Saturday, September 10, 2022

Paper Bag Day- Reach In And Find A Subject!

Almost every night Jack is either waiting for me on the bed or else he follows me in when I go to get ready for bed. Last night he came in after I was already in bed and instead of jumping up to be with me, he went over to where I had put the dolls to sleep and began sniffing them. I was not surprised at this as Hank and Rachel have cats and I figured that Jack was investigating the strange cat smell. But then this happened.


He settled in between them and went to sleep. He's never slept with Dorothy Anne on her pillow bed before that I know of. I found it charming that he decided to snuggle them. 
I would say that he's a strange cat but in reality, all cats do things that we humans cannot truly understand. That is just their cat-ways. And I honor and respect that. It is often interesting, sometimes annoying and generally never boring. 

It rained here all day long, on and off. Mr. Moon and I even discussed going to a movie which we do about once every ten years or so. We looked at the movies showing and although one looked fairly interesting ("Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul"), it was only showing at noon (which was too soon to make it) and five-something. 
Nah. 
A Brad Pitt movie ("Bullet Train") was showing but it had gotten bad reviews and there appears to be a LOT of violence in it. 
So, no. 
Other choices were either super hero movies which I just don't enjoy or the the new Top Gun movie and no thank you for me on that one, and one that appeared to be about a guy with disabilities who adopts a monkey as a service animal and I suppose miracles occur and tears flow. 
Nope! 
I am the pickiest movie watcher. 
We decided to make our own popcorn and choose something on offer to us with our ten thousand streaming services and watch from the comfort of our own couch. Of course, the problem is finding something that both my husband and I can watch without one of us hating it which eliminates approximately 95% of all movies ever made. So we ended up with a silly Kevin Hart/Mark Walberg thing and although yes, it pretty much sucked and was ridiculous, there were some good lines in it. The main theme of the movie was gender role reversal and oh yeah, it's so funny when a man is the one who stays home with the children and does all the housework and childcare and PTA and school volunteer stuff and yet still feels somewhat...unfulfilled. 
Tell me about it. 

So that was our big day. 
The popcorn was good but a little too salty. 

We finally got the Birds of Paradise I bought last month planted in the beautiful green pots that Glen got me for Mother's Day. The plants look a little sparse but they will grow. 


That poor jade plant on the right is where Liberace was roosting when the fox snatched him, or so we believe. Anyway, it looks sad. I used to have the most magnificent jade plant but when we moved here, I never found the right place to set it and it failed and failed over the years until finally it died. 
I still feel guilty about that. 
The one good thing I can think of about not having free-range chickens is that I don't have to worry about where I put the plants that they love to nibble on. I can now grow begonias again. 
This is cold comfort but it is something. 

Lis emailed me this morning with a link to our new house. Lis and I have a long and deep-seated fantasy that she and Lon and Glen and I are all going to move in together at some point. I think this is a very practical idea and we are always casually looking for the perfect house. This could be the one. 


Hopefully, gnomes are included. We've already added (in our heads) a pink coral swimming pool. If you go to the link above, you can see it in its glorious entirety. The house is located in Mount Plymouth, Florida, which neither of us had ever even heard of. 

And with that I suppose I will finally be quiet. I'm going to make pizzas for supper. I had a small cheese-and-tomato toast around 11:45 this morning for my breakfast, popcorn at 2:30 for my lunch, and I suppose I should be hungry now. I'm sure my husband is. 
Just as with not being able to have free-ranging chickens is allowing me to grow begonias, having anxiety definitely will curb an appetite. 

You gotta look for that silver lining, folks! Oh yeah! 

Love...Ms. Moon



32 comments:

  1. Jack and the dolls.....too sweet for words. That house.....divine! WOW! I am hoping your 2 or 3 hens are still alive and well, albeit not free ranging........ sigh. I agree with you on those movie choices.....NOT on all of them. I know it's Saturday...but I feel a martini may be in order
    Susan M

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    1. PS I LOVE the gray dress you were wearing in yesterdays blog post. LOVE it! So *you*.....
      Susan M

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    2. That house definitely has some magical charm to it. I just love that tile floor. And the murals!
      And I love that gray dress, too. It is the most comfortable dress in the world.

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  2. Interesting that Jack has decided he's an honorary doll.

    I can't find movies to watch. So many objections: no violence, no heartbreak, no animals in the wrong hands, no future stuff. Practically eliminates everything!
    I end with Lucia, or the Crown, or mma Ramotswe or marple or something!

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    1. And Glen's taste does not exclude what I might call horrible acting as long as there's enough action going on. Me? I want people talking about things. Important things like love and marriage and broken hearts and Grace Makutsi's 97% at the Botswana Secretarial School! You know what I'm talking about.

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  3. Cats like to sink between things and feel enclosed. One more day past...

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    1. One more day past indeed. And I'm sure you're right about Jack. He feels safe between those dolls.

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  4. The pic of Jack and the dolls were beyond charming. So cute. Yep, cats are singular and are unique to their own ways. I live with one that's bi-polar and has multiple personalities.... depending on the day. LOL!
    The storybook house is fabulous. With touches of Tudor and gothic. Looking back, I wish I had gotten a degree in architectural history instead of nursing. Back then I'd never even heard of such a thing. I think you already have a special 'storybook' home.
    Paranormal John
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    1. Aren't all cats bi-polar? They can go from sweet little kitty to raging tiger in a second.
      Thank you for appreciating that house! (And mine, too.) Architectural history is fascinating, isn't it? Florida has some doozie examples of what eccentric people build. I'd love to see a book on that.

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    1. Right? Like I said, it should definitely come with gnomes. Or perhaps small men who go to work in the mines everyday, whistling as they work.

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  6. That's some interesting architecture.
    I'd love to know what goes on in a cat's brain as one of mine tears around like the hounds of hell are after him while the other is rolling in the bread crumbs I swept onto the floor so I could vacuum them up!
    I think there is too much on viewing offer these days. It makes it hard to pick anything.

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    1. Even in their dignity, cats can be ridiculous, can't they?
      You're right about the overly generous selection of things to watch. It's like being on the cereal aisle at the grocery store.

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  7. For some reason it won't let me comment under my Google account. So I'll have to be anonymous.

    That house is amazing, you can tell an artist designed it. Although I have to say the wall finish in that bathroom looks like mold in the photos.

    One movie I watched recently that I absolutely loved was Everything, Everywhere, All at once. Rather weird (which I tend to love) but heartwarming in the end. And Michelle Yeoh!!!!!

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    1. You know, some people loved that movie and some truly disliked it. I'll give it a watch when it comes out on some streaming platform that I get.

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  8. Nobody ever owns a cat- they may live in the same vicinity but, cats have their own world, Nice of jack to take up with the baby dolls. Everyone is happy, everyone wins.
    Trying to find stuff to watch this week has been a challenge. I watched" Britt Marie Was Here" last night...safe! Started to watch a British film tonight but it was too full of gore and violence. So, I am watching the mama raccoon on the deck, she is showing me her nipples , she must bee feeding four by the looks of things.
    I love YOUR house best of all- the gnome house is a curiosity but, no cigar.

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    1. I read Britt Marie Was Here but didn't know there was a movie. Is it Swedish?
      I'm glad I didn't have to nurse four babies at once. Even my overabundantly filled bosoms would have had a problem with that. Yay for the four-legged beasts who can nurse many!
      I like my house best of all too but that gnome house holds a definite charm for me.

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  9. I went to the movies yesterday and saw "Three Thousand Years of Longing" with Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. I thought it was amazing and loved every single moment. It's based on an A.S. Byatt short story and is magical and kooky and those two actors are to die for --

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    1. You live in California where movies come out first! We'll probably be seeing that movie here sometime next year. I'll keep an eye out for it.

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  10. Jack is very sweet to cuddle those babies like that. I'm not a big fan of super hero movies either. I spend a lot of time at real estate sites looking for my perfect dream home and over the years I have found several, but they always get sold and I never win the lottery, but the looking is fun.

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    1. Dang! Rotten luck about never winning the lottery. Same here, for some strange reason.

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  11. I'm the same as you (or probably worse) when it comes to movies. I just can't be bothered with most of them. Of the series on either Amazon Prime or Netflix that I have started to watch, I think I have only finished three. I actually got to the last episode of The Queen's Gambit and deleted it without watching it!

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    1. Now see, I did like The Queen's Gambit very much and actually read the book after I saw the series. But mostly I am absolutely amazed at the sub-par movies that are coming out these days. Even the ones with actors that I love.

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  12. I have not been to the movies in years - I am cheap and I need the captions to read while I am watching.
    Hope your anxiety lightens up - at least you try to look on the bright side when you have troubles?! ;)

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    1. We're a big fan of captions here, too. I am grateful for them.

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  13. Well, it's an interesting looking house to be sure. I like it except for the kitchen.

    It watched that movie "Me Time" I think it was called, or I watched half of it. It just got too irritating and predictable. We watched Top Gun, Maverick, don't bother. It sucks. Again, soooo predictable.

    We just finished season 1 of "The Lake", a Canadian sitcom which was very good and a lovely surprise.
    Otherwise, not much going on here. Jack remains in BC although now he probably won't be home in a week, it may be longer. I can't even right now.

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    1. Me Time was SO predictable. It was like four different movies, all mashed up. I wouldn't go see the Top Gun movie if you paid me.
      I wonder if we could get The Lake here. I'll keep an eye out.
      I know you miss Jack and are worried about him. I would feel the same.

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  14. Someone will LOVE that house. That person will not be me! But I do love those mosaic floors. I don't know how much demand there is for such an exotic place in Mount Plymouth (which I'd never heard of either).

    None of those movies you mentioned would draw me in, either. I don't get the fascination people have with super hero movies. I could live the rest of my life without seeing another entry from the Marvel multiverse.

    I guess those dolls gave Jack just the right amount of softness and support! Isn't there an old wives' tale about cats lying on infants' chests and sucking away their breath?

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    1. Oh, but Steve! You could hang little twinkly lights everywhere and think of the garden you could plant around it!
      Mount Plymouth must be pretty small.
      I know people that adore super hero movies. I could not care less about them.
      There is an old wive's tale about cats sucking the breath out of babies. If Jack was trying to do that, he was out of luck.

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    2. for Steve....yes, Ms Moon is right.....and you too. There is a myth/lore about cats and babies. It is hispanic/latin in origin.....and still much *adhered* to by older generations even now. A friend of mine's husband is hispanic and when she was pregnant, he coerced her into getting rid of their 3 cats due to this ancient lore.......one he grew up with and lives by
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  15. 37paddington: Jack and the dolls, beyond charming. I was thinking he sees your affection for them and wants in on that. And that fairy tale house is intriguing, except for the bathrooms, not sure about those walls, but the other rooms look like some very poetic living could happen in those spaces. Then again, the Moon kingdom in Lloyd is still more magical. Love your bird of paradise planters by your yellow porch doors.

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  16. My bird of paradise has outgrown its pot...again. I think when the weather cools a bit I'm going to divide it and plant half in the ground and repot the other half.

    Interesting house but all those praked windows and arches put me off...too churchy.

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