I photographed the flower in our local park “3 Fonteinen” (Vilvoorde, Belgium) and the kitty in our own Garden of Chaos.
I liked the flowers and took several different pictures of them (yes, there are more), heeding the general advice that one should not put the object in centre, and try for contrasts. Hence the green of the leaves off-set the bright white/yellow of the flower perfectly but leaving part of the dirt road in the background made the shot more dynamic.
Of Hrimnir, and the other three cats, I take many many pictures almost every day. This was on a nice sunny day. He was playing like mad with tufts of grass and pieces of black plastic (you see one next to him) but he interrupted his play for a quick grooming session. I usually take between 50 and 100 shots in one shoot and end up with one of two perfect ones. Needless to say my hard disk is groaning and I need an additional one soon ! But I just can’t get myself to throw away the other -less perfect but no less endearing- piccies….
LOVE the photo of the flower… and it sure looks like the cat is enjoying a bit of sunshine. *sigh* Wish I could get outside and enjoy sunshine instead of having to work.
The book "Tales from the House of Chaos" has been published with ISBN 978-1-4092-0781-8 as its number. Available immediately at Lulu.com, available soon at other outlets like Amazon.com.
Just to remind you, we have 9 main players in this game (besides some extras):
Loup-Garou Mafkat
("wherewolf" crazy/sleepy cat) - black with a little bit of white, très couch-potato
Bean Sidhe WOAH-He’s-Big-!
(a.k.a. Banshee "wailing ghost" = mythical Irish ghost/typical outcry of any visitor) - white and orange tabby part Maine Coon, trying to grow larger than the kitchen counter is high
Hrimnir de WC-plonzer, Protteke
("Shrouded with Frost" = mythical Norse giant/the toilet-plunger/little fart) - white, grey and cream tabby part Norwegian Forestcat, slowly turning into a very solid bloke indeed
Freya Gastropode
("Norse Goddess of love, beauty and fertility/Stomach on Legs") - female grey tabby gastropod, mommy of Isegrim, tries to convince us that she is eternally starving and needs to be fed NOW
Isegrim Dondersteen
("Grey Helmet/very busy critter") - iron grey with faint tabby markings, son of Freya, "dondersteen" could also be interpreted as "stone that falls very very hard" because as I'm typing this he's 5 years old and weighing 5.5 kilos...
Rikishi Rotzakske
("Stong Man" in Japanese/"Rotten One" or "Bad One") possibly half-brother of Gorgor, ginger shorthair tabby with white socks and breast, the most wild of the two youngsters and prone to attack when angry; known to ambush those bigger and fiercer than himself
Bliksem (“Lightning”)
A feral young tomcat who dwells in the House of Chaos solely for eats and sleeps. Faster than his shadow hence his name.
Chuck sNorris van Droomwereld
Chuck van Droomwereld ("of Dreamworld") is his pedigree name, the rest refers to a well-known martial arts actor and "snor" actually means moustache. This is a very silent Maine Coon with majestical whiskers who's never heard but quite well seen - fleeing at least. He should aspire more to be like his namesake !!
Chateau Beau van Spinnepoes aka Beauregard
"Castle Beauty of Purpuss" is his pedigree name but I like his new name better (regard means both looking and esteem). He's gorgeous and he knows it. He also has the cutest high-pitched mew which sounds strange coming from such a big beast. And he's still growing.
Also starring:
Grumpy Man, The Mistress, Bouncing Psycho, The Strong Woman of Flanders, The Lord of Toys, The Cleaning Scourge, The Man in White, and the occasional hapless visitor.
House of Chaos 
October 16, 2007 at 8:33 pm
gorgeous!!
October 16, 2007 at 10:19 pm
THose are two lovely photos. Happy WW
October 16, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Love the flower
Great shots 🙂
October 17, 2007 at 1:04 am
I love the flower, so pretty.
They are both gorgeous shot!
Happy WW.
October 17, 2007 at 2:15 am
Oh, gorgeous shots, both of them in it’s own way 🙂 Both of them make me think: clean!
October 17, 2007 at 2:24 am
Great eye! Love the shots … no words needed!
October 17, 2007 at 2:52 am
Love the flower, but the kitty is adorable. Have a great WW. 🙂
October 17, 2007 at 2:52 am
I love the flower photo! 🙂
Happy WW!
October 17, 2007 at 3:20 am
Kitty loves being outside. Cute pics. Happy WW.
October 17, 2007 at 4:36 am
Cute, cute, cite! Love the kitty and the flower! Happy WW.
Your FL furiends,
October 17, 2007 at 5:12 am
how pretty!!! happy ww!
October 17, 2007 at 6:44 am
Beautiful shiny fur ! (not the flower, the cat !)
Don’t we have wonderful weather for the moment ? I hope it will last !
October 17, 2007 at 11:45 am
happy WW
October 17, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Nice different angle on the flower shot.
October 17, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Great pics! You actually feel like you can reach out and pet that cat!
October 17, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I photographed the flower in our local park “3 Fonteinen” (Vilvoorde, Belgium) and the kitty in our own Garden of Chaos.
I liked the flowers and took several different pictures of them (yes, there are more), heeding the general advice that one should not put the object in centre, and try for contrasts. Hence the green of the leaves off-set the bright white/yellow of the flower perfectly but leaving part of the dirt road in the background made the shot more dynamic.
Of Hrimnir, and the other three cats, I take many many pictures almost every day. This was on a nice sunny day. He was playing like mad with tufts of grass and pieces of black plastic (you see one next to him) but he interrupted his play for a quick grooming session. I usually take between 50 and 100 shots in one shoot and end up with one of two perfect ones. Needless to say my hard disk is groaning and I need an additional one soon ! But I just can’t get myself to throw away the other -less perfect but no less endearing- piccies….
October 17, 2007 at 2:41 pm
What beautiful photos you have here! I love that cat pic too:) Mines up as well!
October 17, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Wonderful photos. 🙂 Beautiful flower and great-looking cat. 🙂
October 17, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Beautiful photos. Putting the flower off center really did make a difference. I’m making mental note of that one.
Happy WW!
October 17, 2007 at 6:13 pm
LOVE the photo of the flower… and it sure looks like the cat is enjoying a bit of sunshine. *sigh* Wish I could get outside and enjoy sunshine instead of having to work.
October 17, 2007 at 6:25 pm
I love the flower!
October 17, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Is that kitty Hrimnir? I love the photo!!
October 17, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Great shots, I love the flower and the cat is cute
October 17, 2007 at 7:04 pm
oo wow, that is a beautiful flower. It looks so perfect. I want one. AND cute kitty photo. ^^
October 17, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Absolutely beautiful. Happy WW!
October 17, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Lovely photos. I enjoyed reading your comment about how you took them.
October 17, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Great pictures! Love what the light does with the structure on the cat’s skin! Happy WW!
October 17, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Ok, besides my Punkin (and chips and salsa), those are my two favorite things. Is that a dahlia?
October 17, 2007 at 9:16 pm
wow, great photos. i like the second picture because the cat is very cute.
October 18, 2007 at 12:08 am
Great close up pictures. Beautiful.
October 18, 2007 at 1:36 am
Oh very cute indeed…
Thanks for stopping by burntofferings but there is more at bernies fotoblog
October 18, 2007 at 2:03 am
Two gorgeous photos! Love the angle of the kitty picture 😀
October 18, 2007 at 3:57 am
The flower is pretty but I like the kitty best! happy WW!
October 18, 2007 at 4:27 am
nice pictures… thanks for posting it. happy ww!
October 18, 2007 at 6:29 pm
So pretty! We don’t have a safe place for ours to go out.
Lucky kitty!