Daily Photo: We Are Still Here

June 14, 2018 Bernadette

Basil and Hamlet want you to know they feel very left out of things, and while they often complained about me and my camera…they kind miss the attention.

“Ever since she’s been coming home smelling like other cats and dirt and sardines with dew on her shoes it brings back a life we remember…and don’t ever want to go back to. But that’s about all she’s done for a week, and we want things back to normal,” the boys said.

They are right, I haven’t done much else lately and they haven’t gotten the attention they usually do. I don’t know if they understand that I’m saving some kitties as they were saved, but I know that Mimi does, and I’m sure she’ll let them know.

I miss photographing them every day and capturing photos like these six of these two long-haired princes looking absolutely gorgeous.

From Facebook and Instagram

We have a lot to catch up with!

MAY 26

Today’s forecast: Lots of sun and a fair chance of catnip! Turn on your favorite CatTV station and enjoy!

MAY 29

When your mom says it’s too hot to share the basket, but you think she won’t notice if you just have your paws in there.

MAY 31

It’s the new place to be! Four bins of merchandise to be put away is the tallest thing in the room and an immediate cat magnet. Guess I’ll have to walk around the leaning tower of cat stuff for a few days.

It’s a tale of three tails. That’s it, I have to work somewhere else in the house or I’ll just photograph them all day long.

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Photos posted on or around this date in previous years

Thinking About Staying Home For Once?, 2017

The boys are getting a good look at me before I leave the house once again lest they forget what I look like. At least I know they miss me.

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The view from here. Giuseppe and Mimi enjoy speckled sunshine, I enjoy them.

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Daily Photo: Watching the Sky Change

Basil watches the birds through the screen.

Basil watched me work outside the window in the early evening, and also watched the birds in the trees and the clouds going by. Always have the camera ready, you never know when you’ll get an interesting shot. Even though the screen shows as a pattern it’s still interesting. The colors in the background are the opposite hill in full evening sun seen through my back door on the other side of the kitchen.

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A neat desk is a sign that you don’t have enough cats. On the flipside, they also give you an excuse for a messy desk. The boys made the most of their supervisory shift yesterday. I don’t think they will ever outgrow cuddling.

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The Magic Shopping Bag, 2012

Same boys, three years ago.

black cat in shopping bag — Bean is in the bag!

I unpacked my groceries when I got home, and just as I thought I had emptied the bag I turned around and there was a black kitty in there! Where did he come from?! I didn’t go to the store where they have kitties for adoption, so how could a kitty have gotten into my bag, and under all my groceries?

Then I saw the white brushes in the kitty’s ears—it was Jelly Bean! And he had neatly hopped into my really big and tall shopping bag without touching the sides. What a kitty! Then he jumped back out without touching the sides.

Not to be outdone, Mr. Sunshine was next. “Take my picture please,” said the confident Mr. Sunshine, waiting patiently while I focused on his nose.

black cat in bag — Mr. Sunshine is in the bag.

And then Giuseppe saw what was up, and you know that all three boys have to do the same things together. Giuseppe hadn’t been in on the beginning so he wasn’t sure what to do. Still, when Mr. Sunshine jumped out of the bag, Giuseppe jumped in and sat down to look at me. “Is this what I’m supposed to do? Am I just supposed to sit here?” he asked. Giuseppe is a little bit of a worrier.

“That’s perfect, Giuseppe,” I told him. “Just stay exactly as you are while I take your photo…and in fact, you can stay just exactly as you are forever, all of you, because you’re all such perfectly nice kitties!”

So that’s the story of the Magic Shopping Bag, silly but true.

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Greeting Cards from Portraits of Animals!

set of four sepia images of black cats — Victoriana Cats in dreamy semi-sepia tones

Though these photos may look antique and sepia-toned, they are neither. My cats are perfect models and knew to pose in the bright yellow morning sun in front of my round antique mirror and the narrow casement window with the lace curtain. I applied a few Photoshop filters to the original photos to make them consistent in tone and style. On the back is the story of the photo.

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