Cat Portraits - George and his Sister from Hindolveston

I stayed overnight at White House Farm (Hindolveston, near Holt), which I can thoroughly recommend for its comfort, great food and Mary's friendly welcome. These are her two cats, brother and sister. George is on the right in all the photos and generally ruled the household. I didn't have any flash with me so the light was very variable in colour and direction - they would make great studio subjects!

Fond Farewell

 We had to say goodbye to our Murphy yesterday. She was born in the summer of 1995 in a cupboard in our bedroom so was getting towards 19. She was both deaf, with very restricted sight and no longer able to clean herself. Murphy reached about the same age as her mother, Casla - seen above in a typical scrap. Casla was lucky to spend her final years with Bryan and Val while Murphy ruled over the whole of her territory. Always a vocal cat even as a small kitten.

Gloucester

I got as far as Gloucester last night on my way to lecture to Torbay Photographic club tonight. Unfortunately the sunset wasn't as good as Phil's taken in Toft so just a few shots along the Canal.

In Your Dreams

This is Marmite and what he imagines himself to be. Actually he is quite a cowardly cat!

Cheetahs in the Snow

We visited Hamerton Zoo near Huntingdon yesterday and had intermittent snow storms. The Cheetahs clearly did not like the snow and went inside fairly quickly.

In the third picture, the camera chose to focus on a snowflake rather than the cheetah but I like

the effect.

Our Cats

Very typical picture of our mother and daughter cats meeting in a doorway. Good swerve!