Are you truly READY to celebrate the true meaning of this day? Click each image or link!
Touch of Catnip
Smiles and laughter at the close of day…
Would you ever guess “I ♥ CATS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍❤️❤️❤️” ?
It’s all about the box!
Cats! What adorable creatures! Whether kittens or full grown, our feline friends bring joy and happiness with their cuddliness and antics. Being easily spoiled, each is susceptible to ‘owning’ a plethora of toys. As cat lovers, we all have meow, meow, meow stories/moments to share. We dote upon THE cat with what the cat deserves…THE best, THE craziest, THE funniest…the search is on for the most unique toy! One of the best cat toys on the planet doesn’t cost anything extra, doesn’t warrant a drive to the store, doesn’t require a lot of thought, doesn’t need batteries, doesn’t require any tools to put together and best of all is probably right now, today, this minute, somewhere in your house waiting to be had!
Cats Love Boxes
Our Foxie: Click the Image
Cats love boxes
Small, medium, large
Size doesn’t matter
The cat is in charge
Inside, outside
Tipsy turvy
With holes, without
Straight or curvy
Big cat, small box
Large box, small cat
Same size, any size
Slap spat, that’s that
Skinny cat, fat cat
GOOD TIMES roll
In pure attack mode
Goin’ for the goal
Pouncin, stalkin’
Havin’ a ball
Climbin’, slappin’
None too short or tall
Hard work, at play
Time for a rest
Smaller the box
Cozier the nest
Always one
Fits just right
Safe and secure
Nite! Nite!
©2015 Sharla Lee Shults
Having a bad day? Adopt a kitten or give a lonely cat a home! If you already have one, let some of that friendly feline persuasion make you feel better! Somewhere around your house is a lonely empty box needing company!
Catnip today came from Kent Gustavson. Visit Kent’s Cutest Kitties on Google +…
Scaredy-cat or Scared Cat
There are “scaredy-cats” and then there are scared cats. As humans, some of us are startled or frightened by a slight change or movement, even to the point of being afraid of anything and everything. Others take it with a grain of salt. Cats are among those that frighten very easily.
When startled, cats usually jump (often quite high), stumble over their own feet and scamper as fast as their little legs will carry them. Their expressions are indeed priceless! Yes! Cats have expressions…anyone who says cats are expressionless have never truly watched the face of a cat. In the close-ups within the video, focus on the eyes and ears. There are moments that will make you bend double laughing while others will bring on an aw-w-w-w moment.
For your added enjoyment, a step back in the past to the Scaredy Cat in the cartoons…
Scaredy Cat (1948) from kili on Vimeo.
Do you frighten easily? Share your scariest moment…personal or cat!
Inspiration: Solace in Winter
Photo Credit: Marilyn Armstrong @Serendipity
How do you greet Winter—
Bitter, drab and dreary
Frosty sights and sounds
Anything but cheery…
A silent ghostly presence
Chilling to the bone
Outwardly uninviting
Wishing it ‘Be gone!’?
Br-r-r-r-r is the sound
Silvery is the sight
From dawn to dusk
Bitterness through the night
This hoary side to Winter
Is that all there is to see—
A shroud of dreariness
Heaviness of heart to be?
Solace in Winter
Restores warmth to the very soul
Lifting up heavy hearts
As magical moments unfold
©2014 catnipoflife
Sharla Lee Shults
Yes, indeed, Winter brings chills to the bone but with it comes extraordinary beauty, grace and even a sense of magic. For those encountering snow, early, early morning reveals a new dusting of silvery white from Nature’s paintbrush swishing over, under, around and through everything in sight. Ice-glazed water glistens in the daylight as tiny birds peck away for a single droplet. The gracefulness of snowflakes whirl and twirl around and around floating effortlessly, landing softly one atop another. Person after person stroll in the midst, bundled up like Eskimos, giggling as the cold bites each nose and resemble the main characters within a magical snow globe scene.
Of course, we know there is a flip side to the coin depicting this scene. Whipping winds, fast-falling stinging snow, blizzard warnings, subzero wind chills do not seem so inviting. Shoveling snow, scrapping windshields, steering away from snow banks, donning three to four layers of clothing are commonplace when treks outdoors must be made.
Regardless of the coin’s side, there is solace in Winter that touches the soul even in its coldest moments…
Where do you find solace in Winter?
The Only Limit
There are times when each of us feel we have done all we can do, we can do no more, we have reached our limits. We are tired, absolutely pooped, ready to give up, give in, settle for less.
We feel we have come to our road’s end with no branches leading in a new or different direction, no ‘y’ in the road, only a dead end. But even at the end of a dead-end road, there is something beyond.
The only blockade is that which we allow in our own minds. The voice that says STOP, you can go no further, you have reached your limits.This is the moment when you push through the things blocking your way and forge ahead.
Now, I ask you, “Have you reached your limits?”
The only limit is the one you set yourself!
The limit you set
is that of your own
whether high or low
its time will come
Within your limits
new horizons await
inner thoughts
say never too late
Be on the lookout
ever watchful you see
for what lies ahead
is what’s meant to be
Look to tomorrow
unafraid to explore
push your limits
farther than the day before
Awakenings: Flying Over America
See on Scoop.it – Awakenings: America & Beyond
Maximize the screen!
Breathtaking scenes across America…
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
Embrace the Past…
Poetry excerpt from Awakenings: Enchanted Land
Go to Awakenings!
See on awakenings2012.blogspot.com
Awakenings: A Song, Two Jaguars, One Girl
See on Scoop.it – Awakenings: America & Beyond
Awakenings: A Song, Two Jaguars, One Girl | Quick post to end the day – This Day in History, October 10, 1987
Are you familiar with the song “Here I Go Again” by English hard-rock group Whitesnake? On this day in 1987, it hit the Billboard pop singles chart in the US. If you don’t remember the song, perhaps the saucy video will jog your memory. See on awakenings2012.blogspot.com
Sharla Shults‘s insight:
What catches your attention the most – the song, the cars, the girl?
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