There is nothing quite as therapeutic as Nature to calm my spirit.
Even when travelling, my best-loved sites are natural scenery:
… but few places make me as calm as right here at home.
It is nice to find that place where you can just go and relax.— Moises Arias
*Ragtag Daily Prompt: Calm
*All photos are my own – JKP
The Ragtag Daily Prompt today is Summer Memories! I thought I’d share this favourite evergreen post as an introduction to a summer series I plan to showcase in the next few months. ☀️
*Ragtag Daily Prompt: Summer Memories
All poetry and images are my own.
Gord: “Hey, Lou—I didn’t see you there!
Can we share this chair?”
“Never mind!
I’ll take the other one so I can stretch out.
🐾 🐾. 🐾 🐾
Happy Whisker Wednesday,
Everyone!”
💕💙💕
There is only now.
An open window
a fresh breeze
to welcome
this bright and beautiful
April day.
– J. Kelland Perry
As I have mentioned on my blog before, spring takes its own sweet time to show its face on the island of Newfoundland. The arrival is gradual, just as it is on most northern coastlines, with cold temperatures accompanied by the odd snowfall or sleet storm.
I love the anticipation of warmer days ahead. And there are still some lovely moments, particularly when the wind is light, the water is calm, and the sun begins to set. These photos were taken on the peaceful evening of April 2nd, and since then most of the snow and ice has disappeared.
Another reason I love spring here on Perry’s Point: the pleasure to witness the renewal of nature by observing our seabirds. Two weeks ago, it started—the sudden appearance of seagulls and other salt water birds pairing off to mate. Everyday, we now see them huddled—and even cuddled!—together on rocks and small islets off the point, or gliding through the water side by side: herring gulls, saddlebacks, black ducks, and pintails.
Seagulls squeal a spring duet
swim in pairs around ice and rock
glide as swans in graceful tandem
hush broken by caw and squawk *
*excerpt from Seagull Spring by J. Kelland Perry, April 2015
“April is the gateway to the joys of summer.” ― Fennel Hudson
“Oh, the lovely fickleness of an April day!” – W. H. Gibson
”Home was a dream, one I’d never seen, til you came along.” — from Cover Me Up by Jason Isbell
“Our house is a very, very, very
fine house … “
… With two cats in the yard …
… Life used to be so hard … now everything is easy ’cause of you.” 💕
💙🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾💙
I know, I know. Lou and Gord don’t go out in the yard. They are indoor cats. However, we are considering buying leashes and harnesses to take them outside when summer comes. We’ll see!
*Our House, a song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Happy October, Friends and Followers!
It’s been a busy few weeks for me lately, but I didn’t want the date of September 27 to go unnoticed here on my blog, as it marked the first anniversary of our adoption of Louie and Gordie.
In some ways, their Gotcha Day seems like only yesterday. But then I think of how much these two little darlings have flourished in the space of a year. Remembering how Gordie was so skittish and food insecure, and how at first he didn’t know how to use the little flap door to his litter box, it seems like eons ago.
And then there was Louie’s behaviour when we first brought him home, hiding under my treadmill or the spare bed until he felt more comfortable with us.
Nowadays, they are both well adapted to life here with us on Perry’s Point. And we can’t imagine a single day or night without them!
They are still young cats at ages two and four, so we look forward to many more years—and anniversaries—together.
There are no ordinary cats. – Colette
Lou and Gordie’s favourite seat? Any window ledge in our house! And by the way, we don’t have another cat in the microwave. 😉😻
Photo Challenge: Pull Up a Seat
Hey there, friends and felines! Lou and Gordon Purry here, delighted to be back on WordPress to spend a part of International Cat Day with you all.
To commemorate the occasion, Jennifer asked us to share some of her favourite cat quotes on her blog today, as well as some of her much-loved photos of us.
So here goes!
“One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway
“I have lived with several Zen masters—all of them cats.” –Eckhart Tolle
“Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit.” – Lloyd Alexander
“I’m not spoiled, my human is just well trained.” – Unknown
“Cats: the original supermodels.” – Unknown
“There’s no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat.” – Wesley Bates
“Heaven will never be Paradise unless my cats are there waiting for me.” – Unknown
🩷 🐾 💙 🐾. 🩷 🐾. 💙 🐾. 🩷 🐾. 💙 🐾. 🩷
If you are spending part of today with a fellow feline, please give him or her some love!
~ Head Bumps & Nose Kisses, Louie & Gordie 😻😻
