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.

OH SUCH A LAZY WEEKEND!!!

We have been so very lazy at the cozy cottage this weekend...laying around on the sofa watching football...falling off to sleep...not doing anything productive.  That is not like us, but once in awhile we just have to take a time out.  Ever have days like that?  This is Lena stuffed down between me and Lapdaddy sharing a bit of each of our blankets.  She looks so calm...but only when she is asleep!!

ONCE UPON A TIME, A COZY COTTAGE AND HER LITTLE RED CAT...

 A purrrrrfect cozy cottage parlor...

 once upon a dream...

 this scene was real...

 she warmed our hearts...

 and captured our soul with her magic...

 The cats of the cozy cottage may change...but the love remains even in Miss Peach and Buddy shaped holes in our hearts. 

 I love these tiny tin cottages and have quite a collection...to me they are alive and ready to move into...filled with old fashion furnishings and the charm of yesterday...and somewhere there is always a cat.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY...well almost

Lena looking beautiful...

Bunny wants to go outside...the sun is shining and there is live bird TV everywhere!

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL....

 I wanted to see the beautiful Christmas cards that many of you so thoughtfully sent to us.  So I put them under the plastic tablecloth...why didn't I think of that before!?  See the beautiful Bavarian tea cup...that was a gift from Auntie Deb...oh and the most delicious Christmas Stollen was baked for mommy by the amazing sweet Church lady.  It is to die for delish and very authentic in it's German taste.  We are so lucky to be so loved...

 Here is Lena sleeping the evening away...close to Lapdaddy but still not in his lap...baby paw steps at a time.  She is so soft and pretty...

 Here is our brilliant Cole!  He is sewing up a rip in the seam of Lapdaddy's neck pillow.

stitches nice and tight and a silver thimble on his finger...

 Teach your children well the skills they will need someday...I am sure his wife will think he is awesome when he sews on his own buttons!  We had a fun and quiet New Years Eve...French dip sandwiches and sparkling cider...lights out at 2:00 because I had to be at Church by 8:00....lots of naps in store for today!