weekly winners: in the sink

October 4-10, 2009

Bed Head

Clean Paws

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weekly winners: go navy!

September 27-October 3, 2009

I’ve lived in Annapolis for over eight years now. But I only just attended my first Navy game yesterday. Some friends have season tickets, and we decided to join them for the game and pregame tailgate. It wasn’t the most exciting game … but I had fun, and Navy won in overtime. Yay!

Before the game, it was pretty cool watching the midshipmen march onto the field.

And then they filled the stands …

I knew the jets were coming, but they were fast! I’ll have to try to get a better shot next time!

I’m assuming these guys were there because Navy’s opponents were the Air Force Falcons.

And finally, I’ll leave you with a shot of Jeter. It’s been a while since I’ve had a kitty photo shoot!

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weekly winners: comfy cats

July 26 – August 1, 2009

Last week, I had tons of photos. This week? Not so much.

Jeter in the sink, snuggling with my laptop case.

Little Guy napping in my planter.

Never leave a drink unattended in my house.

(I had to sacrifice the clarity of this photo to catch the cup!)

That was Jeter again in the cup series. Oddly enough, I just posted this movie of Joey a couple days ago. It was recorded a few months ago, but I forgot about it.

You’d think I’d learn …

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weekly winners: cat dilemma

July 5-11, 2009

Ever since we’ve owned our house, we’ve been caring for a stray cat that calls our yard her home. Her name is Meadow. Shortly after we moved in, we discovered she had three kittens.

I got the help of a trap, neuter and release program in our area. The kittens were young enough to tame, but Meadow was already an adult and pretty set in her ways. They lent me traps and a cage that we set up in the garage to tame the kittens, and we got momma spayed and returned her to our yard.

Eight years later, she’s still doing great.

For a couple months now, she’s had some company. A little gray kitty has been showing up regularly. He was a tiny bit shy the first time we saw him, but he eagerly ate the food we put out for him.

He warmed up very quickly — rubbing up against us and jumping up for head pets. After he first appeared, we saw him daily. And then he vanished for a week or two. I worried a little, but hoped he found his way home. He did seem a bit too friendly to be a stray …

And then one day he was back. We see him pretty regularly. Not as often as Meadow, but he’s around a lot. And he’s looking a little scruffier — there are some cuts (bug bites, maybe?) on his nose, and he seems a little dirty (fleas?). So now I’m beginning to wonder.

Does he just have irresponsible owners? Is he lost? Or is he an unusually friendly stray?

I feel like I have to do something. I really like this little guy!

But what? I want to take care of him … but I don’t want to steal somebody’s cat if he’s actually lost. We see a similar cat (don’t think it’s him?) hanging out at one of the houses further down the street. But if he’s that local, he wouldn’t be lost … and he definitely needs some TLC (and a vet!).

We have had a feral cat problem in our neighborhood, due to irresponsible pet owners in a house around the corner. Which is why I’m more likely to take action …

Anyway, this week’s photos are all of my new friend.

Food time?

Rolling around

Are we done now?

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weekly winners

May 31 – June 6, 2009

I went into DC yesterday to run in the Race for the Cure 5K. It’s difficult to run because there are so many runners and walkers — something like 50,000. And a lot of the walkers didn’t follow directions and started with the runners. There was a separate start line, and they were supposed to start 15 minutes after the runners. But I crossed the start line and there were already people walking, holding signs, etc.

So it was a little extra workout from your usual 5K, zig-zagging around walkers and slower runners, trying to find a good pace. I was happy that I managed to finish just over 29 minutes (I think — official results not posted but I had my Garmin.) At least it was a chip race this year. In the past it wasn’t. My clock time was somewhere around 37 minutes!

I got into the city really early. I was expecting to have to wait for a train, and for crowds. But I walked into the Metro station and right onto a train, and it left just a couple minutes later. I was meeting some coworkers for a team photo at 7:30, but I got there around 6:40. Plenty of time to find a port-o-pot (no lines!), pick up my donation voucher, and wander around. (They offered incentives to solicit donations. I procrastinated and didn’t get any donations until race week. I reached my goal before race day, but I didn’t get my voucher emailed to me.)

Anyway, that killed a little time. But I still had to wait for my coworkers. Fortunately, we were meeting at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden so I could entertain myself.

Eventually it was time to meet up. Folks gradually arrived, and we took a few photos. Then it was time to wait for the start!

Only the opening ceremony kept going, and speakers kept coming up. We just wanted to run! They ended up starting about 30 minutes late.

But it was a really good time. The event was very well organized. There were great vendor freebies at the finish, and the race had plenty of snacks and drinks available. I was impressed!

Also this week …

I’ve got some lazy cats.

And finally, I took this at the Cracker show last week, while waiting for the encore:

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weekly winners

April 26- May 2, 2009

Wow, it’s been a busy week. Not too much time for photos. But I did manage to pick up the camera for a few shots!

Joey

Jeter

No flowers this week, but I do appreciate how green it’s gotten in my backyard!

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weekly winners: back home

April 19-25, 2009

Unfortunately, the scenery in this week’s winners just can’t compare to last week. Back to reality!

Joey picks fights with Jeter all the time. But Jeter usually does most of the pouncing.

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weekly winners: cats are weird

April 5-11, 2009

It’s been one crazy week. I barely touched my camera. This is pretty much all I got:

Dude … where’s the catnip?

Well I also captured this little song-and-dance number featuring Joey as the cat, and my husband as singer, composer, and puppetmaster:

No cats were harmed or traumatized in the making of this week’s Weekly Winners.

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weekly winners: cats vs. dogs

March 22-28, 2009

Anybody who’s been here before knows I’m a cat person. My kitties are my babies. While I only have one of them in my ‘Winners’ this week, he’ll serve as a good example.

Jeter

I had the opportunity to meet a couple of, um, unusual dogs last night. They belong to my brother and sister-in-law’s neighbors.

I declare cats the winner.

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weekly winners: winter wonderland

March 1-7, 2009

March decided to come in as a really large, angry lion this year.

Sunday night

Monday morning
(around the time I decided to work from home for the day)

After the storm

Meadow
(poor kitty!)

She’s not really buried, it just looks like she is. Meadow is a stray that lives in our yard; she isn’t tame enough to be a house cat. We always feel bad for her when the weather is like this, but she keeps warm under the decks and in a crate we put out for her.

Posey

And finally … I’ve been out of town, but Jeter cat tried to stop me!

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