Cats – Journeys with Eileen Diane

Christmas Quotes ~ Photos ~ December 2022

December 22, 2022December 21, 2022Journeys with EileenDiane

Wishing you and your family and friends a beautiful, joyous Christmas

May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve ~ Unknown

Christmas waves a magic wand over the world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection ~ Winston Churchill

Christmas is the day that holds all time together ~ Alexander Smith

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly ~ Andy Rooney

The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood ~ Richard Paul Evans

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! ~ Charles Dickens

More Favorite Cat Quotes ~ Photos ~ November 2022

November 7, 2022November 6, 2022Journeys with EileenDiane

Time spent with cats is never wasted ~ Sigmund Freud

Like clever people, cats know instantly who likes or dislikes them ~ unlike people, they don’t care much ~ Anonymous

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I am with her ~ Michel De Montaigne

In order to keep check on your own importance, get a dog who will worship you and a cat who will ignore you ~ Anonymous

The cat lives alone, has no need of neighbors, obeys only if it pleases her, feigns slumber so she can keep an eye on you, and shreds everything on which she lays a paw ~ Francois Chateaubriand

Beware of people who dislike cats ~ Irish Proverb

National Hug Your Cat Day ~ June 4, 2022 ~ Photos ~ Quotes

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022Journeys with EileenDiane

Celebrate with your special feline … and give lots of hugs …. OR hug a friend’s cat OR visit a shelter and hug a cat ….

Journeys are more meaningful with special pals … Savor the moments with your precious felines …

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not ~ Ernest Hemingway

Cats have it all: admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it ~ Rod McKuen

A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution ~ Hazel Nicholson

All cats like being the focus of attention.” –Peter Gray

Time spent with cats is never wasted ~ Sigmund Freud

When the cat you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure ~ Unknown

The loss of a cat is immeasurable. But so is the love left behind ~ Unknown

Favorite Cat Photos ~ Quotes ~ March 2022

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The innocent look on their face is enough to take up most of the room in your heart ~ Mark Twain

Cats and music are the two ways of refuge from the miseries of life ~ Albert Schweitzer

A part of your soul remains asleep,if you have not loved an animal ~ Anatole France

The vibrations you recieve when the cat purrs on your lap are of contentment and pure love ~ St. Francis of Assisi

Cats own numerous charms which will make you forget all your worries ~ Saki

If you think that its only a cat then obviously you have never loved a cat ~ T.S.Eliot

Jameson ~ RIP ~ Photos

January 7, 2022January 6, 2022Journeys with EileenDiane

2021 came to a sad ending for me as on December 31, my beautiful, sweet feline, Jameson, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. That evening there were many toasts to Jameson by my friends and me.

Jameson was very special, and I have so many fabulous memories. Two friends gave her to me (she had found them, but they had two cats who did not accept a new cat) and it was love at first sight.

I’ve had other cats, and each has been marvelously unique. Jameson was by far the sweetest, most affectionate cat yet quite feisty and independent. She would follow me about, sit with me (or on me) while I read, helped me work on puzzles (guarding the puzzle or hiding the pieces — seriously, she would pick up a piece and hide it!) and loved looking out the patio door at squirrels and rabbits. She would hide, thinking the squirrels could not see her and would then pounce.

One day I saw her drinking from my water glass ~ I laughed and wondered how long she’d been doing that. Thereafter, she had a glass of water on a cocktail table in the living room.

Jameson also enjoyed looking at a video of insects that a friend gave her and would sometimes watch shows on my laptop with me.

And every time I look about, I can see all of the places where she would nap, from blankets that I kept on top of a washer-dryer, to the sofa, a lounge chair, her bed, my bed, my pillow … Yes, Jameson definitely was a 5-star napper.

Jameson was a very special friend who is deeply missed.

Quotes About Cats & Favorite Cat Photos

August 24, 2021August 23, 2021Journeys with EileenDiane

Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds ~ Jean Burden

The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world ~ Lynn M. Osband

Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect ~ James Mason

Meow is like aloha – it can mean anything ~ Hank Ketchum

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well ~ Missy Dizick

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat ~ Ellen Perry Berkeley

How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven ~ Robert A. Heinlein

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties ~ W. L. George

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind ~ Cleveland Amory

A Beautiful Cat and Two Playful Kittens ~ Photos

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021Journeys with EileenDiane

Yesterday, I visited friends who recently adopted two kittens (Ivan and Yogi) from a local shelter. Their cat (Paco) has graciously accepted his two new energetic companions. They are all marvelous fun to watch and cuddle and we could not resist laughing at their antics. And of course, like all cats, they are marvelously photogenic.

A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor ~ Champfleury

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden ~ Robert Southey

Kittens are angels with whiskers ~ Alexis Flora Hope

The smallest feline is a masterpiece ~ Leonardo da Vinci

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this ~ Terry Pratchett