<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Pet-Lovers on Late Blooms</title><link>/tags/pet-lovers/</link><description>Recent content in Pet-Lovers on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/pet-lovers/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>For Cat Lovers</title><link>/posts/for-cat-lovers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/for-cat-lovers/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;~ Quotations from:  &amp;ldquo;Cat Quotations&amp;rdquo;  - a book in my own personal library.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_1474&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;aligncenter&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;584&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2013/For-cat-lovers/i-Pkw4vdT/0/MvfcnkJgHBwmFmwLcM6WwCLJXrJh5Z2XBCWrGQWQQ/D/Cali-with-Japanese-maple-in-Red-Fall-Colour-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="~ Cat with Japanese Maple in Red Fall Color" loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cali-with-Japanese-maple-in-Red-Fall-Colour-1024x582.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cat with Japanese Maple in Red Fall Color[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;There are other ties which cats put on our affections.  We enjoy their intelligence and grace; and we feel a strange sense of companionship and consolation in their presence.  But these are ideas we can understand by words. The reasons for their appeal to us can never be expressed too clearly.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lloyd Alexander)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Christmas Cat</title><link>/posts/christmas-cat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/christmas-cat/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_618&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;aligncenter&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;584&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2012/Christmas-cat/i-M7QRDZT/0/NK6jM6vLF6drpb2fDg3LCnWPzPtr97CVfBbGb6PD2/D/Cali-the-Christmas-Cat-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Cali-the-Christmas-Cat-1024x597.jpg" title="Cali the Christmas Cat"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Christmas Cat[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Who would believe such pleasure from a wee ball o&amp;rsquo; fur?&amp;rdquo; - Irish Saying&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was fun making my pet, Cali, look beautiful for Christmas.  She obliged for just a short while and I was able to take these images.  With the lovely colors of her coat of hair and the red ribbon, she makes a striking picture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cali is a calico cat.  We adopted her four years ago from a family who couldn&amp;rsquo;t take care of her any longer.  At that time she was already four years old.  Cali loves Christmas. She loves tissue paper, gift wrap, and bags, and has lots of fun when we are opening the presents Christmas Day.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>"Cali" the Calico Cat</title><link>/posts/cali-the-calico-cat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/cali-the-calico-cat/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_30&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignleft&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;300&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2012/Cali-the-calico-cat/i-2WCbCcp/0/Lk7vvzz4dP5LvH8DqvxfsgtvmmjVDTrD6S6fn8xKs/D/Cali-sleeping-on-quilt-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cali-sleeping-on-quilt-300x168.jpg" title="\\&amp;#34;Cali\\&amp;#34; the Calico Cat "&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cali - Unconditional Love[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Until one has loved an animal a part of one&amp;rsquo;s soul remains unawakened.&amp;rdquo; (Anatole France)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;             All pet owners know how these four-footed creatures can worm their way into your heart.  Four years ago, I started to have a great longing to have a pet.  I thought a puppy would be nice.  However, after much thought and deliberation, it became clear to me that walking a dog in winter might not be that easy for me.   So it was that Cali was adopted from a family who were not able to keep her anymore.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>