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From The Archives: Almost Synchronized, January 17, 2007

January 18, 2021 Bernadette 1 Comment black cats, black kittens, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, feline photographs, pet photography, pets, photography, senior cats

Namir thought he was having an after-dinner bath, but he was in fact performing the important work of mentoring a

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From the Archives: Lucy’s Christmas Cactus Bed, December 20, 2006

December 20, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments black kitten, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, feline photographs, kitten, pet photography, pets, photography

Once upon a time, a friend gave me a piece of her Christmas cactus which grew into a large and

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Garden With Maia
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Rescue Story: July 10, 2007, A Memory

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments cat rescue, pet loss, rescue story

I know that one of my daughters lived here because I saw her at the window and talked to her

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From the Archives: A Little Black Kitten, May 26-27, 2006

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 Bernadette 2 Comments cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, feline photographs, pet photography, pets, photography, photos

Little Lucy, 10 days after she’d come to our home, already feeling completely at home. Her three siblings had been

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tortoiseshell cat in forget me nots
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From the Archives: Cats in the Sun, Mid-May, 2007

May 24, 2020 Bernadette 3 Comments cat garden flag, cat jewelry, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, feline photographs, pet photography, pets, photography, photos

Cookie is on the flagstone walkway, waiting for me somewhat impatiently. I don’t remember why, I just remember how beautiful

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From the Archives: Lucy Around the House, Early May, 2007

May 15, 2020 Bernadette 1 Comment cat garden flag, cat jewelry, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, feline photographs, pet photography, pets, photography, photos

  Above, Lucy supurrvises my portrait-making as she also enjoys a splendid sunbath on my studio windowsill. And below, a

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From The Archives: Lucy in Turquoise, 2007

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments black cat, black kitten, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, feline photographs, pet photography, pets, photography

By February 2007, Lucy had become quite the model. She was about 10 months old, still petite, but very aware

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Stanley, Moses, Sophie, 2005
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From the Archives: Three Cats at the Door, 2005, 2006, 2007

November 26, 2019November 28, 2019 Bernadette 0 Comments cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, feline photographs, pet photography, pets, photography, tortoiseshell cat

Three cats enjoying the sun at the back door, three different groups of cats each year, as my household changed

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Once You Were a Stranger

July 14, 2019July 15, 2019 Bernadette 4 Comments black cat, black cats, cat photographs, cat photography, cat photos, cats, feline infectious peritonitis, feline photographs, pet loss, poetry

Once you were a stranger who filled my hand. Now you are a memory who fills my heart. Remembering Lucy.

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Garden With Maia
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From the Archives: Lucy’s Mom in the Garden, July 10, 2007

July 13, 2019July 15, 2019 Bernadette 1 Comment cat rescue, pet loss, rescue story

I know that one of my daughters lived here because I saw her at the window and talked to her

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Book Reviews

How to Photograph Your Cat by Walter Chandoha
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How to Photograph Your Cat, from 1955

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I found this little gem of a booklet I knew I had somewhere in this house. A friend gave it

photo by Walter Chandoha from puss n boots ad
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Vintage Cat Food Ads, and A Career Inspired By a Rescued Cat: Photographer Walter Chandoha

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A Career Inspired By a Rescued Cat, Vintage Cat Food Ads, and Photographer Walter Chandoha

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Cat Confessions: A "Kitty Come Clean" Tell-all Book by Allia Zobel Nolan
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Recalls

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The J. M. Smucker Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of Special Kitty® Wet Cat Food

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