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A couple of new photos ~ ~

Prue and Phoebe are now getting along fine.  Remember, Phoebe came to us in August, was a 'basement kitty' for several months before she trusted us enough to join our family.  Just a few days ago, Beau and I came home and found the two of them on the sofa...together.  Look at their identical poses!  Caught Prue having a nice big yawn. 

Genavieve, who is Prue's daughter, still prefers to hang out alone.  She spends a lot of time outdoors, but during the night will sleep somewhere on my bed near me.  I think here Gena is gazing at the Christmas tree, wondering which gifts were for her.  The kitties all got stockings, of course!  New shiny pom-poms and catnip mice to play with.  

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Last year at this time, we had 5 cats.  Kashmir, Shadow, Prue, Genavieve and Jinx.  3 boys and 2 girls.  Things happen, and life changes ~ pets and loved ones come and go.   Now we have the 3 girls ~ Prue, Genavieve and Phoebe. 

Kashmir now lives with my son's father and will be 15 years old on Valentine's Day.  They both moved out last February.  David and I got him together as a tiny kitten in 1992, and I miss him ~ but it's okay, he's happy with David, who I really don't miss. This is my favorite photo of Kashmir, taken a year ago. 

Shadow.  Beau's birthday present on his 4th birthday.  Shadow was 6 years old on April 1st of this year, which is also the day he went missing.  David had taken him over to his house to visit Kashmir.  He was there less than 24 hours, David's father's cat beat him up, and he left.  I think I am more heartbroken than Beau is.  He just refuses to think of Shadow, because it makes him so sad.  He also blames his Dad for taking him over there.  Indeed, he should not have.  Quite upsetting, not knowing what became of beautiful Shadow.

And the handsome little black Jinx.  Never really wanted here to begin with, brought home May 2005 by my troubled eldest stepson ~ who never took care of him, of course that task went immediately to me.  Jinx was very unhappy when Phoebe came here in August.  He began to pee all over the place, and I had to throw away an area rug from the basement bedroom and the beautiful 8x10 area rug we had in the living room.  He also, I think, was sick ~ and I told David he had to take him, that obviously he was never 'my' cat and I don't have the money for vet care.  He picked him up, took him to his house ~ and Jinx took off from there.  So these are my last posts of Kashmir, Shadow and Jinx, now they are cats from my past.  It's been quite a year of change and adjustment, and we all are just hanging in there.  Okay, so I know this is a photo journal and not my 'writing' journal, and I usually don't put this much out there...but it's such a time of reflection for me.  I guess I don't feel happy that a new year is beginning, but sad that another year is ending. 

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One more somber note, (please don't be too upset with me, Mom) I want to pay tribute to my Mom's cat Moses, who very unexpectedly died just yesterday afternoon.  He was 11 years old, and apparently had a major heart attack/stroke episode that paralyzed his back and legs and made his breathing very difficult.  They rushed him to an emergency vet office, where he received an injection to end his pain.   Beau and I were at Mom's yesterday afternoon, and I was sitting with Moses, petting him and scratching him all around his ears.  How unreal it is to think that he was living his last couple of hours, and we had no way of knowing.  I'm so very sorry for the loss of Moses.  In the past, Moses had been a commenting kitty in several editions of "Feline Friday" and once or twice, had his picture featured as well, along with his adopted sister Mitzie.

Rest in peace, lovely white Moses.

 

The final "Feline Friday" of 2006 is here, at (sometimes)photoblog. 

 

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And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.  And this will be a sign for you; you will find the babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."   

~ Luke 2:10-12

 

Love and Peace ~

 

Merry Christmas to all.

 

 

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Just getting to sharing a few photos from our trip last month to Yankee Candle Village in S. Deerfield, Mass.  I'm quite bummed lately because my photo quality is HORRIBLE ~ thinking my computer's video card is going or something.  Everything looks awful and distorted.  Not just my photos, but everyone's, all over j-land and even all over the web.  Photos and graphics, all a mess.  It's got me depressed.  Well, anyway, while I still have some pics, here they are.   I hope they don't look blurry and distorted to you all!

 

Beau with a cute little mountainside village there.  I just love the tiny ski-lifts (gondolas?)!  He thinks they're cool.  He said to make sure I got them in the picture! 

Do you know that here in central Connecticut, we are still having weather up into the 50's most days?  Not one flake of snow in sight!  Not forcasted for Christmas, either.  Supposed to be very grey and in the upper 40's on Monday.  I think tomorrow is going to pour rain.   :HUGE POUT:  We are going to get whalloped with blizzards in February, just watch.   I am, however, happy that we don't live in the Denver area...but my stepson Eric does live in Colorado Springs!  YIKES!  Don't know how they're doing out there today. 

 

How's this for a giant Lego creation?!?  A Bionicle Hero!  Beau loved that.  Can you imagine building that?  I can't!! 

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That's what I think every time I see a nutcracker.

 

Grrrrrrr!

 

 

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Sometimes when I walk out of my den into the hall, I pass by the living room and see this beautiful reflection of our Christmas tree in my little sun mirror.  I decided to capture it the other day when I happened by the Round Robin blog and saw what the latest challenge was!  So here we go.

Here are the other Round Robin participants. 

 

 

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Here's our little Christmas tree, Beau's and mine.

Here's a photo of it in the dark, when we first set it up.  Do you notice, I did change the top, from the angel to the star.  Beau liked the new star better! 

 

Monday Photo Shoot is found here:   By The Way...

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Gena getting her party on!!

      ( Actually, she was just sayin' meow )

Feline Friday featuring Pickle, and a couple bonus days

of neighbor cat Harley as well ~

here at (sometimes)photoblog.  Check them out!

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...hand crafted glass hippo ornaments?

 

:)

 

 

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I think this photo of Phoebe and the pies is just crying

out for a caption - do you agree?

Leave yours in the comments,  just for fun !!

Play along over at (sometimes)photoblog, home of the original Feline Friday.  Check it out this week, special photo challenge winners have been announced! 

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