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!

CAT FIGHT!

NOW GET ALONG YOU TWO!

BETTER TO STAY AWAY!

                                                                                

A Good Book Is The Best of Friends or maybe ...





All pics by M

and just for fun 

BACKTRACK TO 1947 ~ THE STUPIDSTITIOUS CAT

🍀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

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

Photo by M 

ROCKY BALBOA

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 

Meglio Stasera ~ Fran Jefferies

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?

TIME OUT - IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH!

Ok, you need to stay in the corner till Friday is done! 😂 Just kidding! Love you, Batman!


Photo and digital artwork by M -Three Cats a Dog and A Camera

PARANOID ?

Bat... "Somebody's watching me" 🙀

Spider," your right, because I'm right behind you."




Somebody's Watching Me ~ Rockwell / Micheal Jackson


Photo by M Three Cats, A Dog, and A Camera

The Cutest Clover inThe Patch🐱🍀

T🐱🍀 The Cutest Clover In The Patch 🍀 🐱

🍀Four Leaf Clover Poem 🍀

I know a place where the sun is like gold,
And the cherry blooms burst with snow,
And down underneath is the loveliest nook,
Where the four-leaf clovers grow.
One leaf is for HOPE,
And one is for FAITH,
And one is for LOVE, you know,
And GOD put another in for LUCK
If you search, you will find where they grow.
But you must have HOPE,
And you must have FAITH,
You must LOVE and be strong
-- and so -- If you work, if you wait, you will find the place Where the four-leaf clovers grow ~

~Laura Augusta Yerkes 1905


And discover the cutest clover in the Snow 🐱🍀


Oh ,and of course photo of Bat and title is by M

Three Cats, A Dog, and A Camera 

WORM MOON FOR MARCH 10 TH💙🌚

So, I missed the real SUPERMOON but was lucky to get my very own WORM MOON for my birthday. So beautiful, I love it! Thanks, guys 💙🌚

BLUE MOON

Scared. y - cat ? 🙀🕷

"Seeing a spider in my room isn't scary. It's scary when it disappears."

Watch this short by Simon's Cat. Love it!

Simon's Cat ~ Scary Legs

Witches are Cats Too !! ‍🐱

"From now on, young man, watch your step...mother is watching you " 

- Endora in Bewitched

~ Bewitched Theme


photo by M 

Three Cats A Dog and A Camera 

A Mysterious Presence - Eyes of March March 7th 👀

Spooky old B & W flicks are great to watch and these two cats, Bat and sister Maggie adore watching them with us. They see things we don't see 👀 We believe in ghosts. Do you?

Photo by M Three Cats A Dog and A Camera 

HAPPY CATURDAY & EYES OF MARCH 🌼🐱🌼🐱🌼🐱🌼 Out of My Mind

“Imagine if you could dream 75 years of time in one night.”
Maggie…’ Well, I tried to but you interrupted my dream.’

The Dream of Life - Alan Watts 

So then…

Let’s suppose that you were able, every night, to dream any dream you wanted to dream. And you could, for example, have the power within one night to dream 75 years of time. Or any length of time you wanted to have.

And you would, naturally, as you began on this adventure of dreams, fulfill all your wishes. You would have every kind of pleasure.

And after several nights of seventy-five years of total pleasure each you would say, “Well, that was pretty great! But now let’s have a surprise.”

“Let’s have a dream which isn’t under control. Where something is going to happen to me but I don’t know what it’s going to be.”

And you would dig that, and come out of that and say, “Wow, that was a close shave, wasn’t it?”

Then you would get more and more adventurous.

And you would make further and further gambles as to what you would dream.

And finally, you would dream where you are now.