PIRATE QUEEN CAT ART SUNDAY

This handsome Pirate Mickey Armstrong is the captain of my heart...he showers me with beautiful jewelry but most of all he gives me his love forever. What more could a Pirate Queen wish for...
Help I am being held hostage!!!

"Meowza I told ya I am just a little ol cat and I duzent has anybooty or loot to give ya!"

"But Iza gonna cher my stinken goodness wiz ya ifn ya wood like it..."

"Just donna make me walk the gangplank because I need to wish all of my friends a have a happy Talk Like A Pirate Day today!!!

Pirate Wind

The autumn wind's a pirate,
Blustering in from sea;
With a rollicking song, he sweeps along,
Swaggering boist'rously.

His skin is weather-beaten;
He wears a yellow sash,
With a handkerchief red about his head.
And a bristling black mustache.

He laughs as he storms the country,
A loud laugh and a bold;
And the trees all quake and shiver and shake,
As he robs them of their gold.

The autumn wind's a pirate,
Pillaging just for fun;
He'll snatch your hat as quick as that,
And laugh to see you run!

Mary Jane Carr

TOTALLY TANGLED UP FELINE FRIDAY!

Can you make heads and tails out of this funny pose? I am sleeping all cozy on my Lapdaddy half way under a new blankie mommy got for me. The blankie looks and feels just like my furs!
Someone special is coming to spend the night with us...my very best friend Cole. We will play cards and eat pizza and cuddle! We wish all of you a wonderful weekend from the cozy cottage!

THE CHAIR IS FILLED BY MY BEST FRIEND COLE!

So many of you guessed who would be filling the waiting chair last weekend. My best friend Cole! We had such a wonderful time together...Our time was very reflective....
Our mood was tender....Our hearts still melancholy...We purrr that your days will be filled with love in someones lap...warm and cozy.

THE STRAY CAT SAGA...

Miss Hunny Bunny wandering in the backyard....hmmm what is this? OH NO!!!!!! Who is this stray cat??
This is Scrappy Cat...Hunny Bunny's mortal enemy. Scrappy first came to the cozy cottage garden last summer with her two black kittens in tow. She was just skin and bones. Now she is well fed and looking beautiful...but she is mean as a snake to Bunny and I have to chaperon any visits when they encounter each other. Girl cats have hissy fits!

The Stray Cat - A Poem For Children

At the end of the garden, Annabel got a surprise,
when through the hedge she saw two bright green eyes.
As she walked slowly closer, she crouched down to see
a small fluffy cat, as black as could be.

She held out her hand, and said "hello,"
but the cat just hissed and crouched down low.
Annabel thought, "What a silly cat,
Grandma's Buttons doesn't behave like that."

Buttons was fat, with shiny ginger fur,
Who would rub your face and gently purr.
He played with toys and climbed the tree
and fell asleep sat on your knee.

Not like this cat with his eyes opened wide,
he quickly ran away to hide.
"What a silly cat to act that way,"
but he came back the very next day!

Annabel was lost for words
as he ate the bread put out for the birds!
Underneath the fluffy fur, she saw he was thin
and watched him rummaging through the bin.

He came back every night and day,
to try and find food they had thrown away.
He started to eat it, it can't have been tasty,
Annabel thought she may have been hasty.

He wasn't unfriendly or being bad,
his face looked frightened and very sad.
If no one else had ever cared,
he probably was very scared.

Annabel spied on him, as off he sped
and spent the night underneath the shed.
Alone, hungry and with no name,
Annabel thought it was such a shame.

So she told her Mum and they looked out,
for when the black cat was round and about.
They would take out food every day,
sometimes he'd hiss and run away.

When he did they did not mind,
they knew he wasn't used to people being kind.
Dad put a catflap in the door of the shed,
Mum got an old blanket and made a cosy bed.

They called him Midnight and he soon understood,
that his life in their garden could be good.
Plenty of food and a warm place at night,
and if he didn't want to be stroked, that was alright.

Poor Midnight had been a lonely stray,
but now he had a place to stay.
He may not want to be cuddled, or sit in the house,
but he liked to play with a new toy mouse.

He put on weight, his coat glistened
and when Annabel spoke, he sat and listened.
She knew he was thankful for all she had done,
a special new friendship had begun.
By: Rebecca Hobbs

MILESTONE CAT ART SUNDAY!!!

This is how I spend my days out on the warm patio...soon the chill will draw me back inside the house because the seasons are changing. We hope you enjoy the poem mommy wrote to go with her collage. We are celebrating on our bloggy today! We have passed the mark of 1000 posts yesterday!!! In three years blogging you have visited us 97,430 times and left us 18,390 comments!!!! We thank you for your amazing loyalty and tender friendships. May God Bless you all...happy Sunday.Gather the harvest before the north wind blows,

It is that golden change of the year again,

How the weather will play only Jack knows,

But this morning he put the frosting on my pumpkin...

911 NYC

Today we pause in remembrance for the lost and imagine a world without hate...how wonderful would that be. Only humans hate...kitties do not. They are not born with hate, it is taught...some things should never be learned. Love one another and God will be pleased...Amen

A BED AND A CHAIR OF ROSES...

So who do you think this chair is waiting for at the cozy cottage this weekend? When mommy changes the bed sheets, I don't waste a moment and jump up to lay on them. They smell like downy. We spent the day getting ready for our houseguest and forgot to read the Heathcliff comic book. But the good mews is that we are not sad right now...thank you for your thoughts and love this week...we so appreciate all of your tenderness... We will try and pop in later and show you who filled the chair. Can you guess?

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY....almost

Mommies first day of school...
Kitties have so much to learn and so much to teach us!!

I am staying home today....

We got the sads at the cozy cottage so we will stay in bed all the time...only my tea cup tail is peeking out into the world.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL...

My best friend Cole is starting middle school today...it should be a very happy day for him. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we always used to pick him up after school and take him out to eat. Our alarm clock always went off just before three o'clock to remind mommy to hurry up and get to school... We always let him pick where he wanted to go....IHOP, Taco Bell, Arby's, Jack in the Box, Applebees, Subway and then home here to see me and have a cuppa coffee before his mommy came to pick him up in the evening. We loved those days so much. We often never know what we have until it is no longer here.... When the alarm clock rings today I will be sad and cry a little bit...we do not have to go and pick him up. My sweet friend Cole has moved to a little town four hours away. Mommy and Lapdaddy will be brave...but I will be sad and cry some soft meowz for them, for Cole and for me. I hope that will be alright...When we miss the things we are fond of, we know we love them...and we love Cole.

ARE YOU A TAKER~IN OF STARY CATS?

Even I was once a cat in need of a new home...what a lucky day when mommy found me on the internets. Now I am queen of the cozy cottage.... My name is Buddy and I am the garden cat at the cozy cottage...
Thank you for my daily kibble...I will be your furrrend furrrever...
Sweet faced white kitten would not allow us to catch him...he grew up and went away...

These two were placed together in a loving furever home....

Hunny Bunny was so happy to bring us her poor little kiddens...

~A Taker-in of Stray Cats~

God sends some of us a special mission
To take in stray kitty-cats in any condition,
To feed them and give them a permanent home,
To love them and make them our very own.

They chase through the house; their potty box smells;
They seem to have secrets they're unwilling to tell.
They play till exhausted, then curl in your lap,
And settle themselves for a long comfy nap.

Some people are called to great wealth and power,
To run corporations, make big bucks per hour,
But others of us are only asked,
To take in little stray kitty-cats.

I asked God for things of importance to do,
Other than loving a good man and a bunch of kitties too.
He said, "Don't be self-righteous; learn from your mistakes,
And be glad I send kitty-cats and not My stray snakes."

I dreamed when I died I heard St. Peter say,
"What important things did you do each day?"
I felt Heaven for me was an impossibility
And that I should have lived my life much differently.

Then God said, "Come in. Have food and some drink,
And sit here in Heaven by your little cat Tink;
For I gave you one of My most important tasks
When I asked you to be a taker-in of stray cats."

- by Darlene Goff

CAT ART SUNDAY in AQUAMARINE BLUE

Welcome to Cat Art Sunday...allow Hunny Bunny to present the first photo I ever took of her two summers ago. Her beautiful blue eyes and a deep pink rose echo in my favorite coffee mug sent to me from the tender hearts of our ML and the Sherwood kitties. They searched high and low to find one to replace the one I had broken...how thoughtful was that!
Our collage today is dediCATed to sweet friends Halle, Calle and Sukki, please stop over to meet them and say meow. Have a wonderful Sunday!

Six eyes of aquamarine blue

Enchant Jacqueline's world

Gazing from the faces of

Calle, Halle and Sukki...

FUNNY FELINE FRIDAY

PEEEEE UEWWWW!! What is that awful smell in the cozy cottage!? Mommy is eating another one of her Limburger cheese sandwiches again. Ha ha we had fun trying to figure out if Cole is going to taste it or not. He didn't like how it smelled and put a clothes pin on his nose... Here is our weekly dose of humor ala Heathcliff Nutmeg for your funny bones....

Don't forget to say your purrryers...

So what are some of your favorite snacks. I like Party Mix...we know what mommy likes and Lapdaddy likes peanut butter...

HAPPY THIS AND THAT ON WEDNESDAY...

Today I will show you some scenes that make us happy at the cozy cottage...being with my Lapdaddy on the patio...watching the early morning light play in the water fountain...
the evening mood made brighter by candles...

Here are some...

tasty tidbits...to ponder over...

a few pats of butter...

a few morsels of sweet bread...

OH.....SO.....YUMMY!

thank you for thinking about me and sharing your breakfast with me mommy...

Here is where I spend most of my time at the moment...in the auntie room...

with my soft fuzzy blanket that matches my eye color....

hope you enjoyed being here with us today....thank you for coming by....time for a well deserved nap now....meow!