by day the blue will pale down into white where it touches the white of the land, after sunset it has a new circumference-orange, melting upwards into tenderest purple. but the core of blue persists, and so it is by night. then the stars hang like lamps from the immense vault. the distance between the vault and them is as nothing to the distance behind them, and that farther distance, though beyond colour, last freed itself from blue. -e.m. forster (a passage to india)
(sigh) Julius and Kai . . I miss Julius more as he appeared longer on your blog, but Kai was such a dear too (that Julius and those poor baby rabbits in the summer!).
Yes, Julius was a part of our family more than Kai, that is true. Oh yes, he could not stop bringing us those bunnies, but he would not hunt for mice or rats much!
Oh, that's funny about the mice and rats. Xena was a good mouse catcher, but Hermione wasn't. She once tried catching a mouse but failed utterly and the mouse got stuck behind some books and we had the hardest time trying to get it out to move it outside. I think it finally died there and we had to carry it's corpse out to the courtyard. Greg was away on a business trip, or he would have dealt with the situation. With him gone, we were a bit hysterical . . sadly, unfortunately, predictably!
How I miss our cat(s) . . . !
ReplyDelete(sigh) Julius and Kai . . I miss Julius more as he appeared longer on your blog, but Kai was such a dear too (that Julius and those poor baby rabbits in the summer!).
DeleteYes, Julius was a part of our family more than Kai, that is true. Oh yes, he could not stop bringing us those bunnies, but he would not hunt for mice or rats much!
DeleteOh, that's funny about the mice and rats. Xena was a good mouse catcher, but Hermione wasn't. She once tried catching a mouse but failed utterly and the mouse got stuck behind some books and we had the hardest time trying to get it out to move it outside. I think it finally died there and we had to carry it's corpse out to the courtyard. Greg was away on a business trip, or he would have dealt with the situation. With him gone, we were a bit hysterical . . sadly, unfortunately, predictably!
DeleteOh, how awful! I think that is a not a pleasant situation. Peter was also the one who checked our rat traps (we had humane ones for the mice).
DeleteI remember you saying this!
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