All About Jazz

July 19, 2008 by 5 Comments
And All that Jazz!

And All that Jazz! © 2008 Bo Mackison

Black kitties, I have found, are incredibly hard to photograph. Especially this sweet girl who is still adapting to her new home and isn’t quite sure what that strange woman is holding up to her face. I’m sure in good time she’ll figure out it’s a camera. But after many attempts, here is a photograph to introduce Jazz. I think she’s happy to be away from all the other cats in the shelter. And I’m happy to have her for a new companion.

Now if she will soon learn to keep off my face while I’m trying to sleep. Seems that’s the only time she wants to become friends. Hmmm.

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Kitty, Kitty

July 18, 2008 by 4 Comments
Kitty, Kitty

Kitty, Kitty © 2008 Bo Mackison

Jazz has a new home.

After being a homeless kitty during at least part of last winter’s cold, and then a shelter kitty, Jazz has a new home with my Sherpa and me. Jazz is a black lady cat, age unknown, who was found out in the country this spring and brought to the Humane Society. She had been on her own for quite awhile, but came through the experience with only a frostbitten ear from last winter’s exposure. Pretty amazing for a cat who is de-clawed – pretty lucky, too.

Though she’s a beautiful, sleek cat, she’s still shy and not quite ready to have her puss in a photo. I’ll give her time to adjust before I start in on the photo sittings. So this fun clay kitty from a local garden center is posing in her place.

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