Flower Portrait

My friend Ray up in Vancouver (Ray's Blogging again) loves to put flower portraits on his blog...So do I....So here is today's portrait...I wish I knew what it is...It was growing in my niece, Mary's back yard...

A cat named Peter

We have pets...Pets are a part of our lives...Some of us are dog lovers...some of us love cats...some of us love birds who squawk...and others find Gerbils fun to watch ...Personally I like cats...About ten years ago when I moved to the country I didn't have any pets...and I wasn't looking to have any in my new home either...But my next door neighbor's cat  decided to have some kittens...and my pet loving girlfriend talked me into bringing two of these new born home with me...One male...one female...Peter and Pumpkin...

Well I tried having them live indoor...No way!...They shredded every piece of furniture I had...Luckily it was old furniture...So...Out they went...and became "OUTDOOR CATS"....

They greeted me when I drove down my driveway by perching on the pump house as I drove in...then they would follow my car to the house and wait to see if I would come out and play with them....Peter was always first to be petted and loved to butt his head against mine...He was more affectionate than Pumpkin but she could wheedle lots of petting from me with her female ways...


I lost Peter this afternoon to a type of cancer called lymphoma ...

We will always remember him and the love he brought to my house...

He had the longest whiskers...

Peter loved to make new friends...

And Pumpkin is her name...