The Wind Blows

I have a cold. Colds were invented to make people miserable. It works. I'm miserable. Constant sore throat. Extremely tired so every thirty minutes or so I must go and lie down a little. Too tired to read or watch TV but not sleepy. So I'm literally doing nothing and bored out of my mind.

Outside, the wind has been hollering like a banshee all day. You hear it pressing on the windows, the walls, shaking the trees like it's furious and will not calm down. It's a wind tempest.

Meanwhile, I'm bored. And tired. But not sleepy.

Below was a second before opening presents. We had a nice time. Now, I have a cold.

Randoms

I've never met a cat I didn't like. This little newcomer was adopted by some friends this week. Her name is Zoe.



In no time, I had her spread out on her back, hypnotized, offering a soft belly to anybody around. Damn, I'm good.



In the end, we got lazy. There is no real green tree, this year, for the first time ever. We'll do one next year. Opening presents is on Dec. 24, but the young generation has been lobbying hard to have the presents under the tree before that. Why not? It's such a pretty sight, so full of magic and promises...

Winter Wonderland

Freezing rain fell, coating everything in shiny clear ice. When the sun shines, everything sparkles and looks magical. I'm not quite happy with my pictures. Where are Vince and Marie when you need them?











Oh I know where they are. Just about on their way to the outdoors, intense sun, flowers and new discoveries. Shoot from the hip, guys! Cameras, I mean.

On December 4th

Yesterday was my birthday.

Yesterday also, Janica finally lost her battle and passed away. She fought so hard to live. She went through so much pain.

Godspeed Janica.

Bravo

An employee is trampled to death by hundreds of eager customers as they charge into a Wal-mart store, when its doors opened at 5 am on the day of a special sale.

Was it a stampede of starved people trying to get food rations? No.
Were they trying to get other, desperately needed supplies? No.
Is this an uncivilized country where human life has little value? No.

It was a bunch of greedy consumers, in a land of plenty, willing to get up and start waiting in line at 3:00 am to start shopping at 5:00 am, all to save a few bucks on ordinary merchandise.
I hope you REALLY enjoy the 9 $ DVD you got a bargain on.

And they wonder why I like cats.