Lucinda In Heaven

Little Luce

I Got A Feeling....This Is Gonna Be A Good Day

Can it get any better than this ?

Oh yes it definitely can !

at a home like this 

everything is possible !!!

Lucinda In The Ashes

If you think your eye caught a glimpse of something unusual here - I won't contradict you.

 

I have a big, old and beautiful fireplace in my house, build many years ago and made entirely of natural stone.

In the South African winter I light it every evening and the fire burns through the night.

And I have a little ginger cat who talks all day long to me in a language that I have come to understand by now. She must have been something completely different in an earlier re-incarnation because she loves fire.

She is mad about it, adores fire. Not only heat and warmth. But real burning, crackling fire

Normally in the afternoon she waits already in front of the fireplace for me and watches me intensely when I stack the wood and prepare everything for the evening. She waits eagerly for the moment I light the fire.

Lucinda loves to watch the flames and the play of light. 

In front of the fireplace is where she likes to stay and sleep.

But now she has taken it to another level !!!!!!!

As soon as the fire has burned down enough she climbs INSIDE the fireplace.

The logs in the back are still so hot you burn your fingers when you touch them.!!!!! 

But please do not question her decision!

I was worried, very worried about her long and bushy tail when I saw this for the first time

And when I told her my concerns she just gave me an annoyed purr.

I also told her that cats are supposed to be neat and clean animals

and do not sleep in the ashes

which she ignored !

It's too nice here and I truly enjoy the warmth.

Stinky, dusty, ashy little cat !

A STRONG DESIRE

A strong desire to go up can not be suppressed.

And must be satisfied

no matter the cost

GODESS IN THE DOORWAY

There was a godess in the doorway.

The Swallow And The Cat

A STORY OF TOO MUCH OF A DESIRED THING

The birds that live in the bush around my house have made my home their home. There are thousands of them and listening to them during day time feels like being in paradise.

Since a couple of months these two are keeping me company sitting on the open window frame of my office window while I work. Singing songs to me.

Flying in and out of the house and through the rooms seems a welcome distraction for them. The only problem at the moment are the windows whose transparency is mistaken for the African sky frequently. Transparency and hard matter is something that is not known in the swallow world.

If trapped what follows is great distress. And Fear. And submission. And there is another danger. IT SEEMS. But appearances can cheat. AND OFTEN DO.

Sometimes this can lead to a state of shock.

You do know her by now. Lucinda Engele - the perfect Sphinx like creature.
In the beginning her eyes used to turn black with desire and excitement when she saw a bird sitting outside on a branch. She revealed he cat nature and stalked for hours  as often as she could between long sleeping periods. 

But even her she became obedient to the great RULE OF LIFE : that indeed there can be too much of something in life. And if there is too much of something, even if it is a good and fine thing - that something stays not desirable. 

The wild birds had the impudence to not respect Sphinx territory and invaded her space. And this had to be punished in a definite ginger-cat manner.  

The least one can say is that she got bored... may be even made friends with them and recognized them as "our birds". Fact is she does not bother at all..

And eventually turns her back in a display of utmost ignorance to the feathered fellow in distress.

For me it was a chance to capture the perfectionism and beauty of a feathered dress in all detail.

Before experiencing the delight of having a wild swallow fly of my hand into liberty again.

And of course back to usual business.

LUCY'S EYES

Lucy's eyes are like a true wonder to me.

I can not believe that the essence and the soul of water can be captured in a creature's eyes.

I have seen human eyes of a watery seducing infatuating blue-green that make you wanna look at them forever and wondering, just wondering how their soul is.

Makes you wanna touch and feel their soul. 

But her eyes are like the surf, like the ocean on a warm day when the water is icy and sea-birds are all around you. 

Her eyes are like the blue of the ocean when it wants to break into green welcoming the cold current and when the white horses are starting to race over the surface.

Of course she is mine. She came to me and I love her and I love the deep ocean. 

But her eyes are the sea's soul. 

Like a clear gnarly sea when you can see the bottom and the worlds beneath.

I never thought the ocean's soul could be captured anywhere until I looked into her eyes.
Is it too much to say she is a perfect creation?

Lucinda's world

Well, good morning to you too !!!

A cool cat's hot summer

Since three years we have the Zen Master Lucinda Engele living with us. Lucinda was found in the workshop of a factory producing steel pipes. She is a pleasure living with because she possesses all the great virtues. She is beautiful, soft, independant, funny, strong and patient.
And she is a real zen-master living in the moment and teaching us everyday something about life.

to contemplate

to observe

to relax

and relax even more

to dream

to give a damn shit

to just be natural

to loosen up

yeap......

to ....... I don't know whats happening now, sometimes I can't read her mind.