Leo in Repose

Leo doesn’t find the new sheets scratchy at all. Though watching them get torn off the bed at midnight and replaced with the old shredded-but-soft ones was probably seriously entertaining.

His owner, however, is not amused. She is a big fan of her (usually) comfy bed.

Writer thwarted, once again, by feline

As I am puttering around this morning–feeding animals, emptying the dishwasher, turning the tomato seedlings–I find I have the opening scene to my story, THE NINTH DRAGON, running around in my head… images, full sentences and all. So I hustle into the office to jot down these thoughts only to discover that I am out of scrap paper. Serendipitously (hopefully!) I have used an entire draft print of my novel, AFTER THE VIRUS, to brainstorm a series of short stories set in that universe.

Anyway, I remember I have some coloured paper upstairs that is who knows how old (5 years maybe) so I grab a 1 inch stack, title and date the top page and settle in to write out the first scene (or at least the parts I have running in my head).

I swear I only turned away for a second, but that is all it took to lose the paper to Leo, pen and all.

I seriously hope this isn’t a commentary on the quality of the writing–the paper makes a better bed than book? Or perhaps I really should just stop reading into every little thing the cats do. They like to sleep on things–end of (potentially dull) story.

Insert even cuter picture here:

Now get back to work! Me, not you. You feel free to do what pleases you.

Testing out the new (old) camera…

I am test shooting a Canon Rebel XTi. I bought the body used at Kerrisdale Cameras, which is ironic because the first camera I ever purchased (a 35mm without a light meter) was bought from their North Vancouver location in 1990.

This is Richard Parker.

This is Parker’s hair during a thorough personal cleaning. No, I didn’t style it that way for him.

I quickly turned off the too-eager flash, and found myself very happy to have something with more weight back in my hands (I absolutely loathe our point & shoot digital). So far I am absolutely loving the depth and focus abilities. More shots to come.

Ooooo… maybe it’ll snow!