Can you see it?

Anna, here.  I've been able to get back at my crafting and craft blogging again lately, which has been healthy for my psyche.  A couple of days ago, I set things up to do a shoot of a crown I'd made, that included putting down a piece of red velvet I have.  

I figured it was appropriate for a crown, don't you think?

The crown is on a glass lazy susan, which allowed me to take photos at different angles without actually having to handle the crown.  It worked out rather well.  After I took the photos and removed it, however, I noticed that the little "legs" under the base had left marks in the velvet.  It didn't take long for that to happen at all.  

I moved the lazy susan, but I didn't bother to move the velvet away, thinking I might use it again soon.  Which is why it was still there, yesterday, when I happened to glance at it and noticed something odd.

Can you see it?

I know, taking photos of red is always a challenge for cameras, but it's still there.

Not the dust and cat hair, though that should give you a hint.

Can you see it on here?  It's the same photo as above, but I used post processing to try and bring it out a bit more.

You can see parts of it a lot more clearly at an angle.

Yes, those are kitty paw prints.

And kitty leg prints.

And a kitty butt print.

One of our cats got on my table and sat there long enough to leave a butt print in the velvet.

Along with the hair.

Now I have to figure out how to clean the fuzz off, as well as how to remove cat indentations.

Note for future reference.  Do not leave things out on the table that I don't want the cats to "decorate."

Heaven

The cats love the new coffee table my daughter  bought for us.

A smooth surface AND a sun spot.

A.

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Mushrooms

Coelacanth Traveler checks out the Male mushrooms.

A.

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update:  LOL  I didn't eve notice that my spell check put in "male" mushrooms.  It was supposed to say "Maleb" which is the name of the town the park is near.

 

The joys of rural areas

‎So Anna has gone visiting her father in the country. When I say in the country, I mean middle of nowhere, Population 70 or so in the village. The access to any type of cellular connection is slim to none. She has access to slight data connectivity which means we can talk on BlackBerry messenger, but that's about it. 

At least my daughter is having fun with the 12 or so barn cats. 

:D 

P.

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A Losing Battle

The cats keep going on my craft table, dragging out my quilt batting, then sleeping on it. 

I keep taking it from them, rolling it back up again, and putting it away.

I think I'm fighting a losing battle on this one.

Meat Nest

Well, it's that time of year again!

Actually, with things being the way they have been, I finally had to acknowledge that I would not be able to do our Christmas tourtiere this year.

So my daughters are doing them, instead.

They're not going to be the same as our usual ones, as we weren't able to get the variety of meats we normally use, but the basic recipe is the same.  We also won't be making as many as we usually do - probably just 3 or 4 pies.  It's still enough to use the big pot, though, which won't fit in our refrigerator.

My daughters made the filling, and now the pot is on the balcony, in its own little meat nest in the snow, to cool down. 

Hey, if we're going to be colder than Mars, we may was well take advantage of the situation!

So Faaaaahbulous!

Have I mentioned that we're sucks when it comes to our elderly cat?

Yes, these are her new, fabulously pink toenails.

There is a reason behind this madness, however.

This is our 15-or-so year old cat, Tiger.  She hasn't been able to retract her claws very well for some time now, and they are huge and very sharp.  They are also brittle.  When we try to trim them, they crack and split, exposing the nerve.  So we have stopped trimming them.

While it's rough on the clothes, the real problem with this is that she has started going after the carpets again.  When we first moved here, she went after the carpeted stairs with a vengeance, completely ignoring her scratching tower.  We ended up having to cover our stairs with plastic runners to get her to stop.  And it worked.

Until now.

There are still a couple of inches of exposed carpet on either side of the runner, and she's suddenly started to go after them.  She has also discovered a slight bump in the carpet that formed under a heavy bookshelf and started to claw on that.

Yes, we do have scratching posts.  She doesn't use them.

So to save our carpets (and our clothes!), we got these little plastic claw covers.  They're glued on and are supposed to last 4-8 weeks.

She seems quite content with them.

We ended up putting some on our other cat, but just on his front paws.  Sparkly pink ones.  It was rather amusing, the first time he tried to climb up the couch with them!

These things are turning out to be worth the investment!

Update:  I didn't realize my husband had already posted a photo of our cat's new look.  For the record, the other cat did not manage to chew off the pink ones.  They're just not as visible.

Fashion statement

So my daughter's cat is a little old... and by Old I mean deaf, mainly blind and unable to retract her claws anymore. but she still loves to destroy carpeting, especially on the stairs. We found these little gems at the local PetSmart and I have to say they're definitely worth the money. Results may vary however, as our younger cat who got the same treatment ate them right off within minutes :D. 

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Playing with fire

So I got an invitation to an event this evening; essentially, one man got to risk life and limb spinning a flaming orb of molten metal for our long exposure amusement. I wish I could say I was sorry I took part in this kind of thing, but I'm totally not :P

While I took many more shots, these are the more interesting ones.

Philippe

Cat in a box

So my daughter loves to cuddle her cat, while he prefers to hide in whatever cardboard box he can fit in. 

...problem solved :P 

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Slight framing issue

So I'm Trying to take a picture of the presents I got for my birthday. Somehow, the cat found them more interesting  interesting than I did. 

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Happy Birthday

My younger daughter turns 17 today. For her birthday lunch, she chose the maki boat at the southside Kyoto.

Mmmmmmm...

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Strange greeting in a meeting room

This thing startles me every time I show up for a meeting in this room. 

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Smothered with love

The arm that you're seeing is Anna trying to choke the cat into submission. Funny enough, the cat is purring through it.  Every once in a while, Anna  seems to have the need to burrow her face into the cat. 

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Living in the west...

So tumbleweeds are part of any good western movie, but finding one in the middle of downtown is still a little weird ;p

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Hours of entertainment...

I'm just not sure who is being entertained more.  The cat playing in the box, or us watching him!

I fit!

This box was being used to hold library books.
He kept knocking them out so he could nap in it.
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Company

My daughter is sick, so she is all bundled up and reading on the couch.
Her cat is keeping her company.
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They're watching...

When the Shrimp Army comes...

... they will come for yoooouuuu....

Photo taken at a local Pet Smart, where my daughter and I found these shrimp, all in a perfect row.

Watching.

Intently.

River City Round Up

On now in Churchill Square.
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