My cat Esme’s new favorite toy is a milk ring. She will play fetch with it over, and over, and over. And over again. She also loves to hide it under rugs and dig it back out. Eventually she chews it up, but once the milk’s gone, she always has a new free toy! Cheap entertainment for her – and for us.
Tag: kitten
Day 332: Light Catcher
It’s typically dark by the time I leave the gym and head home. Yesterday I wasn’t feeling well, so I went straight home after work. The sun was all ready approaching the horizon and was hitting my rear view mirror ornament just perfectly. I love the golden hours just after sunrise and just before sunset.
Day 326: Seven Days of Thankfulness (Day 2)
I am so grateful for my little immediate family: my husband and my cat. My cat Esme is sweet, loving, and playful. My husband Jerod is sweet, loving, and playful too … and so much more. He forgives me every time I mess up, and he loves me even when I may not deserve it. I’m a lucky lady.
Day 293: The dreaded day has come
The day has come [and gone] to start packing for our move in a couple of weeks. As you can see, I’ve done a great job of collecting boxes, but I’m not so great at filling them. Our cat is enjoying this a lot more than we are.
Day 272: Hungry Eyes
I didn’t intend to use my cat as my model yet again, but when she started looking up with those big eyes and begging for a treat last night, I couldn’t resist making her beg a little longer while I reached for my camera. (And yes, I did give her the treat after I got the photo. She deserved it!)
Day 228: Snack Time!
Our cat, Esme, hurt her paw a couple of days ago. We aren’t sure what happened, but she’s been limping and favoring her right paw. I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow to figure out what’s wrong. In the meantime, I can’t help but spoil her. Yogurt is her favorite treat!
Day 158: The Intimidator
I need another pet. Maybe a puppy. Or better yet, I need to borrow someone’s child once in a while. Then maybe I would have something cute to take photos of besides my cat. Here she is again, this time getting ready to attack [a pipe cleaner] from behind her favorite hideout.
Day 117: Temptation Strikes Again
I may not have to worry about temptation anymore now that Lent is over, but Esme sure does! We have three kinds of flowers in the house right now, and she’s constantly trying to eat them.
Canon 60d
1/125 sec., f/1.8, ISO 250
50 mm lens, natural light
Day 65: Love-hate relationship
I think my cat and turtles have a love-hate relationship. We let the turtles roam while we cleaned their tanks, and we couldn’t pull our cat away from all the action. Fortunately (or not so fortunately) the turtles are getting quite large, and their reaction time is faster than hers, so she can’t hurt them.
1/45 sec., F4.0, ISO 400
18-55 mm lens (28 mm), no flash fired
Day 13: That Darn Cat
After at least 30 minutes of trying to shoot my cat, (with the camera, of course) I started to lose patience. Words like, “Sit still!” and, “I hate you!” began flowing from my mouth. Jerod started cursing her too once she broke the skin in four places on his hand. Of course I don’t really hate her. She’s really a very sweet cat, most of the time. She just doesn’t like to have her picture taken. I’ve learned my lesson – next time I’ll wait until she’s sleeping. This is one of the few decent photos I ended up with.
1/125 sec, F8, ISO 200
52mm wide-angle lens, external flash fired
I was originally going to post this photo to show you all the ridiculous amount of ice on the inside of our windows. But it’s not the greatest photo, which is why I spent the evening chasing our cat. No wonder our heating bill is so high!
Photographic Rhodes 