Picture Kaleidoscope 7/29/13

Greetings!

Let's see what I can throw at you today. :)

We have a new assassin in the household. Mystique (aka Sweevil) had outgrown her kitten bed and Ells had been borrowing it off and on much to her chagrin. So we went and got a new and bigger bed. The following result in no way surprised me. lol. 

Still trying to get the sun through the trees look. Heh

Last time we went to Yoshi's Shabu-Shabu they were serving locally made desserts - Nom Noms. The Coffee Cream was delicious! (And they run a Mexican restaurant as well - though we've never been)

Assassination Classroom - one of the oddest manga ever! I took a picture as I wanted to try to entice A. Lee Martinez to give it a look see. Tentacled Alien teaching class while having the whole classroom try to assassinate him or he'll destroy the earth. Too awesomely bizarre~! 

My publisher had some truly outstanding prizes to give away during ArmadilloCon! This lighted bonsai indirectly ties in to my new novel Jewel of the Gods. 

Steampunk bookends! Wish I'd been able to see the actual ones but the publisher said they were still on backorder. 

And the most popular item - The Folio Society's Dune 50th Anniversary Edition. With illustrations. ZP kept it wrapped to keep better value for whoever won it. Lots of drooling over the weekend. :P

Loved this plaque at the Austin Airport.

I think I'd seen this there before, but I did not remember it looking this awesome. Isn't this cool?

Evil traffic earlier this week! Wish I'd thought of taking it when I was higher in the overpass. :P

Happy Wednesday!

Picture Kaleidoscope 10/8/14

Morning!
Trying to stay on schedule this week!

Found this at a shop at the mall. Just like the one in the painting. And it actually is a working clock! Isn't it awesome?!

Side view. So cool!

Sheep in the sky!

I was trying for something with this, just have no idea what! lol.

Cool striations, no?

The light was bouncing beautifully in the back.

Giant eyeball peeking in out direction

The clouds seemed like poured liquid.

Clouds!

Sweevil actually not terrorizing Mythril. You can see her behind and to the side. Heh.

Have a great Wednesday!

Picture Kaleidoscope 9/17/14

Morning all!

Photographer Turns His Lens on Cute and Sassy Alley Cats in Japan at PetaPixel. Article by Michael Zhang. Photography by Alexandre Bonnefoy. Love the cat's expression. LOL. 

Time Sends War Photographer to Shoot Zombies in a Video Game at PetaPixel. Article by Michael Zhang. Photography by Ashley Gilbertson. LOL. This is awesome! Virtual Photography is catching on. Hee hee!

Awakening Torres by Artur Stanisz at Earthshots.org. Ooooo!

He does lovely landscape work! Go Artur Stanisz!

Another View of Cuttalossa by Bryan D Nord at Earthshots.org

May your Wednesday be a quiet and productive one! 

Picture Kaleidoscope 3/26/14

Shoop shoop shoop shuwa!

I love the sun looking like a fried egg. Heh heh

Such subtle shades the sky has made, no?

Between the sun and the lights in the parking lot, there's a lot of different hues bandied about.

A Dr. Zeus character perhaps?

This is what happens when I can't see the little screen on the phone. Too bad too as the cloud looked like a Pegasus!

Sweevil, aka Chaos Kitten, aka Mystique - she does love laundry day. :)

The Throne by William Patino at Earthosts.org - Such lovely colors!

Lots more beautiful stuff at his site. Impressive! This one is called "Meridian"

Enjoy your Wednesday!

New Family Members!

Have been meaning to blog this for a bit, but life got in the way and the child wasn't sharing her pics!

Anyway, I blogged earlier in the year about the loss of Keiko. I didn't blog about another loss only a few months later of our other cat Claudia. (She died while we were at A-kon.) Claudia was at least 13 years old or more. She was one sweet, loving, shy, tough old broad.

So, with my daughter insisting, and only poor Mr Boots left, we decided to get a kitten to replenish the feline population. (I must have Feline Masters. I must keep my arm muscles in shape with petting and serving them! The addiction must be fed!)

As always happens, we end up with more than intended. Son-in-law had a friend/sister who's cat was having kittens. John was determined we would only get females. (Mr Boots gets too rough when he plays with boys but can be easily cowed by girls. Don't ask...) So pictures and questions went back and forth (the family lives 2 hours away). Much ooing and aahing ensued over all the cuteness. So began the whines that we could not only pick one, it was too hard. We had to at least pick two.

Here's Mr Boots in a Centerfold photo.


So say hello to Subaki and Mithril! The latest feline additions to our Feline driven family.

Mithril is the gray and white kitten. Subaki the black and white. Mithril has longish hair, Subaki short. The white patterns are almost identical. Definite sisters. They also have very different personalities even as many traits are the same.




Mithril loves to be loved. Occasionally she will drape herself over my neck like a vibrating collar. She even enjoys being picked up. Unless she's playing, then we don't exist. She also loves the soft food we give as a treat in the morning and before bedtime. So much so she paws at my legs when I am working on doling it out and gobbles hers down as fast as kitty possible so she can then steal the rest of Mr Boot's.

Subaki, on the other hand, is a major touch me not. She's got to many things to do and no time to do them and you better not get in her way! However, there are occasions when she will feel magnanimous and allow love to be lavished upon her. But not too much. It cracks me up how she will hunt me down to lay on me when I'm watching TV yet make sure to lay down by my feet so I can't reach her to pet.

Subaki and Mithril play and explore together. For the longest time Mr Boots fled from them and they ignored him as if he didn't exist. Now they acknowledge each other and even play together a little. They even sleep together! Yet there are a couple of places Mr Boots does not enjoy or want their company. Like my bed at night. I am all HIS. (He pretty much claimed me when Keiko was no longer there to force her will upon him.) First time I ever heard him growl was when one of them came on the bed while he was there. Wow! (Mr Boots is a giant brick but a totally laid back dude. Normally...)

So please join me in welcoming my new master to their home! Huzzah!