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As Viewed through the Bramble Thorns & Roses

First Time as a HuCat

That was my very first time as a HuCat & my first pool party & kind of an odd sensation morphing from angel into Human / Cat / both at the same time. Do cats like water even? Some maybe, but I wasn't that fond of water yet as a HuCat I dived into the swimming pool at Kitthaven Estates & swam around & oh, look I could have been a Nemo fish or a mermaid or a scuba diver with my dolphins following me around, but no I had to be a HuCat. Okay, my typist my meower, next time I am not being outshined by cute little Himalayan cats that have morphed into Nemo fish from a modern day cartoon movie so that everyone says oh how cute look at the cute little Nemo fish! That's number one and next hey, some cat came with dolphins -- MOUSER! Next thing that tuxedo cat was a MerCatMaid so look -- I don't think my swimsuit photo is that hot either as I was a lovely regal cat as I grew & my hair is just downright ugly & short in that photo. Long lovely hair at the very last, do you understand? Next thing, will write an entry meow it about Mom & swimsuits but need to get this out of the way & will just have to save that one. Cruise? Coming up too. I will need an assortment of HuCat clothing several swimsuits & some characters not Nemo fish though plus I will need some lovely angel pictures with appropriate backgrounds as part of the time I just need to be an angel cat. Maybe cat with sunglasses photos or with a nice hat on for days I just feel like being a cat but with a little extra. I was outshined by NEMO FISH cats & Little Emma & others were all oh, look at the cute little CATFISH! SHANE LADD! SHAUN! OH! I was cute when I was a kitten. Is it my fault that I grew to be beautiful & is there anything wrong with that one? NO! You grew too but that's right Himalayan cats are shorter and smaller, not all of them but some, and are very cute. AAAAAHHHH! Long gorgeous locks for my next swimsuit pic please & hmm, what great creature can I be? Still can be a nice MerCat can't I? Yes. Something lovely not cute.
With arched back, Aurora

Fairy Tale Time

Yes, they said Mom had moved into fairy tale world but she worked & she was a very responsible woman at her job & at home, but this strange habit had formed with her. She would scoop me up from wherever I was & pick up storybooks & fairy tale books at first just the kids old ones & then she actually went out & bought brand new books & said she was breaking them in because she needed them. Her kids just laughed & the son said I'm grown up now & of course he wasn't & I don't like fairy tales. The little girl was far from grown up & would say she was grown up too, but she would sometimes find her Mother & hide & listen or sit at her feet & half pet me & say she was just there to pet me. She wasn't really ready to grow up yet & she knew it too.

The ritual was not always at the same place just that Mom would pick me up & carry me to the bedroom & lie on the bed before she took a much needed nap exhausted from her day at work & needing a little rest before she cooked supper & got up & did a few household chores. Mom would bring in a book. I liked all the stories cause Mommy read them in such a soft gentle voice and she would put me right by her side or nearly blocking her view of the book propped on her stomach & she would read. Once Upon a time there was a young woman whose father died & so she had to live with her evil stepsisters & stepMother -- Cinderella. Then the princess pricked her finger on the spinning wheel but she did not die but rather fell asleep for a hundred years -- Sleeping Beauty. More of them for another time, but the way Mom read the stories I could see the places, I the cat curled up on the hearth near the ashes with Cinderella. I the cat purring at Sleeping Beauty's feet -- Princess Aurora -- as she pricked her finger on the spinning wheel & the entire kingdom including me fell asleep. Mommy sometimes embellished the stories & used different voices for characters & described things or pointed out the pictures & showed them to me. She would pat her belly often & seemed to be talking not just to me on her belly but to her belly which was growing. I was wise cat for my age & knew this was a miracle occurring & hoped that one day I too would know Motherhood. Mom & I were sharing a very special time together. Sometimes she would say names aloud & she always said that she wanted to name a daughter Aurora & call her Rory & what a great name for a cat & a child. Rory like roary or roaring, a cat that roars like a lion or tiger. A child with the wonderpurr qualities of a cat who would be very little girlish & feminine & in love with pretty pink like me.
From the Roses, Rori / Rory (Princess Aurora)

The Rain, The Park, & Other Things....

Cowsills - The rain, the park, and other things Lyrics
Album: Best Of Cowsills

I saw her sitting in the rain
Raindrops falling on her
She didn't seem to care
She sat there and smiled at me

Then I knew (I knew... I knew... I knew... I knew)
She could make me happy (happy... happy)
(She could make me very happy)
Flowers in her hair (in her hair)
Flowers everywhere (everywhere)

(I love the flower girl)
Oh I don't know just why; she simply caught my eye
(I love the flower girl)
She seemed so sweet and kind; she crept into my mind
(To my mind... to my mind)

I knew I had to say hello (hello... hello)
She smiled up at me
And she took my hand and we walked through the park alone

And I knew (I knew... I knew... I knew... I knew)
She had made me happy (happy... happy)
(She had made me very happy)
Flowers in her hair (in her hair)
Flowers everywhere (everywhere)

(I love the flower girl)
Oh I don't know just why; she simply caught my eye
(I love the flower girl)
She seemed so sweet and kind; she crept into my mind
(To my mind ... to my mind)

Suddenly, the sun broke through
(See the sun)
I turned around she was gone
(Where did she go)
And all I had left was one little flower in my hand

But I knew (I knew... I knew... I knew... I knew)
She had made me happy (happy... happy)
(She had made me very happy)
Flowers in her hair (in her hair)
Flowers everywhere (everywhere)

(I love the flower girl)
Was she reality or just a dream to me
(I love the flower girl)
Her love showed me the way to find a sunny day
(Sunny day... sunny day... sunny day)

(I love the flower girl)
Was she reality or just a dream to me


Really read the lyrics and this is indeed my theme song as she vanished when the rain stopped & left a flower behind and with me every time Mommy saw tea roses little pink ones it just brought tears to her eyes and they even had a rose arbor in their backyard for awhile a white painted thing that looked like something for a wedding and a gazebo but that last might have been borrowed and eventually they just took it down and gave it away. The neighbors had those too arbors for roses of different kinds that attracted hummingbirds but most were different trellises for around the front door and a couple of summers of stings from different types of bees and those went down. My song especially that last line "Was she reality or just a dream to me?" the way things were here things that happened became dreams, sweet dreams tinged with the sadness of death or disappearance sometimes. Sigh. But at least I'm remembered and have a page again and I live, I live in glorious living color memories!
From the flowery rain, The Flower Girl Aurora