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I was going for "toe beans" which is what I remembered the Happy Caturday theme as being. I was wrong - it's "paws" which is great since the toe beans are out of focus. Actually, the only thing in focus is Mack's face but at least I didn't have to resort to an old photo of Jimmy.
Happy Caturday: Paws
A slide I took in the mid 1980s at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire. This Mack F786 was at the steam traction engine rally held there one weekend. If you show heavy and slow moving traction engines, you need something to haul one around!
I found out about this rally by chance listening to the local Amateur Radio group who had a special event station there. I had a brief chat on 2 meters with them and decided to go up and take a look.
This photo was taken four years ago with a CAMERA instead of a phone. Mack was looking good - even SOOC.
Working with my black fiber optics with the help of Mack armstrong as model. more like this coming soon let me know what you think.
Lots has changed in our cat world this year. I had to say goodbye to Ella and we gained Pippi. The one happy constant has been Mack, AKA Big Mack Attack (from an old McDonald's commercial).
Mack, at 16, is still very much himself. He still has strong (loud) opinions about wanting to go outside or to come back inside and he still lies on top of me in bed so close that his nose nearly touches mine. He loves sitting on George's lap at night after I've gone to bed and has handled all the changes in his life with calm acceptance. I love this sweet, vocal, ginger kitty and am grateful that he's doing well.
Happy Caturday: Memories of 2024
Mack has wonderful ginger markings but the biggest contrast in colors can be found on his tail which is striped with both ginger and blond colors.
I love having my favorite group open for two days. I may post a second photo tomorrow.
Happy Caturday: patterns and paws
When I first got Mack as a kitten, I was relieved that he didn't have freckles as most ginger cats do. And then, about 10 years ago, he started developing a few freckles and I decided that since they were on Mack, I liked them after all (see post in the comments).
So for this week's Happy Caturday theme of "favorite part" I wanted a photo of Mack's freckles. I realize this isn't the best shot of them but the way his paws were framing his freckles was too cute.
Just a happy update, Mack hasn't had to wear his e-collar for the past week. No new lesions and since I think the unknown allergen is outside, I'm sort of relieved that the weather has turned so cold. Mack doesn't want to spend too much time outside.
Happy Caturday: Favorite part
A loaded coal train from West Elk Mine is westbound on the former Rio Grande mainline near Mack, Colorado after an onslaught of afternoon thunderstorms.
Gerhard ("Helga Matura mit Verlobtem", Öl auf Leinwand) / Lichtkunst von H.Mack
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Mack brewery had a very nice range of beers, and I think I tasted them all onboard MS Nordnorge.. but I have no idea which of them is in the glass this time!
Somewhere north of Tromsö, northern Norway.
Mack celebrates his 15th birthday today. He's spending the day outside. I think our neighbors almost consider him "homeless" because he's always outside but that is by choice. I used to wonder if Mack would have preferred being re-released after the animal control officer brought him, Jimmy and their mom into our practice. But then I remember just how much Mack loves a certain puffy comforter my mom gave us, his heated mat in winter, being inside when it rains, having doormen/doorwomen opening doors for him, serving him food on demand, freshening his water multiple times a day... He loves being outside when the weather is nice but he also likes the finer things in life.
Happy Caturday: Happy
I decided to go all out for Happy Caturday this week by taking a photo with my CAMERA instead of my phone. Because it was overcast, I used my fanciest lens which is 100mm f/2.8. My backyard is so tiny that even leaning against the side fence, I couldn't get all of Mack in the frame as well as the flowers behind him. Oh well, best laid plans...
Happy Caturday: Flowers
Explored May 6, 2023
Hood ornament on a 1962 Mack B95 Fire Truck
The owner of the truck uses it for promoting his local business (insurance). I couldn't find a shot I liked, so I went for my default photograph - the hood ornament. Apparently no one has done that before because he said, "what the heck are you taking a picture of?"
Later we discussed insurance.
I also just realized that this is the first bulldog hood ornament I've photographed. Yay!
BTW, I photographed a different, but similar truck a few years ago in a parade. See first comment.
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Geneva Car Show
Geneva, Illinois 41.886599,-88.309744
July 31, 2025
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For Happy Caturday we get to post two photos that we took during 2019 that hadn't yet been posted for whatever reason. I went looking through old photos and liked this one of Mack showing off his whiskers. I have become so spoiled taking pictures with just my phone of cats at work that it was nice to go back through the photos I took outside of my own cats with an actual camera! lol
Happy Caturday: Retrospective
NS B63 heads south (TT east) through the town of McNabb, Illinois, simply known as Mack in the timetable, behind a pair of GP60s and mostly cars from Marquis Energy outside of Hennepin at the west end of the Kankakee Line.
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Something a little different from the archives......
I did my weekly walk through the Ravines Park expecting a good morning with the sunrise and Eagles. The two weather apps that I use both said partly cloudy skies at sunrise. What we got was heavy grey clouds with no sun in sight. We did see the eagles both perched on a branch in plain view but without a little light I never took a shot. So I will have to pull a few out of the archives.
I believe I took this at Weller auto parts a auto salvage yard.
I got this from Ron 30 years ago but the color and focus were way off. I was able to correct it this much. A real beast. Taken about 1966.
Back in the 1940's and 1950's a lot of fire trucks were made without roofs on the cabs. I found this old timer in a Soda Springs back alley with tarps over the cab, which I don't think is sufficient protection from an Idaho winter.