My two cents' worth...

Last night after work, this kitty mom went to the Pasadena Northwest Community Planning session, which is an attempt to address issues of inequity in the northwest part of Pasadena. Having volunteered to work at one highschool in that area, she felt she had to put in her two cents' worth.

I said Augusutus, "I think I should go to this meeting", and he said, "sure, I will come too".

I told Olllie, 'what about you?'

He said, "I will come if there are treats."

So, they both started following me when I remembered that felines were probably not allowed.
I told them that I would summarize the meeting proceedings for them later at night.

And they quickly went about their own business, 

which was bird watching for Augustus




and something secret for Ollie.  He was out of sight.

We read this at night:

"For unity to exist among human beings—at even the simplest level—two fundamental conditions must pertain. Those involved must first of all be in some agreement about the nature of reality as it affects their relationships with one another and with the phenomenal world. They must, secondly, give assent to some recognized and authoritative means by which decisions will be taken that affect their association with one another and that determine their collective goals."  (Century of Light)

Boys send everyone pawfuls of kisses and best wishes for a splendid weekend...

Ciao!

Vamos a estar bueno(s)...

Our little doodles were not in accord this morning because a certain red-furred kitty who shall remain unnamed could not control his emotions, so he was put in bathroom solitaire for 15 minutes while this kitty mom tried to calm down the other babe, and all this commotion occurred after their early morning outing.

A few shots of baby Augustus after Ollie was put in solitaire...the way chubser throws himself on Augustus is quite annoying and much love has to be dispensed to soothe Augustus back to normal!





I may have succeeded...he is trying to forget the incident!

Released from solitaire Ollie is listening to me telling him how I don't have any problems leaving him in the bathroom. Is he listening?

He promises to be in better control of his feelings, perhaps even to try to love his older brother,

and then resumes his seat on our bed.

Whew, what a morning!

As I was driving to work I suddenly thought, 'Vamos a estar bueno(s)', which means we are going to be alright. This phrase popped into my head from watching a spanish novela (soap opera) with my Venezuelan neighbors last night. Don't judge me though, I had already had a full day at work and had spent the first part of the evening attending a friend's graduation from the Pasadena Neighborhood Leadership Institute. I was tired and really enjoyed the novela except that I did not understand much of anything except this phrase "vamos a estar buenos"! Then I went home and listened to this. Enjoy!

I hope todos van a estar muy buenos for everyone even if sometimes things seem to be unraveling. And lovely cat kisses throughout the day.

Ciao!

PS-By the way, we will resume reading soon

Killing me softly...

Two little kitties stole our hearts: Augustus, with this look,

and Ollie with these looks...




And since this was not a day for discourse, we just listened to this.

A beautiful Tuesday to all loaded with kitty purrs and kisses,

Ciao!

I thank the nfl...

for entertaining this tired kitty mom! For peculiar reasons I was really enjoying watching the Patriots/Colts games last night. The colorful and energetic players running up and down the field and bouncing around made me feel less tired. I was hooked. Doodles, aka Don Augustus y Don Ollie, who had spent muchos horas en aire libre todos el dia were still out. I had one thought in my head....how to get them in.
My Sunday started at 5 a.m., letting the two gatos out the door. After a nice early morning walk in semi-dark I accompanied the doodles around. We walked about, checked out this and that, chatted, stared at each other. Here are some exciting shots taken with my iphone.


The birds behind the wall are interesting. The boys look this way

and that way.

Then we gather around the pow-wow tree. We did take turns scratching the tree, myself included.

Don Ollie went for a sip of agua

while Don Augustus obliged and posed for a photo.

The boys later shared with me their vision of the future...

"...-a world organically unified in all the essential aspects of its life, its political machinery, its spiritual aspirations, its trade and finance, its script and language, and yet infinite in the diversity of the national characteristics of its federated units."(Shoghi Effendi)

Hmm! I thought. You two have a lot of big thoughts in your heads. They meowed nodding their heads up and down.

The dudes are sending thoughts of peace and unity to everyone and many loving kisses too.

Ciao!

We were visiting the plains....

where they have blue skies

that are sometimes like this

and the neighborhood is like this

where one house has an inviting patio like this

and a kitchen like this

We visited this little dude, named Fugus, our first one, now living with the grandparents

and with his precious brother Filmore.

And we looked at the sky again through this tree!

Aaah! It was clean, quiet, and peaceful!

The city cats were not about to fly and so they stayed home and read and meditated.

Augustus told me that they read from the Gleanings the following passage:

Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or attribute unto Thee, or the praise with which he can glorify Thee! Whatever duty Thou hast prescribed unto Thy servants of extolling to the utmost Thy majesty and glory is but a token of Thy grace unto them, that they may be enabled to ascend unto the station conferred upon their own inmost being, the station of the knowledge of their own selves.

We were speechless.

Sending all muchas kisses from los gatas!

Ciao!

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Late last night this little dude was trying to stay awake so he could read but no luck...his eyes would not stay open.

He caved in. He will read later.

Early early in the morning the other little fellow saw a crow and he thought he could reach it if he climbed on a car.

I had to beg him to come down as I knew the owner of the BMW would not want a cat on his car.

The cat boys are growing. Augustus appears to be going through cat puberty and foofs a lot. Ollie is becoming more clingy to mommie cat?!

I wanted to read Faulkner but no one would listen. So I meditated on this, alone:

O My Servant! Thou art even as a finely tempered sword concealed in the darkness of its sheath and its value hidden from the artificer's knowledge. Wherefore come forth from the sheath of self and desire that thy worth may be made resplendent and manifest unto all the world.(Hidden Words)

Buenas Noches + little cat kisses to all!

A Gift of Love...

After some talking...

this little dude

and this little dude

presented us with un cadeau from the bottom of their little hearts.

We have this feeling that the hunter may have been this little dude...awww


Love is the light that guideth in darkness, the living link that uniteth God with man, that assureth the progress of every illumined soul. Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world, the supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms. Love revealeth with unfailing and limitless power the mysteries latent in the universe.(Abdul Baha)

Doodles wish everyone a lovely week ahead and blow you little kisses too!

Ciao!