Small Reflections: Camera Critters #35

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Hugs and blessings,

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Camera Critters #35

Make Time for Small Reflections

This is my 35th

Misty Dawn started the meme and explains the rules here.

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Meet 'Bandit' ... 'kewl' kitty of a friend of mine.
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Hot Updates from the North Pole
Santa has reached his pre-Christmas target weight! After undertaking a regimen of restricting fat and exercising daily, Santa has trimmed down to a 210 pounds – substantially less than his landing weight of 1,260 lbs last year. Nevertheless, Mrs. Claus has assured us that Santa still has a belly that shakes like a bowlful of jelly when he laughs.

Small Reflections ... Smile Back
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Haiku Friday #99 & a Quiz
Word Play
A Bit of Laughter
The Legend of the Candy Cane
A Christmas Award
'Tis a Puzzlement
Haiku Sky Watch Friday-Rain
Photo Hunt - Wide
Haiku Sky watch Friday-Rainy Daze

Thought for Today
"A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings." William Ralph Inge

20 comments:

Sylvia K said...: What a great kitty friend! Love the eyes! Thanks for sharing!; December 20, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Unknown said...: Now that's a good looking cat. A photogenic fellow.; December 20, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Mike Golch said...: nice looking kittie.Hugs.; December 20, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Forgetfulone said...: That's a beautiful kitty. Thanks so much for your kind words and prayers for me and my mom.; December 20, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Karen said...: What a gorgeous cat--I love the colors and sheen on the fur!; December 20, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Awww so sweet - In the spotlight!!!; December 20, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Ari_1965 said...: I have a big belly that jiggles when I laugh.; December 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Anonymous said...: BTW - how did you get it to snow on your pages? We don't get snow here in SE Mo, so I figure... if it isn't going to snow outside, by golly it'll snow on my blog!!! Falling snow is just sooo pretty!!!; December 20, 2008 at 9:10 PM
DrowseyMonkey-Photos said...: Oh, such a sweetie :); December 20, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Jane Hards Photography said...: Very regal looking kitty with gorgeous eyes.; December 21, 2008 at 3:44 AM
Lakshmi said...: cute and I loved the quote as well..; December 21, 2008 at 4:41 AM
Akelamalu said...: Loved the update on Santa and the kewl kitty!; December 21, 2008 at 4:43 AM
Hootin Anni said...: Bandit is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Wishing you, dear storyteller, the best of holidays yet to come. I can't help but think of typing, "Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus"...but, I'll refrain from doing anything of the kind.

May your Christmas be filled with the joys of the season and you'll find delight in the reason for the season...; December 21, 2008 at 4:47 AM
ratmammy said...: what a cute kitty!; December 21, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Roan said...: Oh cute! I want to reach inside that picture and scratch those ears.; December 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Ice Pony Girl said...: pretty cat!; December 21, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Grammy said...: Bandit is too cute. is there an injury on his back or is the me.; December 22, 2008 at 5:53 AM
Unknown said...: I love Bandits' nose!; December 22, 2008 at 7:22 AM
Misty DawnS said...: Bandit is absolutely beautiful!

Your blog looks great, my friend - really puts me in the holiday mood :-D; December 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM
AppleDebbie said...: Bandit looks like a real sweetheart... his green eyes are so beautiful! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season!; December 22, 2008 at 11:20 PM

Currently ...

... I'm thankful to have encountered the 'Food Court Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus to share here at Small Reflections. I've also shared a Beautiful Meditative Video and a delightful Random Act of Culture (that happened at Macy's) at Sacred Ruminations ... just because.

I'm also grateful that I've created a personalized 1st edition 'Labyrinth Journal' for my friend Susan. I've written a second version that I plan to publish & share with others very soon.

My sister & her husband arrived in town on Wednesday, November 17th and will be around for a few months ... so that's pretty 'kewl' too!

Remember ... you can find me sharing at Giraffe Journal and Labyrinth Journal when you don't see anything from me posted here.

Hope all's well with you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
Virginia

FYI - My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, at WordPress. It is my intention to keep this 'Daily Gratitude List' in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what's right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2010 Lists - July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists - December, November, October, September, August, July June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists - December, November

More About Me

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How I Became a Blogger

Evolution of my blogs
Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at SacredRuminations ... the site where I joined Carla's Sacred Life Project. I published daily on both sites initially, but in mid-January of 2008 I gave myself permission to cut myself some slack & rethink things. Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily here, but I'm thinking about alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

In October of 2008, I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary here at Small Reflections on the 22nd & at Sacred Ruminations on the 23rd.

I completed Blog 365 in 2008 with a total of 378 posts here at Sacred Ruminations, 234 at Sacred Ruminations, 20 at BlogRolls, Bling & Blurbs, and 30 at Happily Retired Gal for a grand total of 662 ... all in 366 days!

In 2009, my sister & her husband returned to So Cal for 4 months and I had less time to blog. Even though they're on the road again, I'm finding it challenging to recapture a daily blogging habit. Click for more specifics about this.

In October of 2009 I celebrated my 2nd Blogoversary here at Small Reflections & at Sacred Ruminations and in November of 2009 I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary at Happily Retired Gal. Little did I know what would follow when I entered this 'virtual' world.

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My Blog Blasts for Peace:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and last June:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

My Peace Globes are below
Clicking on them will take you to the related 'Bl0g Blast' post also.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear .... It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." Marilyn Ferguson

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

"it takes courage to become who you really are." e.e. cummings

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"How you handle the situation IS the situation." Stephen Covey

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James

"At mid-life more than any other time, we have renewed opportunity to create health by expressing our creativity fully." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." Ralph Waldo Emerson

More thoughts

"We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't have in life, we have neglected to give them what we did." Anyonmous

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are events in life that cannot be explained or changed. I acknowledge them, feel them, and I release the rage, guilt, loss, anger, and grief." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." Bernadette Devlin

"The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity." Edmund Burke

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." Virginia Woolf

"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and their unlimited imagination." James Michener

"If you think you can, or think you can't -- you're right." Henry Ford

More Thoughts ...

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." Georgia O'Keefe

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach

"Telling stories causes others to remember what they have always known." Anonymous

"Character is the bridge between our beliefs and our behavior. Character is the glue of personality, the connective tissue that makes a person whole, integrated, a person of integrity." Joan Konner, journalist

"What you choose not to look at in life, rules your life." Lynn Andrews

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"When a woman changes her life for the better, her entire family (whether or not she has children) generally benefits. She sets the tone. The well-being of the family and of society itself depends upon women becoming and remaining healthy. So we owe it to ourselves to put ourselves first and take the time we need to heal." Dr. Christiane Northrup

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Camera Critters #35

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