It's a Plant

[howeird]

17 of them, actually. In an effort to cat-proof my patio, so I can let the cats outside without letting them out, I lined the patio wall with flower pots. Now they are filled with flowers.

Photos are here

The close-ups were taken with a newly aquired mini-nikkor 60mm macro lens on a D70 digital SLR. I'm not real pleased with this lens so far - it has almost no depth of field close up, and the auto focus is unpredictible. The wide shots were done with a Nikor 28-200 zoom, which can almost do as good a close-up shot zoomed in as the macro lens can.

I tried using the macro lens to get pictures of Domino grooming Pumpkin, but kept missing the "right" shot. Might have been the angle - I was lying on my back in bed, and they were at the foot of the bed. I was afraid if I moved to get a better angle, they would flee.

Anyhow, those photos, such as they are, can be found here

Comments

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The cat photos are good enough that even though you didn't get the tongue-out-obviously-grooming shot they are still clearly enjoying each other's company, and it was clear to me that Domino was cleaning up Pumpkin. Very sweet!

I wish that my cats would get along that well, but after 13 years (13? Has it been that long?) Gremlin and Aurora still don't really get along. I use this as an example when clients ask me about cat-cat problems. Sometimes, it just doesn't work out. (And Mordecai picks on EVERYONE.)

Nice photos of flowers! Now all you have to do is not kill them. I have a black thumb, and the fact that the roses have survived at the Cabin is a testament to their determination, since they have weathered drought, deer and deprivation in terms of care from me.

[howeird]

It only took Pumpkin and Domino 6 years. The amateur pet psychologist in me says that the trauma of moving to a new place, coupled with the new place being so much bigger than the old place, is what did it. Or it could be the magic of my sister's quilt. She test-drove it with her pair of adopted feral cats, Jeckyll and Heidi.

And of course this 2 minutes of companionship doesn't stop them from fighting most of the rest of the time.
Nice photos of flowers! Now all you have to do is not kill them
Thanks - yeah I have a plaid thumb myself. Blame it on DNA - my mother can make flowers bloom from rocks, my dad is the opposite. The patio is out of direct sunlight but does get rained on, so I should be fine until summer.