This fine day we remember that freedoms and victories were paid for by crimson flows in lands near and far...
This is our 48 star flag and a beautiful card made by the grandbeankids last year...
This ID bracelet helps us to remember mommies uncle who fought in the French Foreign Legion in 1952...he rests in Flanders Fields...
For todays CAT ART SUNDAY we will show you some of the fun stuff I get to look at when I eat...mommy rescued this painting in a Goodwill box. We just love it...
This needlework came from an antique shop...three little meezers drinking creme...
This collage of fairy kitties is purrrrfect for ushering in the summer season that will begin this week...so I hope you enjoyed seeing my artwork. Make your mommy give you some artwork at kitty eye level...demand it! I sure hope Blogger gets back to normal soon...this not being able to sign in and comment is for the birds!
As I was conditioning my hair in the shower this morning, I took time to read my shampoo bottle. I am in shock! The shampoo I use in the shower that runs down my entire body says "for extra volume and body"! Seriously, why have I not noticed this before? Now I understand why I am so "full-figured"!
Out to the patio I went...
ahhhh into the sunshine....
opps a few of my gerry curl furs are out of place... 
there now I am ready for my sunbath...
Oh and one more thing...blogger is making me mad...I can not comment, nor could I posty on Monday...oh and another thing...I have a winner for the necklace mommy made...it goes to my dear friend CHEYSULI! YEAH conCATulations to you...it will look so beautiful on your meezer furs...or you could give it to your mommy...I want to thank all of you for coming by to wish me a happy blogoversary!
This is mommies favorite picture of me...
I wanted to share this beautiful picture of an angel friend...our dear Mr. Whiskers from Hawaii who went to the rainbow bridge last month. His mommy misses him so very very much.... He looks so handsome...it makes our eyes leak because our Buddy is also no longer with us...he just never came back to the garden after Christmas. I know these two special tabby boys are together in heaven...watching down over all of us...
I just love this origami folded ATC I saw somewhere on the web...look at that cute kitty and those yummy mousies...I bet my dear friend Roberta can make something like this...she is a master paper folder...
A dream day at the cozy cottage filled with friends who come by for a cuppa tea...after I wake up from my nap that is...
All this merry month of May we celebrate the dearest friends we have in the cat blogopshere...Auntie Deb and ML! Please visit and say hello and thank them for keeping the CB up and running so we can visit, chat, comfort, pray and help kitties in need...
Chap Stick..... We had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long on the mat in our bathroom. We have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loved chap stick. LOVED it. He kept asking to use my chap stick and then losing it. Finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom that I kept my chap stick and explained he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to put it right back in the drawer after he finished because I used it sometimes several times a day. That year, on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around to try to get ready for church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood. We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car, and I am looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally go into the bathroom. There was Eli. He was applying my chap stick very carefully to Jack's rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and said "chapped..." Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right - their little bottoms do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind. And the only question to ask at that point was whether it was the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's butt or the hundredth!?! 
Today we celebrate four years of blogging fun! Your friendships are my greatest gift...I treasure you all. So leave a comment once on this post all week long and you can win this silly necklace mommy made after she saw me with my new friends...
Ten little fishes wrapped in a plastic bubble...oh oh this could mean trouble! I must figure out how to get them into my tummy where they would taste so very yummy!
hmmmm but how do I open this?
but try as I may...I could not get them out without Lapdaddy helping...he put them into the pond where look happy not to be in my tummy!
Oh just look what came by Royal Mail from my sweet friend Helena and Princess Dilly and Bob T Bear in England!
She is an amazing purrrrson and artist! The card she made is a mini me in my cozy cottage. It even has a soft fuzzy peachy blossom on it...
Thank you Helena for such a beautiful thoughtful creation so purrrrfect for me....it looks like my baby picture with all those soft sweet curly furs...we can't stop looking at all the shimmery layers...
I wanted to show you just how purrrrrfect the card really is...look close below at the border and wallpaper behind the sofa...
now look at our wall in the front parlor! How purrrrfect does that match??? I think Helena has hit is spot on with this treasured card. 
Wishing all of you a beautiful day...come back tomorrow for our special four year blogoversary...leave us a comment and you might be the winner of mommies funny new jewelry she made...
OK what happened with Blogger yesterday? It came and swallowed up our Friday post...has anycat seen it? A catnip cuppa tea is offered as a reward and a preview of our newest cozy cottage residents. I hope Blogger fixes their hiccups...one never really knows how much something is missed until it is gone. That goes for those you love more than anything else...so take this day and tell them that you do. It is a good tonic for sure. PLEASE come back on Monday and we will show you what I found and there will be a very special celebration in honor of our four year blogoversary...I will be having a give away of a jewelry piece mommy made to commemorate our new friends...only we hope they do not really meet the same fate. You will understand when you see it...it will be great fun!!! See you all on Cat Art Sunday which will be very special also...all the way with Royal Mail across the big briney it came!!
Mommy wanted to show off her little red bud tree. It has a nice branch structure...she even tied a lace to the trunk so it can flip in the breezes...It is a Forest Pansy Red Bud. It will have glossy burgundy heart shaped leaves come summer that turn a golden orange in autumn. We can hardly wait...you all know how much mommy loves the autumn time at the cozy cottage. I hope you have a beautiful day...remember to smile and count your blessings.
Guess what? It was full of dark chocolate orange jelly sticks!!! The workshop counter is no place to try to hide goodies...mommy could not resist tasting a few of them before she rolled the bag up again...they were so good. But we got found out because we rolled the bag back up to tightly...we were busted. Hey he should have hid the bag better, don't you think? So now to the surprise...mommy has always wanted a red bud tree for the front garden...we talked about it for sometime now. So when we got home today, mommy looked out the door and saw one planted right where she wanted it! It just appeared over night...a mystery! She was so happy and wanted to sit beside it and wait until the red buds opened up! Silly mommy... Lapdaddy arranged with our sweet neighbor to plant it for him while we were at church. Isn't he wonderful!!
Later today I am having my best oldest friend over for a tea party. Auntie Stinkie turned a glorious 19 years old yesterday. Please click on her picture and wish her well. She was Matron of Honor at my wedding to Mickey. Please join us for a walk about the garden and some tuna puffs. We can sit beside the pond and watch the fish too! Turning 19 is a milestone to be sure...I will be 19 on my next birthday in January, God willing.
On this precious day we honor our mother's...they love us the most and take care of all our needs. Mommy is in a little bit of trouble with Lapdaddy over one of her mother's day gifts...we will tell you more about that tomorrow...
I hope you get to sit in a nice warm lap today and purr into the face of your beloved...
