Feb 14
One of my favorite hobbies is photographing my cats Chauncey, Grace, and Maggie Mae. I also like to go on photo shoots with their siblings when I visit my brother in the country. The tuxedo cat Boots understands when I say “let’s go on a photo shoot.” He prances, climbs, struts, and sits. He loves …
Feb 28
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. ~ Helen Keller Chauncey is a master at finding any ray of sunlight that streams into the house. Most cats are! This morning I paused as I passed through the living room. He was stretched out inside the front door in a rectangle …
Mar 21
“Lively” “Full of personality” “The eyes are looking right at me” “Amazing eyes captured so expertly” “Follows my movement with relentless gaze” These reactions reflect appreciation for Donna Krenicki’s artistic talent and innovative digital dog art. Donna grew up in Connecticut, and she has been creative since a child. Her father encouraged her to paint, …
Mar 01
Snow blanket magic Tabby cat exploration Surprising sink holes Photo and Poem by Linda A. Mohr Originally Published in Winter laJoie 2017 Blessings! Linda
Feb 11
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. ~ Diane Arbus Cats on a hot tin roof! Not exactly. This photo was an unexpected shot that I tried while standing in the back of the garage at the farm. Two of the cats had jumped …
Jan 17
Chauncey’s favorite spot…..sleeping on a cheetah throw on a black leather chair. Well, the truth is he has several favorite spots! However, when the weather gets cooler in Florida like it has been this week, he goes for the soft and fuzzy throw. I wear my hooded puffy parka–sometimes even in the house! Now before …
Dec 20
Meet Boots. He was not too sure about being on ice when I took this photograph. (I wasn’t either!!) But he patiently waited as I leaned out from the garage door. Each year I create a calendar that features my family’s cats. Boots is the calendar cover and December photograph for 2018. He is quite …
Nov 08
Fall foliage ablaze Calico cat camouflage Oak leaf feather bed Photo and Poem by Linda A. Mohr Originally Published in Fall laJoie 2016 Blessings! Linda
Aug 16
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. ~Jean Cocteau Meet Maggie Mae, my tortie. She wandered into my secluded tropical backyard in February 2017 and never left. I brought her inside a few weeks later. Tortoiseshell cats may have patches of black, brown, chocolate, amber, …
Aug 09
“When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.” ― Justina Chen, North of Beautiful “I don’t normally do birds,” Karen Bryson reveals. That is until she saw a photograph her daughter-in-law’s mom had taken of an egret on the …
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