CATTITUDE .... ATTiTUDE ... and last minute panicking!!

My beautiful "eager beaver" .... just KICK that darn ball, will you!!

Garfield got it right ... it’s about the CATTITUDE ... well, from his perspective that is ... from ours it’s all about the ATTiTUDE ... with a small ‘i’ because it’s not so much about us ... but about how we perceive and react to the magic ...
no, not the Harry Potter kind ....  the magic that’s constantly moving through our lives. That magic makes anything possible ... I am the creator, manipulator and controller of my world ... with the right ATTiTUDE in place I can  achieve anything!

The flags of all 20 countries participating in RWC ... it looks awesome!

So why is it today that I’m looking out at this awfully woeful weather and feeling glum ... I can’t even see my city ... it’s all fogged over .... and the wind is howling.

The pigeons were pecking at his fingers and he was squealing with delight!

I don’t mind the rain .. I often walk in it .... Chocolat loves the rain too ... she can get wet before we even hit the beach.  The cats hate the wind and rain .... they sit hopefully at the windows and you can see they’re trying to wish it away.  Every now and again they’ll give me this considered stare as if it’s all MY fault they can’t go outside.  I know how they’re feeling.

I’m designing new cards for the market on Sunday .... yes, it’s that time of the month again and I’ve been feeling quite disillusioned about this whole market thingy. Sales have been slow at the 3 I’ve done so far and I’m beginning to wonder if it’s worth it.  I need to change my ATTiTUDE about that though .... I knew it wouldn’t be a walk-in-the-park starting my business afresh here.  I guess I just forgot how fortunate I was in SA with the captive audience I had there for what I create.  The markets I want to get into are full ... waiting room only ..... and with Christmas fast approaching, the chances of getting a stall are remote .... BUT I have to remain positive .... my BELIEF in what I create has to be steadfast.

Whew .... sometimes this self-belief stuff is tough .... and I’m an eternal optimist ... how on earth does a pessimist cope!!!

See ... there is a LITTLE blue sky!!

Despite the woeful weather we did get out for our ramble this morning .... the sun was shining intermittently AND we had respite from the wind .... albeit briefly.  We went back to front direction-wise and went to Glover Park first .... discovering half-way out of Glover Park that I had not one dog in tow but two ... sans human!  On returning to Glover Park we found his human, trying to cross the wet muddy field in sandals ..... which kept getting stuck in the mud!  Despite my initial annoyance I couldn’t help but smile at the muddy predicament she’d found herself in ... part of me, the wicked side, so wanted to take a picture ... but I couldn’t ... she would have been so embarrassed!!!  I choose instead to wait patiently at the side of the field as she oozed across it.
It takes all kinds to make up this wonderfully whacky world of ours!

..... and I found the most appropriate quote for me today ... well, for this last week really .... it's from Calvin and Hobbes "You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet, you have to be in the right mood.  -  What mood is that then?  -   Last-minute panic!!"
I love it!