My wife is a collector of strays. We have 4 cats and 2 dogs ... all but one a stray taken from outside. While I was in America last spring she found another one ... a calico female kitten that was alone and starving outside. She was introduced to the family and fit right in. Well, she's now old enough to be fixed as the 2 males have been very interested in her of late so yesterday we took her to the vet and the did the dirty deed. Let me say, in passing, that Russian veterinary science isn't as advanced as in the west and their methods are somewhat more crude. The anesthesia they use isn't as good and the effects are not nearly as predictable. The cat seems to have survived the surgery but we've seen some serious personality changes since she woke up. She was very friendly but now is trying to hide in the darkest and most inaccessible places. She spent most of this day hiding under the bathtub and I was only able to get her out by using a short broom handle to herd her to a place where I could grab her. She's exceedingly afraid of everyone including her cat friends and that's not like her. All I can figure is the anesthesia screwed up her head and now she's more than a bit paranoid. We're all hopeful she gets over this issue and returns to the friendly cat she was only a few days ago.
A Small Correction
A few entries ago I talked about Griffith Park in LA and how it was the place where Edwin Hubble did his groundbreaking work. That's not quite true. He worked at Mt. Wilson, another observatory in the hills above LA. My mistake.
Pacific Grove Lighthouse
I spent a wonderful afternoon in Pacific Grove, a small community near Monterey in California. The coastline is very rugged there so there's a small lighthouse to warn ships about the hazards. It's not as spectacular as, say, Point Arena but it's interesting in its own right. The day I visited it was closed to the public so I was forced to shoot this picture through the chain link fence. It's a museum now but I guess the light still works. This is a single exposure with minimal adjustments, all in Lightroom. I like the composition with the framing around the trees. Although not as spectacular as many of my images, it has a nice quality that I find appealing.
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| Pacific Grove Lighthouse - 70mm(1.6 crop),f/11,1/320 sec,ISO 100, license CC BY-NC 4.0 |
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