http://musicandcats.com "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." --Albert Schweitzer Sun, 11 May 2008 20:14:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend, I shopped at the University District farmers' market on Saturday, rather than at the Ballard market today. As always this time of year, the flowers were magnificent, though as it has been a cool spring, the poppies, peonies and roses that often make their first appearances on Mother's ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/05/flowers-for-mom-3/ At what was Sergei staring? I don't know; I was busy trying to capture that intensely focused gaze. (Perhaps he was trying to see the other animals aboard the Friday Ark) http://musicandcats.com/2008/04/feline-not-quite-friday-focus/ Recently, I caught Sasha napping in the cat tunnel on a sunny afternoon. (It's getting to be spring in Seattle, and we're having more of those!) Although I was very, very quiet, and snapped only one shot, he woke up. (Sorry, Sasha.) Isn't that the sweetest sleepy face? There are many ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/04/feline-not-quite-friday-tunnel-vision/ Poor Sasha. Fast asleep in the sunshine on the top of his tree, this kitty wasn't bothering a soul. And then someone (let's not name any names here) had to go and get her camera. Who could sleep through all that shutter clicking?. Poor Sasha. After waking him up, the person ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/04/feline-friday-a-nap-disturbed/ My life would be much poorer without Seattle's wonderful farmers' markets. Is it any surprise that farmers' markets across the country are having a pronounced impact on the lives of many other people, and, in fact, on the economy as a whole? U.S. economy rebounds thanks to huge growth of farmers ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/04/market-report-good-economic-news/ The cat saw me before I saw him. I had paused during an afternoon walk -- on an unusually balmy, sunny second day of Spring -- to photograph his garden, and it seems he was curious. (Obviously, no one in his house points a camera at him regularly!) By the ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/03/feline-friday-guarding-the-garden/ Like most cats, Lyra loves sunshine. However, she rarely lounges entirely in the pools of light on furniture or floor. Instead, she'll lie part in sun and part in shade. On this particular day, only her little gray nose and silvery paws were in the light. My heart goes out to ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/03/feline-not-quite-friday-shades-of-gray/ If you were awarded the architectural commission for W's presidential library, what would you design? That's the question that the Chronicle of Higher Education asked its readers, inviting them to send in design ideas on the backs of envelopes. This week, it published several of the approximately 120 entries ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/03/the-back-of-the-envelope-please/ On the way to the Ballard farmers' market yesterday, I ran into a bit of a delay. (I love Seattle's drawbridges. They make me slow down.) All this hoopla for a little tugboat? (It was the only ship in sight. Isn't it cute?) While we waited for the bridge, we watched each other. (Is ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/03/market-report-passing-ships-and-cabbage-tips/ Earlier this week, my parents called to check up on us. They were concerned, they said, because there had been no cat photo posted here at Music and Cats last Friday, or even Saturday (aka Not-Quite-Friday). Were we OK? I reassured them that we were fine, that I just hadn't ... http://musicandcats.com/2008/02/feline-friday-feeling-fine/