pet sematary (28)

i actually did re-watch the film titled the very same just the other day. it was as good as i remembered, not a stellar production but definitely one of the better stephen king book-to-screen translations. the movies are never as good as the original novel. anyway i digress. this photo is of our memorial to jack, mands' and my first cat, in our front courtyard. he died not long after we moved house, he literally just dropped dead one morning, not long after we'd had him along to the vet for an ordinary check-up and he was diagnosed with a heart murmur. the vet said he'd be fine without medication for it until he was a lot older. guess she was wrong. he was only 3 :(

i said, say cheese! (13)

this isn't actually lexie launching into attack - for once - but a harmless lazy yawn while lying in the afternoon sun.

say cheese (12)

have you ever seen such giant whiskers?!

tootsies (9)

i love the black and pink pads on lexie's feet!

i probably should have fed him first (2)

perhaps then - but on the other hand probably not - he would have posed more nicely. talk about an uncooperative subject. my eyes hurt from looking through the viewfinder for so long to get a half decent shot!! it's not just about good equipment but using it properly of course, so i imagine it will help a great deal to read the instructions that came with the camera too :) tomorrow i am going venture out of the house to take the next shot otherwise it's going to get boring in terms of subject matter very quickly. having said that you can expect more of the little b in future. and i will feed him first next time.

i'm being followed by a catshadow

another one of lexie. standing on the window sill, basking in the morning sun and having a look around outside for a pretty bird or two. two perfectly pleasurable ways to spend one's time ;)

where's the bird?

i put seed and fruit out in the front courtyard for the variety of birds that live in the area. their presence provides lexie with infinite amusement. he is an indoor cat so has never caught a bird but he knows he would like one, judging by his trembling meows as he gazes out the window at them. personally, i don't think he'd know what to do if he actually caught one!

an angel sleeping

it would probably be more accurate to say "(he is only) an angel (when) sleeping". i took this photo the day after we had a big bbq with lots of friends around so lexie was absolutely exhausted, having expended a lotta lot of energy the previous day - trying to sneak past people to get outside, sneaking up on the table to eat some food, and even snuck in a small bite for one of our friend's child :)

rolls royce feline

as chilled out as lexie may appear in this photo, he was recovering from not only 3 operations to unblock his bladder but also an operation to cut out flesh on his chest and leg which had literally died when he became infected with a superbug at the vetinary hospital. there haven't been - touch wood - any other blockages since then but he is on pricey prescription cat food for life to keep the condition under control. he is one expensive pound rescue cat! 

cattitude

it is not with rose-coloured glasses looked upon those who have passed on nor first-born favouritism that i say with all honesty that jack was an absolute saint compared with the little b (also known as lexie). however even the best natured cats have their moments and this looks like it was one of those for jack. i also like this photo because the black and white effect hightlights his tigery stripes.

dearest jack(et)

this handsome creature is mands' and my first cat jack who died when his heart failed 9 days after we brought lexie home as a friend for him. he was diagnosed with a heart murmur in a checkup just prior to getting lexie. the vet assured us that he would be absolutely fine until he got much older (he was only 3 years old) and only then would he have to go on medication, but only 2 weeks later he died. i heard him collapse early one morning, i was in with him less than a minute later, and in a panic even tried to revive him with mouth-to-mouth but he was gone already :( at least it was very quick, and he loved lexie from the word go so his final days were happy.