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March 2010 Archive
31 March - Continuing Cat/Daff Coverage; Advances in 3D Cat Photography
I believe that this is Cat Milkshake's first appearance in Cat/Daff coverage - always pleased to see a new player.
Of course, Nutmeg is a seasoned Cat/Daff vet.
Also...
... Though not, strictly speaking, daff-related, this superb 3D study of Leroy on the porch is well worth the posting. Leroy, a very contemplative cat, was very good at holding still for the two exposures necessary for the 3D effect. Sadly, Natasha and Nutmeg are probably too mercurial for satisfactory cat/3D work.
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28 March - The Continuing 3D Wave
Enthusiastic feedback from our recent anaglyphic 3D post has been so absolutely nonexistent that I thought I'd try again. Above a dog poses with a paw hovering dramatically in mid-air. Below...
... A cat sulks. But sulks dramatically in vivid 3D. Glasses are available through Amazon - you want the red/cyan type - and through many other web sites - just do that Google thing. You don't want to be left out of the next big thing, you know.
Previous Adventures in Stereoscopy
The Historic Cottage
Cat Leroy
Cat Leroy, Again
Vintage Dog and Cat Stereoviews
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27 March - The Miracle of the Trusting Cats
Currently on eBay, a very fine ex voto - a object (in this case a retablo, a painting) that commemorates a miraculous intervention. Here, a kind lady gives thanks for three poor little stray cats - here's the caption, translated by the seller:
In the small wood near our home there were three cats living in bad conditions, they were skinny and unsociable, but little by little and with a lot of patience I won their trust, now they live in my garden and we exchange love and friendship, they are now they are healthy, beautiful and even a little bit fat. I thanks to San Francisco to allow me to conquer the trust of the cats because I love them a lot and they also love me.
Very nice, and superbly painted, too. The auction ends Monday, and bidding's pretty brisk.
Previous Cat-Related Ex Votos:
Big Blue Cat Miracle
Brave/Ugly Cats Miracles
Miracle of Feline Augmented Literacy
Pretty Hairy Kittens Miracle
Demonic Fear of Kitties
Cat Scratch Fever Miracle
Miracle of the Cat Husband
The Miracle of the Embarrassed Cats
Tragic Love
Canción de los Gatos
San Pascual's Cat
Aunt Honorata's Cats
The Perfect Cat Storm
Cat Pi Milagro
Greedy-guts Miracle Cat
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27 March - Recent Acquisitions
Thanks to the generous contribution of a good Friend of the Museum, we recently acquired these superb corn prongs, circa 1925, from the Benish Restaurants of St. Louis. The Janus Museum has the largest collection of Benish Restaurants artifacts and documents of any major museum. I'm not bragging; it's just a fact.
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24 March - Archie
I'm sad to report that an old Friend of the Museum, Archie the Dachshund, has died at the age of thirteen. Above, with his buddy David Neumann, he meets good old Cat Toby. We'll miss Archie's cheerful bark when we go down Fifth Avenue.
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21 March - Let the Daff Games Begin
Pleased to announce that Cat/Daff Season is now open, even if the daffs aren't quite in bloom, at least in the Museum's Forest Preserve. But Cat Leroy was anxious to get on with the festivities, and who am I to say no?
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20 March - Lassitudinosity and 3D
Nice and warm, here - beautifully sunny - doors and windows thrown open - ceiling fan in operation for the first time since September - daffs opening. Should go rake out the cat wallows for the big Wallowing Season Opener (or at least attempt to get Gus to do it), but suddenly feel tremendous lassitude stealing over me - can barely keep eyes open on the Fellows' Common Room couch - fresh air making me woozy - can barely lift new issue of Wired...
But may be able to summon energy to post the first in a series of anaglyphs - red/blue stereoviews made from stereo Kodachromes I shot around 1980, using these handy instructions. If you have the energy, put on your red/blue specs now:
It's a Devon cow and calf photographed at Turkey Run Farm, next to the CIA in Virginia. Red/blue glasses can be easily found online. Note - the glasses you swiped at the showing of Avatar won't work. Oh, just one more stereoview:
It's our old buddy Rodger Kingston, giving himself bunny ears on the Mall. Of course, we've worked in 3D on these pages before. Will post more later, if I can find the energy. And now, back to the couch.
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13 March - More Feline Zeal
What with the torrential rains, the snowpack from the February blizzards is pretty much gone, but images from last week's probe into the Museum's Forest Preserve show the last icy remnants. Above, from the left, Nutmeg, Leroy, and Natasha. Leroy and Natasha are on the former Excellent Climbing Tree. By the way, Thursday marked the one year anniversary of poor Nutmeg's brush with disaster. She marked the anniversary by eating like a horse, sleeping, and chasing Natasha.
Leroy attempts to disappear into the shadow of a tree - very shy, is Leroy.
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7 March - Feline Zeal and Activity
Yesterday was fine and warm, and with the snow rapidly disappearing, it was as if someone blew a clarion trumpet that only the local cats could hear - everyone was out for the first real scamper session of the season. Above, Natasha lifts an elegant paw in the presence of the first snowdrops.
Leroy and Natasha go for a brisk lap around the Circle as Nutmeg takes a bit of a break and a wash.
Later, Buddha Minor and Nutmeg hone their tree climbing skills, still a bit rusty after the long winter, while...
... Good old Peake moodily contemplates the Museum's forest preserve, much damaged by the snows.
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5 March - Crocus Report
Looking a bit poleaxed after emerging from the drifts, the first crocuses of the season have shown up, somewhat later than the last couple of years. Soon it'll be time for the big annual Wallowing Season Opener, and then comes Cat/Daff Season, and then maybe Blue Jay Ground Attack Season - Spring in all its varied moods...
Previous First Crocus Sightings:
2009 - February 22
2008 - February 24
2007 - March 3
2006 - February 5
2005 - February 12
2004 - February 29
2003 - March 14
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