The Evening Feed Line

On tonight's menu: Carrots with a side of prudence

and Yayoi never wants anything to do with us, unless we are feeding the deer - #jealousyayoi

Yayoi, Still

This isn't black & white

Just Playing With A Bowl

I had a request for more Yuula videos...

We Live For Stories In Still Visual

We live for the days in between. We live for the drying sun. We live for the feeble attempts at landscaping. Some day-stories are best told in still visual.

Easter Leftovers

We Have A Lion Pride

It was like Animal Planet in the front yard this morning. I thought it was weird that no one came to the morning feeding. Then I saw Gabuk hovering over something in the yard. I thought all the bunnies had left town long ago. Maybe they should've.


Looks like it was Gabukobiwe's kill, which is impressive because she's pretty pregnant.


Alps decided to exercise his alpha male status.


He ran off with his prize, since the girls were closing in.

I spared you the real graphic photos. I gotta couple wicked innards shots. We'll save those for another day.

I'm Thawy. Tho Thawy.

It's official, As of today, March 18th 2010 at 5:50pm the last pile of snow from our yard had melted. We've thawed. Where once there stood a mighty snowman is now just a random pile of stone and scarf. I'm wearing a t-shirt and slippers, with no socks! All the cats are out and enjoying the warmth. Except Dents of course. Never in my life have I been so pleased by weather. I will look forward to this now every year, along with the first red leafy tree and the first flake of snow.

Our Very Own Marbled Godwit

It's Yayoi!

I know this may not mean much to you but we never see her. She's our albino dolphin, our marbled godwit, our Yoko Ono. This is a rare sighting. Take it all in why don't ya.

Bang Instead Of A Blip

The past few days have been a blur.



Not a blur... maybe even a eclipse. Just strange stuff. We were invaded by Canadians, were woken by severe explosions in the sky, got dutch ovened by a kitten, found ourselves more than just a little inebriated at 6 in the evening, had a joint/reverse déjà vu, and one night even broke out into an impromptu dance party of sorts. Not good.

But now... now is the eve of a new year. So let me put out a few photos from the past days and move on... Resolutely!


Oh Yayoi, you've officially become evil


Where it all began


(Does this need a caption? Would it even help?)


Fish-hooked


We were auditioning them for Superstars of Dance

We're trying to end the new year with a bang instead of a blip.

An Historic Yayoi Event

Last night Yayoi did something she's never done before.

See, Yayoi is a bit of an outsider in our cats' society. She's the nervous one, not too kindly to strangers, or us even, and seems her only vice is being the first one fed every morning, even if she's not hungry, she stands guard til she is. But never has Yayoi let anyone pick her up or hold her in any fashion. She kinda seizes into a stage of rigormortis and then claws her way out.

But last night Yayoi did the unthinkable. Yayoi popped up onto the bed and stared at us. We froze, half with fear, half with amazement. Then Yayoi began to walk about. She kneaded at the comforter, an act we usually yelp at Dents or Abner for doing but this time we had the rigormortis. Then the unimaginable. Yayoi climbed right up on top of Fran, matted out a bed and lay down. We began to pet her and she rolled right over and proceeded to purr.

Don't worry. I had the presence of mind to get proof:


People, this is a milestone in the evolution of feline/human relations, at least under our roof.

It's the little things...

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