Pets-2 on Late Blooms

A Sleeping Calico

Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_2276” align=“alignnone” width=“584”] What greater gift than the love of a cat? ~Charles Dickens[/caption]

I had never expected to be as doting towards my cat as I am. Whether that is due to my never having had a cat before or to needing the companionship of a cat at my age, I don’t know. When I saw Cali comfortably sleeping in all these different poses, I had to grab my camera and take these images. I found a lovely poem on sleeping cats which I’m going to share with you below.

Feline Companions

Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

There are varying theories about whether cats really love their human caregivers or are merely attached to them as providers of food, water, love, affection, treats, and the like. As someone who never had a pet and acquired one later in life, I feel that cats who receive loving care get to be very attached to their owners and their owners to them. However, just as with human love, the word “love” gets tossed around in ways that are merely conceptual as it relates to cats.

Wishing For Summer!

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_1630” align=“aligncenter” width=“584”] With Toronto’s freezing cold weather and ice storm this winter, my heart has many a day reflected on sitting out on a beautiful Summer’s Day.[/caption]

To make myself feel better about the extremely cold weather we’re experiencing now, I took a look at some of last year’s images. These collages are a result of that time. Seeing these does make me feel better and brighter in spirit.

For Cat Lovers

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

~ Quotations from: “Cat Quotations” - a book in my own personal library.

[caption id=“attachment_1474” align=“aligncenter” width=“584”] Cat with Japanese Maple in Red Fall Color[/caption]

“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.” (Lloyd Alexander)

Pet Shop Twins

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivaled paw and a curved claw borrowed from the rose-tree. Sidonie Gabrielle The images in this collage are of twin cats who belong to the owner of a pet shop that I visited. They are beautiful and I was fascinated at how they followed each other around. I read somewhere that in the case of animals, they are twins if they come out of the same sac. The information that they were twins was given to me by the owner. She was happy that I was photographing them and that I liked them so much. Although I have my own cat, I hadn’t noticed her enough to describe her in the way that the writer of the above quote did. Sometimes we see without really knowing what it is that we see. “The imagination is like a lantern. It illuminates the inner landscapes of our life and helps us discover their secret archaeologies.” (John O’Donohue) Hope you enjoy the collage and that your insights and imagination are working well. I’m glad that the quote set my imagination to work.

Christmas Cat

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_618” align=“aligncenter” width=“584”] Christmas Cat[/caption]

“Who would believe such pleasure from a wee ball o’ fur?” - Irish Saying

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.

Cali is a calico cat. We adopted her four years ago from a family who couldn’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.

Petlicious!

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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Last Sunday, I was invited to go to a Dog Show in Toronto. Dog lovers brought their dogs out in droves to mix and mingle with each other and to have good fun. It was sunny, warm, and bright - a good Woofstock Day. I hadn’t realized that the dog industry was so big. Several streets in the St. Lawrence Market area were closed off for the Show and you could buy anything and everything there to pamper and care for your pet.