Daily Photo: Too Cute! So Distracting!

April 23, 2020 Bernadette

fluffy cat sleeping — Mariposa considers my request.

Mariposa’s response last night (last week!) when I thanked her for keeping my spot on the bed warm, but could she give me some room to get into bed?

Looks like she might consider it.

But she went back to sleep. Really, what did this precious kitty do when she lived in a filthy abandoned house and had no humans to charm beyond belief?

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These photos are all from April 14…yes, nine days ago! Below are photos from April 15. Little by little I’m catching up! With spring, more daylight in the house, and the upgrade to my cell phone I’ve been putting it all to the test. Just bear with me, because I’ll be getting my DSLR repaired in a few days.

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Good morning! There are eight cat figures in this picture but only seven are real cats. Can you find the one that’s not a real cat?

eight black cats — Eight black cats, but only 7 are real!

(Answer: Nearly in the center of the photo, right next to Mewsette’s face, is the edge of a Moselland Cat Riesling wine bottle shaped like a black cat!)

Mimi was really happy for a sunny morning so she could run around the yard and play. This happens every day!

black cat outdoors — Mimi sneaks out from under her rhododendron and walks on her wall.

What was blooming last week! Kind of early for lamium but all those yellow flowers aren’t holding back, more forget-me-nots, more lunaria, more color every day!

Then the next day, frost!

Another walk down Main Street and the pretty and interesting things I saw.

pink cherry blossoms — Pink! weeping cherry blossoms.

lilacs — My neighbor’s lilac is blooming.

Now, from April 16!

Three little girls. I think Sienna wants Mariposa to ask Mimi if she will ask me for special treats. It doesn’t hurt to ask.

And April 19

I was of three minds, like a kitchen in which there are three black cats who want my breakfast. My apologies to poet Wallace Stevens. It’s the brothers three working their familiar manipulations in triplicate.

The “P” key on my keyboard was sticking so I pulled off the key cap to clean out around it. Turns out it had a sample of cat fur from each cat who’s lived here over the past decade. So did the “I” and the bracket on either side.

A nice diversion from the pile of paperwork, taxes and financial reports I’m working on. Or am I really only providing a nice papery bed for kitties to sleep on? That’s kind of what it looks like.

From around this date in past years

Mimi in the Cat Book Library, and a Beautiful Morning, 2018

Mimi took her turn in the cat book library today, watching the neighborhood out the door. She fits purrfectly in that little spot. I’ve been planning to put a shelf there so the books don’t get worn since everyone likes to spend time there. Below is another view of Mimi, but the cat tunnel in the mirror isn’t so nice. This is all after we had a nice adventure out in the back yard, below that.

Mimi loves her “real” cat tree out in the back yard. I still haven’t had the last section of the wild black cherry tree removed. I hope to get it removed now that the weather has finally turned warm, and we hope it stays that way. But until then, we have to visit the tree every day.

My camera decided to focus on the grapevine as Mimi was walking along, but I like the way it looks. It’s Mimi in her favorite space, kind of dreamy, part of the environment.

While Mimi was exploring her favorite spaces, I was exploring mine with my camera. It was a blue and yellow and green morning. I am so happy to finally have flowers to photograph.

King Alfred daffodils I planted the year after I moved here.

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What other photos have I shared on this date?

What’s Out There?, 2017

I have no idea what we are intently watching but I just whispered, “What’s out there?” and Mimi turned slightly and whispered, “Murf”, like, “Shut up.”

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