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07 lokakuuta 2018

The Essence of Being a Cat


World Animal Week continues up till the 10th of October, so I'm talking about cats. The essence of being a cat - what does it mean? Every cat owner has, of course, an opinion that is colored by the charm of the own cat. In general, cats are considered more independent than dogs. They are demanding attention and if not given they munch the corner of a book or tap on the keyboard. There are infinite links to cats on the web. HERE you can find a very, very long list of writers who have cats in their books. But the topic of this post is not the character of cats, but literary cats. I’m going to present a few. 

First of all my blog friend Saassa’s Bibi, who aims at Miss Universe. Now Bibi has started sexy pole dance. It’s so great for her purposes: modifies the figure and teaches how to move graciously. The beginning is a bit tedious: the belly is on the way and the claws slip, but as a tough girl, Bibi has decided to master this. Bibi does not write poems herself but inspires her servant Saassa to write and paint. Oh, I hear RAP in this poem. 🎶🎵🎶 - Runot suomeksi.



POLE DANCE
Atm, my lifestyle is mega fab
number-one pussy is training, doing a dab
in my paws I feel the ecstasy of pole dancing
bending around the pole, my body so entrancing! 

Hey dudes, do you get it
I'aint satisfied by some misfit
if you really, really wanna be my bae 
then alot of that coolness, you gotta display 

You better wait for this
I'm not some hit or miss
only the finest of you 
for a hot cat like me -  will have to do

But now, you gotta wait a moment 
lemme check how I should use my talent 
this slippy pole, makes my claws slide 
my pretty pretty butt, to the floor - glide! 

But don't you even dare to doubt 
I ain't leaving this training out 

The best 'Number one Cat' makes the dudes go bonkers 
that pussy-cat, everyone conquers! 
- Saassa



This is how Bibi looks live, quite like her portraits!
After pole dance training Bibi is this drained.



Then we have Tuija’s cat Alma who writes in her own blog poems in the Japanese Haiku and Tanka style. Lovely photos & Alma’s poems can be found here. My translation has certainly disturbed the syllable division. In Finland we write the syllables & lines like this: Haiku 5-7-5;Tanka 5-7-5-7-7. 

Midnightsun night

opens the day's hinge.
Twilight interval
for the light to escape,
for the light to open
slightly the morning.
...
I look at the sky,
I look at the ground. I see them
with blue eyes.
I shut black from my eyes.
I color how I want.


My blogger colleague Heidi has cats Hilma and Siiri.  See the link & more photos of these lovely literature loving cats. If you use Instagram look with hashtags #kirjakissahilma / #kirjakissasiiri. 


Another blogger colleague Virpi has this stunning white Mr. Mannilainen!


Mr. Nappi / Mr. Button has an important job. He works in Reuna Bookshop. The work is heavy but there are pros also: When tired some lovely customer opens her lap for Nappi to take a nap!


The Cat Queen of my life is Sissi, The empress Sisi of Austria. She is very demanding, wants constantly attention. If not given she starts to drop books from the bookshelves - or to eat my plants. But Sissi is without a doubt the best and softest companion in the world.

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.
- James Herriot

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
- Leonardo da Vinci

05 lokakuuta 2018

Friday Bliss #4


LAZY LADY’S DECO
This is an instant DIY job. Looks nice but does not, of course, last long.
A nice autumn decoration for one festive evening.
I used my old salix wreath, added some lime Humulus lupulus branches with cones.
In a few seconds ready to host a candle in the middle at the dinner table.
But all my candles were somewhere in Christmas decoration boxes - upstairs out of my reach!




MY READING 
this week has been the newly released MRS C - a fiction novel by Minna Rytisalo. 
It is a book about the young Minna Canth (1844 - 1897) who was a writer and 
keen defender of women’s rights.
The 19th of March we celebrate Minna Canth and equal rights for men and women.
She is the only woman in Finland who has been honoured with an own flag day.


In her later years Minna Canth looked a bit roundish. But this pretty and slender 
she looked in 1865 on her engagement day.
Young Minna Johnson was studying to be a teacher but love came in between
 - and aroused a scandal in the bourgeois small town.
Her fiancé was her physics teacher in the seminar and 9 years older - quite inappropriate.
When the husband died she was tragically pregnant for the seventh child.
Yet she conquered the deep depression and brought up her children and continued to write.


WORLD ANIMAL WEEK 
is being celebrated right now 4th - 10th of October. I made a very, very long lists of writers 
who write about cats. Both Finnish and international names. Click! 
On Sunday I’ll tell you more of literary cats.


Jaypaw narrowed his eyes. ”I'm not as blind as you think."
― Erin Hunter

What have you been up to this week?
Please, share your thoughts and photos!


 #FRIDAY BLISS 
replaces Floral Bliss from the 14th of September on.
The link is open
FROM FRIDAY 4 PM TILL THE NEXT MONDAY 4 PM
Helsinki time


Feel welcome to join in!
- riitta