The Cat and the Punchbowl
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79892)
Daytona Beach, Florida
May 22, 2023 6:08pm CST
My very first cat Cha-Cha was scooped up from a friend’s garden when she was just a kitten. It was odd how we came together because she was a Maine coon cat type even though she was born in Latvia. I guess we Americans found each other. Cha-Cha became part of my household even before Martin did and later on Christmas was always the busiest time of the year in our house. Everything seemed cluttered and decorations in the middle of everything but we enjoyed it anyway. Actually, the photo is rather historical the large framed photo against the wall on the left side is of my dad. It was taken of him at a train station during WW II somewhere in Germany as he had already gotten out of Latvia. He is sitting on a trunk that held his latest poetry writings and other stuff. Before he settled in a German DP Camp that trunk got lost during an air raid when he went to hide in a basement.
You can see our living room here as we were getting ready to celebrate Christmas. I used to make a wine punch and just as we were looking forward to dinner guess who got to the table first? There she was sitting in the middle of the table set for dinner and eyeing the punch bowl.
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@1creekgirl (41444)
• United States
23 May 23
Your Christmas room is beautiful. That's so funny seeing Cha Cha eyeing the punch bowl. I know that photo of your dad is a special treasure to you.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@1creekgirl I was happy to see it came out so well on this photo. If she wasn't on the table Cha-Cha enjoyed sleeping beneath the Christmas tree,
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@1creekgirl nope she never did but she enjoyed batting the balls off of the tree,
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@1creekgirl (41444)
• United States
23 May 23
@RasmaSandra Did she ever try to climb the Christmas tree?
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@AmbiePam that photo is now with me here in Florida. Since it could be seen I was able to tell the story of that trunk,
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@snowy22315 (180805)
• United States
23 May 23
The punchbowl must have been fun to look at
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@snowy22315 the punch in the bowl would move when you walked about the room, I guess that got her interested,
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@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
23 May 23
I like your photo. There’s a lot to look at. Your kitty made for a nice centerpiece.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@Tampa_girl7 we loved that girl so much that if it wasn't for having to light the candles and put food on the table we would have filled our glasses with the punch and let her stay there,
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
23 May 23
Cats always know exactly where you don't want then and that's where they go.3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
23 May 23
@RasmaSandra They can't help it. They want to know everything that's going on around them.
It would be funny seeing one whisker shortened like that. 
It would be funny seeing one whisker shortened like that. 3 people like this
@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@JudyEv could be she was a very curious cat
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@allknowing (136532)
• India
23 May 23
Cats find themselves comfortable anywhere and everywhere. We have had that experience.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
24 May 23
@RasmaSandra Cats are fascinated to see liquid moving in a bowl.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@LadyDuck she was a chunky girl with fluffy fur. When you walked around the room the punch in the bowl moved so she was probably looking at the movement.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@just4him we always enjoyed it even when there were just us two and Cha-Cha made three
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 May 23
@RasmaSandra I'm glad you did.
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@JESSY3236 (19942)
• United States
23 May 23
That's sad his trunk is lost forever. My cats would be eyeing that punch bowl too.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@JESSY3236 he said they all ran into a shelter when alarms sounded and the trunk had to be left on the train platform, After the air raid ended the trunk was no longer there,
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@Kandae11 I love it that I have them on my PC and can just sit back and look at them. What in the world to do with so many albums I also have I do not know, SIGH
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@CarolDM I am glad that my dad's photo can be seen so well in that picture
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 May 23
@RasmaSandra I know you are, priceless memories for you. I wish I had more photos of my Mom.
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
23 May 23
Like it or not our kitties are our helpers.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
23 May 23
This is an absolutely wonderful timeless photo Sandra!! I can be in it.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@jstory07 who knows what cats think perhaps she was thinking it was water like what is always in her bowl but why was it a different color 
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@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
24 May 23
I hope you gave her a cup---well at least a sip!
Sorry, you lost your dad's writing.
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@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
25 May 23
@RasmaSandra Sadly many stories like that--my grandmother lost her wedding ring--a plain--and I mean PLAIN--not even gold--taken by an 'officer'
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 May 23
@GreatMartin that is so sad because the memories and meaning of the taken item can never be replaced
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 May 23
@GreatMartin it was the darndest thing my mom told me, dad had the trunk on the train platform, came a siren, everyone ran into a shelter, they came out, and no trunk. I mean during an air raid in WW II would you really think some idiots would drag the trunk away?
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 May 23
@RubyHawk we always enjoyed Christmas even when it was just the two of us,
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
1 Jun 23
@RasmaSandra Christmas is always a special holiday.
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@LindaOHio (178835)
• United States
23 May 23
What a cozy room. Love the picture of your dad. Funny with Cha-Cha by the punch bowl. Have a good day.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 May 23
@LindaOHio very good memories
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