Special Needs Saturday: Fenek

Fenek (you can sponsor him at this link)

Happy New Year from me and my Distinguished Gentleman friend, Fenek.

Forever Loved: Tanner

 

Tanner  (2013 - 12/28/2022)

Forever Home Friday: Elliot and Bisque

On Fridays we'll post pictures of Tabby's Place cats who recently have been adopted.  These two fine young fellows were adopted together.

Elliot

Bisque

Throwback Thursday: Jackie

 Jackie (2002-2018)

photo taken November 15, 2015 

Wordless Wednesday: Oscar

There is a perfectly logical reason why the cat looks the way it does below, but we'll leave it unsaid.

Oscar

Twofur Tuesday: Hermione and Dolores

Hermione and Dolores

Madame Cat Monday: Denali

Denali

 

Nuttin For Christmas

In fact, a whole lot of Nuttin for Christmas... 

 

If that phrase sounds familiar, this is probably the reason why. The song is from 1955 and features Stan Freberg's voice throughout.

Special Needs Saturday: Pepita

 

Pepita

Forever Loved: Jeannie and Humphrey

 

Jeannie (2005 - 12/21/2022)

Humphrey (2007- 12/22/2022)

Forever Home Friday: Charm

Charm

Throwback Thursday: Pixie, December 23, 2018

Pixie (2016-2020, adopted May 2019) 

Woman Cat Wednesday: Lexi

Lexi

Twofur Tabico Tuesday: Alora and Bonita

Alora

Bonita

Moggie Monday: Shishito

Shishito

 

Easy Like Sunday: Sunflower

 

Sunflower

Special Needs Saturday: Fenek

Fenek (you can sponsor him at this link)

 

Forever Home Friday: Zaboomafoo and Loonette

On Fridays we'll post pictures of Tabby's Place cats who recently have been adopted.

Zaboomafoo

Loonette

Throwback Thursday: Mango

There's a little story behind this.  It was December 30, 2013, and I was in Suite C, taking pictures of Paulette, a Special Needs cat.  I was her correspondent, responsible for writing a monthly newsletter for her supporters, and the pictures would illustrate it.   

Angela entered and asked me to take a picture of Mango, who also lived in Suite C.  Someone had made a collar for their favorite cat and sent it to Tabby's Place, and Angela wanted to thank them while showing them how it looked on him.  He posed cooperatively, and all I had to do was find a good angle.  

Ideally, of course, I would have placed Mango somewhere other than this orange-rich background.  I think I could Photoshop it out now.  Back then, I was able to remove a toy on the surface behind him, and I filled in an empty black area directly behind his head.    

I remember seeing the picture on the donor's blog, but couldn't find it for today's post.  

 

Wordless Wednesday: Boom

Wordless Wednesday:  There is a perfectly logical story to explain why the cat looks the way it does below. We'll leave it unsaid, though.

Boom

Twofur Tuesday: Rose and Hips

Rose

Hips

Midnight Monday: Aries

Aries

Easy Like Sunday: Cleopatra

 

Cleopatra

Special Needs Saturday: Steven

Steven  (click to sponsor him)

Forever Home Friday: Benji and Malva

 On Fridays we'll post pictures of Tabby's Place cats who recently have been adopted.

Benji

Malva

Throwback Thursday: Natasha, December 8, 2012

Natasha (adopted March 2014)

 

Black and White Wednesday: Catalina

Catalina

 

Twofur Tuesday: Toulouse and Agnes

Toulouse and Agnes

 

Midnight Monday: Marcia

Marcia

 

Forever Loved: Adam

Adam (2009-2022)

Easy Like Sunday: Matteo

Matteo

Special Needs Saturday: Tux

Tux

Forever Home Friday: Aoife, Charly, and Zeppole

 On Fridays we'll post pictures of Tabby's Place cats who recently have been adopted.

Aoife

Charly

Zeppole

Forever Loved: Mishush

Mishush

 

Throwback Thursday: Pure White Ali

Ali (1998-2018)

When I first heard of Tabby's Place, in the winter of 2008-09, I thought I had my future role there all figured out.  First I would help clean, and then I would pet cats to my heart's content.  Sure enough, I visited, applied, went through training, and began taking shifts on Friday mornings.  The mornings stretched into afternoons as I got acquainted with dozens of Good Cats.

But during my second Friday morning shift, in the lobby I saw a cat (Boots, if memory serves) sitting up straight and tall on a table, and all at once I wished I had a camera.  Since then, I've learned more about taking pictures, and one of my favorite pieces of advice is to ignore people who profess that you should be doing things a certain way -- their way.  

The way the article summed it up was something like, Take pictures of whatever you can't not take pictures of.  When I saw Boots perfectly posed on that table, it was a textbook example of that maxim.  

The next Friday, I brought a pocket-sized Konica-Minolta DiMage G600 and started to take pictures.  Here's the first decent photo I took that day in May 2009.  Ali was a shy cat in Suite A, and I was trying to help her learn to trust humans.  She never warmed to me, but she was loved by all and had a good life until her passing in 2018.