Looking Down on You

Ever get this look from your cat?

Fiona has become very protective of the slim and fleeting ray of early spring sunlight streaming in from our skylight in the mid-morning. She follows it around the room, perching wherever it may land. In this particular photo, she had (obviously) grown tired of my excitement over the dramatic lighting on her white fur and pink ears and was giving me that classic "if you know what's good for you" cat look.

She's been without that ray of sunlight since last fall. I don't blame her one bit.

Fiona Goes Dramatic

Fiona poses on our dining room chair. Dec. 2010.

Ever since we got the other two cats, Fiona's been particularly shy, especially around the camera. I love how this photo captures that shyness but also manages to be a great photo of her, and a great monochrome image of a cat.

Here's another I took, a close up.

Why We're Not Putting Up a Christmas Tree

Oscar el Gato "helps" with my Christmas card photo shoot.

Is it bad that I allowed my cat to chew on live Christmas lights for the sake of a shot? Oh well. Another gorgeous but completely by accident photo.

Pure Attitude

Nikki MadCat, taken on my lunchbreak today.

This picture of Nikki says pure attitude to me. I took it on my lunchbreak, doing more snap snapping than sitting, as I should have been. Camera in one hand, Hot Pocket in the other. So worth it.

Lucy wasn't so cooperative today, focused more on munching the last of the summer grass before the frost tonight. Sometimes she does a great job posing, other times she's face down in the grass, or else rubbing on me and getting right in my camera.

Nikki has never been so comfortable with me. She always strikes a great pose when I'm too far away, and then she runs when I get too close. I was glad to get this shot this afternoon. It expresses her personality perfectly.

We've been thinking lately at the store that the cat hierarchy has changed - Morty used to be on top, but he hasn't anymore. We're not sure of the cause, whether it was a fight between he and Nikki or what have you. But I think this picture is physical proof of exactly how Nikki thinks of herself. It very much says, Oh yeah. I'm the boss. I make the rules. And don't you forget it.

Oscar

He's becoming so photogenic.

Oscar came into our lives shortly after we moved in July. Not gonna lie, I had a hankering for a kitten. Oscar just happened to be in the right place at the right time when I started asking around our HappyCat friends if they had any kittens for me. Sweet yet rambunctious, he has more than enough energy for his bossy older sister Cleo, and the partners in crime play together while sister Fiona watches from afar.

At first, he was afraid of my camera and the noises it made. With a typical kitten curiosity, he was always wanting to get right up in the lens. Now he's more used to it and posing better than ever.  :)

Lucy MadCat

One of my favorite subjects, Lucy MadCat, resident cat at MadCat Pet Supplies on Mineral Point Road.

I've been closing the store on weekends, and Lucy always wants to follow me out the back to munch grass for a few minutes. With the great sunset lighting and the crazed look in her eyes, I'm usually more than happy to oblige, as long as she doesn't mind modeling while we spend quality time together.