The Week: March 30th — April 5th

April 5, 2015 Timothy Price11 Comments

Photo of the Day, Etc for the week of March 23rd — 29th includes:

March 30th: Spring flowers and wild boar macaroni — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/flowers-food

March 31st: Spunk in the window — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/screened

April 1st: Construction — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/construction-progress

April 2nd: Spunk gets his kitty prints — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/kitty-prints

April 3rd: Moonrise and Lola — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/moonrise-lola-and-the-neon-tulip

April 4th: A snaky lick and wild turkey — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/snake-tulips-wild-turkey

April 5th: Flower girl — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/i-love-the-flower-girl

The Week: March 23rd — 29th

March 29, 2015 Timothy Price8 Comments

Last week’s daily photos found some nice surprises, especially with the kittens trying their paws at film photography. Photo of the Day, Etc for the week of March 23rd — 29th includes:

March 23rd: The kittens, especially Spunk, get into old-fashioned film photography — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/when-kittens-take-up-photography

March 24th: White tulips — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/yesterday-today

March 25th: Another personal record and a happy kitty — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/02-48-20-on-the-48th-climb

March 26th: Spunk tries paw, tooth and nail at developing film — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/spunk-does-film

March 27th: Morning Angel — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/angel-of-the-morning-angel

March 28th: Smoke and personal records — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/smokin

March 29th: Spunk has positive reviews of his negatives — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/positive-notes-on-negative-development

The Week: March 16th — 22nd

March 22, 2015March 22, 2015 Timothy Price8 Comments

This week’s Photo of the Day, Etc includes:

March 16th: A ragged butterfly — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/the-butterflies-and-the-bee

March 17th: An El Camino on El Camino Real — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/el-camino-on-el-camino-real

March 18th: Different views of the Sandias — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/a-different-perspective

March 19th: A lonely church — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/lonely-church

March 20th: A snuggly kitten — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/snuggle-attack

March 21st: Horsing around — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/horse-play

March 22nd: Arco Iris — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/3/rainbow

Through The Pink Blinds Darkly

January 28, 2015 Timothy Price40 Comments

Najar is taking after Spunk, playing behind and through the blinds. She’s not as aggressive as Spunk, but she competes on cute poses. You can see Spunk’s “Blind Attack” at http://photoofthedayetc.com/2014/11/06/blind-attack/

Fluffed and Dried

January 26, 2015 Timothy Price28 Comments

Spunk helping with laundry.

Cat Fu Fighting

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 Timothy Price37 Comments

Spunk and Najar sparring in the catio.

Love Spat

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 Timothy Price45 Comments

DSCF2890 — Spunk giving Najar a sissy paw challenge with his left paw.

Spunk and Najar had a little spat initiated by Spunk. However, Najar is standing up to Spunk these days and in many cases she is stalking and attacking him first. Spunk doesn’t quite know what to think of being stalked and attacked, since he has been the aggressor up until we introduced Najar into the mix.

DSCF2884 — But he was faking and surprises her with a right jab, after she took his sissy paw bait.

DSCF2885 — But Najar is quick and counters with a right hook.

DSCF2886 — Spunk comes back with a left, while Najar gives him a punching bag paddling.

DSCF2888 — Spunk tries to sneak in a kitty kiss with an attempted take down.

DSCF2889 — But Najar pushes him off and defends herself with an all claws alert.

DSCF2887 — She finely pulls out the mad dogs and Spunk, seeing she is serious, starts his exit.

2014 in Review

January 1, 2015 Timothy Price34 Comments

When Najar saw the stats from the Word Press “2014 Year in Blogging” she had covered her face. The other two photos are of Spunk trying to win over Najar. That’s an “Evil Schwa” behind Najar.

Word Press gives cutesy analogies about the number of visits to people’s blog’s, like how many times the Sydney Opera House would be sold out from the number of views a blog got in 2014. But let’s get real here! The music video “Gangnam Style” had so many views it broke the counter on Youtube. My blog got 0.00001231161485 views as a percentage of Gangnam Style’s current total views. Which means the number of views my blog got in 2014 stinks, and is statistically insignificant. A more fitting analogy to make my crappy numbers look better would be that the Men’s Room at the top of the escalator at the Louvre has 12 stalls. The number of views my blog got in 2014 would have filled a Men’s Room in the Louvre 2250 times.

I find the top five blogs each year are much more interesting. In 2014, Espresso Fino was number 1. The second most viewed blog was Zipper Spider from 2011. Zipper Spider has been in the top five every year since 2011. The Beauty And The Beer was number 3 in 2014, which came as a surprise to me. But apparently a beautiful woman with a beer is the perfect combination. Number 4 was Portrait of a Young Woman, and Day of the Dead came in at number 5.

Happy New Year!

A Furry & Feathery Merry Christmas

December 25, 2014 Timothy Price36 Comments

DSCF2550 — Spunk helping Laurie wrap presents.

I photographed all the animals Christmas Eve, trying to get them to have a “Merry Christmas” look about them. The birds and Spunk were more than willing participants, Diné was okay with it as long as she didn’t have to get off the heater vent under the bed, but Rosencrantz and Guldenstern took quite a bit of coaxing. Blue, the Boa, opted out because she is getting ready to shed — she has milky-blue eyes and she’s a bit cranky — it’s best to leave a 7 foot long boa constrictor alone when she doesn’t want to be photographed.