Conversation – 15

So Sheba and I have the earrings. ♥

Welcome to Club Sheba

Yes! And I am ready for the weekend. My fur baby is doing well. Praise the Lord! He is off all pain medicine and we go back for a follow up on Thursday. His 34 stitches will dissolve.

Sheba, yes, I am hosting Easter this year. 25 people. Ham and kielbasa are the main dishes. The table settings you posted are beautiful. I am loving the large dining room but it now seems that our house is the house for family holidays. That’s okay. Family and being together is what matters. Wish I could invite you all to join us.

Congratulations on your grand kitties, Kittengirl! My oldest son loves cats but we’ve always been a dog family. I almost said okay to a kitty when one showed up on our deck. We fed him and my son sat outside with him. He appeared at the same time for three days. We were worried about the cat and I told my son we’d set an appointment with our vet. Oldpixie suggested we put a cheap collar on the cat. We did and the next day the cat didn’t show up. Went for a walk and saw the cat sitting inside a window on the next block. It worked! They thought someone was claiming their cat! I worried because we do have coyotes and hopefully they’ll watch their kitty.

April Showers

As the rain comes down, we can visualize it cleansing our minds and hearts, washing away winter, preparing us to start anew.

We are not always glad to see rain make its appearance each spring, accompanied as it is by clouds and cancellations, muddy boots, and limited visibility. Yet, without it, summer’s lushness would be less deep and less vibrant, the earth more exposed and unprotected from the sun’s heat, and browns instead of greens would dominate the landscape. For anyone who has ever suffered through a drought, rain is always recognized for the blessing that it is, the forerunner of flowers and fruit.

Even though most of us admittedly prefer sunshine to rain, we can appreciate the rain as part of the intertwining cycle of opposites that makes our world go round–wet and dry, dark and light, cold and warm, each giving way to the other in equal measure. This dynamic of yin and yang governs all aspects of life, and rain and flowers are no exception. Their interdependence offers us another window into the inner workings of nature and life in general. In our personal lives, there is also a time for resting and a time for growth, a time to allow and receive, and a time to blossom forth with abandon in full color. As the rain comes down, we might surrender to its wisdom, visualizing it cleansing our minds and hearts, washing away the detritus of winter, preparing us to come clean into the second half of spring, ready to start anew.

As the days grow longer and the rain grows first warmer and then less frequent, the earth will begin drying off and the promised buds will burst in every imaginable color. Until then, the rainbow after the rainstorm serves to remind us of what’s coming with a display so otherworldly that we can’t help but love the showers almost as much as we love the flowers.

Cherie,

I sure did enter the HSN Customer Appreciation Sweeps. Velvet has been doing the
codes for years. I look forward to it I don’t know if it will be done this year maybe HSN
will make an announcement. 🙂

Cherie I like the chair I had to take a second look and yes it has a seat pad. ♥ It blends
perfect with your beautiful desk. I hope you and the Captain and the kids have a
great weekend. ♥ Hugs to mom. ♥ When I find out Mr. James schedule I will post it. 🙂

Cherie drive this way in your car. Turn the music up. 🙂

@kittengirl,

Good luck with everything love to the kitties. ♥ All I can say is MEOW….LOL!
Have a great day I know you are a happy camper. 🙂 I will take two kitties please.

@taci,

Enjoy the weekend we will rain and then the sun will come out. ♥
Happy Trails To You. Walk This Way. 🙂

@bichon18,

Good Evening in Europe this is a shout out to you and Jerry. 🙂 Amy I do hope you are having
a great time. ♥

@southernlights55,

i hope you have sunshine and some warmth we are getting there. 🙂
Here is hoping your furbaby is doing a lot better. ♥

Mornin’
Al Jarreau

Mornin’ Mr. Radio
Mornin’ little Cheerios
Mornin’ sister Oriole
Did I tell you everything is fine
In my mind
Mornin’ Mr. Shoe Shine Man
Shine ’em bright in white and tan
My baby said she loves me and
Need I tell you that
Everything here is just fine
In my mind
‘Scuse me if I sing
My heart has found its wings
Searchin’ high and low
And now at last I know
Mornin’ Mr. Golden Gate
I should walk but I can’t wait
I can’t wait to set it straight
I was shakin’ but now I am
Makin’ it fine
Here in my mind
My heart will soar
With love that’s rare and real
My smiling face will feel every cloud
Then higher still
Beyond the blue until
I know I can
Like any man
Reach out my hand
And touch the face of GOD
‘Scuse me if I sing
My heart has found its wings
Searchin’ high and low
And now at last I know
Mornin’ Mr. Radio
Mornin’ little Cheerios
Mornin’ sister Oriole
Did I tell you everything is fine
Wooo in my mind
So, won’t you get up Oriole
So, won’t you get up Cheerios
Wake up Mr. Radio
It’s fine
Here in my mind
Singin’ about mornin’ little radio
Mornin’ little Cheerios
Wake up Mr. Radio
Need I tell you everything
Right here is just doing fine