Alice the Cat on Bed Rest: Toronto Pet Photography

Alice had an unfortunate accident last week, her left front leg got caught in a closing door. Off to the vet we went, and would have had x-rays but their machine had crashed, so we decided to wait it out (the vet was pretty sure that she didn’t have a break in the larger leg bone). Fortunately they prescribed some medication to help Alice with the pain that also has the wonderful side-effect of making her sleepy! She sleeps quite a bit, normally, but this really helped in keeping her quieter then I think she would have been otherwise.

So, since I hadn’t posted a blog posting of Alice in a while, I thought this was a good time for an update!

Alice snoozing
Alice snoozing
Alice snoozing
Alice snoozing

Settling down on the bed for a snooze:

Alice Bed Rest collage

But it’s always a good idea to start with a in depth grooming session first:

Alice grooming collage

Even when she was up and about she was pretty good at keeping herself quiet, except that she would jump up to high places, and then jump down, which was not good for her injured leg! If I managed to catch her, I would lift her down, but cats are sneaky and quiet!

Alice Sitting collage

Thankfully she does seem to be on the mend. I gave her her last dose of meds today, so tomorrow should really tell the tale, but from the little I’ve seen of her walking around today I think she has really improved and is on the mend!

I don’t tend to be very political on my photography blog, but the recent CRTC decision to allow Usage Based Billing (UBB) on internet bandwidth has me completely outraged for all Canadians. This decision is anti-competive, stifles innovation and creativity for future endevours in the internet marketplace. This will effect all Canadians, will impact our children’s education and job prospects in the future. We, as Canadians, must stand up and be counted, that we oppose this recent CRTC decision. Here’s what you can do to help:

Sign the Petition at openmedia.ca/meter (I’m sure it will hit 250K today!)

Visit www.antiubb.com/what-can-i-do/

Follow openmedia on FaceBook, come out to a local protest against UBB (one is happening this Friday in Toronto!)

Both the NDP and the Liberals have spoken up against this decision, but we can not let up on the campaign until the decision has been formally reversed! At the very least, please sign the petition and forward it to everyone you know in Canada.

Thank you!!!!

iPhoneArt 2010 Grant Winner: iPhoneography

With my iPhoneography update today I wanted to share the exciting news that I was named the 2010 iPhone Art Grant winner! I’m excited and happy to be part of this new art medium. Watch for more news on my iPhoneography art in the future!

All of the following were taken and processed on the Apple iPhone 4, here is a recent favourite:

Winter Blossom.jpg

Variations:

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More latté art:

Latte?Artx4.jpg

Some recent shots out and about in the city:

CItyScenesCollage.jpg

Shots from the end of fall in the city:

Fall-iPhoneography-Collage.jpg

Karen ZackJanuary 12, 2011 - 12:47 pm

Holly,
Congratulations!!! I just happened to notice this post and am thrilled for you. You have SUCH talent and an incredible eye for beauty in the world. How wonderful for you!

Karen

HollyJanuary 12, 2011 - 12:56 pm

Thank you Karen!

Linda SchenckJuly 27, 2011 - 2:44 am

spotted the link to these photos from your google+ account. great work. i have a question about one of them. you used the word app on a photo of city buildings and the words aren’t covering the building. how were you able to erace the words where you didn’t want them? did you layer and erase or mask? i can’t find an app that will allow me to put two of the same photos…one on top of the other and keep them in the same size. when i try blender the top image is smaller than the lower image. this is hard to explain. does it make sense to you?

HollyJuly 27, 2011 - 7:45 am

Hi Linda,

I usually use FilterStorm to blend two images together, as you can mask out what you don’t want. Do you have that app?

Holly

Holiday Baking 2010 #2

Here’s the last of the holiday baking for this year! Noah helped me decorate, and Alice kept watch, then we packaged them up for delivery:

Christmas Cookies#3-2010.jpg

Later I discovered Alice in one of her new favourite snoozing spots, tucked in among napkins and plates in the sideboard in the kitchen! (Thankgoodness she is toilet trained, so I don’t need to worry about dirty paws from a litter box!) Snoozing cats are so adorable, aren’t they?

Alice-snoozing-sideboard.jpg

Holiday Baking 2010

Just like last year, the holiday baking has begun! We have a bit more baking to do this weekend, but here are the first two cookie batches and links to the recipes. Enjoy!

Decided to simplify this year and made Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies rather then the Gingerbread we did last year. They are delicious! (Recipe can be found here.)

Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies.jpg

These Hot Chocolate Cookies are very yummy! I made mine a bit smaller then the original recipe, but they worked out just fine at this size:

Hot Chocolate Cookies.jpg

Keeping with the baking theme, here are a few images of Rebecca’s birthday cake this year:

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nicoleDecember 6, 2010 - 12:53 pm

drooling!