Category Archives: Cats

Spring Fun with Colors, a Creek, and a Cat

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

Heavy rains made the water high and fast. The pictures don’t show how fast it really was. I used a camera setting I’ve never tried before, “parrot”. I’m trying some new stuff. I don’t know much about adjusting camera settings … Continue reading →

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Tweaked Creek Ruffles Ultraviolet Cat

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

These photos were taken on the creek last year in spring. I messed with ’em in editing. Taken on several afternoons, now they mainly just look darker, making the colors richer but damping down the springy brightness. Ultraviolet Cat, our … Continue reading →

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Sweet Cat Ultraviolet; with Cameo by Shelley

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Our new cat Ultraviolet has been with us since around the end of August 2017. Rescued from the streets, she took some time to settle in. Now she is one of the sweetest kitties we’ve ever had! She sits with … Continue reading →

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Fall 2017 Part 2; Creek, Forest, Remarks by Cat

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

Looking back to November 2017, to leaves long gone. The first two pictures are from the November 11th trek to the creek depicted in Part 1. Scan the first photo closely and you might see a red dot on the … Continue reading →

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Fall 2017: Creek and Cat, Part 1

Posted on December 3, 2017 by

Fall is moving in fits and starts this year. It’s like we hardly noticed masses of color  crinkling and dropping off the trees, fast. But a few mature bright patches still linger around us, while farther up the road, we … Continue reading →

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Wild Fall Color, Sussed Out by House Cat

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

From 2016, that is. A few leaves began to flare this August but somewhere along the way, our present fall stalled out, y’all. That’s not unusual, peak autumn here just might wait for November. There’s this one spot high in … Continue reading →

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Eclipsed Sunlight; Cattitude by Ultraviolet

Posted on October 4, 2017 by

August 21, 2017. Our area had about 90% occlusion of sun by moon shadow, from about 11:59 AM to 2:57 PM, max coverage about 1:30 PM, CST. I didn’t photograph the eclipse itself, although we did view it through a … Continue reading →

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