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Lambykins Cat

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Thursday, March 31, 2022, 12:33 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … The last day of March lives up to its reputation … going out like a lamb … While Teeny catnaps in the warm noon sun, the butterfly bush is sprouting new leaves … Tall trees still in sober grays and browns … exuberant plants in front of them starting to sport fresh greenery … Photo from My Photo a Day Adventure …
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Quiet Celebration Cats

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Monday, March 21, 2022, 11:26 am — Perkins … while rabbits spring about on this day after the First Day of Spring … Perky maintains a stoic pose …
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… 3:48 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … Spring trees and sky reflected in her eye … rabbits are down lower, munching grass … Springtime for Rabbits …
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Sleepy Flannel Cat

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Monday, December 27, 2021, 2:32 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … camera flash catches a mighty yawn …
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… no flash … afternoon catnap … floral sheets … Portuguese flannel from Vermont Country Store several years ago …
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… 3:10 pm … Teeny’s missing the after-Christmas afternoon … snow … blue sky … 2 birds flying in for a landing …

… close-up of da two boids …

Celebrating Rain Cat

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Friday, August 6, 2021, 4:28 am — What’s that strange, delightful sound? … Rain! … the first since June 15! … Worth commemorating with a photo and video …

6:15 am … 2 hours later … Teeny Tuxedo … happy to see the rain … but still sleepy …
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… 5:13 pm … 12 hours later … rain has stopped … the freshened air has brought some insect action to the burgeoning butterfly bush … Teeny says, “You gotta take a look!” …
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… a tattered swallowtail butterfly … VERY few this year … just as last year … see Singular Butterfly, July 17, 2020 …

… Ever industrious bee … Hooray for the FZ300’s 24x zoom … Enlarge for details …

… Part of the non-zoom butterfly bush from the corner of the deck … Since it wasn’t pruned last fall, it’s grown gigantically tall, beyond the roof eaves … Red arrow points to itsy-bitsy bee … Wandering clouds are the happy remnants of this morning’s RAIN!! …

Cooler Morning Moon

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 6:04 am — 1st time tried a “moon shot” … south from the deck … Refreshingly cooler early morning 70ºs … After 116° yesterday, today’s 92º will be a relief … then back to Pacific Northwest 70ºs for a few days …
Waning gibbous moon, above trees

… Impressed with the details of the craters, in spite of unsteady handheld … not fully zoomed … Inspired to try out the tripod … at least it’s out of the box! …
Waning gibbous moon, above trees, close crop

… This is a waning gibbous moon … June 29 … moon phases calendar …
Moon phases, June 2021

… 6:10 am … Song sparrow … “Do you think I can fly that high?” … (deck was power washed a bit later) …

Happy Rain Birds Cat

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Monday, June 14, 2021, 8:42 pm — A break in the rain … giant clouds moving north, east side of deck … butterfly bush in foreground … tiny bird on top of tree in distance … a robin? … Over 1 inch in past few days … much needed …

… 10:11 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … dreaming of rain … and birds! …
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… Tuesday, June 15, 5:35 am … Extra rainy Pacific Northwest … even penguins need a raincoat and umbrella … li’l ducks are happy as can be … Penguin, part of mini-collection from “penguin nation” college bookstore …

Chirp, Robin, Chirp!

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Sunday, May 2, 2021, 12:14 pm — A cheery, chirpy, clear sky robin day! … top of tree … looking north from the front door …  outside, rather than through a window … MUCH crisper! … (Russ and I were leaving for Olympia … Dirty Dave’s Pizza! … a travel tradition) …

By the time filming started, chirp-chirp-chirping stopped … did catch him/her drop a black seed out of its mouth … and make a swift flying exit …

Listen to the American robin’s cheery chirps and other songs and calls at audubon.org

Magnificent Blue Sky Cat

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 1:17 pm — Bounteous butterfly bush … bounding up to the brilliantly clear blue sky … c’est magnifique! …

… 2:25 pm … Perkins … takes a break from all the wondrous blue …
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