Nature: Spring blossoms are just lovely. These started out all pink but now, a week later, they have gone completely white. Mom Nature at Her best !
Cats: Hrimnir wondering where his dignity went ? He’s been developing funny little habits lately and this is one of them: showing perfect balance and poise. He’s so photogenic !
Horsies: We’ve had the Annual Fair in Vilvoorde last Monday, which is renowned for the Belgian Heavy Horses’ fair and competitions. This picture shows draft horses doing their best to draw a load 20 meters across sand. This team, albeit ruggedly handsome and very teddy-bear-ish in appearance (if not in demeanor), didn’t win. A span of lovely lithe mares did, managing to pull 2170 kilos. Still, this pair did pull 2000 kilos anyway. Ain’t they the lovelies ? Yum.
I always look forward to your photo duet each Wednesday as your photos always delight me. You threw in a third this time…will horses now be a part of your weekly posts?
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 
April 15, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Nature: Spring blossoms are just lovely. These started out all pink but now, a week later, they have gone completely white. Mom Nature at Her best !
Cats: Hrimnir wondering where his dignity went ? He’s been developing funny little habits lately and this is one of them: showing perfect balance and poise. He’s so photogenic !
Horsies: We’ve had the Annual Fair in Vilvoorde last Monday, which is renowned for the Belgian Heavy Horses’ fair and competitions. This picture shows draft horses doing their best to draw a load 20 meters across sand. This team, albeit ruggedly handsome and very teddy-bear-ish in appearance (if not in demeanor), didn’t win. A span of lovely lithe mares did, managing to pull 2170 kilos. Still, this pair did pull 2000 kilos anyway. Ain’t they the lovelies ? Yum.
April 15, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Beautiful photos!
April 15, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Great shots. The heavy horses are magnificent. II see you like teh Fortean Times too! Happy WW
April 15, 2008 at 7:29 pm
nice shots! Happy WW! mine’s up too hope you can drop by…
April 16, 2008 at 1:16 am
beautiful cat and wonderful photos!
April 16, 2008 at 1:34 am
These are wonderful. Those horses are mighty!
April 16, 2008 at 2:54 am
wow lovely flower shot!! cool cat! and your horses are gorgeous! happy ww! 😀
April 16, 2008 at 4:06 am
What a great colloection of shots, ours is up as well at burntofferings and more at bernies fotoblog.
Have a great WW!!
April 16, 2008 at 5:00 am
I love the apple blossoms. I can almost smell them. And the picture of the kitty is fantastic.
April 16, 2008 at 5:12 am
Those are all beautiful photos. Happy WW.
April 16, 2008 at 6:11 am
Oh they are all great i love the horses. oh and the kittie is my best
April 16, 2008 at 7:58 am
Those are all great photos. I love those horses. So magnificent.
April 16, 2008 at 8:19 am
Beautiful images!
The cat is perfectly composed…so cute.
April 16, 2008 at 8:26 am
you reallt take nice pictures.
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April 16, 2008 at 8:34 am
Very nice photos! Happy WW!
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April 16, 2008 at 9:14 am
great photos.. I love the first one of the flowers!
Happy WW
April 16, 2008 at 11:54 am
I always look forward to your photo duet each Wednesday as your photos always delight me. You threw in a third this time…will horses now be a part of your weekly posts?
April 16, 2008 at 4:53 pm
very beautiful photos.i like the close up of the blooming flowers.
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April 16, 2008 at 4:53 pm
very nature.the flowers are pretty.
April 16, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Beautiful pictures! I love the horses! Happy WW!