From the Archives: The Old Man in the Garden, April 30, 2006
My “old man”, Stanley, at the age of about 24, enjoying the warm bricks and sun in the garden on
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senior cats
Vintage Photo: Waiting at the Door, March 1994
A wistful Kublai waits at the sunny back door in the morning, then again in the evening, just like Mimi,
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Smaller Meals, and More Frequent, for Senior Cats
You may not realize it, but “little Mimi cat” is actually in the geriatric portion of the feline age chart.
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Vintage Photo: Snow Cat, March 1996
Kublai is giving me instructions on how to be a better snow shoveler. He was 15 years old, and that
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Feline Life Stages in Human Years
Above, geriatric and young adult—Peaches at age 20 was considered geriatric, and Giuseppe at 18 months a young adult. Giuseppe
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From the Archives: Namir and Cookie and Me, December 30, 2006
Namir and Cookie curled back to back on my lap, breathing deeply, fast asleep, after we’d come back inside from
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From The Archives: Namir’s December Sunbath, 2006
Namir isn’t really posing with the Christmas cactus flower, but then he had a way of showing up in the
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From the Archives: My Tortie Girls, November 28, 2011
What secrets do you suppose my two tortie girls were sharing? That cute tabby boy who’s been visiting from Midland
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Vintage Photos: New Sunlight at the Doors
Sophie observes as I clean up the front porch on a late autumn afternoon. Photographing through glass always softens things,
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Vintage Photos: Autumn Explorations in Black and White
Why photograph the most colorful season in black and white? To challenge what I see and what I think I
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