naphtali

A bit over a month ago my beloved Pepper cat died.  It was pretty much the worst thing ever.  But since then I've had a couple of people ask me when I'm going to get a new cat or if I've already adopted another one.  When I tell them I'm not ready for another cat they seem genuinely perplexed.  One person even went on to suggest I adopt a dog.  I'm pretty sure the other friend thought, "okay, you're not ready for one today but in a week or two you can pick another one out."  And when I ran into them yesterday they told me that they had thought of dropping off a kitten at my doorstep.  Um, no.  No, no and no.     

I know they mean well, that they want me to be happy and they think a new cat will do that for me.  But all the same....what the hell?  My cat was not some thing, like a broken mug or a lost book, that I can just go out to the store and replace with another and all would be good.  My cat was one of a kind, she was my child, she was not a piece of property. 

I'm frustrated by this mentality.  If I were mourning the loss of a human being no one would be telling me to go out and replace her with another.  But noooo, she was just a cat.         

So, I've been taking lots and lots of pictures lately.  Enough that I'm thinking of starting my own photo blog.  I'm not sure what I'm going to name it yet, but that's okay, I'm still in the process of editing the photos I've already taken.  That said it looks like the editing process is going to be a constant game of catch up for me.  Boo.  

I'm also wondering if I should bother with selling prints of some of my better shots?  Hmmm, we'll see.  

Oh, and I have been taking sooooo many pictures of all sorts of insects lately, I've actually started to see them in my sleep.  Images of insects will just randomly show up in my mind.  Weird.  O_o

My camera is broken, oh noes!  It's not entirely non-functioning, but the display isn't working and neither is the viewfinder.  I can still shoot photos, but without any way to see whether my composition is right or way off...well, not cool.  :  I have discovered that the display will work while I'm using the Stitch Assist setting, guess I'll be doing that from now on.  Good bye macro shots, I loved you so...

My husband and I went to visit Pittsburgh yesterday, which I enjoyed immensely.  But then I found out that my friend and shop owner of one of my favorite stores there, had passed away in November.    What a shock.  When I had left Pittsburgh he had been doing well and was recovering from a surgery.  He was only middle aged, now his wife is stuck alone, raising their little girls.  I wish I could send a card to them...but given the fact that it's been four months since it happened, I'm really not sure it would be appropriate if I did.  I kind of feel like an ass for finding this out as late as I did.  I never knew he was sick and yesterday I made it a point to leave the house with my wedding album so I could finally show him the pictures.  I wore the one and only necklace I ever bought from him that day.

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Goodbye, Bob.  All those things you told me I should get into doing, I'll do my best to live up to that.

I just rediscovered this old movie I used to love as a kid!  Anyone else remember watching it?  It's quite amusing.    I'm almost tempted to get it on dvd now.  XD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdVauu…