Revival

A message from Brigid ....

I have been a blogger since 2005. At the height of my blogging busy-ness, I had "a small stable" of blogs on different topics: social and political commentary; desert spirituality; food; waste and ....

A few years ago I called time and ceased blogging altogether - although there was an occasional post. I had called it quits. I am an aged woman these days with a couple of serious illnesses. I am not allowed to drive. I am no longer active in organisations. I think it fair to say that I am housebound. I am active on Facebook, although I am not there as often as once I was. I have decided to embark on a re-entry into the blogging world ... beginning with The Trad Pad and, possibly, a return to my food blog, Oz Tucker. I have always used a lot of photographs on my blogs ... and I miss not being out and about with my camera.

The Trad Pad has been my blog for the lovely things of life. The controversial or political has seldom intruded. Occasionally, the spiritual has found its way in, but I kept spirituality for the blog, Desert. I don't yet know if I will revive that. I will stick pretty much to food and the lovely things of life. If I have some regularity with those two categories, I feel that I will be doing well. I hope that, with this blog new friendships can be formed and old friendships renewed; new lovelies discovered; new reflections can enter into the meaning of modern life. I would love to hear from you - particularly if you have suggestions for new topics to enter into the conversation. So, it is a new year. Let's see what it has in store, what it can bring to us. And I hope that those who share the spirit of The Trad Pad can spread the message of a world of beauty, the creativity of humanity, and the joys of simplicity and tradition. ~~~ February, 2017

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

A crop and a cat at The Trad Pad

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The backyard Lemon Tree is cropping. This is the first.

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With the addition of a little mint, some sweetener and water, this emerged.

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This white painted basket with its cheerful gingham liner sits on the floor beside my desk. It is waiting to find a home or a function that is not yet clear. There are a number of cat baskets at The Trad Pad - large, commodious and warmly lined. Yet, in yesterday's cold, Rose the SpartaCat decided to curl up in this. One could never have imagined that he would fit - but fit he did. Perhaps - in spite of this basket being lined only with a simple cotton fabic - it was warm because he could curl himself up tightly into the nearest resemblance of a ball that a large, fat, contented cat can manage.

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And this morning, he went nuts. In the pre-dawn dark, as I am sitting in the next room at my computer he is rampant in this chest of drawers in the midst of refurbishment. In, out, roundabout, scratching, on the move, noisy. Mad cat, Rose! Are you training for cheezburger?

2 comments:

Ann ODyne said...

"in spite of this basket being lined only with a simple cotton fabic - it was warm because he could curl him"

hello TP ?
teh basket is right over the central heating vent - is it on?
is Puss waiting for it to go on ?
it is 5 degrees on the Mt. today !

There is a whole website devoted to 'cats curled up in weird places' - it is probably a Link at Sorrow At Sills Bend blog, as she has ALLL the cat links.

cheers

Unknown said...

Dear bwca, thank you for dropping on by and picking up on the fact that my synapses weren't plugged in! Are you who I think you are? A friend of Copperwitch currently inhabiting a domain not too far from UFTG? Sorry to hear that previous blog met a fate worse than death at the hands of pirates - and glad to know that you escaped to be safe and well. Will pop over to SASB and check out the cat blogs. At the moment we are being greatly entertained by I Can Haz Cheezburger.

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