Daily Photo: Mimi Read My Mind Again, and a Video
Mimi read my mind again.
Out in the back yard watching her enjoy the picnic bench I wondered how I could photograph her that would be different from the other eleventy-billion photos I already have of Mimi on the picnic bench, and had a fleeting thought of her interacting with the emerging Virginia creeper vines that twist around the table and bench. Within minutes Mimi provided a dozen possibilities for that idea, combining my joy and hers. And it’s also an example of just taking a lot of photos to see what you’ll end up with. I liked each photo I took as Mimi moved into position, or as I moved around her, then another pose came into view and I liked that one too. Again, a little overwhelming, but that’s why I decided to do a Monday Mimi in the Yard feature. These photos are from May 12, 2020, and the little vine is now a big vine,but we still do this today.
First, get a look at the view.
Sneeze!
Have a seat.
Then must have a little bath to settle into the whole process of owning the space.
Then the initial stretch out and rest.
Then she turned over and moved into exactly the place where I’d envisioned her, tucking herself up to and under the vine.
Mimi is completely amazing with her ability to anticipate what I’m visualizing.
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And a Mimi Video
One lone catnip plant sprouted at the edge of the walk. Mimi is blissed. I took this video with my new phone. I apologize for the small size of the video—I can only upload up to 50MB to my site so I had to save this down to a smaller size so it came in under 50.
Making these little videos has been fun, and I already have another. Plan to see more!
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Because we have so many photos of Mimi today, I will feature recent Instagram and nature & wildlife photos tomorrow, Tuesday. Four of my most favorite photos of Mimi outside are below in previous years, and there’s a little video of her playing with a cattrack toy years ago!
From around this date in past years
Window Hunting, 2019
Mariposa often naps at the open window behind my monitor when I’m in my office. There’s a purrfect view of lots of exciting wildlife just ready for window hunting! There’s the birdbath and the catbird who talks to her, they hummingbirds who visit the feeder on the edge of the porch, lots of little critters who race across the porch, and…a baby groundhog.
So Mariposa is reclining on the edge of my desk, the windowsill, and the track where the window slides. Then she stiffens, listening, and very…very…very slowly turns around, flattens her ears and looks over the edge of the window frame, then slowly rises up onto her front paws and watches, rapt at something moving in the ground cover just off the porch.
And then, the little critter has the courage, with such a brave and capable hunter having it pinned in here eyebeams, starts to walk across the porch…but then stops, apparently sensing those eyebeams. There was an extended standoff, and then the little one made a break for it.
Baby groundhogs are almost as cute as kittens. I just wish they wouldn’t eat all my gardens down to nothing, especially when I leave all the native plants I know they love to eat.
Photos shared in past years
The Huntress, 2016
On a quiet afternoon the garden was full of excitement.
For several years before moving in here Mimi hunted for food for her babies. Now that she’s a pampered princess she still likes to indulge now and then, just to keep in shape.
Nothing escapes her notice.
Capturing these photos between the blades of grass and sometimes confusing light and shadows and moving blades of grass was my own hunting expedition for the afternoon. See below if you’d like a print of one or more.
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Just Playing
But she still has a great time with toys! Someone donated a few toys her cat didn’t like, and I moved most to the kitten room but all the house panthers were immediately absorbed by this cat track with a ball swirling around the bottom that makes bird chirps when you smack it, and one in the top that just goes around, and feathers out of the top, just for good measure. Mimi is feeling pretty darned well, and just because she does (and I still find it a miracle), and because she was once a primarily outdoor cat endlessly breeding but has fully embraced being a pampered and loved house panther I filmed her having a great time playing with the birdie track ball. Watch it below or on watch it on YouTube.
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