Tag Archives: lamp

All Around Cat

April 2, 2023art, boxes, cats, curiosity, fun, sleepbathroom, cat face, chair, ginger cat, kitchen, Kitty Kick Stix, lamp, magnets, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, sit, thermal mat, tunnel, tuxedo catteenyperk

Friday, December 2, 2022, 2:36 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … the watcher … gets around … from high … the kitchen ledge …

Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:26 am … to low … in a box on the floor … looking at Perky, posed under a lamp on the floor …

Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:48 pm … and in between … on duty on the edge of the tub … making sure the freshly washed self-heating thermal mats dry properly …

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 4:08 pm … Two days later … Perk and Teeny test-nap a newly clean and dry self-heating thermal mat …

Mirror Image Cat

February 21, 2023cats, curiosity, mirror, windowbedding, lamp, Marimekko bedding, scratching post, tuxedo catteenyperk

Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 12:21 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … looks out window … beveled mirror, antique dresser …

Morning Focus Cat

February 20, 2023art, birds, cats, curiosity, family memorabilia, windowcat face, jump, lamp, me, paws, sit, sofa, tuxedo catteenyperk

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 8:42 am — Teeny Tuxedo … ready to jump … from window … to bed … focused on her landing spot …

Thursday, June 16, 2022, 8:58 am … the next day … What does she see? … Perkins? … (one of Mom’s loons, hand-carved, in background) … The green fringed Victorian lamp shade was handmade, 1990, when Kevin and I moved to Portland, OR … The now slightly ratty fringe was a cat temptation …

Lamplight Flowers Cats

February 20, 2023cats, sleepbedding, flowers, ginger cat, lamp, Marimekko bedding, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tuxedo catteenyperk

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 6:13 am — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … do not disturb …

Perambulating Deer

September 7, 2022animals, mirror, outside, window, YTdeer, lamp, reflection, walkteenyperk

Friday, March 18, 2022, 6:27 pm — Two deer … evening stroll … pregnant (?) doe and last year’s fawn (?) … reflection of lamp and antique dresser mirror in window…

Snow and Blue Bottle

May 27, 2022art, family memorabilia, outside, shadows, snow, trees, weather, windowbird feeder, deck, lamp, sofateenyperk

Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 3:04 pm — Still life on a cold day … snow’s still here … vintage 1995 blue bottle of Arizona Iced Tea … cousin D’s drink … from Hockinson Co-Op … on the way to walking back up the hill to Grandma and Grandpa Ahola’s old farm … Hockinson, Washington … (Grandma’s sewing basket on coffee table) …

Inside close-up … see the blue bottle outside in the snow at My Photo A Day Adventure …

Evening Book Cat

April 30, 2022blogs, books, cats, travelcat face, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, red tabby catteenyperk

Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 7:11 pm — Perkins … staying warm under the lamp … and ready to read … Essays, Short Stories, and Poems, 1881, by Mary Snell … born in 1841 … blinded at seven years old … daughter of lighthouse keeper, John B. Snell … “She carried the beauty of Campobello with her always” … Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada … photo of the lighthouse, June 2003 cross-country trip …

Pizza and a Movie Cat

April 22, 2022cats, curiosity, family, family memorabilia, food, fun, movies, songs, travel, tvdance, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, reflection, sitteenyperk

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 9:20 pm — While the visitor from Minnesota has double remotes focus on the tv … Perkins has double eyes focus on his pizza … (leftovers from yesterday’s trip to Dirty Dave’s Pizza, Lacey, WA) …

… Back from late afternoon, evening drive around old family places … Hockinson, WA … Tonight’s pizza and a movie, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, 1953 … Tommy Rettig … with my favorite, Hans Conried’s Do-Mi-Do Duds (The Dressing Song) … (Russ in his Cinema Ballroom jacket) …

Fan Time Cats

June 13, 2021cats, weather, windowcat face, fan, ginger cat, jump, Kitty Sills, lamp, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, reflection, sit, tuxedo catteenyperk

Sunday, May 30, 2021, 10:54 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … the trusty fan-in-the-window at night … still good when it’s not so hot, like today’s 83° … will put the new-ish AC to work in the next few over-90° days this week …

On the Other Side Cat

May 9, 2021art, birds, blogs, cats, curiosity, family memorabilia, fun, mirror, other cats, Victoriancat face, chickens, ginger cat, kitchen, lamp, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, retro, tailsteenyperk

Thursday, February 25, 2021, 1:09 am — Perkins … what can we see through the space between her paw and tail? …

… The Tease, 1901, John William Godward (1861-1922) … Ginger / red / orange tabby cat! … the header of Perk and Teeny’s blog! … More about the artist, Grecian Orange Tabby Cat, August 27, 2014 …

… A closer view of the hen and rooster … Valentine Rooster Cat, Feb. 14, 2021

Under the Lamp Cats

March 17, 20211920s, actors, art, cats, family memorabilia, horses, photographers, sleepbedding, cat face, flowers, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, photos, red tabby cat, retro, thermal mat, tuxedo catteenyperk

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 7:03 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … lamplight … Mom’s Stiffel lamp (a pair) …

… Ramon Novarro, 1929 … by George Hurrell (1904-1992) …

… Ramon Novarro as Parcivil, with Pancho Barnes’ horse, Lightning. When Pancho saw this photograph, she exclaimed: “If George Hurrell can make my horse look as beautiful as the most handsome man in America, then everyone should be using George Hurrell as their photographer.” — George Hurrell: Master of Hollywood Glamour Photography …

… 7:28 pm … Perk … not quite so perky yet …

5 years ago … Lamplight Cats, Jan. 3, 2016 …

12 Hours Apart Cats

January 16, 2021cats, curiosity, Finnish, sleepcat face, eyes, ginger cat, lamp, Marimekko bedding, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, reflection, retro, sit, tuxedo catteenyperk

Thursday, October 15, 2020, 10:11 am — Perkins … morning … natural light …

… 10:09 pm … Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … nighttime … lamplight …

5 years ago … Perk … same pose … Intriguing Close-Up Cat, Sept. 26, 2015
… role reversal … Teeny Tuxedo … Another Close-Up Cat, Nov. 16, 2015

Who Is It? Cats

November 4, 2020cats, Finnish, fun, shadows, sleepbedding, fan, flowers, ginger cat, lamp, Marimekko bedding, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tuxedo catteenyperk

Saturday, September 12, 2020, 1:00 pm — Perkins … is that Teeny Tuxedo under the sheet? …

Roller Coaster Weather Cat

August 29, 2020cats, fun, weatherbedding, fan, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, red tabby catteenyperk

Saturday, July 25, 2020, 10:13 pm — Hey, Perky! … get the fan revved up and ready to go! … the next two days will be over 95° … what a roller coaster … yesterday’s high, 69° … today, 80° … that’s the Pacific Northwest! …

Peet and Repeet Cat

August 13, 2020art, blogs, cats, curiosity, dogs, family, food, mirror, other cats, shadows, travelkitchen, lamp, magnets, sit, tails, tuxedo cat, walkteenyperk

Sunday, June 28, 2020, 11:20 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … shares the ledge with Russ’s Peet’s Coffee cup carrier … Peet’s, only a few miles away, his favorite morning coffee jaunt … flies back to St. Paul tomorrow after 12:00 pm … last chance for a Peet’s drive-by! …

Painting above, The Tease, 1901, John William Godward (1861-1922) … ginger / red / orange tabby cat … header of Perk and Teeny’s blog! … purchased, 1994 … see Grecian Orange Tabby Cat, Aug. 27, 2014

Confidentiality Cat

July 14, 2020cats, curiosity, funbedding, cat face, ginger cat, lamp, library, me, orange tabby cat, paper, paws, pen, red tabby cat, sit, tails, tuxedo cat, walkteenyperk

Thursday, May 28, 2020, 12:56 pm — Perkins … what’s all this paper for? … oh, you’re between interviewing people? … I won’t ask any more … I know it’s all confidential … I can’t read, so no problem …

Serious Morning Cat

February 15, 2020catscat face, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, retro, waterteenyperk

Monday, January 20, 2020, 10:52 am — Perkins … morning lamplight … water drop on her chin …

Perkins … and her Water Tradition, Sept. 11, 2019

Collectible Cat

December 28, 2019catscat face, flowers, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby catteenyperk

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 10:37 am — Perkins …

Shadows, Heater Cat

December 20, 2019cats, curiosity, heater, outside, shadows, trees, weather, windowdecals, deck, Kitty Sills, lamp, rabbit, toys, tuxedo catteenyperk

Thursday, November 21, 2019, 10:23 am — Leaf window decals shadows … Easter bunny …

… 1:59 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … what’s that?! … the new ductless heating / cooling system … in bedroom and livingroom … Looking forward to the COOLING in summer!

Sofa Corner Cat

November 29, 2019cats, shadows, sleepbedding, cat face, eyes, ginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, sofateenyperk

Thursday, November 7, 2019, 10:12 am — Perkins …

Yawnin’, Ramblin’ Cat

August 4, 2019cats, fun, yawnginger cat, lamp, orange tabby cat, paws, rabbit, red tabby cat, sofa, tails, toys, walkteenyperk

Sunday, July 28, 2019, 2:01 pm — Perkins … big yawn on this easy goin’ Sunday afternoon … with Easter Bunny in a jar …

… catnap’s over … time to ramble …

Easter Bunny in a jar’s early years … Hoppy Easter, March 31, 2013
How Easter Bunny ended up in a jar … Bunny Star Cats, April 5, 2019

Livingroom Cat

July 3, 2019cats, dvds, Finland, Finnishbedding, clock, deck, flowers, ginger cat, lamp, Marimekko bedding, orange tabby cat, rabbit, red tabby cat, reflection, sofa, toysteenyperk

Thursday, June 27, 2019, 11:54 am — Perkins …

Snow Plow Cat

February 18, 2019birds, cats, curiosity, outside, snow, trees, weather, windowdeck, kitchen, lamp, retro, sit, sofa, tuxedo catteenyperk

Saturday, February 9, 2019, 8:54 am — While Teeny watched birds on the south-facing deck …

… 9:30 am … a busy blue tractor plowed snow … north-facing kitchen window …

FIVE years ago! … Friday, February 7, 2014 … SNOW! … a smaller tractor … look how the trees have changed … Double Cat Snow Day …

Light, Shadows Duck

January 12, 20191930s, animals, animation, art, birds, cats, dogs, family, family memorabilia, Finland, fun, mirror, movies, other cats, shadows, travelcar, clock, duck, lamp, Scotland, toysteenyperk

Thursday, January 3, 2019, 4:22 pm — Rob R. Duck … by lamplight …

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 3:11 pm … and sun shadows …

… retro wind up clock … Scotty dogs … Glinda, Wizard of Oz ornament … Wallace and Gromit “walkies” talking alarm clock … glass cat from Russ (trip to Finland) …