Showing posts with label BAT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BAT. Show all posts

Saturday, November 21, 2020

L-O-V-E 🐾♥️🐱🐱🐱♥️🐾 Happy Caturday! For the Theme - Love is touch



Happy Caturday! For the Theme - Love is touch 

L-O-V-E 🐾♥️🐱🐱🐱♥️🐾


















L is for the way you look at me

O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can Love is all that I can give to you Love is more than just a game for two Two in love can make it Take my heart and please don't break it Love was made for me and you L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can Love is all that I can give to you Love is more than just a game for two Two in love can make it Take my heart and please don't break it Love was made for me and you Love was made for me and you Love was made for me and you 



Saturday, October 10, 2020

PURRANORMAL INVESTIGATOR 👀 🔍 IN THE HAUNTED CHAMBER

EMMA'S SUBMISSION FOR HAPPY CATURDAY THEME
" IT'S A CAT'S JOB"


Do you believe in GHOSTS? 
BAT DOES! 
BAT, PURRANORMAL INVESTIGATOR 




On dark and spooky nights, when all have retired to bed, you'll find Bat hunting ghosts, the ghost hunting cat who never misses an anomaly and whose dream is for one day to go on a Ghost Adventure with Zak Bagans. 

TIME FOR A GHOST ADVENTURE, BAT?

"Each heart has its haunted chamber,
Where the silent moonlight falls!
On the floor are mysterious footsteps,
There are whispers along the walls! 
And mine at times is haunted
By phantoms of the Past
As motionless as shadows
By the silent moonlight cast. 
A form sits by the window,
That is not seen by day,
For as soon as the dawn approaches
It vanishes away. "

Thursday, October 1, 2020

OCTOBER

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
Inclusive of our cat, Bat, whose name in the book is October."
🖤🐾🐾🐾

Bat's official registered name is October Bat 🐱🦇🖤🧡🎃







Saturday, September 26, 2020

That Magic Moment 💫✨🌟⭐️💫

That Magic Moment 💫 when two little kitties showed up at our back door on my daughter's birthday back on October 27, 2017, a brother and sister team who I swear are a little witch and a tinner warlock in disguise. Lots of magic resides here now.







For the Happy Caturday group theme "Special Moments".

"Magic, magic, magic, magic This magic moment, so different and so new"


This Magic Moment ~ Ben E King and The Drifters











Saturday, September 19, 2020

SIXTY SECONDS TO WHAT? POOF, OUT LIKE A LIGHT! 💤 HAPPY CATURDAY! THE FELINE ART OF ZEN 🐱🐾🐾🐾

September 19th theme ~ The Feline art of Zen

SIXTY SECONDS TO WHAT? POOF, OUT LIKE A LIGHT!
 💤






A hypnotic melody, say like, The El Indio Theme with music box included, sleep comes in seconds. At least it did for Bat.




Cats love art, cats love music, and cats love to sleep.
They sure know how to seize the moment. 

"Every second is of infinite value."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For A Few Dollars More Soundtrack ~ El Indio Theme ( expanded)

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Bat's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw~ Happy Caturday!

After retiring to bed late last night, my cell phone kept going off with text messages. My husband, annoyed by the numerous tinkling spells, asked me to hand him my phone and turned it off. Still drowned in sleep, it didn't occur to me until a few minutes later that it probably was my daughter, Emma texting me photos of Bat she had just taken earlier in the evening. I looked at the screen, sure enough, Bat was looking back at me.

So I got up and joined Emma in the living room, had some good laughs at all of the funny poses, picked a few we liked and went back to bed.

Of course, what came to mind looking at Bat hiding inside the old flowerpot was T.S. Eliot's story of 

'Macavity - The Mystery Cat.'



Used the filter here and made it a bit spookier





Original








PHOTO BY EMMA ( M )

"For he's the master criminal who can defy the law.

Bat, Bat, there's no one like Bat, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity. He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare: And whatever time the deed took place - BAT WASN'T THERE!"

Only this time we caught you, Bat!

Sunday, August 23, 2020

THE SPOOKS ARE COMING FOR YOU, LITTLE BAT! 🎃👀🎃👀👀👀🎃🎃👀🎃👀🎃👀👀🎃👀


~ Oil on wood panel

I should have thought of this earlier but its never too late. A neat way to see where the stars would look good before painting them in. I still need to paint a shooting star and some tiny stars around the little white ghostly pumpkins. 




"By pumpkins fat and witches lean
 By coal black cats
 With eyes of green
 By all the magic ever seen
 The ghosts will rise on
 Halloween" ~ author unknown








I shared this oil painting yesterday but, I got better pictures this morning so, sharing once more. Also, wondering what to do with the pumpkin patch, any suggestions? 


Last night's moon was a waxing crescent, and I tried to capture an image with my phone, only I got this. Sometimes, pictures lie. lol 




I did, however, paint it in my spooky Halloween painting. 






Now, I am thinking, what I need to do with the haunted pumpkin patch being very careful not disturb the little spooks.
Of course, you might have guessed if you read about our pumpkin patch how I got the idea for this painting. And did you notice the pet rock? Nature sure presents inspiration: one only needs to put on their glasses and take a closer look. Well, at least I know I do, reading glasses and an early morning coffee helps me to see more clearly.

Saturday, June 13, 2020

IN ANOTHER LIFE I WAS LESTAT ~ HAPPY CATURDAY! 🖤


“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.” ― Anne Rice.








Bat "When I could play Franz Joseph Haydn's Sonata in E flat on the piano.Ooh, how much I miss it."



Lestat: Listen, Louis. There's life in these old hands still. Not quite Furioso. Moderato? Cantabile, perhaps.
Claudia: How could it be?
Lestat: Ask the alligator. His blood helped. Then on the diet of the blood of snakes, toads, and all the putrid life of the Mississippi, slowly, Lestat became something like himself again. Claudia ... you've been a very, very naughty little girl.

HAPPY CATURDAY!


 ON THE PIANO ~  ROB WRIGHT

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Happy World Art Day 🖼🎨🖌🐱 Nine Lives

"A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays"


A painting of mine from a while back and sharing it today for World Art Day ~ Nine Lives 
Bat wasn't put there he placed himself there, honest. Something about art and cats, they just get along so well. 



Il tempo se ne va ~ Time Passes 
Behind the painting is a photograph of my nono and nona in Italy. They brought me up until I left for Canada when I turned 7. They were the best!










Color or black and white? I think I like the b&w, I suppose the reason why I do is I love the color black. 






Happy World Art Day 🖼🎨🖌🐱

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Teacher's Pet 🍎😻






PHOTO BY EMMA ~M




So, Bat is the Teacher's Pet 

 Bat is such a cutie here promoting Social Distancing and this movie came to mind I had seen years ago starring Clark Gable and Doris Day, Teacher's Pet.  Watch this scene, so funny. An oldie but a good one.

p.s. This is my little escape, posting silly things I love. It seems to be working for me at the moment and hopefully for you who reads this post.

Take care and stay safe 🙏🌏😻🇨🇦

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

My Dark Romance 🖤


A cat named Bat and a little red wine to keep my sanity while @home. In all seriousness, I'm not much of a drinker but I do enjoy a little red wine with pasta or gnocchi, part of being Italian. KEEP SAFE 🙏♥️ 

and a little music of course... RED RED WINE UB40


Photo by M

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Spring Waltz 🌱


“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter” ~ Rachel Carson


the above quote for March reads:


"If children at school can be made to understand

how it is just to be humane even to what we term inferior animals, it will do much to give them a higher tone and character through life."

 ~ John Bright


March break, a good time to learn more about nature







 The cats found something to do


 Like playing pretend and wishing that bird was not just a toy.


First day of spring

 "No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."
~ Hal Borland



Frédéric Chopin - Spring Waltz 🌱

Mariage d'Amour - Paul de Senneville


🍃🍃🍃But the weather forecast doesn't promise it's arrival any time soon.




So, on that note, I'll take from the cats on what to do, maybe take out my toys and paint a faraway place where spring is already in bloom.




Edith Holden painting, her two companions by her side. Edith Holden was a regular supporter of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.



One of Edith Holden's postcards 1907 she donated to the society.

From the Book ~ The Edwardian Lady
                            The Story of Edith Holden
Author of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
Compiled by Ina Taylor 





Trathens' Great Dane, Rob Roy
by Edith Holden 


  
Love your pet🐱🐶🦜and of course, the rest of the family!

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

🍀Maggie and Bat 🇮🇪 Happy Saint Patty's Day 🍀


"Hey, It's Saint Patty's Day...Everyone's Irish Tonight" 🍀🇮🇪☘️










☘️🍀 An Irish Prayer ☘️🍀

May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields.

Maggie and Bat Wish You a 🇮🇪 Happy Saint Patty's Day ☘️🍀


PICS BY M

Monday, March 16, 2020

ITALIAN STALLION 🇮🇹🍕



Bat is Rocky today


Rocky Balboa: [turns and walks away with his son]

"You know, I think you try harder when you’re scared… That’s when it’s worked best for me. " Rocky Balboa


Saturday, March 14, 2020

PINK PANTHER ~ MEGLIO STASERA 🇮🇹🐱🍀🇨🇦 ♥️🙏

Reminiscing at the moment...

 When M took a picture of Bat in the pink kitty cat hat and named it Pink Panther it took me back to the 1963 movie Pink Panther and Fran Jefferies singing Meglio Stasera in the Ski Chalet MIRAMONTI in Cortina D'ampezzo in the province of Belluno. 

My dad was born there as most of the Livinal family. On my mother's side, Sposaro's family comes from Genova, Naples, and Calabria. Pretty much covering a good part of Italy. Most of our family lives in northern Italy. So, because today it is what it is, I am sharing this post with everyone. A Pink Panther Gatto and this beautiful Italian song to makes things a little more cheery.🇮🇹 🐱🍀🇨🇦♥️🙏

And for Caturday, a Pink Panther who now has claimed the gothic chair for his own with the soft black velvet pillow which has you can see he almost disappears if not for his pink hat. lol 




ForbinColossus Thanks for uploading this wonderful video, brings much joy! 

The music of Henry Mancini that added the magic to the 1963 film, The Pink Panther. "Meglio Statsera" (Italian for It Had Better Be Tonight), Sung by Fran Jeffries. Lyrics by Franco Migliacci: 

Meglio stasera, che domani o mai 
Domani chi lo sa, quel che sara

Non mi dire d'aspettare
Il domani che verra
E una porta che tu chiudi
Fra me e te

Se stasera ti decidi 
A rispondermi di si, 
I domani che verrano 
Li dedico solo a te
Megglio stasera, che domani o mai 
Domani chi lo sa, quel che sara 
Nasce il giorno e il giorno muore, 
E la notte portera 

L'incertezza del domani,
Chissa, chissa
Basta un desiderio solo 
A non farti riposar,

E una pulce sul lenzuolo 
Che dormire non ti fa 
Meglio stasera, che domani o mai 
Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarra solos

Se stasera ti decidi 
A rispondermi di si, 
I domani che verrano 
Li dedico solo a te 

Megglio stasera, che domani o mai 
Domani chi lo sa, quel che sara 



English Translation (Let me know if this is wrong, please): 


Better tonight, than tomorrow or never Tomorrow who knows what will be? 

Don't tell me to wait for tomorrow to be it's a door that you're closing between you and me if you decide tonight to answer me with a yes the tomorrows that will come I'll devote them only to you. Better tonight, than tomorrow or never Tomorrow who knows what will be? The day was born and the day dies, and the night will bring the uncertainty of tomorrow Who knows, who knows? Just a single enticement can make you unrest; it's a flea on the sheet that won't let you sleep Better tonight, than tomorrow or never Tomorrow who knows what will be?

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Pussycat Pussycat Where Have You Been?🍀☘️🌱🌿🌷


🌷
🍀☘️🌱🌿



I sneaked into M's room to visit her flowers.

Oooh, and?

When I saw a plant with teeth open its mouth I ran under the chair.

Ask M if she can grow you some Cat Grass 🌱






image ~ Wiki How

 I think you guessed the plant that scared Bat under the chair to be the mysterious, meat-eating loving plant  The Venus Flytrap . A little reading and research might just be all you need to successfully grow one of these unusual plants.




Good Luck 🍀

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