Hanukkah, Hammocks and Holiday Cats

Like it or not the holiday season is here. I’m still in the mood for hammocks and wasn’t it just Halloween yesterday? We’re having the whole gang chime in today. For all our Jewish friends, may Hanukkah be bright, light and a little greasy. You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the traditional jelly donuts. Yum.

Yup, this was our garden last week. I found an old photo of me with Angels Merlin and Coco way back at the beginning of my blogging days. Merlin and I loved hammocks and while Odin occasionally hops aboard, he’s more interested in hunting. He’s must be getting older since I haven’t seen him climb any trees since summer.

How fast the world is spinning these days. It feels like yesterday when Odin become our annual poster boy for Hanukkah candle safety.

Domino says, “I don’t do hammocks but I used to be a hammocks sometimes for Merlin.”

Well, we know who the boss is around here. It’s been two years and he still hates any camera. He did look quite dashing last year for Hanukkah. We’ve been doing more undercover snuggling which is new. Maybe he’s getting old. Wait, he is old. I can’t believe he’s going to be 19 next month! Neruda poetry? Coming right up.

Part of the longer poem by Pablo Neruda titled Finale with translation translated. (Painting section part of triptych by Layla Morgan Wilde).

Fue tan bello vivir
cuando vivías!

El mundo es más azul y más terrestre
de noche, cuando duermo
enorme, adentro de tus breves manos

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It was so beautiful to live
when you lived!

The world is more blue and more terrestrial
at night, when I sleep
enormous, inside your brief hands.

The holiday season will pass in a flash as always for better or worse.
It's better with more light, friends and donuts.
Don't forget to do less, feel less guilty and snuggle your cats more.
Full confession: I'm not Jewish but since my Jewish husband's kids are now grown up,
no one lights candles except me :-) 
P.S. Dreidels, the little spinning tops make great cat toys. I like the wooden ones (@ $1.00 each, less in bulk).