May 22nd, 2024

Was in the Dollar Store recently and saw this 3-pack of bubble.  Always makes me feel so nostalgic.  I'm not sure exactly what it is about bubbles but I adore them and always have.  Makes me feel such a simple joy.  And I don't have to be the one who creates the bubbles, just watching bubbles brings a momentary delight.  Bubbles are carefree and sillyfun and serve absolutely no purpose other than to bring happiness!  Love that.

I enjoy them so much in fact that, seriously, if you know of some environmental reason why I should not do bubbles, please do not tell me. So many things that I love are now deemed bad for me, bad for others, bad for the planet, bad for the universe. Don't ruin this for me too.  I'm begging you.

Anyway, the 3-pack of bubbles.  Naturally I had to buy it.  I had no choice.    And of course, once I got home, I had to introduce the kittyboys to them.  I wasn't sure what their reaction would be, but hey, let's find out!

At first they were very wary.  Their natural curiousity made them check it out but in a slow and cautious sort of way.  Initially there was a lot of just watching.  Everytime a bubble vanished upon popping,  they grew more interested.  What is this sorcery?  Eventually they approached a bubble still in the air and did what kitties always do, they sniffed at it.  The bubble, of course popped.  

That was shocking enough to have them step back a bit butit did not keep them away for long.  Soon they  progressed from sniffing to touching.  And of course, once again, Pop!  I think they liked that because in very short order they were sitting up on their back legs to swat at bubbles and occasionally jump into the air to smack a bubble here and there.  If they couldn't kill an air bubble they settled for stepping on an intact bubble that landed on the floor.

In short it was Extremely Amusing!  You know what they say, "Simple Pleasures for Simple People".  I don't care one bit.  I think I am a person who is made happy by very simple things.  There's not one single thing wrong with that. 

The cats enjoy the bubbles so much that I asked Tim to be the bubble creator the next day so I could take some pictures.  And then the following day I tried doing it on my own, blowing the bubbles AND taking the pictures which was a little trickier but I got a few. Different light on different days, but still...pictures.

Ready for them?

Here we go, photos with captions:

Brysco and Wyatt love playing bubble so much that they will get my attention by meowing  and when I track them down, I find them sitting by the shelf where I keep the bubbles.  Come on mom, let's play!  And so we do.  Nearly every day now we take a few minutes out to play bubble just for a little bit.  

The down side is that since we are playing in the house, afterwards I have to wash the floor.  No worries, our floor is now cleaner than ever.  Bubble time is immediately followed by washing floor time.  Not a big deal, it is totally balanced out by how much we all are enjoying the bubbles.

And lest you think it is a weird thing for some one as old as me to still be enjoying bubbles, I have this to day,  #1  I dont' care if you call me childish or childlike but I like what I like, and I like bubbles.  You don't have to if you don't want to, but I do.  To thine own self be true and all that  #2  I'm not the only one.  There is a house up in Sarasota that we often drive past that has a bubble machine at the end of their driveway blowing a constant stream of bubbles out onto the sidewalk and beyond to the street. They probably wouldn't be doing that if other people weren't also enjoying it  (I'm pretty sure they don't it just for me) #3 I've been called, odd, weird, strange, unusual and unique my entire life. I'm not at all put off if you do it too and lastly, #4 the kitties are loving it and it makes me happy to see them so happy.

In the words of Don Ho, "Tiny Bubbles....make me happy"  Of course he was talking about the bubbles in a glass of wine, but bubbles is bubbles and happy is happy and I'm good with it.

And now I have that song in my head.  Oh well, maybe that just means it's time to do bubbles.  Come on Kitties!  It's Bubble Time!