Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Whiskers

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens;
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens;
Brown paper packages tied up with strings;
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels;
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles;
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings;
These are a few of my favorite things.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes;
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes;
Silver-white winters that melt into springs;
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers


Cat's whiskers twitched today as I cooked up a big pot of chicken 'stew' for her. There are days when she raises her paw and sends her food dish across the floor, apparently in dissatisfaction with the home-cooked cuisine. Vitamins enhance the healthful ground chicken but sometimes junk food tastes so much better and a pouch of Whiskas brings cries of excitement. Those are days when it just doesn't pay to be a good mother. ;-)

3 comments:

  1. oh my what a spoiled putty tat. Sounds like my moms old marn, Rascal. He has taken to wanting fresh (not processed) dog food. They will take over the world.

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  2. I have to agree that Cat is spoiled

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  3. Cat spoiled? Nooooo. She is Bastet incarnate. She is venerated, as is her due; not spoiled. ;-)

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