A Cat A Day: 9/365

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Today’s pictures show Emma (@noxidle) and her son Samuel, who visited us this weekend. Samuel charmed us all, even treating us to a rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Here, they’re cuddling Rosie, who came to us with her companion Willow when Emma needed to find them a new home. Rosie loved seeing her proper mum and Willow shouted and looked for her for 10 minutes after she left.

We all hope that Emma and her mum Lynda (@enterpriselynda) come and visit us again soon.

 

 

A Cat A Day: 7/365

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Today’s picture is from the archives. It’s lilac-point Pushkin just before we got married in October 1998. As a young man, he was the most athletic and skilled cat I’ve ever owned. Among other tricks, he not only retrieved like a dog (which Siamese often will), he would also catch small objects with his paws in mid-air and put them into his mouth before he landed. I wish I’d had a Flip camera then.

January 2nd’s photograph shows 14 year-old Pushkin as he is today.

A Cat A Day: 6/365

It’s slowly dawning on me that there is a certain amount of effort required to maintain a Project 365. And I’m only on Day 6. 

I’ve discovered that:

  • I’d prefer my photographs to be in focus; I hadn’t noticed that they weren’t before
  • I’d like them not to be same-y; a challenge in a 3 bedroom house, even with 5 cats to play with
  • It would be better if I didn’t wait until after 10pm to take each day’s picture

Today’s photograph is of Willow, who is a little calmer and more confident each day.

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