Here we are again! Today is “G” Day!
I thought and thought and thought about what I should write about for “Letter G” and finally settled on GARDENING……….I hope you like my offering for this Thursday’s Poetic exercise!
GARDENING
Beautiful smells as I cruise by
The perfumed air rising to the sky
The busy bees stop by to dip
Into the blooms to take a sip
When I was young and a butterfly came
I couldn’t resist it – like a moth to a flame
I’d watch and wait and would take a chance
To catch it and do my happy dance!
I’d proudly carry my pretty prize
To Mom who gave me her “critical eye”
So I’d let it go – it would fly away
And I’d start my game again the very next day!
When I was younger (and so was Mom!) we used to have BIG gardens full of flowers in our back yard…………….Mom had to work hard to keep them pretty – watering, fertilizing, planting, moving, raking, weeding…………and I would sit with her in the shade and watch. We no longer have big gardens because it was just too much work (and the deer decided to eat everything in sight anyway once they discovered the “buffet”) so now we have porch and deck gardens. I still watch the butterflies come and go but now even if they practically land right on my nose, I don’t try to catch them. Mom and I just sit and watch as we get our visitors to what gardens we have – bees, butterflies, dragonflies, ladybugs, praying mantis, and we enjoy seeing Mother Nature’s critters enjoying our gardens too!
Yesterday my Mom and Dad deserted me for the WHOLE DAY – they drove up to the mountains – just a bit less than an hour away – to Skyline Drive. I’ve talked about it on my blog before and shown photos but Mom DID take a few yesterday……………Mom said as she sat on the overlook wall where the wildflowers were growing she saw LOTS of bees and even the occasional “mountain butterfly”………………..seems Mother Nature sprinkles her beauty from mountains to valleys to MY BACK YARD!!!!
NEXT Thursday is “H” day…….maybe “Happy”?????
Have a HAPPY Thursday!
Hugs, Sammy
See you NEXT Poem Day?
TWO Spoiled Cats 
Have a very happy Thursday Sammy! What a glorious place they visited.
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We are lucky to have the mountains less than an hour away – easy to visit………the only “visiting” I do is to the vet (which I’m doing today!).
Love, Sammy
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Hope the vet is pleased with progress!
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This is a great post, Sammy. 🙂 I once broke a camera trying to “capture” a butterfly with it. I mostly learned my lesson. I still try to get butterfly pictures, but I watch where I’m going now. The photos your mommy took at the overlook are awesome!
Have a beautiful day. 🙂
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I think butterflies are so pretty and they like to tease cats I think…..they will fly JUST OUT OF REACH – then off they go without a care in the world! Mom and Dad had a nice time in the mountains and Mom saw even more bees and butterflies up there than we have down here!
Hugs, sammy
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Butterflies do love to tease, that’s for sure. They are naughty little things. I am glad that your Mom and Dad had such a nice time in the mountains seeing more bees and butterflies. Have a great day, Sammy. 🙂 Hugs, Suz
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What a beautiful place to go visit!
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Sure is and it’s so close by! It’s also a very pretty drive up there from here…….and when Mom and Dad aren’t home I can NAP!
Love, Sammy
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Great poem, S. You nailed it about the fun of the garden.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Thanks Cupcake! I wasn’t sure WHAT to write about for “G”……but in the last minute I thought of our garden!!!!! YAY!!!!!!
Love, Sammy
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Hi Sammy, I love your poem, it is jusr like a cat´s life in the garden is, and you say it so beautifully. Your mom has amazing photos from the journey.
Hugs!
Kosmo,
a cat in faraway Finland.
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Hi Kosmo!!! Glad you like my poem…..I enjoy watching the “wildlife” we get around here but when I was younger I used to chase the birds, butterflies, and chipmunks with great gusto! These days I “chase them with my eyes” by watching their antics – then closing my eyes and dreaming of what it was like as a youngster leaping around and trying to catch them!!!!! Mom and Dad had fun up in the mountains and said it was a whole lot cooler up there than down here. They never get tired of going up there any time of the year – it’s always changing.
HAPPY THURSDAY!
Love, Sammy
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LOVE the poem, Sammy! And your Mom’s photos are gorgeous! Is that water in that one shot?? It looks like a picture of the ocean!
Love, Sundae
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Your poem is beautiful Sammy, as are the photos of Skyline Drive. Mum invited friends for dad’s birthday yesterday and had a BBQ. Luckily the weather was good in the evening, but today it is raining again. Our hots have well and truly disappeared!
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Wow, those mountain pictures are beautiful…as is your poem, Sammy.
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You know I’ll be here! 💗
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Sammy, is there any way to contact your momma? Or she can write me. My addy is on my bloggie. xo
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Great poem and beautiful photos. Have a great day Sammy.
Sue B
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We love your poem and the photos are super. How nice to have such a pretty place so close to home.
The Florida Furkids
ps- good luck with the VET
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It is nice to be close to the mountains…………always a lot cooler up there for one thing but also just a QUIET and peaceful place to get away from it all!
Love, Sammy
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Sammy what a lovely gardening poem. In my mind’s eye I can see you and your mom bust tending the beautiful flowers. With this horrid heat I am glad neither of you have to be outside.
Hugs Madi your bffff
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Mom is happy to have a SMALLER number of plants to tend to – the yard gardens were just too much !!! Now if we could just get some COOL!!!
Love, Sammy
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That is a great poem. You should be chosen as a poet Laureate. It is too bad that the deer eat everything in sight. Your Mom took beautiful photos, that looks like a nice place to spend the day- sorry she abandoned you though. We love poetry day, we will do it again- Phoebe will have to think of an H. XO
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Mom is already agonizing over”H” but we’ll figure something out I’m sure!!!! We loved your poem too AND today’s Friday Fill-ins too…………..
Love, Sammy
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We were going to post our “G” poem here today, but we really want everyone to come by and see Mau’s and Allie’s photos. What a sweet poem of remembrance. Loved the photos from skyline drive as well. Try to stay cool again today. Love to all. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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We sure did enjoy seeing the gorgeous spot Mau chose to take his new wife for their honeymoon! Gorgeous and Savannah is an amazing city……….that Inn looks a lot like the one Mom and Dad stayed in there – it was on a beautiful old “square” in town. Stay cool – it will be another hottie in spite of the fact we got some RAIN last night!
Love, Sammy
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You are a talented poet! Those photos are absolutely gorgeous!
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Oh geee………….thanks a bunch!
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Great poem Sammy. Your mommy still does a lot of work, cuz ya’ll always have such purretty flowers. And happy hugs would be a pawsum day. MOL Stay cool and have a pawsum day.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Mom’s garden just needs watering from time to time if Mom Nature doesn’t cooperate……….so really it’s pretty self-sufficient….but in this heat she’s watering it TWICE a day!
Stay cool girls!
Love, Sammy
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That was terrific Sammy and it made me feel like I was in the garden!
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Good – Mom tried to make it “visual” (whatever the heck that’s supposed to mean!).
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Great Gobs of Greasy Gopher Guts
We love you despite that you’re nuts.
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Thanks…..I think……by the way isn’t that “Greasy, GRIMY, Gopher Guts” ?????
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What gorgeous pics!
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Thanks! Virginia is a mighty pretty state…….but so is Texas! 😉
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Pawsum fotoss Unccle Sammy an Lady Pam!!!
An another pawsum poe-em Unccle. Mee luvss to wander inn mee littul garden…..wee not garden a lot butt wee do try to keep it lookin flowery 😉
Here is mee littul limeyrick poe-em about Grackless……
“GRACKELLSS”
There are blackbirdss called Grackelss,
that like to vizit an cackell…
They like to eat seedss,
an sit on thee reedss…
An mee fave one iss named ‘Spackell’.
by Purrince Siddhartha Henry =^,.^=
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My sweet purrince, that is a fun poem.
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Brilliant poem Siddhartha! I see Phoebe thinks so too! A little garden is still a garden and it’s a little oasis for us when we need to see nature’s beauty so ENJOY IT!
Love, Uncle Sammy
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Berry true Unccle!!!! 😉
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What a wonderful poem ! Purrs
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Thanks so much! Next week – “H”!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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dood…yur poem thiz week total rocked….itz like we wuz ther at yur houz…..we dont get manee vizshuz deer eatin R stuff…most lee harez & chippeez….N whoa……what a kewl place yur mom & dad wented two…….kewl ta live …rite ther huh !! 🙂 🙂 🙂 ♥♥♥♥♥
we looked outside N we saw a Goat
sailin towardz us ina huge red boat
him dinna tozz anchor N started ta float
next thing ya noe him waz in R moat
him tossed uz a bottle inn side waz a note
it red smoke N joe shirley haz my vote !
~~~~~~ ♥♥♥
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HAHAHA……now that’s a PURRRFECT poem AND the Smoke/Joe team has our vote too!!! We are hoping to have enough rain here soon to have a red boat to float in – we’re HOT HOT HOT and DRY! Not a sign of a fish either. DANG!
Love, Sammy
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The photos are beautiful Sammy. They got mom interested in your area. Your poem is right on the mark. So true to all us kitties. Thank you my friend for such a pretty picture in my mind.
Shoko
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loved the poem and the kitty looks like he could be Sammy’s brother! xoxo
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Mom says he looks like a baby Sammy………..HAHAHAHA
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I am relieved to see that no squirrels were implicated in the plot to “enjoy” the garden! We are always innocent!
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I purposely left squirrels out of the mix……..we love them though and have NEVER seen them attack the garden unlike those other miscreants!
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Lovely photos from your Mom and Dad’s daytrip! A very nice poem, too. I think HAPPY would be great for “H” poem!
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I just might do that HAPPY thing next Thursday……it’s better than Harpsichord or Hominy or…..well, you get the idea!
Love, Sammy
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That was lovely Sammy. Gardens are a bit of Heaven on Earth.
G is for gratitude.
I am here.
You are here.
I am greatful.
X
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Oh Miss Sharon you’re right – Mom has always thought of gardens as heavenly special spots…..and we absolutely LOVE your “G” poem…..and we’re grateful to know you too!!!!!!
Love and Hugs and Happy Weekend!
Sammy
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What a beautiful poem — and Garden is the perfect G word!
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