IT IS MIDNIGHT, AND CINDERELLA IS HOME...

This has been the hardest few days for me...the heartache is almost unbearable.  Thank you all so very much for your kind comments and personal emails.  I asked Diana what I could do to prepare Lena for her journey back home...this is what she said below.  I think she is an amazing lady who loves her cats more than anything else and has a heart for those who's hearts are breaking.

"Talk to Lena and explain to her why she is not going to be living with you any longer. Tell her she is wonderful and lovable and I am working hard to find a kind loving home for her. And I will succeed.  She needs to know that her needs are not going to be met at your home. And that you are sad because of that, you really wanted it to work. And that it is ok that this is not working out. And bless her and send her on her way. And then forgive yourself.  She will recuperate. She will survive and she will thrive in a new environment."

We will be taking a short blogging break next week while we try comfort our broken hearts...there are three kitty shaped holes in them over the last six months.  One shaped like Miss Peach, one like little Boo Boo Kitty and one like Lena...we are grateful that we have Hunny Bunny.  She is a sweet quiet soul of a comfort...we thank you for loving us and sending your prayers to the cozy cottage until we return...

SOMETIMES A DREAM COMES TRUE....BUT DOES NOT LAST...

 With a heavy heart and tears falling...the cozy cottage will say goodbye to beautiful Lena.  She will be going back home on Friday.   Several different reasons have made this very difficult decision necessary.  It is one that Dennis and I reached together after much prayer. 

 We have learned much in the month that we have shared with lovely Lena... that she is the most beautiful cat we have ever seen...sweet and playfull and a joy to snuggle with. We have learned much about ourselves...that try as hard as we may, we sometimes fail with our attempts to make problems work out.  We have failed Lena.  PLEASE keep us all in your prayers...

A WINTER DAY...

 The snow is gone this week and I am so glad....now I can go and sit on the front porch again and watch bird TV live and in purrrrson!  Lena has to watch fron inside because she is nakked and would freeze like a popsicle out here!  She likes to watch the mourning doves and her jaw chatters while she talks to them...

PREPURR A TABLE FOR ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMY...

This is as close as Lena and Hunny Bunny have been to each other...it went well and they shared a meal.

GET DOWN NOW LENA!!!

But I love you mommy...why can I not stay up here and play with all this fun stuff?

A NEW FURRY FRIEND TO CUDDLE UP WITH....

 Hi....you are so soft....so are you...you feel like a horses nose all over...

 and you have long whiskers all over your body....that is because I am a teddy bear...

 we can be friends and keep each other cozy...

TAKE TIME ON MONDAY...

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of scars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

W.H. Davies

A SUNDAY UNDER THE BLANKET...

It has been a mighty cold, windy and snow filled week here in the desert!  Oh but we have something called a Chinook Wind that sometimes comes blowing it's warmth across the frozen white melting it in record time.  For now, I am staying under the warm blanket until the snow is all gone...probably until Spring.
We wish you all a wonderful Sunday filled with those you love close by and lots of naps and noms!

WHITE, WHITE, AND MORE WHITE!!!

 Look what is on my real live bird TV channel!!!

 Everything is white white white!!!

 The birdies really show up good now and boy are they hungry!

We sure hope you are staying warm and cozy right now if you have this same channel at your house.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY...

What to do on a cold and very windy winter day...only 62 days until Spring!

WATCHING LIVE BIRD TV!!!

Look what is on my channel outside my window today!  A woodpecker looking for the fallen dogwood berries between the river rock...he has a long pointed beak purrfect for the hunt. Bring the Party Mix Snacks mom...I like this channel!!!

GENTLE WINTER TRIO...

 It has been such a lovely weekend at the cozy cottage...content kitties...

 a beautiful sunset to end another day...a day filled with good coffee, some naps and even some creative rubber stamping.  I even found some time to organize some of my craft drawers...January is a good time to begin decluttering.  We are just happy to be able to do ordinary things that many would find very boring...but we feel blessed.  We wish you a wonderful Sunday surrounded by those you love and may you find some tiny momments of bliss yourselves!

TIME OUT FOR A MOUSE AND FEATHER HUNT!!!

MY BEAUTIFUL ANGEL MISS PEACH IS 19 YEARS OLD TODAY...

I know there is a big party in heaven today because my little angel girl is having a birthday...surrounded by all the kitties who joined her on the journey this last year, they watch over us and we feel their great love still...and our hearts smile.  Happy Birthday sweet girl...
I wrote this little poem...

LITTLE SOULS

Thou the seasons come and go...

the cozy cottage stays the same,

many a kitty did it know,

each left a magic that remains.