Category: Cats

Squirrel sploot

On By CarynIn Cats, dog, Wildlife
Photo description: Squirrel laying on the concrete legs out sideways, body pressed to the ground, looking at the camera.

Scrat the squirrel it rather enjoying his “place” near the house. There is a water dish, occasional peanuts, and cool concrete to stretch out on. It also happens to be at a window where the animals inside can watch him.

Photo description: In the background a squirrel eats a peanut, in the mid-ground a cat stares out the window, in the foreground a dog sits on a couch staring out the window.

Pretty boy

On By CarynIn Cats
Picture description: Gray tabby cat with white face and legs, gold eyes, and a black collar laying on a turquoise fuzzy blanket.

Thor the kitten is certainly a pretty boy. The combination of gray with white is striking. The picture above was not staged; he climbed up on my youngest’s bed and snuggled down in the fuzzy, fuzzy blanket.

Pushing his luck

On By CarynIn Cats

Thor the kitten has picked up on the vibe Izzy the cat sends out and usually gets out of her way, except when he doesn’t. He likes to push his luck when he can. My eldest was giving both Izzy and Thor scratches and he decided to reach out and touch Izzy. She didn’t do anything for awhile, so he kept his paw there until she noticed and told him off. Kittens.

Photo description: Calico cat in the foreground, gray tabby kitten with a white paw touching the calico’s white back paw, a human hand petting the kitten, a small black dog peeking over the edge of the bed with a red ball.

Unintended snuggle

On By CarynIn Cats, dog
Photo description: 50-pound black dog laying on a patterned rug, six inches away from a gray tabby kitten also laying on the floor with a blanket.
Photo description: same dog, same cat, same floor, dog is now in his side, pressed up against the kitten. Both have their eyes closed.

I’m not entirely sure Griffin the dog knew he snuggled Thor the kitten. It seemed very casual. Normally Griffin doesn’t put up with cuddles, scratches yes, cuddles not for long, even from humans. He’ll put up with Missy being close when they are in the car, or wrestling, but nothing that could be called a cuddle. Which makes me think this was unintentional. I’m very interested to see what happens when it gets cold around here.

I’m also trying a new photo caption method. I’ve almost always tried to have meaningful captions on my photos in case the photo doesn’t load, or my reader can’t see the photo and is using a reading program. It has long irritated me that on some displays the caption looks like part of the narrative, like some lost sentence fragment. I know about alt text, but I don’t like that it is hidden except for audio renditions. (It makes it hard to proofread and feels clandestine.) I saw a post with this type of photo description, and I like it. It a concise photo description with what is, I hope, the essentials of the photo. For those unable to see the photo, it gives enough to form a mental image, and for those able to see the photo, tells them what I think is important in the image. Nothing deliberately hidden, I hope. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou

That is adorable

On By CarynIn Cats

Missy the dog has a favorite ring chew toy. She likes it so much we’ve had to replace it. Thor the kitten has been trying to figure out what the hubbub is. He’s laid in it, rolled in it, and now went and found his own ring (he stole a bracelet from the youngest’s room), and brought it down to chew on next to Missy’s rings. I didn’t get a picture of him chewing, so you’ll have to take my word for it.

Thor the kitten with his own chew ring next to the dog’s chew rings