love & gratitude to all

friends, family, flowers & kittens!

spring

summer

fall

winter

lovely sentiments from an anonymous author (courtesy of Kitsune, Maskless Crusader on Substack):

I will lend to you a kitten God said

For you to love while it lives and mourn when it’s dead

Maybe for 12 or 14 years, maybe 2 or 3

But will you, ‘till I call them back, take care of them for me?

They’ll bring their charms to gladden you and should their stay be brief,

You’ll always have their memories as solace for your grief

I cannot promise they will stay for all from Earth return,

But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn

I’ve looked the whole world over in search of teachers true,

And from the folks that crowd life’s land I have chosen you

Now will you give it all your love, nor think the labor vain?

Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again?

My heart replied, “My Lord, Thy Will Be Done,”

For all the joys this kitten brings the risk of grief I’ll run

We’ll shelter it with tenderness, we’ll love it while we may,

And for the happiness we’ve known, forever grateful stay

But should you call it back much sooner than we planned,

We’ll brave the bitter grief and try to understand

If by our love we’ve managed your wishes to achieve,

Then in memory of it whom we loved, please help us while we grieve

When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife,

Please send yet another needing soul for us to love all it’s life

Anonymous

💕…May you always feel at peace in kitten’s secret garden… 💕