scampi. I look at my teeny tiny comfort kitty and it does worry me, she will be 12 and I know in some ways that is not old, but in other ways it is. My fear -- my deepest fear is having to let go of her, but I try very hard not to let those thoughts creep too much into my mind -- although one day I will have to let her go and she will have to wait until we reunite with each other again, because I do believe she and I will be reunited because we share a special bond. She is my heart kitty. My comfort, my joy. But please take a moment and purr for Scampi, his days are fewer than most and there are aching hearts, including my own. You are in our purrayers Scampi.

Tuxie Tuesday With Abby

Sleeping angel

With that paw carefully draped over her eyes and nose which makes it hard for her to breathe and so she snores

blissfully.

Mancat Monday With Ping

Ping hunts a squirrel.
When Ping was an indoor-outdoor kitty, he was by far the most prolific hunter of the bunch. He once brought home a half eaten squirrel as a gift.
He never fails to "get" the lizards when they somehow make it into the house.
I am sure he would get any critter he set his mind to.
But nowadays he has to be satisfied with simply watching more and hunting less.

EZ Sunday

Hello pretty girl, you look so surprised!
There's no sneaking up on Miss Gracie!
Happy Sunday efurryone.

Dragonfly Away

Deep among the flowers, butterflies press their way;

The slow winged dragonflies dot the water.

I'd whisper to the wind and light: "together let us tarry;

We shall enjoy the moment, and never contrary be.

Tu Fu - Chinese poet 712-770

Please Stand By

....we are experiencing interruption of our internet services. We hope to get this fixed,and have been working for over a month with all the outages. We arecsorry we have not been able to leave comments but we are working very hard with our ISP.

I say we should put the bitty on them!

Gracie

This is the face of one happy formerly feral girl!

Thursdays In The Garden With Jonesie

We showed you last week what our new planter bed looked like. Well a lot happened over the past week. IT has come alive. The blooms are just starting but we thought we would share with you how lovely the amaryllis are beginning to look...and as you can see Gracie was snoopervising!
For more great Gardening posts be sure to check out Master Gardener Jonesie!

Lost

Firstly, Gracie is fine,but I have to say she gave us a real GOOD scare! The other day we received a big package which the mail carrier left at the front door (which is very unusual). So Dad went out the front door to retrieve it. About an hour or so later he went looking for all the kitties. Well he found Boo and Abby with Mom. He found Ping and Jinx on the back porch, but no Gracie. He looked and he looked and then he went and he got Mom. Mom and Dad looked and looked and called and called -- no Gracie. Then they were afraid that some how Dad missed seeing Gracie get out while he went out to get that package. So they got flash lights and went outside (because it was dark by this time) and looked all over and called and called. NO Gracie. Dad was getting really panicked by this time, but Mom just felt that Gracie was hiding some place real good. So, they started their search all over again in the house and called and called and we all meowed and meowed but NO Gracie. Then all of a sudden there she was just sitting there like a kitty with a canary. She never did tell us where she hid but she was safe and sound even if Dad nearly had a heart attack. Do you kitties play with your pawrents like that?

Tuxie Toosday With Abby

Looking all spit and polished!
Little Miss Abba Dabba

Mancat Monday With Ping

What is wrong with Picasa

Picasa has a known issue with the way pictures are not uploading normally from the "BLOG THIS" button within Picasa.

Here is an example of what is happening when you try to upload a picture this way:

The http address is LOCALHOST which is not the way it's supposed to be the http address should be a blogspot.com address.
They are working on a solution.

Just letting anyone else know what is wrong.
You'll have to manually go into BLOGGER and upload to get pictures to show.

*wow that was fast*
Now that is really strange.
That picture would not appear before, now it does...
Perhaps they've fixed it....*sigh*

**OK**THIS IS TOO WEIRD!
I put the html code on the edit html page instead of on the compose page and it makes the pictures appear.
THAT IS TOO STRANGE!

Fundraising With First Coast No More Homeless Pets

Mom and Dad deserted us one night. You can see how I felt about that!

This is the table where they sat.

You can see the tables around the edges have gift baskets to 'bid' on. There was a silent auction to help raise $$$ for FCNMHP!

Lots and lots of people were in attendance.

This was the view from the restaurant. It was low tide. That is the St John's River in Jacksonville.

Mom and Dad had never been to a Brazilian Steak House before. This was is called "Espeto" and it was very good. There is a salad bar where you fill up your plate with lots of good vegetables and then the waiters come around to your table with 19 different cuts of meat and carve it off at your table for you. It was very interesting. This was all for a good cause -- FCNMHP!

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Mom has a question:
She did this post yesterday and when she checked it none of the pictures were showing.
We are resizing our pictures in Picasa and we are now seeing posts with pictures missing since we started resizing, is anyone else having that issue?
We just went into Blogger and uploaded from there to fix this post.

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We had 4 adoptions Saturday with Lucky Cat Adoptions!
Yahoo 4 new forever and ever homes!