Tag: cat

Not Angry

Our cat Trixie looks at me as she's stretched out on my legs on January 26, 2023. Original: _ZFC4684.NEF

Trixie seems a little angry in this picture but she wasn’t. It’s normal for her to be stretched down the length of my legs but usually her head is pointed towards my toes so I was thankful I had a camera at hand in January she was turned the other way round.

📷: Nikon Z fc | Nikon DX 16-50
Date: January 26, 2023

The Rise of Boo

Our cat Boo as a kitten looking down from the cat tree in my office on August 18, 2013. Original: _MG_5208.CR2

Since it’s Halloween how can I not post pictures of a cat named Boo? This was about six weeks after we adopted him in 2013, playing in my office atop the cat tree. The slow introduction paid off, the terrified kitten transformed when he knew he was safe, knew he was loved, knew he was home.

📷: Canon M | Canon 18-55mm
Date: August 18, 2013

To The M

Our cat Boo as a kitten with one of the cat toys on a blanket on July 8, 2013. Original: _IMG_0533.CR2

In 2013 we adopted Boo, described as “a shy sweetie who’s feeling overwhelmed at the shelter and very much hopes to be part of a warm, loving home once again … the transition to the unfamiliarity of shelter life has been emotionally rough … he will require a period of transition in his new home if he is to blossom into his former self”. He shook in fear when we met him and I knew I’d need a quiet and unobtrusive camera to avoid further stressing the little fellow. I picked up the Canon M as they were having a fire sale, practically giving away the camera with their delightful pancake lens.

I read Canon recently discontinued the M mount, the M was my last Canon but I will always have a soft spot for it. As for Boo, his introduction was our longest at about a month as we slowly integrated him into the family and we worked on building up his confidence and getting Emma to accept him. I have lots of photographs along the way thanks to the little M. He’s been curled up tight beside me all day, as he often is, I’m so thankful we were able to give the terrified fellow a happy home.

📷: Canon M | Canon 22mm
Date: July 8, 2013

Pull For Service

A black-and-white image of the black tail of our cat Boo on August 18, 2013. Original: _MG_5232.CR2

One of the rare pictures I prefer in black-and-white, the black tail of our black-and-white cat Boo. Taken in 2013 but never edited, I’m a little confused by the shot. The background looks like the painted wallpaper in my old office but it looks white in the original file and not blue. The ceiling was white but since Boo and I are both wingless that wouldn’t have been an option. Plus I’m not sure where he would have been that his tail would have been flush with the wall. Perhaps we lost gravity for a short while a decade ago and my brain is blocking it out.

📷: Canon M | Canon 18-55
Date: August 18, 2013

It’s Gotta Be the Shoes

Our dog Bear lies on the carpet while wearing dog shoes as our cat Trixie looks on from behind him, taken on April 15, 2023. Original: _Z724865.NEF

On a couple of recent hikes Bear picked up some large prickers that took a while to remove, we may have to try again to get him to wear shoes on his hikes. We tried in April but he just lay there in his humiliation, whispering “Don’t let the cats see me like this.” You have my word Bear, you have my word.