Life goes on

What a beautiful morning it is! Did some walking and am now back home with my cat.That cat of mine is so funny! I would say"unique". So well-trained, never gets on the furniture unless invited, is very clean, and is very loving to me, and to anyone else that comes into the house.
Last night I had some friends over for dinner and forgot to close the heavy front door, so the glass door with reflective solar film was visible and it was dark outside.
All of a sudden, I heard this terrible cat "yowl"!
Now you have to understand that my cat is very quiet. He hardly even mews. He kind of "hisses" like he has a bad throat, but he doesn't. He should have been named Dracula, ha ha. Well, anyway, he let out three of those terrible yowls and I went to see what on earth had scared him so badly. He is such a "scardy cat" anyway...and there is a black snake that likes to live in the bushes in the front of my house and I thought, horror of horrors, that maybe that snake was in the house. Then I would do the "yowling", that is for sure.
When I got to the front door, there was my cat....back arched like only cats can do when they are defensive or in "fighting mode"....starring at himself in the reflective glass. He was looking at himself. So funny! Guess he didn't like what he saw. I know that feeling. ha ha
I finally had to pick him up, give him some loving, soothe him down and take him into the tv room with me. He did not leave my side the rest of the evening. What a guard cat he is!
The same thing happened in my townhome when we were down there last time.
At 2 AM one morning, he came running into the bedroom, yowling, and I went to see what was the problem. He took me back to the door area that scared him, and smelled the area and kept looking at me., his protector.
I told him to come back to bed, I was not going to open the door to see what was out there. He just mewed as if he agreed and followed me to bed and snuggled closely.
So I guess I have a Guard Cat. What a sweetie he is! But how funny, too.

I have been taking pictures this morning to share them with my granddaughter from NC when I see her this weekend. She and her husband are in the process of buying a house and it is a huge place that will need lots of furniture to fill it. Perfect timing!
It just so happens that I am in the process of moving to another city to be closer to my daughter and her family (heaven knows when that fulltime move will take place though) and I have furniture and stuff I will not need. I am truly "downsizing". This when you find out or face the fact, that you have lots of "stuff".
As I took the pictures today, it brought back so many memories.
I know I am going to have to fight these feelings until the move is final.
I am so happy that our belongings will go to J and D....Their grandpa would love it.
And I am happy about it too. Because part of him is there with them. And when I visit them, I will see those memories again and again.
Not sad memories but funny ones of how those possessions came to us. The thoughts that go with all of them. so many. And I cherish each one.
But when I give (finally) all of these things to J and D, I will not be concerned for their care for the "stuff". I know they will care for it properly and they will remember Bops too. That is all I ask.....the memories for the family and the closeness and bonding of our "group". That is what family is all about. Loving, sharing, and doing for each other. I praise God for all He has done to keep this family together and loving each other so closely.
God is good, isn't he? All the time!
Well, back to the picture taking. see you!