An Ode to the Torch of Olympus by Old Kitty
Last Saturday, the Olympic Torch did come
Through my home town with some aplomb!
Was I ready to cheer in the rain with the crowds?
NO I was not, as by heck I had my head stuck in the clouds!
J
Yes bloggie friends! By the time I raced through the streets to get a glimpse of the torch being carried through on its way to London, it was all over! LOL!
Charlie says: I have nice view of plant from here.
And so to make up for my lack of Olympian spirit, here is the view of the Olympic Stadium taken from the train window yesterday. It was raining Olympiad rain!
Have a fabulous week everyone!! I turn 44 on the 11 July!! Hooorah!
98 comments:
Bloody hell that stadium looks surprisingly unfinished. Happy early birthday :) I saw the Olympic flame but I felt really out of place. Everyone there was cheering and making noise and I just wanted it to quieten down. No chance of that happening.
Well, it's all exciting just the same! :)
and happy birthday early!!! 44? You're just a baby! ha.
Sorry you missed it! But with the Olympics right there, you'll still get to see some awesome stuff.
Too bad you missed the torch. I would have stayed away thinking there would be a crowd of people! Hope you get some sun this week!!!
Too bad you just missed the torch, that would have been fun to see. Howdy Charlie, I hope you are feeling okay pal. Happy early Birthday To your Mum!
Very excited for the upcoming Olympics, Kitty. I've missed you and Charley. Celebrate big time on the 11th!
That's a cool photo, despite the rain. And yes, Charlie, you have a great view of that plant.
44? Ah, youth. XOXOXOX
They say the memory is the first thing to go, ;>) I figure it's because we have so much to remembr we haven't room for new things!
Happy almost birthday!!!
Eileen
I enjoy watching the Olympics but would not fight a crowd to see the torch!! I'm with you, view the slides on the news!!!!
Have a great week.
The torch ran through my town of Mission Viejo CA back in 1986. That guy must be tired by now!
And have a very Happy Birthday. Do something crazy. Just don't get caught!
Happy birthday, Old Kitty! Hurrah to you! xo
How cool you get to see the Olympic Stadium. Sorry you missed the torch. I once missed the elephants being walked through Cambridge (MA, in the US) on the way to Boston.) We screwed up the time.
They did the torch already????? When does this event begin???
Happy 44th birthday!
It's silly, but that rain looks so nice. It's just too hot here!
Happy birthday! I wish I were as young as you!
Years ago I had a chance to see the Olympic torch taken by runners through downtown Denver -- it was fun and inspiring. But my chance to see it lasted only a few minutes, so no wonder you missed it I hope you and Charlie have a grand time during the games.
Love your ode!
I'd rather look at pictures of lovely Charlie than a torch :-)
Happy Birthday for the 11th xx
Ah yes, I'm usually late to the party as well. Loved your ode.
oh, oh!! And happy birthday!!!!!My birthday is a day before yours!! How awesome!! I hope you celebrate!!!
Have a lovely birthday!
Happy almost birthday! Forty-four sounds very lucky.
Let's hope the Olympic rain lets up in time for the Games!
Too bad you missed the torch! I clicked the link and went to the page, then had some bizarre "red alert" type messages, so ended up leaving the page.
Happy birthday two days early. I hope you'll take the day off work. Seriously. I regret not doing that this year, even though I took the following Friday. Not the same. Take the day off and make it a special celebration! :-)
Mum wondered if you are going to go to any events at the Olympics Jenn?
If you do probably a wet suit might be the best thing to wear if this weather carries on. Charlie we think the best place to be is inside having several snoozes.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Happy birthday in advance, Jenn! Enjoy your special day!
The Olympic Stadium looks so big and beautiful, even in the rain.
I'm hoping to visit London in autumn ...hope the weather will be nice then!
I can't wait for the olympics to start!
Happy early birthday! :)
We almost decided not to go see the flame when it came through our city for the last winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was freezing and blizzardy - but we trudged to see it anyway. too bad you missed it! :)
Happy early birthday! And hooray for the torch!
An early happy birthday to you!
When the torch went through Canada before the last winter games, it passed through my parents' home town. We went to go see it.
Ooooohh...the Olympic is getting really near! How exciting!!
Hey Charlie, is that a pot of rosemary? :)
Sorry you missed the torch. The Olympics are always so exciting to look forward to.
Glad Charlie had important things to enjoy, like his plants. I admire the way he prioritizes.
Here's to London rainy days.
The Winter Olympics came to my city when I was in university. Even though I was majoring in physical education, I wasn't excited about it--until I saw the hot athletes wondering around the local mall. Man, did I get excited after that. :D
Sorry you missed the torch passing, Old Kitty. Great photo, though, of the stadium.
And that Charlie; he always manages to get a good vantage point of everything.
Sorry you missed the torch passing, Old Kitty. Great photo, though, of the stadium.
And that Charlie; he always manages to get a good vantage point of everything.
Oh too bad you missed the torch. That is so exciting that your train goes right by one of the Olympic places.
Charlie you are looking good. How is the chewing going??
Have a great day.
It's your b-day week. Happy birthday!
Eek, all that rain.
My cousin's birthday is July 11, too. Happy Birthday!
Wishing you a very happy (early) birthday!!! Hope the day is very special for you.
Hello handsome Charlie.
purrs
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Aw, happy birthday in two days, you whippersnapper, you! How exciting to have the Olympics so close to you! I remember years ago when the torch ran through streets in So. Calif. and one was through Fullerton where we lived at the time. It was soooooo cool, and people were riding bikes behind and walking, decked out in red, white & blue clothes. I took a few pictures. Not sure where I put them, but one was of a kid maybe ten years old holding a toilet plunger up high with a red cloth sticking out of the top for the flame. That was pretty funny! Hope you have a wonderful birthday, OC!
My nephew carried the torch in his town. His parents were pretty proud. :)
Have a wonderful birthday. I hope you are doing something smashing like you did last year.
ConCATulations for the 11 July, it's a special day!
Lovely pictures!
Luna - WE LOVE LUNA
Happy Birthday (in advance)
happy birthday (in advance)
Oh paw you! Glad Charlie is enjoying the flora.
Our next door neighbour carried the torch when it arrived from Saltash to Plymouth.
We got to hold it when he brought it round to our house! Before then I'd been less interested until I heard that he was involved :O)
Oh wow Happy Birthday you young kitty ;O)
How exciting watching the torch!! Sure looks rainy there tho. :(
HAPPY (early) BDAY!!! All the best! Go out and celebrate! :D
Happy early Birthday, Old Kitty! :)
It was interesting to see the picture of the stadium--looks impressive, even despite the rain!
Have a great birthday tomorrow :-) All those candles that Charlie has to help you blow out.
Have a great day kid :-) :-) :-)
lots of love
x x x
Happy Birthday. It's nice to meet you Charlie. Brian suggested I stop by to visit because I've also had extensive dental work and have no teeth. My toothie story is in my blog at http://mariodacat.blogspot.com Just look for the tab at the top of the page. I was diagnosed with stomatitis, a little different than your diagnosis. But, the end result is the same - we had to have all out teeth pulled. If I can be of any help to you, please let me know. Leave a message on my blog and I'll get an email message. If you do leave a message, leave it under the last post rather than the one about the toothie story so I get it right away.
Happy almost birthday, Old Kitty!
Me finks Charlie deserves a treat acause it's almost your birthday. Just sayin'
Love, TK
Oh yeah, evidently the 'summer' Olympics are here very soon.
Shame you missed the torch. With all the cold, miserable weather, might have been good to warm yourself from the glow of the flame!
I was slightly cryptic when I sort of mentioned my birthday. However, go for it and have a lovely birthday on the 11th of July. Which is, cause I'm still awake, is right NOW!
See ya later, eh
x
We agree with TK and Squashies! Happy Early Birthday to you today, and also Happy Unbirthday to you!
Happy Birthday, beautiful Jenn!...Wishing you a Personal New Year filled with great health and tremendous joy, lovely friend...So sorry your precious Charlie is having health difficulties; hoping for a quick recovery from the dental surgery, keeping him in my daily prayers in hopes he is 100% ASAP...Thank you for the love and kindness you share with your wonderful comments; you are a special lady and adorable Charlie is lucky to have you for his Mum...Best of luck to you both, sending love and big hugs...J, Calle, Halle, Sukki
Happy real birthday, Old Kitty. We hopes you has a great day!
Love, TK,Squashies, and TKMom
Happy birthday, Old Kitty. We hope you have a wo derful day today!
Love, TK, Squashies, and TKMom
Charlie, we are purring and purraying very hard for you and your dental surgeries. Lots of hugs and love to you!!
XOXO
Maggie May and The Creek Cats
I see Charlie that it's your birthday ~ We wish you all the best with many kitty treats.
We're sorry tho to hear about your dental issues. We will keep our paws crossed for you.
Hugs,
Lily Belle & Muffin
We hear the v-e-t is gonna steal the rest of your teeths....don't worry Charlie - we know you will feel so much better and it won't slow you down at all. :) We will be sending purrs.....
Happy birthday! Heard about Charlie's dental work. Hope all goes well. I can't send purrs anymore since MoMo went to the Bridge last month.
Happy Birthday Old Kitty!!!! I hope you have a special day and we all think you are special. Mega-purrs to dear Charlie too.
We stopped by to leave some purrs and pawhugs for you and Charlie over his dental surgeries.
Oh, MAN! That's exactly how it would have happened to me. I totally can't pay enough attention to get someplace at a certain time...
Very exciting! I remember when the torch came through my neighborhood heading for the Atlanta games...so great to be a part of history.
We are sending purs to Charlie, and hope that the teeth removal will be the answer to his health problems.
A very happy birthday, Jennifer! We hope you're having a GREAT day!
raining olympiad rain--hahahaha! What a funny thing to say. I wish it would rain here. Just a little bit. :p
Glad you're feeling better. Sorry you missed the torch! <3
Happy birthday!!
I hope your dental will go well on Jul 20 and get better quickly.
Sorry you missed the torch! I remember seeing it in 1986 in Los Angeles (I grew up there).
Happy birthday, (not so) Old Kitty!
Sorry to hear about Charlie's calicivirus. We are purring and praying that the dental work helps him feel better.
Hugs to you both.
Happy birthday to you!!!! I hope you are having a fantastic day. Wishing you everything wonderful!
And so exciting that the Olympic fun is in your backyard! Thanks for the photos.
Happy Birthday, OC! Here's to a good time! Hope you and Charlie have a great time celebrating.
Here's a BD song for you:
http://youtu.be/MjF1bG5LUcs
Happy Birthday Old Kitty!! So sorry you missed the torch - great pic from the train window - I wonder if they'll try to adjust any rainy weather for the Olympics? I believe they can use aircraft to drive the clouds away - with my luck, they'll all fetch up on Wales :-)
Hello my friend. I just heard that you were sick and having your teeth out. I came to say I am sorry because I didnt know. I had mine done last year and so send my sympathy my friend. I will be purring so hard for you and hope to hear you are home and tip top real soon. I just saw its your mum's birthday today and say Happy Birthday to your mum. Our Jamie bean has a birthday today too and is 12 today.. Hugs GJ xx
Happy, happy birthday!!!! Today is the 11th!!!!!!!
I just heard that Charlie is not doing well? OMG....I am hoping he will be ok!!!!!!!!
Please install the "follow by email" option on your blog so that I don't miss anything!
xoxoxo
happy birthday to you:)
Have a good one x
Buy some lovely shoes!
Dear Charlie, I sure hopes you does ok wifout your teefies. (Me has a secret, me not has too many teefies either, and I does ok... cept for crunchies, which me not gets too much anymore.)
We've come over from Ginger Jasper's bloggie to wish you well in your surgery. You are in our prayers, dear, and will be until you are well again. All of our love.
Happy Birthday Charlie!!!
We heard that you were losing some teeths and wants to offer purrs of comfort and healing.
Hi Charlie! We saw you needed some purrs, so we stopped by to add ours. We hope everything goes well and you're doing better soon, we're purring for you!
Hi Charley!
Mes is visiting because me heard about your teeths! Having them all taken is awful!
Me is 1 Lucky cat! Me has seen the torch when the Winter Olympics was in Vancouver, they ran through our town and me gots to see it!
And
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♥❇★♡♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ☆*•.¸♥❄♥
Kisses
Nellie
I love your poem, Old Kitty. Charlie, we hope you are feeling better. Happy Birthday!
We are all purring that Charlie's extractions go well and he adjusts perfectly!
Happy Birthday. I too and new to your blog. Hope you have a great birthday.
hugs, Max, Bugsy and Knuckles
I am here because your good friend at Cat Chat mentioned that Charlie was going to have all of his teeth pulled soon and I am heartbroken for him. I hope he manages to get through the pain with flying colors and that he will recover quickly.
Hi there !
We where sent over to you from Cat chat :)
Wish you a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
Hi I've just come over from cat chat with Caren & Cody I'm sorry to hear about Charlie having to have his all his teeth removed.
Happy birthday & take care.
Sheba.
We are visiting from Fuzzy Tails. I volunteer at a rescue and clean the FIV kitties' home. We have one kitty who has no teeth. He does fine on canned food and just needs his mouth wiped off occasionally :) We are sending lots of purrs your way, Charlie.
Brian got a call from Marg that her power was out but she is OK! Her phone may be back on today and hopefully internet soon.
Hi there Charlie and Jenn. We are back online. Thank COD. Now we are worried about Charlie. We are sending tons of purrs that he will do all right with the teeth coming out. He will be able to eat just fine probably pretty soon after the surgery. The donkeys are not only crossing their hooves but sending lots of hee haws.
Well---all the way down the street from Dallas--we all wish your the bestest of birthdays! Get lots of ice cream so sweet dude Charlie can lick it! And for mancat Charlie--all our purrs and whiskers go out to him (and you for takin' such good care of him!)....as for the Olympics..you're gonna have a TON of stories!!!
Take care!
Noir
I hope you're doing ok, Mister Charlie. We're very worried for you and sending lots of purrs.
Ikes I cannot believe I missed your birthday. Happy Birthday-we are just days apart. Charlie, I hope that your teeth heel well.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, JENNIFER!!!
I hope you had a lovely Bday. Thank you for sharing that pic of the stadium. Even though you missed seeing the torch, at least you can say it passed by your city ;)
Happy belated Birthday, girl! Hope it was fantastic!
Happy belated Birthday, girl! Hope it was fantastic!
Oops. We forgot to wish you a Happy Birthday when we were by the other day. Hope it was a great one!
Happy birthday!!! We're close to the same age.
Happy belated birthday!
Happy Birthday, Old Kitty, and many more :)
What an exciting time for you all. It's so very cool to have the Olympics going on in your area.
We think you probably had the best view, Charlie. Have a good weekend. xoxo
Oh, exciting! Sorry you missed the Olympic torch.
I flew over London for the first time about 2 weeks ago on my way back to Canada and saw the stadium from above.
London must buzzing like mad right about now.
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