We're at home now

both of us.
I spent few hours at the vet. My new cat seems to be only one year and he has to put lots of weight on.
He got cortisone, painkillers and penicillin, anthelmintic therapy and was examined for ticks and fleas.
Not only was he beaten by someone, he has three 4 inch wounds caused by cuts. I can't tell you how angry I was and I still am.

He ate like a horse, he even did enjoy the pills.
Now he's sleeping in my little garden cottage and I'll keep him company tonight. The heater is still running and he loves the warmth.
It's unbelievable, I'm a stranger for him and it feels like he is living here always.
We'll have to work very hard to get him healthy, but I'm sure he'll make it.

And here he is:

His name is "JOSH" 

Happy Birthday

dear aina_baggins

Have a wonderful day, full of love and joy!
I wish you all the very best, my dear!

A  Sea Spell 

Her lute hangs shadowed in the apple-tree,
While flashing fingers weave the sweet-strung spell
Between its chords; and as the wild notes swell,
The sea-bird for those branches leaves the sea.
But to what sound her listening ear stoops she?
What netherworld gulf-whispers doth she hear,
In answering echoes from what planisphere,
Along the wind, along the estuary?

She sinks into her spell: and when full soon
Her lips move and she soars into her song,
What creatures of the midmost main shall throng
In furrowed surf-clouds to the summoning rune:
Till he, the fated mariner, hears her cry,
And up her rock, bare-breasted, comes to die?
(Collected Works 361)

Rosetti

 

Happy birthday!

my dear friend yeuxdebleu

The sunlight is as passionate as flowers
Bordering the sidewalk of a song.
Clouds shape its golden apertures for hours,
Shifting with each breeze that comes along.
The day becomes a mustard-colored sunbeam
Falling through the window of your smile.
Mystical sensations, headed downstream,
Sit upon your windowsill awhile.
How beautifully the choir of the mountains
Sings to its rapt audience of blue!
As dancing down a corridor of fountains,
We toss in coins and make this wish for you:
Long may you love the loveliness of Earth!
And celebrate with joy your day of birth.

May this day be full of love and joy and very special, as special as you are!

Lots of love and big tight hugs,
Julchen