Pixel

Pixel just hanging out on the “itty bitty kitty city” cat tree

© Cindy Dyer. All right reserved. iPhone 8Plus, Snapseed2 app border

Lovely Scout

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 8Plus

A few weeks ago, we had this beautiful girl as a houseguest for a week.

 

iPhoneography: Still life with Lobo

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. (iPhone 8Plus, Snapseed2 app border)

iPhoneography: Lobo in the light

My beautiful gray boy Lobo in the morning sunlight—I was coming out of the bedroom and looked down to see him there. (This is why I love my iPhone camera—it allows me to capture shots like this anytime, anywhere…a no-fuss, speedy, unlimited creative tool.) iPhone 8Plus in portrait mode, Snapseed2 app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

iPhoneography: Queso

iPhone 7Plus, Snapseed app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

 

 

 

 

iPhoneography: Queso cocooning

iPhone 7Plus, Camera+ app in macro mode, Snapseed app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

 

Lily Rose

This is my sister Kelley’s cat, Lily Rose, atop her throne.

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 7Plus, Snapseed app border

Thanksgiving 2017: Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Quest awaits the dinner bell!

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

iPhoneography: Queso in repose

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 7 Plus / Snapseed app border

Pretty boy Queso

iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

Interloper

Queso slips in to steal the spotlight from Pixel. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

Pixel in the sunbeam

iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

iPhoneography: Stripes & dots

Pixel, photographed with iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

iPhoneography: Pretty boy

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

iPhoneography: Pretzel Queso

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

iPhoneography: The basket challenge

If I turn my head just so, I know I can fit…see? I told you so!

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app border

Belle at Sweetwater Valley Farm

Meet my new friend Belle, front porch sentinel at Sweetwater Valley Farm, the magical cheese place in Philadelphia, TN. (She rolled over and requested belly rubs. I obliged. I think she probably wanted cheese.)

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. / iPhone 6s, processed in Snapseed app

 

Ruby, lost in thought

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app

Rapt Ruby

My sister’s cat, Ruby

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. iPhone 6s / Snapseed app

Introducing Queso…

Introducing “Queso,” the newest addition to critterfest! My sister Debbie and I were eating at a Moe’s Mexican Grill in mid-July when she was visiting. It was a Saturday night, about 9 p.m. I saw a woman in the outside patio feeding a small cat. I knew we were in trouble. Debbie asked her if she was going to rescue him but she said she had two dogs who don’t even like each other. So, I approached this little guy and realized just how tiny he was. He was probably about eight weeks old. No mama kitty around and no sign of other babies….in a plant bed outside a fast food restaurant in the middle of a big strip mall. No houses within sight. We didn’t know how he got there but he has a new home now. Since we found him outside a Mexican fast food place, and taking into consideration his coloring, we have chosen Queso as his name (and who doesn’t love cheese?)

It has been so much fun to record his growth with my iPhone 6! Here’s a sampling of photos from the night of his rescue in July (top two photos) to this Thanksgiving week (culminating with the cutest photo of him sleeping with his head on my wedge pillow).

My high school friend Aleida suggested that we build a screen door insert for the master bedroom (where he had been quarantined earlier). Her neighbor was an engineer and came up with the idea. It worked so well for her pet introductions that she’s passing on the idea. Michael built a frame with 2x2s and chicken wire, complete with handles to lift it in and out of place. It gave the boys a chance to see and smell him without beating him up! I’m now happy to report that, with the exception of a little growling here and there from the older boys, Queso now has the roam of the house (with some supervision, of course). Slowly but surely, Lobo and Pixel appear to be resigned to the fact that they have a new (obnoxious) younger brother!

Queso also has built quite a fan base on Facebook—so much so that my friend Carol has requested that he have his own page. I think that might just go to his head.

Nancy & Pete’s critters

I recently turned these three images into a horizontal canvas (three images across) as a thank you gift to my sister-in-law Nancy and husband Pete, who hosted us at their home the weekend after the water lily stamp debut in Ohio. All of the images were shot with my iPhone 6.  I used Snapseed to process them images and add the frames. I added the name in Photoshop for each pet.

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

Ruby (aka Roswell or Lemur Eyes)

From the 2013 archives—this is my sister Debbie’s younger cat, Ruby. I prefer to call her “Roswell” (isn’t it obvious why?) or “Lemur Eyes” (again, obvious). I also call her “Alien Eyes.”

© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.