Loni's Life

So much easier to catch photos if Tazzy's tiger stripes.... But here is a rare one if his polka dotted belly

My furbabies Mocha and Tazzy love the sunny windows in our home.  I'm grateful that I have so many windows in which to enjoy sunbeams!

Dinner - in this case it is Fancy Feast cat food - Sea bass and shrimp for Tazzy the tabby and Alaskan Salmon for Mocha the siamese mix. Along with Meow Mix dry. They end up swapping plates about midway through their meal - even on days when I put the same flavor on both plates.    Grateful that my furbabies are happy and healthy and enjoy their dinner!

Not something I bought today; but definitely the biggest purchase I've made on my own... the lovely house that shelters me and my furbabies.   I am grateful for this house that has become a home.

Fun Stuff !   A multi-level kitty condo and pair of kitties! Grateful that my kitties actually use their kitty condo and the sale and free shipping from the pet store :) 

This one took a collage since I couldn't decide on Taste of Winter or Taste of Summer.. so instead, I've shared both. Taste of Winter - The yummy gingerbread molasses cookies at Paradise Bakery. Taste of Summer - Shaved ice in Hawaii :) I'm grateful for the lovely bakers at Paradise Bakery and the opportunity to go to Hawaii for this icy treat.

Your space Mom?   I thought it was "Our" space. This is my little pillow stealer.. he starts the night at my feet or snuggled up with Shaun The Sheep... but by the morning, he is up hogging the pillow.   I'm grateful for Mama C making me fun pillow cases!

Bedtime...   Tazzy would love to snuggle with Mocha, but she just isn't keen on that ideal... so he has to settle with snuggling with Shaun The Sheep.

Nice- The opportunity to share a piece of my favorite beach - Poipu Beach, Kauai - with a Hawaiian Monk Seal.  Hawaiian Monk Seal - Poipu Beach, Kauai

To Do List - Update Blog Background, Update Twenty Wishes List    

FMS PAD prompt for 1/21 is BLUE and I think of Blue skies and sunshine... I think of Hunter's baby blue eyes... and of course Miss Mocha's baby blues as well.

Ketchikan, Alaska - May 2012... A happy place in spite of the rain!   Grateful for the cheesy photo ops at unboarding in ports of call on my cruise.   Also, that I got to share the experience with five of my favorite people was awesome!

Grateful every day for kitty purrs from both Mocha and Tazzy. Today's Photo-A-Day prompt is Tiny.... and this is a photo of the tiny 7-pounder that the then unnamed kitten.   He's now a 9-pounder and has lost the kitten fuzz; but he's still as adorable as ever.

Grateful for sunshine and blue skies.. and the opportunity to experience these palm trees near one of my favorite beaches on Kauai.

 Today's prompt was Black and White.....so I took the photo on my phone in black and white mode.  Even if I had taken it in color, this Shaun The Sheep plushie that is one of Tazzy's favorite new toys is also Black and White.    I am thankful that my Tazzy still loves to play.

Today's prompt was 3 Things... so here's 3 things that I saw on my Thanksgiving cruise on Carnival's Conquest.  Towel Animals, Guy's Burgers, and an iguana. I'm grateful and blessed to be able to travel and enjoy the whimsy of towel animals, the joy of yummy food, and the beauty of God's handiwork around the world.

I am very blessed and grateful in life in that many people, animals, places and things make me smile. But this compiled photo of my favorite "nephew" Hunter aka the Snarky College Boy or the Snarky One and my kitty Mocha invokes as smile -- as do both of them in real life. Who has the better 'Get that camera out of my face!' stare?  Hunter or Mocha?

Today's prompt is colorful...   I am grateful to have a Quilter in the family and she surprised me with a colorful quilt for Christmas.   This is Tazzy making claim on it.

Thankful that my Tazzy returned to his perky energetic self after a few weeks out of his cast... though this new stunt gave me a panic attack with the wobbles at 6 feet off the ground.

Manmade... or in this case Made by Women!    I had a great time in Sitka on the Wild Artist tour and pulling a glass cane.   I left the cane with the Artist along with a nominal fee to create both a candy dish and a set of earrings.   This came out so great!  Artists - Loni Holt & Michelle Barker I am grateful to have such functional pieces of art and that I was able to help with the creation!

I am very grateful to be able to visit the icy beauty of Alaska and not live there year round. Sawyer Glacier, Alaska; Sept 3 2013

Lucky number 3 and I'm grateful for chocolate :)

Today's prompt is Upside Down and this pair of pictures of Tazzy just crack me up. I can so rarely catch his cute belly spots. I am grateful to the Emergency Animal Hospital of Collin County for the initial setting of the broken leg.  Morning after the break; mad at the world, the cast, and totally exhausted Finally out of the cast, but still have the dreaded cone.

  With a pair of kitties in my house, I am always grateful to have Tidy Cats on hand.

After a holiday hiatus.... Here is Mocha to celebrate the first Mobday if 2014

  Found is today's prompt for PAD... I found the color settings on my iPhone camera.   Also, I found Mocha at a local animal shelter.   Many people are in search of teeny kittens or puppies.   A slightly older pet will do nicely too.     She is also one of the many blessings in my life for which to be grateful.  

Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain Photo taken from Holland America's ms Statendam, May 2012. Alaska/Glacier Bay.

The biggest thing I could think of in "My Town" is our $60 million dollar stadium that is home to the 2008 and 2012 State Champion High School Division 5A football team - the Allen Eagles. Also home to the famous Allen Escadrille which is the largest high school marching band in the country at 800+ members in 2012-13.

Begins with G - Of course my selection would be my adorable Grey tabby cat with the great green eyes - Tazzy.   I am grateful to have added this not-so-little-anymore guy to my household.   I wasn't on a search mission to add a second cat to the house, but he caught my eye at Petco.. and on a trip that wasn't even primarily for me - it was for Hunter's turtles!   He even won over the allergic Nana.  Tazzy still often acts like the 7 month old kitten he was when he first came home and he keeps Mocha a bit more active than life as a single cat.      Grey Tabby with Great Green Eyes - Tazzy    

A Southern tradition of black-eyed peas... beats the Northern tradition on which I was raised - pork and sauerkraut any day!    As has been my tradition for several years now, it was off to the local Black Eyed Pea Restaurant... where I had pot roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, cornbread, a wheat roll, diet coke and of course - black eyed peas. This also is my Jan 1 photo for FMS PhotoADay - LUNCH.  I am very grateful to live in a country with such a wide variety of restaurants. Black eyed peas for Good Luck!

Something new for 2014 - trying a Photo A Day project from  Fat Mum Slim