Picture Of The Day September 2023:
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Saturday September 30, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Norton looks great having a snooze in a box.
Today's Quote: “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” - Ernest Hemingway
Picture Taken: February 2023.
Friday September 29, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Dexter was 14 years old when I frist tried a leash and harness on him, he is 15 now. He is one of two cats that accepted it. In fact, when I get the leash and harness out, he gets so happy he starts meowing. When out, he just can't stop going, and keeps the leash tight all the time.
Today's Quote: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” - Alexander Fraser Tytler
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Thursday September 28, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Another picture of the new cat spot when I opened it. Avensby still is a bit shy to explore it - staying on the house side of the window while Margarita on the left, Elly-May in the centre and Andi on the right enjoy the sunshine.
Today's Quote: “We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.” - Tennessee Williams
Picture Taken: April 2022.
Wednesday September 27, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi on the left, Dexter on the right, Avensby looking out the window. This was a brand new cat spot that is now gone to make way for the new catio. Andi and Dexter are checking it out after I opened the window to it for the the first time, while Avensby is a bit cautious about heading out.
Today's Quote: “Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.” - Emily Dickinson
Picture Taken: April 2022.
Tuesday September 26, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi on the couch. I woke her up by taking pictures of her.
Today's Quote: “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” - Rumi.
Picture Taken: September 2021.
Monday September 25, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Patty.
Today's Quote: “Listen to the silence. It has so much to say.” - Rumi.
Picture Taken: September 2021.
Sunday September 24, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Fiona watching birds in the Yew tree just outside the window.
Today's Quote: “I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Our everyday lives obscure a truth about existence - that at the heart of everything there lies a stillness and a light.” - Lynn Thomson
Picture Taken: September 2021.
Saturday September 23, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Yesterday evening when the weather was basically perfect. Dexter on the shelf, Margarita behind.
Today's Quote: “In order to understand more, it is imperative that we improve our knowledge before choosing which side of the fence we feel compelled to belong.” - J.P. Robinson
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Friday September 22, 2023 Pic of the Day.
A sleepy Andi in the catio.
Today's Quote: “When I feel bad, I just look at my cats and my courage returns.” - Charles Bukowski
Picture Taken: September 2021.
Thursday September 21, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Avensby in the cat tree tired of me taking pictures of her.
Today's Quote: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough." - Robert Capa
Picture Taken: September 2021.
Wednesday September 20, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Norton and Patty in the foreground, Andi in the background left, and just barely visible on the right in the background is Elly-May.
Today's Quote: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” - Woody Allen
Picture Taken: September 2021.
Tuesday September 19, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Dexter loves getting scratches.
Today's Quote: “The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Picture Taken: June 2023.
Monday September 18, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Daisy having a snooze on my tool batteries on a shelf.
Today's Quote: “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Sunday September 17, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Margarita and Elly-May in the cat pen watching me take pictures.
Today's Quote: "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." - Ansel Adams
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Saturday September 16, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi, taken at the same time as yesterday's picture. This picture brings out the personality of Andi, which is unique. Unlike her 4 siblings from the same litter, she is very much like her mom. Serious and stable. She is clearly the matriarch of the family, and though very friendly and never starts fights, never gets easily upset, she is definite in her actions and has a calm and cool demeanor. In this picture she is focused in watching what I'm up to while taking her picture. Many times I've seen a cat acting goofy around her, and she just looks at them exactly like this, and the other cat soon starts to wither and stop.
Today's Quote: “In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English Proverb
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Friday September 15, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi, who will be 15 years old in approximately 2 weeks, under the Manitoba Maple tree enjoying a beautiful day while Norton looks on from the cat pen. I can't take Norton for outside walks as he panics if there is a noise, but he actually shows no interest in going outside. When I go to the door, he moves away from it.
Today's Quote: "Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves ... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom." - William James
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Thursday September 14, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Avensby using the step on the side of the cat tree as a resting spot. This is inside the new catio or cat sunroom I made for the herd, or more properly - the clowder.
Today's Quote: “I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.” - Peter S. Beagle
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Wednesday September 13, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Avensby can get into a mood, and when she does, she gets this look on her face, and more often than not, she lies there with her arms stretched out like this. Also, I like the way her paws match the blanket.
Today's Quote: “Clouds suit my mood just fine.” - Marie Lu, Champion
Picture Taken: October 2022.
Tuesday September 12, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Dexter out on a leash under the cat tunnel to the cat pen. Dexter is so happy to be out and about, and you can see how tight the leash is as he pulls me around. By the way, today's quote doesn't count for Dexter.
Today's Quote: “Seeking book reviews from friends and family is like walking your cat on a leash – theoretically possible, but count on sharp claws and a lot of hissing!” - Caroline Hurry
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Monday September 11, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Dexter on a box near the ceiling looking down at me a year ago.
Today's Quote:
“A cat has beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, all the virtues of man without his vices.” - Lord Byron
Picture Taken: September 2022.
Sunday September 10, 2023 Pic of the Day.
This is the catio or cat sunroom I made for the cats. Looking from inside my place to inside the catio. Andi is on the chair, and Norton is in the basket on the floor. The cat tree that used to be inside my place is to the right. The cats are very happy with this room for them.
Today's Quote: “By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.”
- Helen Hunt Jackson, September
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Saturday September 09, 2023 Pic of the Day.
I was outside taking Andi for a walk, and Dexter was unhappy with me for taking Andi first. You can see him staring at me in disapproval.
Today's Quote: “When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret.” - Shannon L. Alder
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Friday September 08, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Sugar Bear, the cat from next door, on the path in the wildflower garden on supervised walk.
Today's Quote: “May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.” - Native American Proverb
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Thursday September 07, 2023 Pic of the Day.
I very much enjoy looking back to these pictures with the mom cat and her kittens in late 2008 and early 2009, but there is some sadness as two of the kittens and the mom have passed away, and the three remaining kittens are 15 years old in about a month with expected health issues and general slowing down. Andi the kitten again on the left, and her mom on the right which I named Mumma-Puma. The cat in the middle, the Lynx Point Siamese, is Felemur, and he was just shy of 20 years old in this picture. He passed away about 6 weeks after this. I remember the time finding Felemur - a stray kitten - in the spring of 1989. That is getting to be a while ago now.
Today's Quote: “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” - Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Picture Taken: January 2009.
Wednesday September 06, 2023 Pic of the Day.
I found another Andi picture when she was a kitten, here beside the woodpile with her mom. This picture was taken the day after I first saw them. The mom had 5 kittens at the time. The barn they lived in burned down and mom and her kittens suddenly became homeless just as winter was coming on. According to the vet I took them all to, Andi and her siblings would have been 6 weeks old.
Today's Quote: “My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum - what I called emotional sea level - is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.” - Andrew Weil, Spontaneous Healing
Picture Taken: November 2008.
Tuesday September 05, 2023 Pic of the Day.
All things Andi lately. The previous two days I've shown recent pictures of Andi in the yard. Here is a picture of her when she was about 11 weeks old in January of 2009.
Today's Quote: "Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion." - Gautama Buddha
Picture Taken: January 2009.
Monday September 04, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Out for a walk in the yard. Andi rubbing a tree while I try to not get eaten by mosquitos. I cannot think of a worse year for mosquitos than this summer.
Today's Quote: “The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear." - Daniel Defoe, English writer, 1660-1731
Picture Taken: August 2023.
Sunday September 03, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi on a ladder when out for a walk.
Today's Quote: “The wound is the place where the Light enters you. - Rumi, Persian Sufi mystic, 1207-1273
Picture Taken: July 2023.
Saturday September 02, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Another picture of the setup for the cats. On the left is the new catio, or cat sunroom. On the right is the tunnel leading to the cat pen under the big Manitoba Maple tree.
Today's Quote: “We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost.” – Henry Rollins
Picture Taken: September 2023.
Friday September 01, 2023 Pic of the Day.
We've been working away at the yard, and I wanted to take a picture of the tiny house I live in with the catio on the left and the cat tunnel to the cat pen right behind the tree. The cats are quite enjoying this setup.
Today's Quote: "Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures…” - Henry David Thoreau
Picture Taken: August 2023.
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