The Ideal of Calm
January 7, 2013
Jellybean looking out of our dirty window
Jellybean through the window
“The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.”
— from The Journal of Jules Renard, edited and translated by Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget
It’s in the eyes
Watercolor sketch of Jellybean
Rosemary's Blog 
January 7, 2013 at 6:13 am
I don’t know my herbs very well, but is that rosemary peeking into the side of one of the second photo? Nice touch, if it is! Still nice if it isn’t, but not as amusing.
Jellybean may be calm, but there’s a touch of – something – in his eyes. Black cats are so mysterious.
January 7, 2013 at 7:33 am
Yes, that’s my Christmas wreath made from the rosemary in my garden. It will last a long time.
January 7, 2013 at 6:46 am
So pretty! I love black cats. I have my very first black cat that I adopted 5 years ago. As Shoreacres says – they are mysterious- but I’m afraid my Jasper is more comical. He’s 19 pounds of heft and far more like “Simon’s Cat”- always needy, always wanting food or out in the fenced yard. Busy mind, busy body, but the long winters have taken a toll on his waistline. And he talks more than any cat I’ve ever known. I WISH he was mysterious and I LOVE it when he’s calm.
January 7, 2013 at 7:34 am
We’ve had Jellybean for almost 15 years now. He is definitely getting mellower with age. Perhaps Jasper will, too.
January 7, 2013 at 10:37 am
We also have a black cat with huge yellow eyes that looks just like your Jellybean, though not quite as old, who also sits and looks longingly out the window! I like the blue “highlights” in Jellybean’s fur!
January 7, 2019 at 7:12 am
Those eyes are amazing!