Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, 2009

To: JustAmy; Billie; All

What a beautiful cat, Miss Paula is! Thank you both for sharing!

1,821 posted on 01/17/2009 9:43:10 AM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)

1,822 posted on 01/17/2009 9:44:46 AM PST by Lady Jag (NOW MORE THAN EVER https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)

1,823 posted on 01/17/2009 9:51:35 AM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)

1,824 posted on 01/17/2009 10:12:15 AM PST by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)

That is so cute, L. J.

1,825 posted on 01/17/2009 11:17:52 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

Me-oooowwwww!

Decided to get on a few minutes...getting ready to make taco’s as I have been craving the kind I make at home!

1,826 posted on 01/17/2009 11:19:22 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

Oh my, what BIG eyes you have!

1,827 posted on 01/17/2009 11:21:01 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

teeheehee! Someone really catches these kitties in darling pictures!

1,828 posted on 01/17/2009 11:21:56 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

To: JustAmy; yorkie; Lady Jag; ConorMacNessa; FRiends; All

Bet you can't find me!

1,829 posted on 01/17/2009 11:28:08 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

So cute, Amy! Great ‘thank you’ card.

1,830 posted on 01/17/2009 11:29:28 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

Sister's hiding - no peeking

1,831 posted on 01/17/2009 11:37:57 AM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)

1,832 posted on 01/17/2009 11:42:43 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

That little cat’s face is so funny~~~

1,833 posted on 01/17/2009 11:43:54 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

I hear those taco’s calling....gotta fry my ground round first....so hungry! I had breakfast and nothing since. That is the way I usually eat. This is my big meal and tonight I will have a snack or cereal.

1,834 posted on 01/17/2009 11:46:50 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

Ah Darn!!

Sent it to me instead of you.

That’s what happens when I start playing. :)

1,835 posted on 01/17/2009 11:55:13 AM PST by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)

To: Lady Jag; ConorMacNessa; JustAmy; jaycee; yorkie; everyone

1,836 posted on 01/17/2009 11:55:47 AM PST by La Enchiladita (God help us)

To: jaycee; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; Billie; La Enchiladita; Lady Jag; MEG33; LUV W; gardengirl; ...

Mr. Winkle

Yes, it is Mr. Winkle, touted as the Cutest Dog in the Universe, making an afternoon pit stop en route to an appearance at a Borders bookstore. In a flash, the diminutive ball of fluff is surrounded by cooing men in leather chaps, all of them asking the question that has come to define Mr. Winkle's celebrity:

What is Mr. Winkle, really? An unusually lively stuffed toy? A divine manifestation? The fifth Beatle? A cat in a dog's suit?

Everyone has a different theory about the tiny pooch with an oversize tongue, whose image in calendars and books has launched an international cult of cuteness. More than 36 million people have visited his Web site (www.mrwinkle.com) since its launch in 2000. He averages 100 e-mails a day, and his bookstore appearances are standing-room only.

All this, thanks to photographer Regan's talent for capturing her uber- dog's whimsical charm in guises ranging from angel and alien to ballerina and bumblebee. For her latest book of portraits, “A Winkle in Time: Mr. Winkle Celebrates the Underdogs of History,” she poses Mr. Winkle as unsung innovators such as sculptor Camille Claudel and Mexican revolutionary Miguel Hidalgo. She figures celebrating the achievements of history's forgotten heroes is perfect for the world's most celebrated misfit mutt.

“Mr. Winkle is an underdog,” she explains. “He was found half-dead on the side of the road and had clearly been abused in the life he came from, but he went from straydom to stardom.”

Regan's Winkle odyssey began six years ago when she lost her way in an industrial wasteland outside Bakersfield while on assignment for Newsweek magazine. A bundle of muddy, matted fur limped into her car's headlights; she got out to investigate, and the bedraggled creature toddled into her arms. Feeling the tug of destiny, she took him back to her Los Angeles home and spent the next two years nursing him to health.

1,837 posted on 01/17/2009 12:18:51 PM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)

Happy Day, Friends.
I have lots of things I should be doing but ....
as you can see, I'm playing with PSP. :)

Have a beautiful day!

1,838 posted on 01/17/2009 12:29:34 PM PST by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)

To: La Enchiladita

1,839 posted on 01/17/2009 12:37:25 PM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

Awww, what a story. He is a cute little dog and lives like a king now. Bet that website would be a good one to visit.

1,840 posted on 01/17/2009 12:41:07 PM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")

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