Archive for March 16th, 2007

Friday cat: Stealth cat

Friday, March 16th, 2007

We don’t have as many good pictures of our cat Tom as we do of our other two cats. Why not? Tom is built with advanced stealth materials that render him invisible to the auto-focus mode of most cameras. So, we have a lot of pictures of Tom that could easily pass as UFOs – if this were that kind of web site!

But Tom’s advanced stealth technology might have finally met its match. Our new camera (a Canon Rebel XT) is a lot better at catching Tom … in focus!

[Tom]
Tom … in focus

Just don’t let Tom know that he’s not quite as stealthy as he once was!

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Friday Cate: Sleeping like a baby

Friday, March 16th, 2007

I took this picture a day or two ago. Cate’s napping in the carseat after her ride home from the day care.

[Sleeping Cate]

She’s “sleeping like a baby”. But I wonder … where, exactly, does the phrase “sleeping like a baby” come from? The phrase as most people use it refers to sleeping peacefully.

But babies? If our baby is typical (Google search suggests that she is), then “sleeping like a baby” is taking short naps. Between the naps?

[Awakened Cate]

Between naps, Cate wants to see everything. Lately, she’s also wanted to grab everything and put it into her mouth. The world must taste great!

Oh, and if you’d like a phrase that really does mean “sleeping peacefully”, might I suggest: “Sleeping like a cat”?

[Tom]

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