"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..."

John Gillespie Magee

My beloved friend, my furbaby, departed this world to wait for me on this day, September 6, 2011

at 5:45 pm.

Welcome back spring!

"Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower,
The periwinkle trail'd its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes."

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Written in Early Spring

Cliff view

"Like the winds of the sea
Are the waves of time,
As we journey along through life,
Tis the set of the soul,
That determines the goal,
And not the calm or the strife."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)

A face only a Mother could love?

"Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave."
Rainer Maria Rilke

Thare be Dragons!

"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

Domestic Panther

"But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his."
James Cromwell

Pretty, pretty....

"Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision."
(Joseph Joubert 1754-1824)

Oliver

"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing."
(William S. Burroughs 1914-1997)

Pearls and other sparkelies

"Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price."
(Moses Ibn Ezra, 1055/60-1138 ? ) Shirat Yisrael

Are you with me??

"If I'm going to follow a god, why would I want to follow a god of my creation? That would be an alcoholic idiot nitwit jerk god!"
(Willie Aames)

"If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else."
(Joseph Campbell)