Beside the Garden Wall, Dreaming of a Song

I keep forgetting it´s spring here. But a certain lover boy (say it ¨love-a¨) insists on reminding me.

A sleek black cat mosies in the side garden/patio below my window all day and all night, looking. And meowing. Correction...YOWLing. Seriously, all he does is wander and yowl. He and I have had several conversations, usually as follows:

Me (sticking head out window): Mr. Kitty, why are you talkin so much?!
Mr. Kitty (staring): ... yowl?
Me: Mr. Kitty, you are distracting me from writing this history paper. Could you keep it down?
Mr. Kitty (turning and giving me his tail): Yowl. (aka ¨talk to the tail¨)
Me (shutting the window): K thanks.

You may be asking, how do I know that he´s a he? Isn´t it OBVIOUS? All he does is yowl and circle our garden. Oh, and I forgot to mention the noises. At night, always around 3 in the morning, he has company. And believe you me, they LOVE to make some noise. I kinda wanna grab a papaya from the kitchen bowl and chunk it at the pair, shouting, ¨Could ya take your love-makin somewhere else?!¨ It gets down-right depressing. I lay in bed for an hour, laughing to myself and thinking, ¨At least SOMEONE´s having fun.¨

Last night, he was at it earlier than normal, right around my bedtime. So, to drown out the noise, I stuck in my earphones and put my iPod on shuffle. The SotD was the 1st one and too perfect not to post. I laughed out loud last night, thinking that this song was appropriate for my lil love-a boy outside. I also just love the words as a bittersweet love song. If you wanna go way back in time, check out this video of Nat and revel in his velvety-smooth voice.

Stardust

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart

You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by

Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song

Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain