Dear Frau Bearbirds,Thanks for the new comment on the New Year's Resolutions blog. I am noble and white? How cool! Well, maybe just the white part, despite my name. I love the photograph of Eisminchin. Thanks for letting me add it to the blog. He sure is a chubby cat. Is Eisminchin a "Harz 57" variety or maybe just a Harz cat? (tee hee)
Significant news - I won't be finishing college this year. I have purrsuaded Mops and Pops to let me take a gap year from school and see some of the world.
I need to become more independent and decide what my future career should be. Maybe it's not music after all. Or maybe it is. I need time to think. Plus my life so far has been pretty sheltered. There's a whole world out there and the time feels right. It's make or break time for this fur ball!
The travel cannot be just goofing off, though. Everywhere I go will have a purpose - things to learn and strengths to develop. Let's face it, this puss has been a bit of a wuss!
You will be able to follow my travels on the blog, starting with some Canadian cities, before heading off to Europe. For sure I will visit Germany and will buy a phrase book to help me order from the katz restaurants. I've been practicing already. Maybe Eisminchin and I can share some milch or a kalt root bier float? Shhhh...don't tell Mops and Pops!
Mops and Pops are taking down the decorations as I write. It's a hoot watching them work. Pops is not a gifted worker. He always opens the wrong end of the box and Mops gives him what he calls "that look". But somehow they manage. Soon the place will be back to its pre-Christmas phase. There will be nothing to play with. Boo-hoo! Already I miss the razzle-dazzle of ornaments.
Later I head east to Winnipeg. Mops was born there and it's where Pops grew up. So I am going out of family respect and to learn about my family's roots. They say to expect a few surprises.
Look for new blogs on my stops around the globe. I hope you'll enjoy reading about the places I visit and what I learn. Through it all, I hope to remain an innocent abroad.
As Mark Twain wrote,
- “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
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Thank you to Frau Bearbirds, who has sent a wonderful photo of an ogre that Eisminchin met.
Dear Edelweiss,
ReplyDeleteThe snow cat Eisminchen presents her compliments. She feels flattered to see her likeness on your blog.
She was born in the Harz Mountains. Her parents were the butlers of the terrible Brocken witch and they were totally black cats. They disliked and disowned Eisminchen. But she is a kind and snowhappy cat.
It's wonderful that you will bridge the gap between the continents. When you come to Berlin you will need no German phrase book. I will come and guide you.
I will show you the delicious cat food in the remotest corner of the Aldi supermarket and prevent you from buying poor-quality dog food. I know an excellent Cat Burglar King restaurant where we can gorge on hot mice and coke milk.
Bon voyage! Mark Twain is a good travel guide.
Bearbirds
Dear Edelweiss,
ReplyDeleteBon voyage from us here in the U.K. We will miss you. When you arrive back here we will have a ball. Shopping, eating cucumber sandwiches and fresh salmon. I know Zanna is going to miss you too. Her friends are in Australia at the moment.
Love & happy travelling,
Mazzy
Hi Edelweiss,
ReplyDeleteI just read your blog. Very cute! From the New year's Resolution blog I like the house rules – "use the litter box, use the litter box."
I look forward to following the travels of Edelweiss.
Wendy
Dear Edelweiss,
ReplyDeleteYesterday Eisminchen was squatting on a pile, flat as a roadkill.
"Look at the ogre!" She pointed at a white huge figure on the snow-covered meadow (see main blog for the ogre's photo).
Eisminchin said, "It was a horrible night. I was prepared to be devoured by this ogre. I was so shaking with fear that I came into vibration and contact with my fellows in Gimli. They have a lot of experience with monsters and they told me that these kinds of ogres don't eat cats."
"They are happy that Edelweiss will come to the nearby Winnipeg and ask you to send her an invitation from the Gimli Cat Society. Though they don't speak meow, or miau like me but mjá because their ancestors are from Iceland, we could understand one another."
"Will you come with me, Eisminchen? I have no ogres in my home," I asked. But she preferred to cower in the cold: "You can take the ogre with you!" she proposed.
But it was too heavy and too cold and some children were just building up new ogres. Eisminchen will accommodate to them, I thought.
Have fun with the fearless Gimli cats,Edelweiss!
Bearbirds says love & hugs