Dark and Cold

I sit here in the dark.

Been up for hours.

Jodie and Maddy woke up early.

I've had coffee and checked things.

Just now getting a bit light out.

Been a dark and windy morning so far.

Was thinking that the holidays are over.

The outdoor lights will come down.

Been too cold and wet to do them.

A few colors on the plants 

lining the sort of long driveway.

This month is cold.

An in between one.

I look toward the next.

Knowing that the warmth

will arrive after that.

I'm just not a cold lover.

I like the light.

Be it from the sun

or holiday lights.

Enjoy your weekend.

~ JC ~

Friday Meowning In The Woods

Maddy Jean and Jodie Belle

Taken last Summer at our beach place.
Sorry about me in the background.
I had discovered I was recording
instead of just taking a photo.
Swearing is my middle name.
It's the Catholic girl in me. lol

 

~ ~ ~

It's still cold.

Very.

I slept through the night.

First time in forever.

At least it seems that way.

Woke up to cars driving.

I can hear the road through my woods.

It's a welcome sound.

Means that it didn't snow.

 

Maddy Jean is better.

She seems brighter mentally.

Moving around better.

Not as lost as she was yesterday.

What a relief.

Maybe it's just old dog body.

Oh, wouldn't that be nice.

You know what I mean.

 

Having my coffee in my multi cat cup

that I got when I went to Winthrop

last Summer.

 

Jodie Belle is going in and out.

Barking.

Me going back and forth.

Telling her not to.

 

It's what I do each morning.

 

So, this weekend I will be thinking

about what the next steps are for

my Dear Sweet Golden.

 

How did she get old ?

Where did the time go ?

 

I was thinking about age yesterday.

The fact that I can do nothing about anything.

Really.

I can only bring hope for a better day.

That Maddy Jean will improve.

That the universe will do the right thing.

 

Sometimes I do feel at a loss over here.

Like no matter what I do, bad things happen anyway.

Then, I shake my head.

Nope. Not me.

I will always be the one who thinks that after a nap

things will look different.

That there is hope.

And, if there comes a time when hope doesn't cover it,

then I will still hope that days like that are rare.

 

It's just who I am.

 

Enjoy and remember to dance and smile and dream.

 

~ JC ~

Cold Winter Day

Maddy Jean and Jodie Belle last Summer

 

It's one of those cold Winter days.

Even the woods are quiet.

A few birds and a car heard but very quiet.

The purr and fur gang are napping.

On blankets or near heating vents.

 

Maddy Jean, my Golden Retriever, is having a bad day.

Might be the cold.

Might be her old age.

Jodie Belle wants her to play.

Maddy seems to be lost today.

I brought them both inside so Maddy could rest.

 

I have a lot to do.

List a mile long.

Nothing important though.

All can wait.

 

Meredith Ann is sitting by me.

Getting a pet from time to time.

Bird TV has been marvelous.

They can't get anything from the ground

so they visit us and entertain Riley.

 

I hope Maddy Jean gets better.

It saddens me to think that she has aged so much this year.

She's only nine.

The cancer surgery she had last Summer was terrible.

She had recovered but she has never been like she was.

I do hope it doesn't have something to do with that.

 

Anyway, as I get ready to do at least something on my list,

I sit here thinking that my life is nothing

compared to the worry I have for my Purr and Fur Gang.

I'd do almost anything for them.

 

So, I hope you aren't all sitting in the cold.

And, if you are there isn't a burn ban on

like there is here in my woods.

The air is not good this week.

 

I'll just make some tea

and pet a cat

and find a good movie to watch.

 

That is until the evening

when my favorite shows

are entertaining me.

 

Hope you stay warm,

 

~ JC and The Gang ~

Wild Wordy Wednesday

Yes, none of this no talking on this blog.

Nope, it's a let it all out type of day.

So, you all want to know what's going on .. right.

Lots of silly things that all add up to a royal pain in the back.

(And, I am on ice at the moment.

That's why I picked back.)

Since we were talking about ice, don't you

(all of you who have ever hurt your back,

neck or any parts)

love those ice packs that you throw

in the freezer and then in the morning

while making coffee,

you get one out  ..

I bent over to refill the cute Siamese's water dish

 and the scream my woods heard

was the kind that rocked the tiles on my roof

 .. anyway, I have one of those on my back.

And, this is also a complaint ..

who throws their back from bending over

to change out the water in a dish ?

 Oh, I know ... me.

 Of course, why not .. haven't done that in a while.

Is there a universal calendar that said ..

oh, she hasn't been in a lot of pain lately

 ... yep, she's due.

Can you now see why this is a

Wild Wordy Wednesday.

Wild is now to be explained.

And, I'm not sure it's really wild but I needed a W,

so that's the word I used.

I was planning on a nice vacation

 to a lovely warm location.

It was supposed to be a relaxing trip.

Just sit and watch the water while sipping wine.

(there's a hint of where it was in there)

So, as the flight plans were being made,

I was having to jump through hoops

and do a dance at the airport.

The hotels were going to have me

have two days where I had to

wait to get checked in.

All this just to go with Mr. Boatman

on one of his business trips.

So, last night I decided that this relaxing

trip wasn't at all going to be that.

It would have taken me a lot of wine

to manage the hoops.

(And, with that back of mine,

I'm really not very good at hoops.

Not that I ever was but imagine

one hand with a glass of wine

and the other trying to jump

through the hoops of life.)

Thus, I cancelled my fun in the sun

and now will be staying in my woods.

Thus, the Wild cause the planning of

this mini relax vacation

became somewhat like a walk

on the wild side.

Only I didn't want to do that.

And, Wednesday is that I have

received in the wind a nasty cold.

I went yesterday to the local

drugstore, not telling names here,

and filled up on every cold/cough

remedy that I could put in my basket.

Ok, a chocolate bunny fell in too.

(waiting in the same frig as my ice packs)

I was just a bit cranky this morning

when my back went out

and my cold / sore throat

said Hello to me.

So, today I will be sitting on ice

(literally)

and taking cold meds

and not doing what I thought I would.

How do I tell those cats and dogs

not to drink anymore water ?

So, I'm off to get more coffee,

a new ice pack,

and see how I can pour water

in a dog dish without getting

any of it in it.

(meaning I'm pouring it like pancake syrup)

How's your day ?

~ JC ~

Mondays With Meredith Ann

We got some snow !!!

Living in the Pacific Northwest,

we can go years without it.

Nope, not this time.

Here the two dogs are playing in it.

Supposed to snow again tonight.

Maybe tomorrow too.

I live in the woods.

No one gets our roads cleared.

I'm set up in my bonus room.

Mom would have gotten a photo of me but,

I sit on the heater vent most of the time.

She tells me 'it' will go away soon.

I hope so.

Til then, I'll be waiting for nicer days

when I can convince Mom

to let me out for my walks.

Mew At You All Later,

~ Meredith Ann ~

Mondays With Meredith Ann

A Merry December To All

(with fur that is)

It's cold

COLD

Icy on the deck

Which means I don't get to go outside

So, I am helping the Mom

with Holidays things.

I look better than that tree thing

in the center of the table,

don't I !!!

I wish all of you a

Merry

Ho Ho Ho

(hum bug that is)

and hope you find some

good tissue paper

to play in.

(There is some next to me.

I have plans for it !!!)

Til next week,

This is,

~ MEREDITH ANN ~

Mondays With Meredith Ann

I haven't been outside in over a week.

Mom has been bribing me with juice from her tuna cans.

It's been working but a girl can only

drink so much tuna juice before she

starts yelling at the door

for an escape.

Help me ... make the rain and cold weather go away.

I want my sunshine back.

I want to sit on my back porch

and watch the leaves flutter in the slight wind.

I want to watch squirrels on the fence

and birds fly around.

Was it a dream ?

Mom you better buy a case of that tuna

it's going to be a long yucky wet Fall / Winter.

~ Meredith Ann ~

A Wise Siamese

Jasmine Marie looking oh so wise

It's just cold.

Inside and out.

Burr !!

Everyone with fur is napping.

Me, I'm drinking coffee, tea, whatever to keep warm.

Been having migraines day and night.

I think it's the change in weather.

I really need it to be warmer.

Just thought I'd tell you.

~ JC ~

Quiet

Was that a bird ?

Yes, Riley it was.

~~~

It snowed yesterday

and the day before that

and the day before that.

Last night it did it again.

Not a lot but it keeps coming back.

This morning it is quiet

as can be outside.

No cars.

No noise.

Just a dog barking down the block.

The birds were looking for food.

Riley was helping and noticed them.

My cold was terrible yesterday.

I did get a good rest

so I feel a bit better today.

(one can hope that this

yucky thing will go away now)

~ JC ~

Cold

It's a lovely TWENTY degrees outside

No SNOW

Just COLD

Got a bit of Holiday shopping done

Not enough though

Been having LOTS of headaches

Cats have been SUPER cute

Meredith is in love with the heater vent

Going to start on my Holiday Cards