The current preferred territorial marking spot. That's my garden shed in the background. |
Ah the love droppings of my lion. “Hi I’m Here!”
He probably traces a pentagram as he pads around his route. Well it’s the much heralded Venus Transit and Strawberry Moon lunar eclipse. I remember the day of that last Venus transit in June of 2004 though it seems like a long time ago. I was working in the garden, conscious of it happening, and that sometime in a few years there would be another “bookend” to complete the cycle, in the much-awaited year of 2012. WELL WE'RE HERE. Back then 2012 seemed a long ways off both in time and vibration to me. Now I know why, it has been one intense uphill climb in the last 8 years for me.
2004 was before Maha came into my world so noticably. Before I had the medicinal herb garden. I was still growing produce for a living and selling at markets. My 2 apprentices of 4-5 years were just leaving. I’ve been on this ranch alone now since late 2004, almost the entire duration of the 8 year Venus cycle. Maha has been a conscious fixture in my world since 2006.
Car Problems, YUCK!! |
As it turned out I did get it going. HOW I don’t know..... Angelic Invocation no doubt. I needed that car to go, at least up to my mechanic’s house. No excuses.
Well so he brought me home and currently has my vehicle. It’s my only car. I’ve been in a state the rest of the day over it. Unable to do much, I decided to take a little walk about the land and while doing so, noticed an inordinate amount of lion poop everywhere I happened to go. Not all of it fresh, mind you. It always tickles me a little that I seem to find it so readily. Of course he leaves it where I will surely notice. He doesn’t have to do that.
Found at top of driveway, added lavender "Hi I'm here!" |
Found in orchard, 1 of 2 piles |
Found at pond, few days later |
Found in pond area, just below a silly gate |
Most current offering on left, circled by rose petals. All other petals to the right each have droppings left at different times in the last few weeks |
IN my shed!!
IN my garden shed!! |
Yes I love to play our “Hi There” game. I had the idea he was around last night. Very late. The near full moon was moving towards setting. I heard a cat brawl out there in the night. It always unnerves me a bit to hear that. My babies -- of which there are 9 of the precious little darlings -- just LOVE to be out at night, as cats will do. And being cats they sometimes act up and have scuffles. Maybe it was my extra stray tomcat doing that, I don’t know, but last night I sat bolt upright in bed at the sound of feline shrieking coming from the lower garden. It wasn’t Maha calling, he’s been very quiet of late, for how around he’s obviously been. I do fret for my little ones roaming about out there, but it seems they’ve maybe worked something out, all of them.....? I’m hoping Maha now understands that these little cats aren’t prey. He must see them. They must see him. One of them loves to hang out in the shed. It was her -- my mom cat -- I heard shrieking last night.
Nubia -- "Boobs" -- likes to hang out in the shed |
Well so he is very around. I took a little jaunt through the orchard today too, on animal pathways. The grass and stickers are more than knee high so it’s quite unpleasant walking through there, and at times I’ve come across snakes in the grass, which is not a good surprise. Today I found a little dead one, the work of a cat no doubt.
Animal watering bowl, orchard |
Pond bed all dry now |
Tracking the wild lion in the dust |
Oh we loves the feel of those paw prints... |
There were some EXCELLENT footie prints lately. Within the last 2 weeks I’ve seen lots of fresh ones. Frolicking around down there, he was. I just love to step in his footprints and feel the contours of those powerful paws with my toes, and wonder sometimes if he feels me doing that.
That reminds me. One night in the last 2 weeks I was having quiet time, getting in touch with gratitude for the many aspects of life I’m really thankful for. Of course I always feel it for my little furry angels. Then I spent some time attuning to and being grateful for the Maha. That was a particularly strong attunement, and it seems that in response I had a dream about him later that night-- in which I came across fresh foot prints on a pathway I had just walked shortly before.
He seems to have been very around in these last 2 weeks. But quiet. No ‘arrrrrghhhhhf, arrrrrrgghhhhfff’ in the night. Just droppings on the lane and in the shed. Many paw prints in the driveway and the pond bed.
So the car. Well as the days around the eclipse and Venus transit have unfolded, it’s working out with the car. My mechanic determined the problem is somehow heat related and we found it doesn’t start if the engine is warm. Starts up cold just fine, so I’m having to park in shade, give it time to cool off in between startings, and avoid driving too far until the problem can be fixed.
Having a good ol' time frolicking and romping around down there |
Felines working on the car problem |
Evolving food garden area, 2012 |
Oh, the magnificent Canterbury Bells!! |
Paradise, sign me up as head gardener, I qualify. What, you think Paradise is an accident? Or just happens? Well, not in my reality. It wouldn’t be Paradise for me if I couldn’t have a hand in creating it somehow. Even if it means weed whacking.
The other evening the cats and I took a little walk down the driveway and we could smell a most heavenly whiff of honeysuckle wafting through the air from the large bush on the gate. It’s growing next to one of those ‘animal doorways’ in my idiot fence -- that spits them out right into my front yard. I know they use it because of the prominent trail in the grass leading up to it.
That open spot between the disintegrating barn and some old fencing and trees is where they jump right into my front yard |
Lion tracks in the dust |
Well, that’s the report from this corner of Feline Utopia. May your lives be full of cat blessings and flowers during this amazingly intense time on Earth, and your vehicles run smoothly! Much love!
Nanna Bella in the succulents |
PS: It was the fuel pump on the car...
Passion Flower Vine |
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