Flopped cat!

Posted on February 4, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cats, flopped, Knee, Photo, Relaxed, Sleeping, Tuxedo cat, WarmthLeave a comment

He came in out the rain, jumped up on the chair arm and flopped down next to me. Head hanging down by my knee. So comfortable and relaxed. He wasn’t fully asleep though. As soon as I took his photo he decided to move.

All three of our cats were within a few feet of each other earlier on. I think it’s because we are just having a couple of heaters on in the living room to save energy. So they are huddling a bit to keep warm. Mi d you I’ve got the living room light on for a change. Sometimes it’s like living in a cave when we just have a couple of lamps on. I can imagine myself doing paintings of cats on the walls, like cave paintings. X

Lights

Posted on January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blank verse, Ceiling, Image, Lampshades, Life, Lights, New Victoria Theatre, Patterns, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Symmetry, TheatreLeave a comment

Fun with lamps.

Duplicated and turned

Hanging from the ceiling

Shining a light

On the crowded lounge

They move in the breeze

Floating in circles

Describing orbits

Random and round

Looking like a drum kit

Hanging up high.

Cat size comparison

Posted on January 26, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, breeding, breeds, Cat, Comparison, large size, medium size, Photo, small size, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

One big cat, one medium. Our other cat is the smallest. It’s like having a labrador, a collie and a chihuahua (although the variation is not that great). I keep wondering if the big cat will get stuck in the cat flap. Medium cat is in proportion, but I’ve noticed the small one has slightly shorter legs, it’s not obvious but it looks less graceful somehow. Gladly all of them have proper cat shaped heads, not flattened and squashed in. I really think cats with extra short legs and pushed in faces don’t look ‘right’, it’s almost like they are being bred to look more like kittens, but it doesn’t seem normal. Breeding any animal to the extent that they are malformed is wrong. I think ordinary moggies are best. Some breeds do attract me, like Maine Coon cats, but I wouldn’t want one.

Levitating cat?

Posted on January 25, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat, Chair, Fun, Levitate, Lying down, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sleep, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Front paws on a chair

Back legs on a box

Sagging between

Or levitating above.

Comfy you say?

But what if he sleeps.

Will he fall off?

How can he stay.

Stuck on a space

That doesn’t support

While a foot away

A comfy sofa!

Frost

Posted on January 24, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, car windscreen, Cold, Colours, Contrast, Duplicated, Frost, Image, Photo, Red, SymmetryLeave a comment

Flipped and duplicated photo of frost seen on the inside of my car windscreen. The reds are from the car colour. The sky was a brilliant pale blue. I’ve boosted the contrast a bit. Making symmetrical patterns really works with images like this.

Blocks

Posted on January 22, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Colour, Complementary colours, Duplicated, Orange, Photo, Symmetry, TilesLeave a comment

Group of blocks, duplicated in a symmetrical pattern. I think the blues and oranges of the tiles, which are complementary colours add to the composition, as do the strong diagonals created by a bright shaft of sunlight. This was originally a photo taken in the shop at Middleport pottery, I think taken in the autumn.

View

Posted on January 21, 2023January 22, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Eleanora street, Life, Photo, pot bank cafe, Reflections, Spode site, Stoke, Stoke-on trent, the QuarterLeave a comment

A combination of objects and their reflections inside and seating and buildings outside. This was three years ago when the place we were visiting was called the Potbank cafe. Now its owned by someone else and called the Quarter. Its based at Eleanora Street on the Spode pottery site in Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent.

Some of the buildings on the Spode site are due to be demolished and apartments are to possibly be built there instead. If it happens it will be sad to see our industrial heritage destroyed in order to build as many ‘units’ as the developers can cram on the site. The view out of this doorway may change, quickly or slowly, no necessarily for the better.

Knocking on?

Posted on January 8, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clocking on, English language, Getting older, getting on, knocking on, Learning, Old House, Photo, RuinsLeave a comment

Man knocking on the front door of an old, derelict house out in the countryside. Knocking is also a phrase in England that means getting older hence “the old man who was ‘knocking on’ in age, knocked on the door of the derelict house”. Perhaps knocking means that the person is either becoming elderly, or even approaching death. There are so many strange phrases in the English language. ‘Knocking on’ can be changed to ‘getting on’ or even ‘clocking on’ which can also mean getting your clock card punched by a machine at the start of a factory shift. The more you learn the more there is to find out!

Textured cat

Posted on January 7, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Digitally manipulated, Filtered, Mat, Photo, Poem, Poetry, sat, Sitting, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

The cat sat on the textured mat

A filter changed its shape

It’s spikey and crinkly

Coloured and wrinkly

But the cat is relaxed

Not very fat

Contented on the mat.

Waxing moon through firework smoke

Posted on January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2023, automatic, Bad photos, Fireworks, manual, Moon, New year, Photo, waxing moon2 Comments

The moon is three quarters full and was setting behind a tree as midnight struck to end 2022. I tried to take a few photos but my automatic filter makes the moon too bright and is very overexposed. You cannot see its shape. So I tried using manual settings, with that I could get a little bit more definition, but it’s far too grainy. However you can see its not full. There was a mist or firework smoke drifting across the sky. More fireworks had gone off in a few minutes than we saw over the whole of November 5th. The cats were very scared. But it’s calmed down now.

Happy New year to you all.

Mallaband-Brown

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