Intoducing Baby Tux

A Year with Darcy

Darcy May 2006

Darcy May 2007

Disney Slide Show

Another Ballet Pic

Darcy's Favorite Toy

This is little darcy's favorite toy, she can play with it for hours.

Afternoon with Sofi and Maria

Ballet pic

I finally got my hands on a scanner for the pictures I took last year.

The Throne

Every princess has her throne...Darcy, being the princess of this house, chose this chair. She spends most of the day there.

When God Made Cats

When God made the world, He chose to put animals in it, and decided to give each whatever it wanted.

All the animals formed a long line before His throne, and the cat quietly went to the end of the line.

To the elephant and the bear He gave strength, to the rabbit and the deer, swiftness; to the owl, the ability to see at night, to the birds and the butterflies, great beauty; to the fox, cunning; to the monkey, intelligence; to the dog, loyalty; to the lion, courage; to the otter, playfulness.

And all these were things the animals begged of God.

At last he came to the end of the line, and there sat the little cat, waiting patiently. "What will YOU have?" God asked the cat.
The cat shrugged modestly. "Oh, whatever scraps you have left over. I don't mind."
"But I'm God. I have everything left over."
"Then I'll have a little of everything, please."
And God gave a great shout of laughter at the cleverness of this small animal, and gave the cat everything she asked for, adding grace and elegance and, only for her, a gentle purr that would always attract humans and assure her a warm and comfortable home.
But he took away her false modesty.
Lenore Fleischer

Pic

Last week, the company my dad works for had a coctail party for the inaguration of their cooporate headquarters.

My entire family went to the party.

For those of you who don't keep up with Harry

For those of you who don't know, the next and last HP book comes out this summer, just one week after the release of the next HP movie. The cover art for the US edition of the book came out yesterday and we fans are trying to find some hints of the plot in it. I recomend that those people who haven't read the series do so before the book comes out so that you can join the book release celebrations. Plus, the books really are better than the movies (not that the movies are bad by any means.)

What is a Cat?

Gentle eyes
that see so much,
paws that have
the quiet touch.

Purrs to signal
"all is well"
and show more love
than words can tell.

Graceful movements
touched with pride,
a calming presence
by our side.

A friendship
that will last and grow -
small wonder
why we love them so.

~Author Unknown

Birthday Pix

Mom and I at the Thai restaurant.

Posing with my dad, does he look stiff or what?

Darcy did not want to be in any of the b-day pix


This is me at my house, before we left for the day's events.



Ready to go?

After going to the Thai buffet, my parents and I went to see the Swan Lake in the park. Unfortunately, our seats were so lateral that we could not see well, rather, instead of seeing an arabesque penche line we saw more of a crotch shot... We're hopping to go again, this time with good seats. After the show we went to get pizza at an Italian caffe, it was good, but once again my diet was postponed for the next day, you know the story...

Happy Saint Patty's

Here's a clover (or shamrock) for all my Irish and non-Irish friends to celebrate the patron saint of NYC.

Happy Birthday Darcy!

When we adopted Darcy at the end of last May, they told us she was born in March, but they did not have an exact date. I figured we could share a birthday. I cannot believe this baby is ready to graduate from kitten food to adult Science Diet.

Why "Darcy"?

" Darcy" sounds very much like the name of the very talented NYCB ballerina Darci Kistler.

"Darcy" also sounds like the name of the great Royal Ballet dancer, Darcey Bussel.

I also read on a website that Darcy came from the word "dark" so I figured it was a good name for a kitty with dark gray fur.

Top Ten Signs Your Kitty is Nutts

1.You saw him on "Dr. Phil"

2.Wasted three of nine lives on George Foreman Grill mishaps

3.When you stroke his belly, he purrs, "moooo!"

4.The dog is missing and you found a ransom note spelled out in yarn

4.Was caught sharing bag of catnip with Whitney Houston's cat

5.That toy he's playing with is grandpa's ear!

6.Calls sports talk radio claiming Knicks are about to turn it around

7.Firemen are trying to coax you out of a tree

8.Believes Barry Bonds never used steroids

9.He neutered himself

~Late Show with David Letterman

Loving and Liking

Long may you love your pensioner mouse,

Though one of a tribe that torment the house:

Nor dislike for her cruel sport the cat,

Deadly foe both of mouse and rat;

Remember she follows the law of her kind,

And Instinct is neither wayward nor blind.

Then think of her beautiful gliding form,

Her tread that would scarcely crush a worm,

And her soothing song by the winter fire,

Soft as the dying throb of the lyre.

~William Wordsworth

Darcy's Regular Activities

The little rascal loves scratching the furniture... she never got used to the scratcher we bought her.

She also likes scratching rugs and carpets alike.
Every day I make sure she gets some exercise by playing with her fav. teaser.

She also eats like a pig (or should I say, like her very own kitty mommy.)

Me acting crazy

Last weekend we went to a Mexican restaurant called Paxia, I was goofing around with the camera trying to find a good angle for my face... needless to say, we weren't very successful.

Profile shot

Belly rub

Whenever she sees a person approaching, Darcy lays on her back-stomach expossed- waiting for her belly to be rubbed.

Darcy

Darcy and her big yellow eyes.

Intro.

Well... I'm basicly creating this blog as a journal. My life is quite boring at the moment, but I'm hoping it will soon regain some of its former excitement.
For the time being, I'll post pictures of my cat, as she seems to the only creature having fun around here.

Ana