That life is........

I learned what is obvious to a child.
That life is simply a collection of little lives,
each lived one day at a time.
That each day should be spent finding
beauty in flowers and poetry and
talking to animals. That a day spent
with dreaming and sunsets and
refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.
Nicholas Sparks

Jimmy Stewarts alter egos...

oN tHe BiG sCrEen....

1935:
SHORTY in Murder Man

1936:
CHRISTOPHER TYLER in Next Time We Love
TERRY MARTIN in Speed
TED BARKER in Born To Dance
RODERICK DOW in Gorgeous Hussy
DAVID GRAHAM in After the Thin Man
JOHN FLOWER in Rose Marie
ELMER in Small Town Girl
DAVE in Wife vs Secretary

1937:
PAUL NORTH SR. in Last Gangster
JOHN CROSS in Navy Blue and Gold
CHICO in Seventh Heaven

1938:
PROFESSOR PETER MORGAN JR in Vivacious Lady
WILLIAM PETTIGREW in Shopworn Angel
JASON WILKINS in Of Human Hearts
TONY KIRBY in You Can't Take It With You

1939:
JOHN HORACE MASON in Made For Each Other
LARRY HALL in Ice Follies of 1939
GUY HOHNSON in It's a Wonderful World
THOMAS JEFFERSON DESTRY JR. in Destry Rides Again
JEFFERSON SMITH in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

1940:
MARTIN BREITER in Mortal Storm
GAYLORD ESTERBROOK in No Time For Comedy
ALFRED KRALIK in Shop Around the Corner
MACAULEY "MIKE" CONNER in Philadelphia Story

1941:
JAMES HAMILTON HASKEL in Pot O' Gold
GILBERT YOUNG in Ziegfeld Girl
BILL SMITH in Come Live With Me

1946:
GEORGE BAILEY in It's A Wonderful Life

1947:
LAWRENCE "RIP" SMITH in Magic Town

1948:
P.J. McNEAL in Call Northside 777
MARVIN PAYNE in You Gotta Stay Happy
SLIM in On Our Merry Way
RUPERT CADELL in Rope

1949:
MONTY STRATTON in Statton Story
JOHN ROYER in Malaya

1950:
BILL LAWRENCE in Jackpot
TOM JEFFORDS in Broken Arrow
ELWOOD P. DOWD in Harvey
LIN McADAM in Winchester '73

1951:
THEODORE HONEY in No Highway in the Sky

1952:
DAVID MARSHALL WILLIAMS in Carbine Williams
GLYNN McLYNTOCK in Bend of the River
BUTTONS in Greatest Show On Earth

1953:
STEVE MARTIN in Thunder Bay
HOWARD KEMP in Naked Spur

1954:
L.B.JEFFRIES in Rear Window

1955:
ROBERT HOLLAND in Strategic Air Command
JEFF WEBSTER in Far Country
WILL LOCKHART in Man From Laramie

1956:
DR. BEN McKENNA in Man Who Knew Too Much

1957:
GRANT McLAINE in Night Passage
CHARLES A. LINDBERGH in The Spirit Of St. Louis

1958:
SHEPHERD 'SHEP' HENDERSON in Bell, Book & Candle
JOHN "SCOTTIE", "JOHNNY-O" FERGUSON in Vertigo

1959:
HOHN MICHAEL 'CHIP' HARDESTY in FBI Story
PAUL BIEGLER in Anatomy Of A Murder

1961:
MARSHALL GUTHRIE McCABE in Two Rode Together

1962:
ROGER HOBBS in Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation
SENATOR RANSOM "RANSE" STODDARD in Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1963:
FRANK MICHAELSON in Take Her, She's Mine
LINUS RAWLINGS in How The West Was Won

1964:
WYATT EARP in Cheyenne Autumn

1965:
PROF. ROBERY LEAF in Dear Brigitte
CHARLIE ANDERSON in Shenandoah
CAPT. FRANK TOWNS in Flight Of The Phoenix

1966:
SAM BURNETT in Rare Breed

1968:
MACE BISHOP in Bandolero!
JOHNNY COBB in Firecreek

1970:
JOHN O'HANLAN in Cheyenne Social Club

1971:
MATTIE APPLEYARD in Fool's Parade

1976:
DR. E.W. HOSTETTER in The Shootist
PHILLIP STEVENS in Airport '77

these artists do something to me.....

in no particular order...

Joseph Cornell
Gustav Klimt
J W Waterhouse
G Paxson MacGlaughlin
Alexander Calder
Nick Bantock
Misty Mawn
Jennifer Davis
Joe Popp
Karen Dodson
Edward Gorey
Teesha Moore
Claudine Hellmuth
Maxfield Parrish
Abigail Adams Greenway
Lesley Riley
Vik Muniz

Our Cats

We have four cats: WoolyBear, Lucille, Zuzu and LittleBit. Yes, that's where my blog name comes from. It fits a lot of things and situations..."yes, I'll have a little bit", "I'll be there in a little bit", "I'm feeling a little bit better, thank you." But Little Bit got that name because she is a little bit of a cat. She was tiny when my husband got her and she never really grew big at all. I guess it would be a different story if she grew to be a 16 pound cat, we'd probably have to change her name so the other cats wouldn't laugh at her.
Lucille and Zuzu are sisters. Lucille is named after my husband's grandmother Lucille and Zuzu is named after the youngest Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (one of my favorite movies.) They get along somewhat but keep to their territories: Lucille upstairs most of the time and Zuzu downstairs. WoolyBear is the only male and the largest cat of the four and the most friendly.
He is the perfect cat-- never growls or hisses, always ready to be petted or to play.
They are all indoor cats but Wooly and LittleBit like to go out whenever they can wedge their kitty bodies out of the back door when it's in use. It truly is like having kids... they get into trouble and we yell/talk to them like you would to children. It can get expensive having quatro cats with vet bills and food, cat toiletries, toys, etc. We love our kitties just as you would children too. They can be so comforting and fun and some of the best company. You get to be yourself with them and when they plop on the floor and look at you with those blinky eyes, you know they think that too.