Here is a close up of Nessa. While Teagan is a little more tolerate of photos being taken of her than she used to, Nessa doesn’t care at all. Unless she is playing. Once she notices the camera all play stops!
Friday Photo close up of Nessa.
Posts Tagged ‘Nessa’
Friday Photo Close Up
Posted by terrepruitt on November 1, 2019
Posted in Cats, Friday Photo, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: Friday Photo, girl cat, Nessa, tortoiseshell cat | 6 Comments »
Two Cats One Box
Posted by terrepruitt on October 18, 2019
I ordered something and it came in this box. For a long while we were saving every box we received to use to pack up stuff, but after a while we felt we had enough so we have been recycling our boxes. But this box is of great quality so my husband decided we should keep it and use it for stuff. Well, it sat in the house long enough that one cat decided it was hers. Then I turned it on its side and now BOTH cats have claimed it. I move it around so it gets premium sunlight.
TWO cats and a box is this Friday’s Friday Photo
Posted in Cats, Friday Photo, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: box ownership, cat box, Friday Photo, Nessa, Teagan | 2 Comments »
Random Pictures of Teagan and Nessa
Posted by terrepruitt on September 25, 2019
I have so many pictures of our cats. It would take me ALL of my Friday Photos to post them all. So I thought I would just post a few. No particular reason for these pictures. No exciting stories behind them. The one of Teagan with her eye open looking at me is the last of a few. She was so cute with her paw over her face – you know how they do that? Well, I disturbed her enough to get that look. The one with them staring through the screen is them looking at a lizard that visits them. And Nessa has been in that box a lot!
Posted in Cats, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: black cat, box kitty, evil eye, green eyes, Nessa, Teagan, the Girlies, tortoiseshell cat, yard lizard | Leave a Comment »
Fancy Mother’s Day Cards
Posted by terrepruitt on June 26, 2019
Our cats give us Mother’s and Father’s Day cards, respectively. For as long as I can remember my husband had been giving me these HUGE cards for Valentine’s Day. Last year or the year before he did not. He said the store was out of them. It is funny because I shop at that store and I have never seen them at all, but I guess it would help if I actually walked down the aisle that has the cards. Anyway, this year it seems that the cats wanted to give me those humungo cards, too. For Mother’s Day. These ones have recordings of songs in them. And the cats really loved their choice of cards because every time I opened one they would come out to listen and sniff.
It is amazing what they can do with cards now-a-days, huh? Recorded songs or even, in some you can record your own message. Amazing. These ones not only have recordings in them but FLASHING LIGHTS! Cards are not cheap, so it is really amazing that they can do all that and still make them relatively affordable. So incredible.
Here are the cards I received from our girls on Mother’s Day.
Do you get cards from your pets?
Posted in Cats, Misc, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: cat daughters, flashing lights cards, Mother's Day 2019, Mother's Day Card, Nessa, singing cards, Teagan | 4 Comments »
Where Is Nessa?
Posted by terrepruitt on June 7, 2019
This is a picture of two cats. Teagan walked over Nessa to get to where she is. It gets HOT in that window, I don’t understand why Nessa likes to be under the blanket when it is hot.
Friday Photo of two cats. 🙂
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: bow window, Friday Photo, Nessa, Teagan | 2 Comments »
Trying To Catch Nessa
Posted by terrepruitt on March 29, 2019
So many pictures of the cats and I keep taking them. This is one of a series I took when I was trying to get a picture of the cats this morning to send to my hubby. The sun was so bright, here is Nessa rolling around in it.
Nessa is the subject of today’s Friday Photo.
Posted in Cats, Friday Photo, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: bright sunshine, Friday Photo, Nessa, pictures of cats | 4 Comments »
A Selfie With Nessa
Posted by terrepruitt on November 30, 2018
I have explained before, I think, that I take selfies with my cats to send to my husband sometimes. Yeah I did, because I remember explaining how bad I am at selfies. Well, this is further proof! This is Nessa in her tower and I managed to get my eye! I am sharing this picture of our cute little girl for today’s Friday Photo!
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: cat tower, Friday Photo, Nessa, selfies, selfies with cats | 6 Comments »
Fascinated
Posted by terrepruitt on October 19, 2018
I believe that the lizards in our yard are fascinated by the cats. I think they come to the windows to visit with them. One day there was one on the screen hanging on checking out the cats. They come over to the window and just stare at them. The cats “ick” at them. They range anywhere from two inches to 7 inches long. The majority I see are in the middle of that range. I think they are fascinating.
Here is a picture of Nessa looking at one for today’s Friday Photo. He stayed at the window for quite some time.
Posted in Cats, Friday Photo | Tagged: curious, Friday Photo, lizard, Nessa, reptile, Teagan, yard animals | 2 Comments »
Photo Comparison
Posted by terrepruitt on October 15, 2018
I have just graduated from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 10 XS. My phone was six years old. They no longer sell the 5. Perhaps that can be my guide as to when to buy new phones. My 5 still worked, it just didn’t work as fast as the newer phones. My camera was not as good. And that is what I am showing you in this post. I wanted to give you an idea about the difference between the photos.
The difference between the cameras is here. The only info on the 5 that I could find was from Wiki. The information on the 10 XS is taken from the Apple website.
Info from Wiki
Old Phone
Rear camera Sony Exmor R IMX145[9][10]
—8 MP iSight back-side illuminated sensor
—HD video (1080p) at 30 frame/s
—IR filter
—Aperture f/2.4
—5 element lens
—Facial recognition (stills only)
—Image stabilization
Front camera
—1.2 MP, HD video (720p)
Info from Apple.com
New Phone
—Dual 12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras
—Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture
—Telephoto: ƒ/2.4 aperture
—2x optical zoom; digital zoom up to 10x
—Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
—Portrait Lighting with five effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono)
—Dual optical image stabilization
—Six-element lens
—Quad-LED True Tone flash with Slow Sync
—Panorama (up to 63MP)
—Sapphire crystal lens cover
—Backside illumination sensor
—Hybrid IR filter
—Autofocus with Focus Pixels
—Tap to focus with Focus Pixels
—Smart HDR for photos
—Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
—Local tone mapping
—Advanced red-eye correction
—Exposure control
—Auto image stabilization
—Burst mode
—Timer mode
—Photo geotagging
—Image formats captured: HEIF and JPE
The first picture of each cat is with the new phone. The second is with the old phone.
In the first picture of Teagan I might have zoomed in a bit, but I didn’t touch either phone to make them focus better. So, I might have been able to get a bright picture with the iPhone 5, but I was taking it as a comparison of not having touched either phone.
With the new phone I might actually be able to get some better pictures of Teagan. Although, as I have mentioned she is not as camera shy as she once was.
I fought long and hard (for at least two years – that is when the seven was released and suggestions were made to get it) about getting a new phone. But I figure if I keep this one for six years it will be ok.
Even though don’t know most of what the description of the phone is saying, I can clearly SEE that the photos are much better!
These were just quick pictures I was taking to show my hubby the difference. I should have thought about posting from the get go and done a better job!
Dramatic difference, huh? Means bad news for my blog because I am going to be posting a lot more cat pictures now.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: iPhone 5, iPhone cameras, iPhone XS, Nessa, Teagan | 2 Comments »
A Little More Brave
Posted by terrepruitt on July 16, 2018
It was way before 2008 that I first noticed an oriole on our hummingbird feeder. I didn’t know what it was then. I got a picture of one on a feeder in 2008. I don’t know that I saw any more for years. Now they are regulars. In fact I am rushing to post this so that I can go fill the feeder they just emptied. I’ve mentioned before that the feeder we bought specifically for the orioles is way too difficult to clean. It is very narrow and I am not sure I can get the brush in there and get it clean enough. They are much dirtier than the hummingbirds. Or something. It could be that they have to get their beaks all the way in whereas hummingbirds have long tongues. I am not sure, but the hummingbird feeder they primarily eat off of is way more gross than the ones the hummingbirds eat off of. It gets this black sludgy stuff in it. This time of year it is not so bad because I am filling it every three or four days. Our hummingbird feeders come apart and are very easy to clean so we just take the flowers off of them so that the orioles can get their beaks in for the sugar water.
I think the orioles we get are Hooded Orioles. I originally read (now I can’t find it) that they depart in July, but now I am looking at a site that says they depart in August. So we might have them another month or so. I am trying to keep the feeder full so they have enough before they go. But I try to keep them all full for the hummingbirds anyway.
The orioles have gotten a little more brave as they used to fly away immediately if we even walked into our living room. But now they will stay at the feeder or even come into the yard when we are in the living room. And they are so brave that now they are eating at the feeder that is close to the window. They are tormenting my cat. She climbs up on the cat tower and talks at them. She reaches at her paw for them. There were two on the feeder today while Nessa and I were playing and that quickly distracted both of us.
I guess over the summer they have gotten a little used to us so they are not as fearful. They are still very cautious, but they are less freaky and will stay and eat as long as we are not too close.
My husband said he saw six last night around the feeder . . . that could be why it is empty and I have to fill it. I know that I have seen two brightly colored ones together, so I know that there are at least two males. It is difficult to tell the females apart but I have seen at least four together so I know that there are at least four of them. I have never seen all six together.
Since they have gotten a bit brave I was able to take closer pictures. So here are a few.
Do you get to see birds in your yard?
Posted in Birds, Misc | Tagged: brightly colored bird, cat tower, Hooded Orioles, hummingbird feeder, hummingbird tongues, Hummingbirds, Nessa, orioles | Leave a Comment »
