5 years – 9.6.2012

 

Today is my 5 year Blogiversary.

 

Since my first post I have written 545 more posts,

gained many friends all over the world

and am enjoying it even more than when I started.

 

 

Thank you to all my blogging friends,

readers,  commenters and followers,

who are caring and loving ,

who make me feel wonderful!

 

Top  posts of the year:

2012 –  A jar or a journal

2013 – Follow your dreams

2014 – Count your blessings 

2015 – 100,000 Wow

2016 – Piece of Paradise

 

Danny meets old friends

Danny traveled again this time to Germany

visiting old friends.

He met Petzi, a senior teddy,

He couldn’t hold back his excitement  and jumped right up to say hello.

 

 

Then they chatted for a long time.

 

In town he saw water, a plastic cow,

blue sky and beautiful snowdrops.

 

 

 

Danny found his favourite:

a ” Schwäbische Brezel”

 

 

 

Danny met also his other friend “Breuni” in Germany.

 

 

They enjoyed a good chat and cuddle next to Spring flowers.

After a week of sunshine he said good bye to Germany in rain

which gave us a beautiful picture of this snowdrop.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful and

love filled week !

 

Merry Christmas 2016

2016 is coming to an end and Christmas is here again.

Here are some impressions I captured while out during the Advent time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Big Thank you from my heart

for walking with me through this year .

Sending you all warm hugs and much love,

your cyber friendship means a lot to me.

Ute xxx

 

 

Purr – thday Boy Thomas

It was Thomas’s Birthday and for bringing us joy, love and warmth

he received a little present  I found at

Katzenworld‘s blog and ordered it from their on line shop.

It arrived very quickly right on time for his birthday.

He enjoyed it straight away and played with it, see for yourself.

 

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After playing he needed a rest in his cosy basket.

He is now 8 years old.

Happy Purr-thday Thomas!

 

Caturday treat from Thomas

Hi to all cats, cat owners, cat lovers  and every one else.

Today is Caturday

and we need to celebrate it.

Every day is a celebration of life for humans

and cats alike

as every day is special.

Today though I am dedicating this to beautiful Binky,

my friend in the Netherlands.

My owner got hold of another beautiful puzzle and we did it,

well my loyal feeder really did it.

Puss in Books a brilliant theme

So Adorable

It was such fun!

Now Binky I wanted to ask if you have read

all these books on this puzzle already,

if not I can really recommend them.

Let me explain:

The great Catsby – a classic

Looking Cool by K.T Chill – you won’t need that – you are a cool cat

Painting – Learn from Scratch – real fun- …. the scratching…..

 

A Purrfect Life – more great ideas to our near purrfect life.

A Purrfect storm – famous also in the human world

To kill a mockingbird –  another classic for us

Claw and Order – If you missed the TV series, enjoy the read

The Mousetrap – What can I say a MUST READ

 

 

 

Feeling Cat tastic – Self Help  – Quiet useful – living with less Cat tastophies

The British Mewseum  –  a useful cat-alogue

Catmandu – a travelguide – very interesting indeed

Street Life by Al.E.Cat – a fun story

 

Everything about everything by I.B. Curious –  a must read – specially for kittens

Tail of two Kitties by Charles Catkins / great fiction for lazy evenings on laps

 

Puss in Boots – not to forget the most important classic

The secret of a good sleep by KIT.T Naps – not needed for us as we have purrrfected that already

 

Wishing you and all humans a super relaxing weekend

with many naps in between!

 

 

50 Things that make me happy

I have met a young lady Alysia on the blogosphere

and her lovely blog has a list which I loved

so I thought I do mine here:

 

1. My garden

2. Cappuccino

3. Travels

4. Holidays

5. My friends

6. Flowers

7. Music

8. Coffee shops

9. Sleep

10. The films of  “Ice age”

11. Blogging

12. Making jewellery

13. Knitting

14. Tidying and decluttering

15. Spring

16. New shoots on a plant

17. Thomas, my cat

18. Crocheting

19. Meeting friends

20. Dancing

21. Smiling

22. Beach

23. Inspirational quotes

24. Blue sky

25. Window shopping

26. Hugging

27. Salads

28. Strawberries, specially my home grown ones

29. Swimming

30. Singing

31. Going for a walk along the river

32. My family

33. Colours

34. Warm Summer evenings

35. Peaceful early mornings

36. A relaxing bath

37. Birds singing

38. The smell of freshly cut grass

39. Sound of children laughing

40. Frogs

41. Happy people

42. A positive quote

43. A hot cup of cocoa

44. Reading Books

45. A meaningful kiss

46. Being grateful

47. Helping or treating others

48. Planting new flowers

49.  Making others happy

50.  An afternoon nap.

 

 and the list goes on…….as there are so many things that make me happy!

 

Wishing you all a very happy day!

Welcome June – See the bright side

 

June is the month with the most daylight hours.

It is a bright month.

A summery month.

So whatever you do ,

see things in a bright light,

Be full of optimism,

Look at the bright side.

Life is easier and less complicated that way.

 

 

It was June, and the world smelled of roses.

The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”

Maud Hart Lovelace

 

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

Dalai Lama XIV

 

Make your new month, as bright as sun,

as colorful as rainbow,

as lovely as flowers,

as happy as birds.

Enjoy the month to its full extent!

Happy New Month June!

Be alive !

Wishing you all a truly fabulous day!

Feel alive,

Smile,

Jump for joy,

be happy,

experience the miracle of being alive!

 

 

 

Enjoy your cup of positivitea!

 

 

With love ♥♥♥

Ute

 

The wonderful wide world

On the side of my blog you can see that

192 countries have visited my blog.

Isn’t that amazing, so many people in so many different countries.

There are  countries like the Maldives, Haiti, Cape Verde…

Palau, Bhutan and Benin.

I am so thankful that my blog reaches such far away countries.

Everybody out there who has tuned into my blog and read anything ,

Thank you so much.

I would have never thought it reaches such places.

The world is so open with the internet, it is fantastic.

We are closer than ever before.

Use it to spread love, happiness and kindness!

Have a wonderful day

and thank you for being here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello February – Gratitude focus

February is here and it has an additional day this year!

All days full of surprises and miracles.

 

Lets make February a month where we focus on Gratitude.

 

How often do you say thank you and really mean it?

What are you most grateful for?

Consider the things in your life you frequently take for granted

like health and love and friendship.

Choose to appreciate them,

feeling thankful does feel good.

Choose appreciation instead of expectation.

Have a gratitude journal which cultivates an attitude of gratitude.

 

 

Gratitude is absolutely the way to bring more into your life!

 

 

 

Thank you for being here my friends

you all mean a lot to me!