The same day I shot the portrait of Sassafras, I got some photos of the stray cat and her baby. The baby kitty was finally getting friendlier (it was very wild compared to mama cat -- who rubs against my shins to get food). Sadly, I found the baby kitty had been hit by a car just a couple of days after taking the photos. I know that stray kitties don't have a long life span, but this was particularly tragic -- she was just a baby. :(
(The black one is the baby, and the grey one is the mama)
Sassy doesn't mind that the baby is gone though. She doesn't like sharing her backyard with the other cats. Sassy doesn't go outside a lot, and she has always been a scardicat. She goes outside when I am out there but when the stray cats come around, she goes on the defense. The day we shot the photos, the kitten was trying to play with Sassy - unaware that Sassy wasn't really amused. I snapped a photo at the very instant Sassy decided to take a swat at her. I guess she just got a little to close to my big old cat.
I've been feeding the birds and enjoying their presence right outside our front bay-style window. I've had finches at my thistle feeder, a couple varieties of woodpeckers on the suet, bluejays going after corn, and chickadees, nuthatches, cardinals, and juncos enjoying the sunflower seeds. Oh, and a tufted titmouse just flew up to remind me that they like the feeder too.
A pretty chickadee -- when our trees still had leaves left on them.
All the leaves came down last week with that huge windstorm that rolled through the midwest. I work in customer service at one of the large electric providers in Michigan -- needless to say, we were busy this week. Last night I met up with three of my friends from work as they were getting ready to go to the bar. I had fun taking photos of their transformations.
Getting ready
Elizabeth as a sadistic June Cleaver, Cristin as Marilyn Monroe, and Nikki as a sexy skunk. We also hung out with Liza (Elizabeth and Nikki's good friend) and some of their guy friends...
Liza as a peacock
"Where the Wild Things Are", "The Hangover", and a couple of beat up zombies.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!
