Islands in the Sun

Meow is like aloha – it can mean anything.  ~ Hank Ketchum

We  will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary (October 12th) in beautiful and sunny Hawaii this year!  We’re excited; but, at the same time, hate leaving our kids and “furkids” for a week.  The bittersweetness of it all.  Oh, whatever!  I think it’s actually the SWEETNESS of Pina Coladas and the SALTINESS of the ocean breeze stirring  my senses.  Yes, yes, that must be it!  Anyway, it looks like Tinkerbell is cool with it.  She’s sporting her Hawaiin lei and bidding us “aloha.”  What a wonderful Bengal cat she is!  Aloha . . . . that does mean “Goodbye.  Have a great trip!” doesn’t it???

We’ll be back October 16th.  Until then . . . .

ALOHA!

Tink’s Photo by Helmi Flick

Editing by Kim Walker

Egyptian Goddess

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. ~Terry Pratchett

 

Historically revered as goddesses by ancient Egyptians, cats still perpetuate our love and devotion today.  Most  do not have to work for their keep.  But, instead, are doted on and loved in a somewhat similar fashion as did the Egyptians who proclaimed them to be deity thousands of years ago.   Cats  enjoyed a life of being constantly attended to and held in high regard.  Even when death came to a cat in Egypt, they were mummified and entombed with precious jewels and mummified rats to enjoy in their next life.  The families who hosted the cats would even shave off their eyebrows as an outward sign of their mourning of the deceased cat.  Because of their status of deity, Egyptian cats enjoyed many of the same luxuries as the powerful and wealthy of that time.

Has the lifestyle of today’s house-cat changed much, over time?  No, not much.  We still hold these eloquent felines in high regard.   We love stroking their silky-soft fur and listening to their gentle and relaxing purr.  They can engage us into play with but one mischevious, daring look.  They calm our souls and soothe our senses.  Is it any wonder why they continue to possess the status they have enjoyed over time?

Photo by Helmi Flick

Dreamy Poser

Cats never strike a pose that isn’t photogenic. 

                                        ~Lillian Jackson Braun

 

*yawning* How's this side? - - Sassafras