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My very good friend, Dianne, is staying the night and spending LOTS of time with Rusty. Except for this brief foray into the garden their visiting is mostly in a horizontal position.
I thought you might like to meet some of the cats I've worked with this past week. Clockwise starting from Pebble, the black cat in the upper left corner:
1. Pebble (black cat) - Pebble was hands-down the angriest cat I've ever encountered. If you just opened the door to the boarding ROOM, not the door to her cage, she would scream and lunge, and try to attack through her cage door. Go to Youtube and search "angry cats" and then multiply it by 10 and you'll have an idea of how much Pebble liked boarding. Remember how well Mel, our landshark, did when she was moved to another cage where she didn't see other cats? www.flickr.com/photos/77654185@N07/42353947421/in/datepos... I tried moving Pebble to that same, now-vacated, cage. She became the darling, friendly, two year old kitty I'm sure she is at home.
2. Skittles (white eyes) - He is the brother of Popcorn (who was euthanized shortly after her owner took her home from boarding). Skittles is blind from thick cataracts but is a mellow, trusting, sweet cat. It amazes me how well-adjusted some blind cats can be in unfamiliar surroundings.
3. Tony Stark (gray and white) - Remember him? He was the world's cutest kitten www.flickr.com/photos/77654185@N07/30217143234/in/album-7...). Now that he's two, he has forgotten how much we did for him before he could be adopted by a wonderful family and how much fun he had when he was our kitten. We had to drug him to trim his nails.
4. Fiero (unkempt ginger and white fur) - He came to us two weeks ago as an emergency appointment. His owners described him as "a little off". He was incredibly jaundiced and his liver enzymes were off the charts. This brought back heartbreaking memories of Willie so I didn't have high hopes for Fiero. After a week of intensive, invasive care, he was stable enough to leave the hospital - at least for long enough for his owners to get used to the idea he might not live long. Instead of taking him home, they decided to go to their beach house for a week and keep him with us. Our hearts all dropped. It's hard being responsible for a cat who's on the edge. He is a very sweet cat who likes to snuggle, until he doesn't. Last week he bit a pregnant vet pretty badly.
5. Sunny (large picture, long ear tufts) - I posted a large picture of him just so you would see that some of our boarders are young, handsome and trouble free. He really has no interesting boarding story. Sometimes the adage is true - the squeaky wheels get the grease.
6. Calvin (ginger cat) - A very sweet boy and, I hope he's plugging his ears, one of the least attractive cats I've seen. His owners asked us to check him for ticks while he was boarding. I checked and didn't find any. When I got home and looked at pictures of him I'd taken that day I noticed he had a strange freckle above his left eye and the eye rims looked a little red and inflamed. I tried enlarging the photo as much as I could and saw it was a suspicious looking freckle. I emailed the picture to the vet that evening and the next day she removed a tick! Taking pictures at the end of a very long day paid off.
7. Gizmo (gray coat) - He's our oldest boarder - he's almost 22. He's sort of a typical grumpy old man - he sleeps constantly, grumbles about being woken up and wets his bed. However, he's not on any medication, he eats well and when I put him on the floor to clean his bedding he walks around pretty sprightly.
8. Kitty Clyde (ginger cat with white chin) - He is a first-time boarder and was dropped off by two young women (19ish - 24ish). They wanted to put him in his cage to make sure he was nice and comfy. Well, he screamed his head off and they cried their eyes out. It was pretty awful. Four hours after dropping him off they called to see if he had calmed down (no). They called overnight to see if he had calmed down (no). They called the next day to see if he had calmed down (no) - it's hard to keep coming up with ways to say "no" that don't freak out the owners but are essentially true. Finally he did calm down. I took a picture of him relaxed on his bedding and sent it to his owners. They were thrilled beyond belief and quit calling for updates! A happy ending for all involved.
Sorry this was so long and I hope you felt free to stop reading (or not even start) but I find animal behavior very interesting and thought some of you might too.
Mamiya Universal Press + Sekor100mmF3.5 / Y2
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Here are pictures of Cosmo the cat taken during the holidays ending with New Year's Day, 2023. They were at home in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is a good looking 16 year old cat, but last year, the vet found all sorts of old cat problems. He has cataracts, is on thyroid medicine and eating wet food - and that makes him very happy. I want to showcase him for the album for this calendar year's Project 365. What better way than to make him the picture of the day!
Pooky, my next door neighbour's cat, is getting pretty old - 18 or 19 now. She likes to visit my garden after I've watered. Sometimes she drinks out of this concrete cast sculpture made 20 years ago by my friend, west coast artist Richard MacKenzie, although usually she prefers to lap up the muddy pools and trickles (she finds the moving water fascinating).
Photographed in my backyard, between the French tarragon and the bachelor buttons and daisies, in Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Digital Work
Yes, the messy duty was over - now back.
I will shoot monochrome films again, but I hope I can upload some digital works when I am in such a mood.
意外と早くに仕事が片付いたので早々に復帰できてうれしい限りです。モノクロフィルムを撮る予定ですが、たまにはデジタルも。楽しいモンですね。
Richo GXR + Leitz Summar50mmF2
formerly known as 'baby' hahaha! this year we celebrated 19 years with granma. we got her as a kitten in florida-dragged her with us to colorado then to michigan and finally tennessee. extremely gentle, good natured girl, she still gets around really well.
Our oldest cat, Belle, is going on her fifteenth year. She's got some arthritis and eats special fodder for old cats which supposedly gives some easement.
I suspect that she's also a bit senile. She don't like new things or upsetting the routines. She sleeps a lot.
Alina: "So this is Melville, he is very old, quite smelly and not very clever. However, he is not as grumpy as he looks ... he has lots of scars from his younger days when he was always getting into fights - and losing."
Me: "At least Melvie's scars are on his front end - that shows that he was a brave fighter and not running away!"
Alina: "Hmmm - also indicative of his silliness! But the Vet says that Melville is making the most of his 9 lives!"
Me: "Quite - but we won't mention all those Vet bills!"
La emoción no paro después de ese especial momento con Manchas ya que también estaba Bo, su linda hija, a quien conocí cuando era una recién nacida y aquella hermosa tarde, 21 años después, la pude volver a ver.
Es tan hermoso el sentimiento que se siente al ver qué después de tantos años, madre e hija sigan juntas disfrutando del amor y el cuidado de esta bella familia y compartiendo tan maravillosos momentos con todos los nuevos integrantes que se han unido a ellas a lo largo de esta increíble aventura.
He was a little stiff yesterday from the frigid weather, yes winter found us. I did give him another injection of his medication and his old bones are feeling better today : )
She glanced at me in the middle of watching the birds out the back door. The birds were having a good time in the snow.
Happy Caturday!
As always, a special thanks to all of you who drop by to look, comment and fave!
Boss reports that the snow is melting ❅
He is the eldest of our cats (more than 17yrs old), so he has a lot of experience.
The vicissitudes of his life made him very capable to understand the world where he lives.
Well, we don't need to be old to understand that the snow is melting, but I wanted to give him this honour.
Leica IIIf + Elmar 65mmF3.5 ( /w visoflex ) , Y2
: Fuji Neopan PRESTO400 / selfdeveloping Rodinal 1:100
later.
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