Yuki!

I just took a break from stretching and next thing Yuki sits on the
mat: great C O L O U R-S C H E M E, no ("-")?

Aaaaa....kaaaaa ("-")/

KuROOObe!

Kurobe is a beautiful black 17-yr-old cat that doesn't need anyone to
prop her up or support her: she just HANGS ON by herself!! The owner
can move around, cut veggies in the kitchen, Kurobe just hangs on in
there("-")!

Betty!

Betty is a cute Yorkshire terrier that was adopted by an acquaintance.
Betty lived at a breeder's for 2 years, the people that think living
things like cats and dogs are nothing but things to make money off,
and luckily found her way to an animal welfare group, through which
she was adopted by a lovely woman who spoils her to bits to make up
for the life Betty had at the breeder's.

Another

rainy day...

Rainy...

Sunday....

A bit too

close for comfort...

Grey, O-kaasan, Aka.

Aka and Kaachan.

Aka.

Aka.

O-kaasan.

Took two years for O-kaasan to trust me enough to let me touch her
without her feeling "attacked" and fearful. Last year one night i was
meditating outside my door, and suddenly she slowly climbed onto my
lap! Had to control myself from laughing and getting too excited, she
must have been attracted by the meditative vibes and i didn't want to
disturb the peace, but it was difficult ("-")!! Since then, she'll
climb up from time to time. Today, two of them..

Boko.

Both Boko and O-kaasan.

Cutie!

This cutie i saw in a small shopping street around here. Some people
might not think he's that cute. They're not looking in the right place
(the place BEYOND the face)!

Jinja cat..

The Power of Now..

Five years ago i bought this book, read it, and found the content quite difficult to understand. Then, 2 years later, i bought A New Earth, by the same author, Eckhart Tolle. That book "spoke" to me, as they say, it connected on a very deep level, with me thinking again and again: "eXACTly, eXACTly, THIS is what i've been thinking, but never read in any of the other books on spirituality i'd read before!! I then reread The Power of Now, and was surprised to see i found it so clear and precisely to the point! Don't know what happened, but the meticulous and clear description of where human beings have strayed from the path, with all the craziness in this world as result, helped explain a lot in terms of how people can do the things they do to animals, and to people as well. Thank god for us mortals, the author from his unique viewpoint offers a way out of the insanity. His quote, that he "studied with many zen masters, all of them cats", i often remember when i'm with them.

Adopt a pet..

ちょと待って、里親になって。

Friendly..

Friendly.