Posts Tagged ‘cats’

Family Christmas 2012 – Part 2

Jac and I hosted my family’s Christmas lunch this year. We got up bright and early to get ready for the day. 11-year-old Pixel watched suspiciously as I set the table (she’s not a fan of parties) while 1-year-old Truffle inspected everything with great fascination. Both cats fled and hid when everyone began to arrive. […]

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Introducing… Truffle

Meet Truffle, our new 8-week-old tabby kitten. We got her yesterday from the Cat Haven. She is named after Jac’s favourite chocolate, a raspberry truffle. Truffle is very small and skinny with long legs and big feet She is full of energy. It’s been a challenge getting decent photos of her as she doesn’t stay […]

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Billy Lee

Not a good start to 2012 for Jac and me. Regular readers will know about our two cats that we love dearly, Billy Lee and Pixel. We lost Billy Lee on 2 January 2012. This page is a tribute to her: Billy Lee (2002 – 2012)

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Cat photos using the Lumix G2 camera

From dumplings to cats! I’ve been following the cats around the house with my new camera. Billy Lee Here’s Billy Lee on the couch, trying to sleep but cranky from being woken up by the photographer hovering near her face. This photo was taken in relatively low light using the Lumix G2’s kit lens. You […]

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Our library (with cats)

I finally finished unpacking our books! We bought more bookshelves since moving into our new house at the end of August, but I needed to get the time and energy to unpack and arrange the books. This is the theatre room, which we’ve redefined to be our library. It has its own french doors so […]

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The cats in the garage

We still have lots of unpacked boxes and junk in the garage that we need to work through and tidy up before we can actually fit the car in there. Does this scenario sound familiar to any of you guys? We also use the garage to store Jac’s gardening tools, items we’ve bought in bulk […]

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Sunday breakfast – ham steak and egg

This is Pixel. She wants a bite of ham steak. On a weekend a few weeks ago, Jac fried ham steaks for both of us. She fried me one egg, sunny side up (I asked for one egg instead of my usual two). She poached herself a couple of eggs, and with a packet of […]

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Saturday night barbecue dinner

Happy new year, everyone! (I know it’s not quite 2010 for all of you yet though!) A few weeks ago, Jac fired up the barbecue and cooked chicken sausages, onions and potatoes on it. She sliced and parboiled the potatoes before putting them on the barbie. We both love barbecued onions, and Jac cooked up […]

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