Go to Sleep, Darlings...
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields
It covers them snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, Go to Sleep, Darlings, till the summer comes again.” Lewis Carroll
When you have two love cats like Bat and Maggie, it's very hard not to grab the camera / iPhone and shoot. M took a slew of photos and sent these along to me. I just had to share these sweethearts again, especially today.
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.'
"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!"
Maggie usually sits and watches me paint and when she tires of doing that she looks out the window of the room but these days, Emma has a cat video camera set up in front of the window. Nothin to see😿💙
I'm bewitched by the moon. Too often I fail in capturing photographs of the moon but this is one of the rare moments I caught the moon and its magic.
Bewitching Moon
Over the top of the mountains the moon
Rose unexpectedly In the sky it drifted, A bird, a fairy! Blown out, round and sweet Melon-like! It danced in the sky Impassioned In the fragrant night, Lighting every road, Making my head swim, My senses dazed. Did I dream? Did I really see you? You fell into the well Like the declining sun. Moon, wink at me Bright Moon, magic moon The mirror of the loving girl, Peep out at the balcony!
On our way home from soccer, last night we found Halloween🎃 It was a dark and rainy Halloween this year but someone did some magic 🧙♀️🧹and gave us Halloween🎃👻🦇🕷🕸
And I just have to share this🦇 Purrfect Spooky Halloween Photo of Bat taken by M. 🧙♀️ https://www.instagram.com/murtagh13/
These are the memories we will never let go. It seems like it was just yesterday we were treasure hunting with Grace. We discovered Geocaching and M and I went on some wonderful outdoor adventures around our region like Merrickville and Kemptville searching for the secretly hidden geocaches. Grace helped us find them all. Although there are mixed views on the game and I understand the dangers associated with it, we still love playing the game. The clues, the puzzles, the mystery and stories, the thrill of the adventure of finding the cache in the most unexpected secret location are all part of the fun of geocaching and besides that its a wonderful excuse to take a walk in nature, breathe in the fresh air and bring your dog out for a walk, sadly we will miss having Grace on our next hunts.
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal***From an Irish Headstone” Richard Puz
The Dreaming Tree 🌳 The morning's temperature is -17. Still icy in the lull of early morning. I look out the window, a crystal stillness meets my eye; the form of a tree- A Dreaming Tree***** Nature's art is magnificent!
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields... It covers them snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, Go to Sleep, Darlings, till the summer comes again.”
Stormy Sensuous Seductive Hypnotic Clouds, a picture worth an intense dream or painting ? Took this photo last year during stormy weather.
Note : At the end of this post I've embedded a Youtube Video of a classic tango of 1926 by Nat Shilkret. David Lynch used this musical piece in his Dior ad " Lady Blue Shanghai " starring Marion Cotillard. Please do give it a listen while you read this post, it somehow transports you to another time and place, quite romantic. It is one of my favourite tangos and if you like the oldies like I do, I'm sure this tango will become one of your favourites as well O,O
"Painting is a metaphor for control. Every choice is mine...The canvas, the colour. As a child, I had neither a sense of the world nor my place in it, but art taught me that one's vision can be achieved with SHEER FORCE OF WILL. The same is true of life, provided one refuses to let anything stand in one's way." Klaus Michaelson ~ "VAMPIRE DIARIES"
Well, I can safely say I've been quite loyal to the quote, about 50% of the time that is; occasionally straying away from my painting whenever my husband and son return home from their work on their 2 week leave. Usually we like to try to fit in a little getaway while he's in town as well as spending time together as a family so needless to say time flies by quickly and before you know it it's time for the boys to head back to work.
So, since I've been away from home and canvas, I will share with Paint Party Friday a past digital graphic design I did in 2010.
"Dreams are Whispers of the Soul".
Haiku ?
Sweet Hypnotic Sleep:
Dreams are whispers of the soul
who together sleep
Annabelle
Dreams are the windows to other worlds , delicious, mysterious, intoxicating, hypnotic, mesmerizing, intriquing worlds or worlds you rather hoped you never had entered.
Even they Dream...and if caught in a bad dream they have each other for a comforter.
A good idea to have one of these near your bed.
And the Dreams of the Day are the White Lion Wishes you Blew on the Wind
And I leave you now to Dream a little Dream with this beautiful vintage classic tango
