I managed to take a few photos of Shublik’s eyes today. Normally it’s a hard task since he just does NOT sit still for a second, and today wasn’t any different.
My trick was to use a lens with a focal length of 105mm at f/2.8 and a flash. This way I could stand far away and the amount of light allowed me to freeze his movement — very short exposures. The macro lens has performed well, I think.
I still had to discard most of the photos, but these 3 are the best of the series. Hope you like them too, as I’ve become very biased with things related to this little monster.
Our Shublik is getting bigger and heavier, but people — he is still tiny! For some reason on many pictures he appears bigger than he really is…
He likes to drink from all the places other than his bowl – bath tab, toilet bowl, my glass…
Today Katie came over and gave Shublik one of his shots (the last on is due in 3 weeks). For some reason he was a little agitated and not quite his usual self — maybe because he smelled other cats from Katie’s clothes. Katie said that she can see that he’s grown and that he is going to be quite big, just like his father.
Shublik did not let us sleep too much tonight again, but I hope he will just grow out of it. Katie suggested buying some kind of special cat’s tent where Shublik can be put for a couple of hours in the morning so we could sleep. Maybe, we’ll try this.
After driving Katie to the subway, we’ve decided to get summer biking t-shirts since the weather is getting nicer and nicer. We picked two matching red t-shirts, and also got a spare tube and a cycling computer. The funny thing is that Alan did not recognize me at first, and when it finally hit him, he said to Danya: “And I was thinking – are all of his girlfriends 6 feet tall?”. Alan noticed that I dyed my hair and kept saying that I look different today. What can I say – no makeup and new hair color can do tricks!
It was also funny that one of the guys who works there told us that two people came to their site from our blog (I am amazed that he easily figured out who we are when we entered the shop today). I can only say again that I am very happy that we bought our bicycles from the local bike shop, and that dealing with people there is always a pleasure.
Даня говорит, что мне надо написать о своих ощущениях от Шублика на данный момент, ибо со временем он подрастёт, я попривыкну к его присутствию, а память, как известно, штука не очень надёжная.
Во второй день мы ужинали с Данькой в зале, а эта ушастая морда пыталась попробовать нашу еду. Нет, ну какой нормальный кот начнёт лизать помидоры в салате? Мы его не подпускаем к нашей еде (стараемся), но это требует определённых усилий.
Он очень ласковый и спокойно даёт себя гладить и щупать за любые места (лапы, хвост, живот и т.п.). Рыся, например, такого нахальстава не потерпела бы.
Шублик мне кажется очень красивым котёнком — мне нравятся его огромные уши, необычный окрас, изогнутый знаком вопроса тонкий хвостик, умильная мордаха.
We took a bunch of pictures yesterday, but most of them are not sharp since it’s really hard to catch him sitting in one spot. As Alex said, his attention span doesn’t seem to last longer than a quarter of a second.
He slept the whole night in our bad with us, without making a single sound. Just moving around from time to time. In the morning he ate his breakfast and went back to meowing.
Now he fell asleep on the window in our office, next to me typing. Where-ever we go, he comes with us.
We went to see a kitten today. We were supposed to see if we like him and if so we could get him when he would turn 16 weeks. He turned out to be a super funny creature with never-ending source of energy.
I’ve always considered myself a dog person. Cats, even though I must admit some of them are very cute, never touched my soul in quite the same manner. I think that my mindset is about to change…
Хочется пару слов написать о жизни, да всё как-то руки не доходят. Попробую исправить ситуацию.
Новый 2009 Год, как уже писал Даня, мы встретили дома у его родителей. Было хорошо, по-семейному, много подарков замечательных получила, но как ни странно настроение было какое-то неновогоднее. Это не значит, что оно было плохим или грустным — напротив, очень даже замечательным, но не праздничым. Может, старею, может, дело в отстутсвии снега, а может просто год на год не приходится? Continue Reading
May 22, 2009 @ 03:23
Подрос Шублик, прилично больше стал.
Такой милый ушастик
Мышкует
May 22, 2009 @ 06:24
Да, подрос наш красавчик. Хотя мне он до сих пор кажется очень маленьким.
Может, это просто я большая?
Мышкует – первый раз слышу слово, но смысл в принципе ясен.
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