Daily Archives: October 6, 2013

Seeing with the eyes of wonder and delight: lessons learned from Scarlett

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OK, if you aren’t following my newest blog yet, here’s your chance. 😉 Trying to be a Positive Patty and not a Negative Nancy . . . learning from my newest family member. 😀

Musings from a Mid-Century Modern Girl

As most of you know, we now share our home with a “mocha calico” (Benny has dubbed her) named Scarlett.  Like the heroine who is her namesake, Scarlett has gorgeous green eyes, a beguiling voice and plenty of charm and determination to spare. The world is her plaything, her oyster, waiting to be explored and conquered.

I get a great deal of enjoyment out of watching Scarlett at play and at rest; how she watches with keen, wide-eyed interest the moving images on the flat screen, plans her assault on that rogue bit of bungee cord and ponders whether or not to cross the hallway (just in case a certain ill-tempered feline named “Callie” is hiding somewhere nearby, plotting an attack . . .), sleeping peacefully, blissfully with four fuzzy legs in the air.

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It’s been a long time since we had a kitten here. I’d forgotten just how much fun they are. And how lacking in jadedness, ennui and…

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