Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice little lady; think she will train you to stroke her, but I found that imitating a Mama Cat's tongue with your three outstretched fingers, along with some scratching was just the ticket for these rescue youngsters. Brush the ears down forward; they like vigorous stroking, but not petting. In the meantime, read this Cat Haiku for more details: http://www.nanceestar.com/CatHaiku.html On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > Our world has been turned upside down by the addition of a new member to > the family - Retzki has arrived to train us into being cat parents. We are > getting along well but we still need a little training on modern stroking > techniques! Our last two dies about a year ago at the ripe ages of 23 and > 21 > years, and we left it for a while, but decided in the end that we needed > the > great relaxation that stroking a cat can bring, so we 'acquired' our new > addition from animal rescue and are delighted. Looking at this image, I > think we have a model but then she does have a photographer for her Dad! > > You can see the photo at www.stockuk.blogspot.com. Taken with a Nikon D300 > and 105mm macro. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > Blog: www.stockuk.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA