Daily Photo: The Magic Grapes Box
“I’m going to nap in the grapes box, okay?” Hamlet is pushing his boundaries, and feeling very brave. The grapes box has magic in it.
Everyone has been taking their turn in the grapes box. Somehow, frightened and feral kitties don’t feel so wild in the box, and they play and nap. It’s just an arm’s length from my chair at my desk downstairs, so all I need to do is turn my head and see a wonderful image.
Above is Hamlet, below is Bella. She got a few more comments and likes on Facebook, but both of them got plenty
“Bella gets some time in the grapes box too, and of course she is CAT 1.”
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Other Photos Posted On or Around This Date…
Daily Photo Reprise: Mewsette in the Mirror, 2012
Diffuse glow...
Mewsette settles here every day after breakfast, quietly reflecting in the sun. In the brilliant yellow morning light the photo looks as if it’s sepia-toned but it’s not, that’s just the natural tones in Mewsette, in the old cream lace curtain, the antique gold mirror frame, even the pine wood of the wardrobe. The mirror is very old and slightly clouded, pitted here and there.
She still does this, nearly every morning, summer and winter, and I’m getting a number of lovely photos of her here again this year.
I decided to try out a few of my favorite filter techniques on this one, and I think I see a series of cards growing out of Mimi and Mewsette here at the top of the stairs, Mimi in the Mirror, Mimi and Don’t You Wonder What They Think?. Yes, it was a wonderful idea, read more about it, below!
Let me know which of these three you like best: at the top is the “diffuse glow” filter, immediately below is the original photos and below that a feathered and textured cream edge.
Feathered and textured cream edge…
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Where you can find this image, and other similar ones.
Victoriana Cats
It looks like I followed through with that idea! I liked this idea so much I did make a set of cards from it. Taking the four most popular images, I desaturated and applied a fine diffuse glow to make them all consistent. Though they appear to be sepia, it is the play of morning sunlight.
And also…
You can find the set of cards, Victoriana Cats available all the time, and the Victoriana Cats Keepsake Boxes when they are in stock—those are handmade.
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ewe guys look awesum in de grapes box !!
sew…like what happened two de grapes ?? we hope mom B maded everee one a pie 🙂 ♥♥♥☺☺☺