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Falling in love

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I’m continuing my journey through old photos, and I’ve discovered two more I think deserve some airtime.

Grendel and Kako have always been called The Lovers.  She thinks of Grendel as her man and he enjoys the attention from her.

This relationship started early.  In fact, its beginnings could be seen in Kako shortly after she and her brother Kazon were adopted.  I’ve always said that, as the only female in the house, she knew immediately that paring up with the alpha male would be her best bet.  And that’s just what she did.

Although Grendel was still recovering from hip surgery and attempting to grow back his fur, he commanded respect while remaining as lovable and affectionate as always.

So here are two photos from autumn 1998 when Kako and Kazon were newly adopted and Grendel tended to his post-surgery rejuvenation.  What you see is one little lady, Kako, falling deeply in love with one very tolerant cat, Grendel.

Oh, and that blur in the second photo is yet again my big paw dangling in front of the camera lens.  And you wonder why photography has never been my career…  Similarly, pardon the quality.  Both pictures were taken with a disposable camera almost ten years ago.

In the first one, you can practically smell the adoration dripping from Kako as she stares lovingly at her new man.

Kako as a kitten staring adoringly at Grendel as both lie on the floor (grendel_kako_01)

As for the second one, it’s almost as if I walked in on two teenagers being a little too familiar.  Just look at her face.  It’s as though she’s been caught by her parents doing something she knows she shouldn’t be doing.  Either that or she thinks I’m going to challenge her for Grendel’s company, and she’s ready to fight for what’s hers.

Grendel and and the kitten Kako lying together on the bed while Kako looks up at the camera as though she's been caught doing something bad (grendel_kako_02)

Let me finish by saying I’m still going through a large number of old photographs and will continue posting those I think are worth sharing.

Another blast from the past

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To quote: “There are times when I wonder what I was thinking when I decided to trash certain photos.  That’s never more true than when I go through old images of The Kids as I have done recently.”

I’ve discovered in the past few weeks a great many pictures from long ago that I apparently decided were not worth posting.  Although I kept them in my photo archive, I removed them from the active batch from which I cull blog material.  Many are of The Kids; some aren’t.

So when I started searching for specific items and ran across stuff I thought I should share, I began wondering about my decision making long ago when I dumped them to begin with.  Mind you, I’ve never claimed to be sane.

Let me get back on track, though.

Here are two photos of The Kids from late 1998.  Kako and Kazon had only just been adopted.  Grendel and Loki, on the other hand, were left wondering what fresh new hell had invaded their territory and stable, comfortable, happy little home.

Loki in the box and Grendel in front of him, both watching Kako and Kazon playing beside the box

That’s Loki sitting in the box and Grendel sitting out in front, both of them watching Kako and Kazon trying to dig under the box from the side.  You can see most of Kazon with his tail sticking out, but Kako is reduced to a smidgen of black visible next to him.

And this was my first attempt to get a photograph of all four of them shortly after The Twins were adopted.  Although Grendel (at bottom) and Loki (at top) sat nicely and looked up at the camera, both Kako (at right) and Kazon (at left) seemed to have more important matters to tend to.

Loki and Grendel sitting on the kitchen floor while Kako and Kazon go on about their business