the moments that count....

Ollie, whom shall be called Blondie today, reminded me that our last blog post was a month ago!

Augustus, whom shall be known as the Stripey today, was somewhat astonished at his brother's ability to keep time!
I too shared his astonishment but in an expected way.

We have been here and there, the cat boys usually accompany me to soften the rough edges of each day and show me the softer moment within each moment.

In the patio one weekend in August Stripey indicated that he had his eyes on Blondie.

Blondie meanwhile wondered how he could escape that gaze unnoticed.  Actually, this happens to be one of his daily goals.

Patio moments are pleasant refuge from the wild world outside...but in fact, the cat boys were telling me that the crazy wild world outside was embedded within moments that had to be counted.

I marveled at their wisdome...mostly Augustus'

because during most conversations Blondie keeps busy playing, this time on my lap,

in that carefree way only cat boys are familiar with.

We were surrounded by waves of light

that shone through us all.

The post would be way too long if we included one month's worth of reflections..so we let it go.  But that last day on the patio we thought about this: