Post 1164: in the dark…

Some days I am lucky to get photos of either kitty because they are hiding in the dark. Dougy chose by the front door. Andy, who was hiding from his daily dose of medicine, hid under the computer desk. Grrr! I don’t have time today to play black-cats-in-dark-places games, but the kitties are doing their best to be difficult!

Here are my heavily Photoshopped results:

Dougy in the dark. No idea why.

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Andy in the dark, hiding from his daily medicine dose….

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I’ll catch you boys yet! And you, Andy, if I can take my medicine like a big boy, so can you!

Here’s an Andy photo from another day, one when he was enjoying the sun coming in through the back door.

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Post 1163: > sniff! sniff! <

The kitty brothers often sniff each other. This time it’s in a nice way. LOL! I didn’t realize cats did “that” – butt sniff… – until I had two of them, but they also sniff each other when the opportunity arises.

“That you, brother?” Dougy seems to say while sniffing Andy below.

“Who’d you expect, you goofy cat?!” says Andy, incredulous that Dougy had to ask.

[After showing you a messy photo taken at the same time in yesterday’s post, I found this extra photo that required a lot less manipulation and showed some kitty interaction. The boys often sniff each other, for whatever reason. What I like about this photo is you can see that smoke Persian aspect in their fur a bit more than usual. It is less evident until their hair grows out a bit, but never shows a lot since I get them trimmed every two months.]

Post 1162: a look behind the scenes…

Thanks to Photoshoppery, I manage to get mostly presentable photos of life with the kitty brothers out to you. I decided today I’d show you how much effort it takes to take a typical photo of the boys from “as is” to kind of presentable. It is a horror story!

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Whew! what a mess! Why didn’t I vacuum first? Or put the over-turned wastepaper basket back up? (Dang cats! There isn’t anything of interest in there!) Should I try for one or two kitties in the photo?

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Hmm. That cleaned up pretty well, but the background clutter will take some skill I don’t have….

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Maybe I can crop it to hell and back and get something…

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Oh well. Cropping helped, but I think that photo is a bit too much to make into a presentable posting photo. I’ll try later for something in a better, cleaner, less cat-ravaged spot!

[And you thought I actually knew what I was doing! Surprise!]

Post 1161: Andy loves a “skritching”; Dougy stops play for a portrait

Andy purred when I held him to give him his medicine this morning. I think he was purring to comfort himself…. Anyway, he was a very good boy and took his medicine like a big kitty.

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Andy rested on the recliner after I fed the kitty brothers their morning wet food.

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I couldn’t resist giving him a good “scritching”! He loved it!

Dougy, the resident comedian cat, on the other hand, was very serious when posing for his portrait.

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But Dougy was more interested in play!

Post 1160: keeping me close…

Andy and Dougy like to keep me close. Never know when you want a good “scritching”, eh?!

Andy has me in his sights…!

Dougy stopped by for a “scritching”.

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I know this much: The kitty brothers will be attended to!

Andy gets tired waiting for me to stop favoring Dougy with my attention.

Yes, attending to my kitties is a full time job! They have specific needs, among which scratching ears, backs, and chins rank at the top.

Post 1159: in for the night, so the kitty boys’ wait is over…

I enjoyed my 50th high school reunion events over the weekend, so the kitty brothers did a lot of waiting at the door till I came home. At least that’s the impression they left me, and I didn’t notice any messes or evidence of mayhem when I came home.