Our Guys and Gal

This photo of Sydney and Andrew is

from Christmas.

The second photograph is Andrew taken about the same time at Christmas.

Next is Andrew in his monkey suit on Trick or Treat Night!

Next up is Hunter at the beach this summer. Love those sunglasses!

Hunter at his birthday party last Spring. He loves his veggies!

Cats, and Cameras !

Hello family and friends. I am in a bit of a "learning curve" with my new camera (and lens). So far I am loving it. I really think this lens is much sharper than what I have been using. Take a peak at some of my first "portraits." Steve hates posing and I didn't want to bother the kids on their first day of a long weekend, so it was the cats or nothing. Enjoy!

First up is Bruno. He is one of the two long hairs. He was the one that won the Best Fat Cat Photography award sponsored by the Georgia Lottery. He is easily spooked and runs upstairs and hides for hours when we have guests.

Next is Chester. He is also a long hair. We often call him "Brown Sugar" because he is so gentle and sweet. He loves everybody. He is the one that almost hung himself when he was a kitten. We heard Chloe, the mother cat, really meowing and went to check on them and found Chester hanging in the tassel of a knitted throw that was in the room. Steve had to run and get a knife for me to cut it off. All the while I was screaming, hurry, hurry! Maybe that is why he is so sweet, because he knows we probably saved his life.

This is Ernie. He is one of the three short hairs. He, also, was once very skittish, but has really become a "lap" cat now. He is usually the first to climb up on my chair when I sit down. He usually sleeps at my feet every night as well.

Meet Lilly. She is our other little girl. She is a hunter and is always in to something. When we still allowed them outside she would head to the woods as soon as she was let out the door. This adventureousness almost cost her life as she was attacked by a coyote and had to have numerous stitches. Ever since that event the cats have become indoor cats. There were several pets attacked in our neighborhood and we just didn't want to risk ours being injured or killed.

Last is Chloe. She is the mother of our other four cats. Chloe showed up one afternoon on our doorstep cold, skinny and hungry. I tried to shew her away, but she kept coming back. I eventually fed her a piece of baloney because she was so pitiful. Of course she kept coming around. One very cold freezing night I put her inside our laundry room which is adjacent to our kitchen (I didn't want her to freeze). I tied the door closed as I did not want her to get out. Well, sometime during the night I woke up to find her in our bed! Somehow she had gotten out, walked pasted two sleeping dogs and made herself comfortable between us. I gently woke Steve who did not believe me...! Well, needless to say, she became a member of our family and a few weeks later I noticed that, yes, she was pregnant! We ended up keeping all of her kittens, because we couldn't find homes for them. Of course, that meant visits to the vet to make sure no one else would be contributing to our family. Unfortunately, before Chloe could make her visit she became pregant again! Steve "accidently" let her out. This time she had a litter of six. Steve was given the responsibility of making sure he found homes for all of them. Luckily he did except for one little guy who had an eye infection. Little Bit ended up as another of our pets (We had just recently lost CW our Springer Spaniel of 12 years). Bit was with us until just over a year ago when he died unexpectately of a seizure. We have since lost our other Springer, Zeke who lived almost 16 years! We miss all three very much!

Happy Valentine's Month

I hope all is well with everyone. I haven't worked on this blog for over a month. I am sure most of you can guess why...work. As I want to use this blog mostly for posting my photographs that is what I am adding today...just a few from the past two months. Hope you enjoy them.

Amy and Brittney

Miss Sydney

Brittney a bit tired of having her photo taken.

Brittney and her beautiful smile.

Our lovely thirteen year old.

The three girls.

I adore Sydney's laughter and expresssions. She adores Elmo!

Sydney would NOT let go of this piece of red plastic!

Have a wonderful month everyone. I am going to try and add photographs of Hunter and Drew before the month is over. Let me know what you want me to add (new or old) and what you think of this "blog." Much love, MM