birthday flowers from Marcel

Marcel knows how much I love flowers and he's the only man in my life who ever buys them for me. Last year he got me the most incredible peonies for my birthday and this year lovely lilacs. He loves the smell too.

He agreed to pose for a few "still-life with cat" photos to kick off the week.

Happy Monday everyone!

Marcel in action!

My sister wanted to do a video about Marcel so she could have all his cuteness with her when she's in LA. Here it is!

Marcel likes banana pancakes

My sweet sister Ceciley makes really great mixed CDs and she put Jack Johnson's "Banana Pancakes" on the one I was listening to the other day. Made me really want to eat some real banana pancakes.

Good thing I bought some Bob's Red Mill gluten-free pancake mix. I find these are especially yummy if I add vanilla and cinnamon to the mix.

Marcel likes them too! It was raining and I am pretending it's the weekend all the time!

Wishing you all a wonderful real weekend!

what do I want to do when I grow up?

This is a good question since being on the cusp of 40 one could argue that I am, in fact, grown up.

So far, I've been a dancer, a dance teacher, a dance studio owner, a high school english and dance teacher, and an executive assistant.

I guess in comparison to the rest it figures that the last one really wasn't me - all that sitting and all!!

So here's something I've always wanted to do: I love giving advice; I give great advice; I would like to do an advice column.

 Anybody need some advice?

a few more baubles ...

Marcel and me had a few more earring projects we wanted to finish on the weekend. These little birdies have been hanging around waiting for some inspiration so they could take flight.

Ceciley asked for something red so Marcel thought a little coral might look nice.

Looks like he was right. I added a little bit of red abalone to mine because it always makes me think of one of my favourite books, Island of the Blue Dolphins.

Then I reminded Marcel than in his rush to get Anne's present finished he totally forgot to make some earrings to go with the necklace.

Whew, he's all tired out from making so many pretties!!

it feels like spring!!

I wore my spring coat yesterday and no hat, and I didn't even need my gloves!

Today is supposed to be warm too but maybe with a bit of rain to wash away all the dirty ice on the sidewalks.

I know it's not spring yet, but knowing that it is right around the corner is such a relief with lots of good things to look forward to.

Including my 40th birthday ...

Happy Valentines Day!!

To all of my beloved friends and family - Marcel and me, we luvs you all!!

And since I forgot to wish a Happy Lunar New Year, here are some sweet bunnies to make you feel loved.

Wishing you a day full of sweetness!!

belated jewelery

Marcel is a bit behind on getting Anne's birthday gift finished.

Last year he was much more on time so it's a good thing Anne decided to take a trip for her birthday and only just got back.

He decided to go with amethyst this time since Anne is kinda into purple right now, and he thought a larger stone would add some nice variety to her jewelery box.

He's added some lovely variegated fluorite as the accent. He really does have such good taste!

glamour shots

One of the bonuses of having my sister come to visit is that there is someone to take some photos of me with Marcel!

Marcel is working on his sultry look.

And seems to have mastered the "over the shoulder".

Marcel's patience - rewarded!!

This is a happy cat!

And a happy sister!!

I'm happy that she's here and they are both happy!!

Marcel has been very patient

I told him she was coming. So he's been waiting for her in the spare room.

You see although he is definitely my cat, he loves my sister the most. And she's coming to visit!

So he's waiting and napping in here until she comes.

Happy Thanksgiving

To all my American friends and family!!

Marcel and I are truly thankful for you all!

 

Marcel would like you all to know that he caught a mouse today, but that he let it go. He's just keeping up his skills.

Mad Hatter Marcel

He would like the Dormouse to come for tea!

yes, we have no bananas

Or actually, no recent updates - sorry! But my camera battery died and I could not for the life of me find the charger. Turns out it was on the boat and that was the last place I looked.

But I did recently download a whole bunch of photos from my friend Tim, so as requested by some of my sweet darling friends, I will post these very soon!

more mini-me: flowers

Since I adore flowers and I love to make my own arrangements I thought it would be fun for the little miss to do the same for a birthday treat.

And you know how much Marcel loves flowers too.

So I went to the flower shops at Ave & Dav and bought a whole lot of pink and purple loveliness for the little miss' birthday bouquets.

I just took direction. She told me which things to cut shorter and which vases to fill up. She seems to favour like with like.

And then she ran all over the house placing them just so ...

and then changed her mind and ran around moving them from room to room.

I think it's safe to say this was a sucessfull activity.

Marcel has mellowed

It used to be that the moment Marcel heard the shrieks, squeals, or pitter-patter of children he would hide or jump out the window.

But this high-intensity, twelve-day, sleep-over with the little fella and the little miss doesn't seem to be disrupting his ability to lounge.

In fact, he likes to be where they are. He likes to see what they are doing.

He even slept with my-girl-T the other night. I know it's been a long time since she and I lived together but he remembers her.

He knows she loves him, and he loves her too. It's all helping - thanks for helping kitten.