… at least it was when I took this pic.
All warm and snuggled up with my big orange boy.
all is well with the world
18 Wednesday Dec 2013
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friday foto finder – favourite foto
25 Friday Oct 2013
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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “favourite foto”…
So yeah, I know most of you have seen this one before. Choosing a favourite photo turned out to be difficult when I thought about my thousands of photos and what would make them a favourite. Most of my favourite shots were total flukes, like some of the stunning flamenco ones, a spectacular moment at sunrise, or a candid street scene. But then I remembered this photo of Azar, the love of my life, which was also taken just by chance (por azar) after waking up one morning to find him on the headboard looking down at me. I carry this photo with me as my screenlock on the iPhone, so I see it several times a day. It helps, I think, to see his beautiful face. Because I still miss him every single day.
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one year ago today…
12 Thursday Sep 2013
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… I lost the love of my life. But he still lives in my dreams and in my heart.
the sunshine of my life
05 Monday Aug 2013
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My big handsome Sunny was born twenty years ago on August 5th, sometime between 10 and 11 in the morning. I was there and held each kitten in my hands shortly after Lua had cleaned them up. Later when I was trying to decide which kitten to keep for myself (there was a queue of people waiting to take the others) Sunny made the decision for me by being the only kitten to wait by the door when I came home. So doggy. And he stayed very doggy all his life.
These days I have a splendid and equally huge orange boy who is so similar that I often end up calling him Sunny.
But Sunny will always be my big cuddly bear cat, so solid, so constant. He died in my arms sometime between 10 and 11 in the morning on November 18th 2009. I still miss the sunshine of my life.
sunday song – blossom
07 Sunday Apr 2013
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When I named Azar I loved the play on words that his name meant “luck” or “happenstance” in Spanish but it also sounded like “azahar”, which means orange blossom.
Azar would have been 18 today. It seemed unimaginable a year ago that we wouldn’t have any more birthdays together. It still feels unbearable that I’ll never see or hold him again.
Azar’s Story
A little black cat called Happenstance
casa azahar 