FAVORITES: toddlers' giggles, lunch w/friends, colors: red, beige, black; silence of falling snow, getting thru summer only by the promise of Fall, heritage flowers, stillness of deep woods, puppy breath, cat purrs, flip-flops, cut-offs, gospel harmony, trees, wintertime, Appalachian mtns, genealogy, the computer with all its gadgets, apps, widgets & toys, including my ancient PSP 7.04; Alabama Crimson Tide football. ♥

Married 61 years, two children, five grown g'children, and a li'l kitty, Miss Darby, a 10yo Turkish Van (never heard of that one). Our vet, whose shelter we adopted this tiny thing from, gave us no warning, but we soon knew something was up. I googled breed temperament: 1st paragraph, "Put away breakables if you have a Turkish Van in the house." ummm... too late. Geeez, our grey-striped tabby cats were sane:) It's been a 10-yr adventure with lotsa love for li'l girl Darby aka 'Dobbie-Dobbie'. She's settling in quite nicely as she ages. lol

Li'l Darby Girl:



"ANIMALS... in a world far older than ours, finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, live by voices we shall never hear."
-Henry Beston 1928