Time For Double-Header Thursday!
Thankful Thursday with Brian and Poetic Thursday with ME!
First off – I will be THANKFUL and join up with Brian’s Blog Hop where we celebrate all the things we are thankful for! You can click the badge above and join in if you like!
I am thankful for several things this week – well really I’m thankful for WAY more than “several” but I’ll just mention a few. One is that we have a ROCK visiting us – Bashful from my pig friend Bacon’s “Hotel Thompson” and I must say, Bashful is being a VERY good rock. I don’t have any new photos to show you of his escapades while he’s here – he has, in fact, been a very GOOD rock so far although other blog buddies he’s visited have reported that he can be a “handful” ! New photos coming soon I promise. I’m also thankful that my Mom let me join Cat Scouts because I’m having a TON OF FUN. My big brother Angel Sam is still a Cat Scout and still a Troop Leader there even though he’s at the Bridge now. He’s super busy these days but joins me there when he can. I’m also very thankful that we finally got a day of SUNSHINE after so many days of rain. I am doing my best to get used to the harness Mom is forcing me to wear (Sammy’s old one) – I’ve never been “restrained” before so it takes some getting used to. I walk three steps then lie down (Mom says I look like I’m hoping the harness isn’t following me). HAHAHAHA
So there are many more “thankfuls” but that’s a start…………NEXT UP we have my brother Angel Sammy’s Thoroughly Poetic Thursday where he challenges everyone to play along by writing a poem with the NEXT letter of the alphabet as the title – last week we did “S” and he wrote about SNOW. This week is “T” and what did he write about?? Well you’ll see below the badge!
“T” is for….
“Tiny Tigers”
By Angel Sammy Kimmell, 4/27/17
Mom has always had a thought
When she adopted me (and Teddy) what she REALLY got
Were tiny tigers – not cats at all
But mighty tigers standing tall!
Moving quietly on padded feet
Hunting for something good to eat!
Wild game is around everywhere we look…..
YOU see a chair, a rug, a book
But WE see buffalo, gazelles, and hyenas galore!
We hear them running across the floor!
We pounce and leap and attack with joy
Even though the reality is, we’ve caught a TOY!
We love to pretend we’re big tigers you see……
But we’re just ginger kitties who PRETEND to be free……..
That was a good one Angel Sammy! You’re a poet – and we ALL know it!
Monsieur Angel Sammy – my special brother AND poet!
Did you write a poem today? If you did you can post it in our comments section if you like so you can SHARE it OR you can put your own blog link in my comments and we’ll go visit you and read your MASTERPIECE!!!
So Angel Sammy and I will see you next Thursday for another Thoroughly Poetic Thursday? We will be doing a poem starting with the letter “U”………….no I’m confident Angel Sammy will not be writing about UNDERWEAR…………honest!
OK – enough talking – let’s play! I wanna be a TINY TIGER!
Love, Teddy
I love the poem! I think I am a mountain lion! But my human begs to differ.
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We can be mountain lions and tigers in our minds but humans just can’t SEE that!!! LOL
Love, Teddy
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I think you should let Suzie write a poem about underwear! 😀
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It might be a bit SCARY……….HAHAHA
Hugs, Teddy
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Aw, we love the poem, Angel Sammy: t’s a GGGGreat one!!! (Get it??)
And Teddy, Motor Mommy laughed when she read what your Mom says about hoping the harness isn’t following you. 🙂
Love, Sundae
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Ah yes! Good old Tony the Tiger and his GRRRRRRRReat! Yeah that danged harness follows me everywhere – I can’t seem to lose it (or Mom!).
Love, Teddy
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Tiny Tigers….bravo bravo bravo…there is for sure a wee bit of wild in all of us…you can see it in our eyes. I love your T poem!! Woohoo!!
We have a special T poem here
http://downhomeinnc.blogspot
Hugs madi and mom
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Hi Madi! We all have a bit of lion or tiger or jaguar or some other LARGE kitty inside us don’t we? ATTACK! Glad you like the “T” poem today and we will try to read yours but when we click on that link it says “Verizon Unable to Find” ?????!!!!!!!
Love and Hugs, Teddy
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OH 1,000 APOLOGIES…OPERATOR ERROR MOM DIDN’T PUT .COM AT THE END OF OUR BLOG LINK
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Oh Boys, this was a precious poem. I loved it. And I think it describes we fur babies perfectly.
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We are what we THINK we are right Katie?
Love, Teddy
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Tiny Tigers… very good Angel Sammy! And your things to be thankful for are great, Teddy! Bashful and sunshine… yes! The harness… well we will see how that goes… 😀 Enjoy your Thursday, we are suppose to have some sun today… fingers crossed!
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We might have sun if this thick fog ever burns off! Right now we can barely see the trees ten feet away from the house! Glad you like the poem AND the Thankfuls!!!
Love, Teddy
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yes yes yes!!!! your mom is totally right… you and your angel bro are sure tiny tigers…. with the heart of a lion and the soul of a saint :o)
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Oh thanks Phenny – what a kind thing to say……I pretend like I’m a tiger all the time and Mom thinks it’s hilarious…..I pounce out of nowhere and wait for her to walk by and grab her ankle trying to take down my prey. When she giggles it ruins the mood though!
Hugs, Teddy
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Love the poem! I think all house cats are tigers (and lions)! Boy that Bacon has lots going on! Nellie”s interview is on there today!
Oh Teddy, you do look like a tiger in your photo todsy!
Love
Barb
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Miss Barb we saw Nellie’s interview AND the wonderful badge you made for Bacon to give to all his “interviewees”……you are the BEST artist we know!!! We loved the interview too – made me a little leaky eyed though.
Hugs, Teddy
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That was an excellent poem Angel Sammy, your Mom should publish a book of these. And I LOVE that photo of you in the beret I made for you. And Teddy, you are an adorable tiny tiger. XO
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My Mom has the beret on one of her tiger stuffies here in her office – she hasn’t let me try it on though – she says it was Angel Sammy’s – but I think one of these days she’ll at least let me see how cool I’d look in it! Angel Sammy said to thank you for your compliment on his poem.
Love and Hugs, Teddy
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You are always so very good at writing poems. he he – we’re about as unimaginitive as anyone can be so no poetry is written in this house. I used to belong to Cat Scouts, and you are right – it was a ton of fun. M told me Ihad to quit tho cuz I was in too much stuff and she just didn’th ave time for all the stuff I was in.
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Oh you can get incredibly INVOLVED at Scouts that’s true……..but it’s a lot of fun and my big brother Angel Sammy is still a Troop Leader even though he’s an Angel! I’m just starting out and have a lot to learn but I wanna be just like him!
Love, Teddy
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You may not write about underwear but I wouldn’t put it past Suzie.
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She’d probably manage to cover the subject from long-johns to thongs and back again.
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Oh cousin. That bottom picture is priceless. I love it and you!! XOXO – Bacon
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Thank you Bacon! We’ve got a good one tomorrow too – Mom helping me do a somersault. I love doing them on my own now but I needed some help from her at first…..HAHAHA
Love, Teddy
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Even though I’m not a kitty, mom said I am a Wild maniac
Lily (& Edward)
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HAHAHA…nothing wrong with that – what’s a world without FUNZIES???!!!
Love, Teddy
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Love brofur Angel Sammy’s peom! Well done friend.
Teddy you are one grand Tiny Tiger and all we Gingers are the closest to the our big family members! Don’t let any other kitties in on our secret MOL
Timmy… another Tiny Tiger
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Timmy we Tiny Tigers will STICK TOGETHER! Glad you liked Angel Sammy’s poem – he loved being a tiger here and really loves it at the Bridge – hiding in the clouds!
Love, Teddy
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PS
Rumpy had a Kitty Holster that was the BEST! And you can get them in neat designs too,like Tiger! Even Rumpy could not wiggle or back out and that is meowing something!
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Oh Timmy Mom has been thinking that’s the right design harness for me – the Velcro closures for one thing but also some nice designs. Mom will be happy to know that it’s one that I can’t wriggle out of – all she needs to do is get my chest measurement so we can get the right size! Thanks for telling me Rumpy had one!
Love, Teddy
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Teddy, that is the cutest photo of you. You definitely look ready to pounce. Sammy’s poem is excellent, as it always is. Nether you or Sammy could be “just” ginger kitties. Mauricio wrote our poem today. Here’s the link: http://www.thecatonmyhead.com/im-proud-tuxedo-cat/ Sending lots of love and hugs to all. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
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We love your poem today – combining THANKFUL with Brian and the “T” for your wonderfully fitting tuxedo self! Mom thinks it’s funny that I pretend to be a lion or a tiger but what’s wrong with that? We’re all “family” right?
Love and Hugs, Teddy
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Oh Teddy, dat is such a cute foto of you. Great poem. And me’s glad you could be a cat scout too. It is lots of fun. Glad you got some sun. Just think, ifin ya’ learn to walk on dat harness, you’ll have da whole world fur adventures. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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I had another harness lesson today – I’m getting better – I’m not acting like the harness is attacking me – and I quit walking two steps and then lying down, etc. etc. etc. I walked at least TEN steps before lying down today! HAHAHA
Love, Teddy
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MOL Well Teddy, at least you’re tryin’, right? Trust us, da harness will be your bestest furiend. You’ll get to go on so many adventures with da harness. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Great poem. Whenever Mom Paula tries to write one, it gets corny. MOL
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HAHAHA…..well, my Mom has a bit of a tendency to become corny when she talks about CATS but I cut her some slack – she LOVES me! Tee Hee
Love, Teddy
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We love seeing your stalking like a tiger picture, Teddy!
And the Tiger poem is ‘tigeriffic’!
Years ago in Canada, we could get gasoline at Esso stations and they always said, put a tiger in your tank…they even would give out tiger tails…poor tigers without their tails though…petcretary has one in a box somewhere…oh-oh!
Tiny tigers prowl –
Hunting, stalking their prey –
Pounce – got you mousie!
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Oh Mom remembers those tails you were supposed to hang out your gas tank! That was 887 bazillion years ago! HAHAHA Love your poetic HAIKU for “T”!
Love, Teddy
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Love the poem and the picture of Teddy acting like a tiger.
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He thinks he’s in the jungle…….every corner in the house is a tree to hide behind! HAHAHA
Hugs, Pam
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dood….thiz poem two day total lee rocked….R big cat cuzinz will bee most proud two …inn deed 984 paws up on thiz weekz T poem……way kewl ~~~~~~ ☺☺♥♥
we eat trout for lunch
trout iz on R welcome sign
dont eat de sign tho
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HAHAHA – Love your poem today Tabbies! I also LOVE your welcome sign and always have………..however I’ve never been tempted to have a bite – you always have good stuff on the grill so I help myself to that before I leave! Thanks for coming by and thanks for joining in the POETRY challenge! We’re getting close to Z………
Love, Teddy
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We adored the poem. Just right for 2 ginger kitties. The pictures to tempt us to write a poem had us in stitiches.
Love,
Shoko, Kali and mom
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Glad you liked the photos – now write a poem! HAHAHAHAHA
Love, Teddy
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Just loved the poem you cute tiny tiger😹Pawkisses for a Happy Day😻❤
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Thank you so much………I’ll let Angel Sammy know you liked it too!!!!
Hugs, Teddy
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Oh Teddy…you are the cutest tiger kitty! Happy Thankful Thursday.
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Thank you! Mom thinks so too but she would – she’s my Mom!
Love, Teddy
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We love that poem! Yep, us orange guys are tiny tigers…and black ones tiny panthers…or so Ernie says. ~Wally
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Ernie is right! We all have a little BIG KITTY in us of one kind or another!
Love, Teddy
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Excellent poem and Teddy really DOES look like a Tiny Tiger in that photo!!!
The Florida Furkids
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He ACTS like a tiny tiger……including the biting part………..HAHAHA
Love, Pam
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Hey Tiger Teddy, it’s super cool Bashful is visiting you. We liked that T poem lots too. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
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Always a pleasure to share what we’re THANKFUL for on your hop Brian! Thanks for hosting it!
Love, Teddy
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Another fabulous poem Sammy! You are a mighty tiny tiger Teddy!
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I am mighty in my own mind that’s for sure – but Mom says I’m mighty also in the wee hours of the morning when I start talking loudly in the hallways!
Hugs, Teddy
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Ohhhh the mighty echo MOL! Ralphie is the master of it about 11pm every night too!
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We are panthers of the savannah! Well we think so!
Happy Thankful Thursday!
Marjorie and the Dash Kitten Crew
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