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Dawn from the Blue Ridge Parkway - Wednesday May 20, 2026 with iPhone.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

It's Saturday

 Muffin on her 12th birthday, and my 67th - she was born on my birthday so it was easy to remember! This was quite a few years ago...






Yep, I love cats! Prefer the in person cuddly purring kind but photos are good reminders.

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I don't play tennis, and didn't understand the joke, but the play on words is still funny.

Sharing with Sepia Saturday and Saturday's Critters!






You cannot buy the revolution.
You cannot make the revolution.
You can only be the revolution.
It is in your spirit or it is nowhere.

Ursula K. LeGuin, The Dispossessed

PS,  just saw this on FB




21 comments:

  1. So nice to see you and your cat on a Caturday morning.

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    1. We can share our fondest memories of our cats, as well as enjoy the antics of those from the internet!

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  2. I do like kitties, even just pictures! The tennis joke is funny. Especially when snoopy falls off the doghouse laughing. Poaching in doubles is when someone plays the shot they should have left to their partner. Men are terrible poachers! Shouting mine, mine, and hitting it out and losing the point!

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    1. Thanks...I did look it up but your explanation works well. Sometimes humorists assume everyone else knows what they do when making jokes...but only the "in crowd" understands them.

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  3. Happy birthday to both you and Muffin! What a special bond to share the same birthday. The cat photos are wonderful, especially knowing she's been your birthday companion for 12 years. Wishing you both many more happy birthdays ahead!

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    1. Thanks Shiju...but I have to admit that it's been quite a few years since I was 67. I do look a bit different by 83...and I lost Muffin about 11 years ago. Perhaps this post is misleading. Oops. Birthday won't be coming along till August anyway.

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    2. I added another sentence now, saying it was taken a few years ago.

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  4. ..."whisper words of wisdom," I love it.

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    1. I like that it requires a bit of thinking about the words for the image.

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  5. why not scream words of wisdom- on every street corner- "let it be" is cute but hollering rage is helpful! At least it is venting and that must be done or pressure cooker will explode.
    Cats are clever little monkeys, we have had five, all buried now and will not have another unless one magically appears. What I do not miss is the furniture being shredded, the litter boxes, the dead trophy rats brought in and the crazy $$$$ vet bills.

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    1. I would love to hear words of wisdom shouted. Love being the answer, and letting off steam from rage are all perfectly reasonable as well. I also will not have another cat. When they are sick they do take a lot of care and money, not to mention the sadness of losing them. Sounds like you've gone through it quite a lot.

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  6. Hello Barb,
    I love all the kitty photos. Nice one of you and your Muffin!
    The bee and wisdom image is great.
    Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend! PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

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    1. It's fun for me to look at my selfie when I was just 67. I was certainly much "plumper."

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  7. Loved everything you posted today from the gorgeous photo of Dawn from the Blueridge Parkway to the meaningful quotes & all the kitty cats in between. :) And Happy Birthday to you & your sweet little Muffin. We've had several beloved cats over the years - especially my little Molly who lived for 20 years. My biggest love, however, is for birds - parakeets & budgies. I miss my smart funny Shakespeare who bonded with me so completely. I'm considering getting another bird. I recently moved my husband of 58 years who has dementia into a memory care unit of a local senior assisted living facility and am feeling lonesome without him being around every day, so I'm thinking a cute little birdie would help. We'll see . . . :))

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    1. Oh so sorry to hear your husband has dementia...a sad experience for both of you to go through. I'm glad he's getting care now and you have been relieved of that burden...but of course you feel like a lone little dove. I hope you have family near to help you go through this big change in your life. And if you decide to take on a bird, that it gives you pleasure.

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  8. Even the photo of you and muffin was taken years ago, it was lovely to see you. I also like cats rather than dogs, but we no longer have any pets.

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  9. Great photos. I'm fond of cats, always had them rather than dogs as pets, though don't have one now. Living one floor up, it would be hard to let them roam outside and I don't want an indoor cat. One of my ground floor neighbours has a young ginger tabby so I see him prowling around outside.

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  10. I love both cats and dogs. My favorite dogs (hounds) have a cat-like independence.

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  11. Muffin looks like she was a great friend!

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  12. Purrfect photos! We once had a black cat, Nina, who came begging to our door on Thanksgiving day many years ago when we lived in Savannah. She soon became queen of our household there and later in Asheville. Though she passed away several years ago I still miss her shadowy presence. Recently in March our dog Scarlet died, age 15+, and we are still adjusting to a house without a dedicated animal clock. I miss her devotion, enthusiasm, and watchfulness over our home. Since she passed, a family of rabbits has taken over our yard almost as if they have adopted us.

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  13. So many cats, and so much love.

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