This post breaks the two unwritten (until now) rules of Radiant Salmon. Never carry on with the same subject for too long, and never include any pictures that I personally haven’t taken. However, I was poking around in my house today and stumbled across a few pictures of cats that I thought you guys might like.
First up we have Pumpkin again,but this time he’s not so grown up. We got the cats a few years ago; this is from when they were just little kittens you could fit in the palm of your hand.
A Smaller Cat
Aone paying attention should be able to work out that the next photo will be of Comet as a kitten, and guess what? You’re right!
Another Small Cat
Next up are a pair of cats from years gone by. This pair are the first cats my family had, and they were also the cats that let us know about my sister’s cat allergies and asthma. I didn’t develop my allergies until several years later, but she had her’s pretty badly. We finally had to get rid of them after she was sent to the hospital by a particularly nasty asthma attack. So here they are, Ms. Frizzle and Bo Peep. In that order.
These Almost Killed My Sister
And to not feel too bad about hving not taken any of the pictures thus far, here’s a crappy picture of Pumpkin climbing on a screen door that I took just now. I heard scritch-scratching coming from my left and went to investigate. Then ran back and got my camera. Then went back and only had time to get one bad shot off before he dropped down and ran off.
Scaling Mt. Screeny
I continue to be incapable of finding Comet outside where there’s decent lighting, so I just went ahead and took some picture of her when she came in for the night. They’re not great pictures, but hey, a picture of a cat is a picture of a cat. It’s not like they’re usually very happy to let you get any picture of them at all.
Comet, like most cats, like to sleep. A lot. 9 times out of 10 when you go to their night time home, they’re both curled up in some comfortable cushion or another.
Another Cat in Repose
When she started paying attention, Comet was fascinated with the weird silver thing that kept shining an orange light on her face.
Please Stop
I had a seat on our couch, so Comet played one of her favorite games: go sit on a human lap.
Laps Are Comfortable
Pumpkin wanted to play as well.
'Sup?
I think I want to start posting again. No real promises on how active this will be, but I’ll try to at least be more consistent then not updating in six months. I think that should be relatively easy to accomplish, eh? Anyway, I was taking some pictures of our family cats when I remembered that this site even existed, so I figured they’d be appropriate subjects to go with for the relaunch. I only have pictures of Pumpkin (♂) because whenever Comet (♀) entered the yard, he chased her away. How rude. I’ll try to get pictures of her later, I suppose.
This is the reason I started taking pictures in the first place; I happened to see him facing off against a mouse. I honestly can’t tell if he’s staring down the mouse or if it’s happening the other way around.
Stare Down
Both of our cats are quite friendly. When they see someone coming towards them they usually either run up to nuzzle you or simply flop down on the ground and ask for a belly rub. This is the latter.
Cat in Repose
After a little while he took to alternating between prowling around me and sitting down looking for that inscrutable thing that only cats seem to be able to see. It took quite a while to convince him to look at the camera.
The Sphinx
Eventually I got bored and jumped up all at once. He bolted for the nearest tree and scampered up. Don’t worry though, he’s always mean to Comet, so he deserved to be chased at least once, if not more.
Up In a Tree
I love cats. Just wish I wasn’t so darn allergic.
P.S. Pets are closer to people than things in my humble opinion, so yeah.