Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Calico Grrls: Flash & Sophie

Flash watches out the window.  Sophie looks up.

Flash, the tortoise shell, with Sophie, the tabby-tortie, muted & unmuted, color-pointed kitty

Flash and Sophie Cozy on the Bed

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Friday, December 12, 2014

Ado Upon Breakfast Table

Ado, the cat
Ado Sits Upon the Breakfast Table
Ado Has Egyptian Bone Structure

Ado Marks the Table as His

Flash Lounging

Flash is a beautiful 15 year old calico born and raised in Mississippi.

Flash, the Cat
Flash

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Loving Orlan from BabyCat to Grand Cat

Orlan lived 15 years.  He found me when he was about 2 weeks old; he was nothing but a fluff ball with ears.
Approximately 6 weeks old.
Orlan survived a fatty tissue sarcoma, but died with metastatic tumors.  I wish we had more years together.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

Orlan's 15th Birthday

Orlan Squinting with the Afternoon Sun

Herb Garden

Dwarf French Marigolds

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Daytrip: Longue Vue House and Gardens & Café b

Café b:
A great place to have New Orleans cuisine for lunch.
Shrimp & Artichokes with Garlic Bread:  A lovely bay leaf flavor

Fish of the Day with Crab Meat
Longue Vue House and Gardens
Impressions

Forecourt Fountain

Spanish Court with Green Marble Bench

Walled Garden with Edible Plants

Citrus in the Walled Garden

Walled Garden Water Feature Surrounded by Edible Flowers

Pigeonnier

Detail of Pigeonnier Bench Carving

New Orleans Oak


Back of the House

Inside the house you will see the following:

curved millwork
painted millwork
libraries
art gallery that replaced kitchen
custom glass knobs with a rainbow of colors
mirrored paneled doors
a sunlight stairwell from above
sleeping porch enclosed with pivoting hidden beds for 3 children
stenciled walls
antique wallpaper installed
raised ceiling and floor
dumbwaiter in kitchenette on second floor
a wine cellar basement in New Orleans
herringbone brick floors
beautiful chandeliers
fascinating papier-mâché mother-of-pearl inlay chair
watercolors of flowers framed straight to the wall together in the flower cutting and arranging room with 4 sinks of 4 different depths
Napoleonic bee drapes in a distant bathroom
scale built into the floor for the boys' bathroom with Formica walls and cork flooring
lower ceiling heights for the era for they could afford the new technology of air conditioning

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Cayenne Peppers Drying

Cayenne Peppers from the Garden Drying
Cayenne Peppers from the Garden Drying

Cayenne Peppers from the Garden Drying

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Holy Well, 1996


Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996
Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996
Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996

Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996

Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996
Mary-in-a-Greenhouse
all photos

©1996 D. Moss

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Little Kittens


Michael's Foot & Baby Commodore, October 1996

Dothan & Commodore, October 1996
Commodore & Dothan, December 1996
Flash, 1999

Jesus loves the little kittens
All the kittens of the world
Red and yellow
Black and white
They are precious in his sight
Jesus loves the little kittens of the world

Meeroww!, December 1999

Sophie, 2001

Sophie, 2001
Commodore-Cat Sleeping Beneath Lawn-Mower, 2002

One of Stray/Woodland Cat Maggie's Kittens, 2002

Maggie's Minnie, 2002