I'm Only A Cat

From For Ellipsis

I'm Only A Cat

Author Unknown

I'm only a cat and I stay in my place...
Up there on your chair, or your bed or your face!

I'm only a cat, and I don't finick much...
I'm happy with cream and anchovies and such!

I'm only a cat, and we'll get along fine...
As long as you know I'm not yours... you're all mine!

Bad Kitty Dylan

It was quite a week with my two little men! The weather has been just beautiful, so we have been discovering all kinds of things in the yard. Butterflies, and bees and hummingbirds... it's all so wonderful. To my surprise, Hendrix isn't terribly fond of hunting. He instead, enjoys sitting on the swing with me, but now when it comes to Dylan, it's a different story.

Dylan gave his mommy a huge fright on Saturday, when he decided to take a nap in one of the trees. I looked for him everywhere. Hendrix walked around the yard with me... mewing for his brother... but there wasn't a sign of him anywhere. Not even the sound of his bells.

I was sure I had lost one of my babies. 4 hours went by and still now little orange kitten. I was a mess. I had even called Alan at work, to see if he knew of any areas of the yard that might allow him a way out, but he was sure it was safe. Then, just about 5 minutes before a worried Alan was to get off work, I saw Dylan climb down from the lower branches of the plum tree and come running toward the backdoor. He had to have been up there the whole time, because I had looked in that area thoroughly, I just hadn't bothered to look up! LOL. Bad kitty! I was too happy to see him, to be too mad...but still...BAD KITTY!

:) By the way, if my blog looks a little strange over the next few days it's because I am working on a template for spring. Feel free to comment on what you see. Feedback is always welcome!

-Carly

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #32: Spring Holidays And Observances

"Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's Party!"

-Robin Williams








NOW CLOSED!

EMPS# 32: Spring Holidays and Observances.
Very simple. Grab your camera, and show me, through your photography, anything related to the upcoming Easter or Passover holidays. A family dinner, an Easter Bunny, an Easter lily. Preparation for the holiday works as well. If it is related to the holidays, it's just fine. If you don't celebrate either of the two holidays I mentioned, you can choose any of the wacky holidays found at the link below, or, if you are just not in the mood for holidays, there is an alternate assignment below.

Wacky April Holidays

Extra Credit: Show me someone smiling. :)

EMPS #32a. FLOWERS.
Pick a FLOWER... any FLOWER! Real or fake... any FLOWER will do!

Extra Credit: Pink FLOWERS please!

**PLEASE READ**
You have until next Sunday, at 9:00 PM ET to take your photo, post it to your blog or journal, and then comeback here with your direct link. Please do not leave a hyperlink to your blog, it must be the full link to the entry specific to this Monday Photo Shoot assignment. Also, please include a link back here, so others can play along as well!

Linking List for EMPS #31: Footprints. 03/30/09

NOW CLOSED!

1. Jama

2. Judi

3. Suzanne

4. Terri

5. Liz

6. Your EG Tour Guide

7. Karen Link #1 Link #2

8. Connie

9. Wammy

10. Greg


Question of the Week: In which season do you feel at your most creative?

Ok... Happy Holidays to all. See you in one week with an all new EMPS assignment!

-Carly

Green Creativity

From For Ellipsis

"We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people."

-Mikhail Gorbachev

There is an interesting exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers, which began last November and will run through April 19th, The Golden Gate Express. It features a G-gauge train trip though San Francisco, featuring all the famous landmarks from Ghiradelli Square to the Transamerica Pyramid. The exhibit is to pay homage to the rich railroad past San Francisco enjoys, but there's an interesting twist, all the landmarks featured in the exhibit have been made by local artists using old discarded materials, which brings awareness to environmental issues, and encourages the creativity in finding new uses for old things. Mini blinds were used to make Coit Tower. The TransAmerica building is made from more than 1,000 keys from computer boards, Ghiradelli was made from brown switch plates, and the Golden Gate Bridge... monkeys. Little plastic "Barrel of Monkeys"... monkeys. LOL! How cool is that?

Here, have a look...

-Carly

Round Robin Photo Challenge: By The Numbers

From For Ellipsis

"It's clearly a budget, it's got a lot of numbers in it."

-George W. Bush

RRC: By The Numbers
Suggested by Jill, of the blog, South Bay Soliloquy


Tee Hee. Sorry, but I couldn't resist using a Dubya quote for this entry. I am naughty sometimes. Anyway, this challenge had me stumped until last Monday, when I saw this great little game of hopscotch taking place outside my therapist's office. It made me smile, because I haven't seen children playing that particular game in quite a while. Years probably. It's nice to know there is still something from my childhood, which was, you know, way back in the stone age of the late 1960's and early 70's. Sheesh that sounds like a long time ago. How did we ever survive as children without the Internets or iPods or... yikes... cell phones? LOL.

Thank you Jill for the great little challenge! I was looking everywhere for numbers, and when I finally found them, it brought back some really nice memories.

:)

Go see what Jill and all the participating Robins have come up with to meet this challenge round. Just follow the Linking List below...

Linking List

1. Jill... South Bay Soliloquy
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2. Carly... Ellipsis
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3. Karen... Outpost Mavarin
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4. Monica... Click Shots
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5. Leslie... Empty Nest
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6. Sherrie... Sherrie's Stuff
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7. Karen... In The Moment
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8. Suzanne R... SuzyQ421's Photo Blog
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9. Jama... Sweet Memories
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10. Vicki... Maraca
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11. Chris... Camera Obscura
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12. Linda... Mommy's Treasures
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13. Marina... Visual Chronical
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14. Wammy... The Ellis Family Cincinnati


15. Karen... Georgia Angel


16. Teena... It's all about me!
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17. Connie... Far Side of Fifty Photos
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18. ellen b. ... The Happy Wonderer
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19. Terri... Ways I see The World
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20. Gattina... Keyhole Pictures
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21. Molly Mavis... Visual Dialouges
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22. Mojo... Why? WHat Have You Heard?
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23. Jen... Cherish the Moments **Welcome New Member**
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24. Rita... Cashjocky and the Old Salt
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Be sure to check the official Round Robin blog tomorrow to find out what our next topic will be!

-Carly

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

From For Ellipsis

"When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself."

-Jacques Cousteau


I told you last week about a day, Alan and I spent recently, playing tourist, well, this was just one more sight from that day, the sea lions at Pier 39. It was a really warm day and they were just sitting on the dock, soaking up the late winter sun. I had forgotten how much fun it is to just stop and watch them being sea lions. Simple. Happy. Life. I tend to see things differently when I am out with my camera. My camera allows me to have an extraordinary life.

-Carly

Lemon Water

From For Ellipsis

"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons."

-Alfred E Neuman

Ahhh... that hit the spot!

I am messing around with Picasa today. I meant to get to it for months, but you know, something shiny would cross my path and I would get distracted. Here, you see, is an all new really big photo that doesn't look all fuzzy. Happy days are here again! I feel like I should be saying "testing... testing" or something! LOL.

So tell me, what do you think? Like the really big size?

-Carly

Quick... Turn On The Light!

"It takes a rather special kind of person to follow soaps. You have to be highly intelligent to understand them and think as a brick to want to."

-Alan Coran

CBS announced yesterday, on April Fool's Day, that they were canceling Guiding Light. Sigh. Although I haven't watched it for a number of years, I was still sad to hear that such a daytime gem was being thrown away. I loved so many characters over the years, especially in the mid 90's when I was absolutely hooked. One day I was just surfing, General Hospital had gotten dry as dust, and I came across Guiding Light. It drew me in with just one episode. It was so much fun back then. Reva had just returned, and she was a ghost! Jenna was a jewel thief, and Buzz was just plain sexy! Roger was probably the best bad guy in daytime, I still miss Michael Zaslow, and Nadine was the loveable airhead you just had to root for.

Sigh. Game shows have all but left daytime TV, instead they are replaced with litigation television and talk shows, so I wonder if the daytime drama has much of a future in general. I still miss Another World. I loved that show as well, and watched it up to it's very last episode. I always hoped that NBC would do a reunion show, maybe like a one week look back, but alas it was not to be. Sigh. Oh well, the decision has been made, so I guess I will revisit the light while it is still on. The last episode is scheduled to air on September 18th, 2009. I think I will give it a look see today, I wonder, will it draw me in with just one episode all over again? Probably.

-Carly