Sunday Selections: the nap time edition, no. 2

 

This is the 50th edition of Sunday Selections, hosted by the very creative and lovely Kim from Frogpondsrock. Sunday Selections gives us the opportunity to post those photos that have been hanging around on our computers(s) for ages. I seem to have a lot of photos of sleepy animals, so this is the second edition of my Sleepy Sunday Selections. A third edition will follow next Sunday. We will all be terribly bored by then.

For other, more ‘professional’, photos taken by yours truly and featuring horses and their humans, see my attempt to start a photography business.

 

NAP TIME (again)

Sunday Selections: the nap time edition

Sunday Selections is a great meme that gives us the opportunity to post those almost forgotten photos that have been hanging around in folders on our computers. Kim from Frogpondsrock came up with this great idea. If you like to join in, just hop over to the rocking frog ponds and post a selection of your own. You know how these things work.

Last week I promised you a selection of photos that will make you chuckle or say ‘awww’.
Oh, the pressure.
I hope you won’t be disappointed. And I have to warn you: in some shots Biggles shamelessly displays his balls. He’s a proud boy.

NAP TIME

Which is why we usually just sit on the floor.

Warned you about the Biggles-balls. It does get worse though…

See?

For more sleepy photos of the furry bunch, you’ll have to wait for the next Sunday Selections. I have loads of them and I haven’t even posted the cutest yet…

Sunday Selections: the love edition

Our Sunday Selections host Kim’s daughter got married yesterday. She has some lovely photos and a memorable wedding story on her blog Frogpondsrock.

So I thought it would be nice to choose my Sunday Selections for this day, based on LOVE.

 

Sarah (the cat, sadly no longer with us) loved Phoebe (now 14 years old).

Lovedoves.

Hubs loves his horse Willem.

They all love each other.

It’s getting a bit crowded with so much love going on.

Cute love.

I loved this little cat, Lapje, but sadly she’s one of the fourleggers who’s no longer with us.

Well, who wouldn’t love Nufnuf’s smiling face.

Or that of his non-related brother Tumtum, who isn’t as smiley, but definitely very loveable.

There is so much love going on in our house, that I have enough photos for several Sunday Selections. More of the same will be in next week’s Sunday Selections.

Camera Critters, from Little to Large

May 2008 we adopted four 8 weeks old cats. From top to bottom: Petje, Lapje, Snoes and Mozes. The first picture of each cat was taken on the day they arrived in our home, the picture beneath that shows how much they've grown now they're almost one year old. They are all very sweet (even if they look just a tad angry in the picture) and best friends with our 19 year old cat Bengeltje and our three labradors. Next week I will 'devote' my Camera Critters post to Bengeltje. She deserves a post of her own.

Camera Critters is a fun meme, hosted by Misty Dawn. Click this to see more entries or to join in the fun and post your own Camera Critter.

Not that we don't have one.

We even have two dog beds! Yes we do! A red one and a very big black one. But........

Lapje asleep

The cats lie on the dog bed, the dogs lie on the couch and we lie on the floor. It's just the way it is. And when they are cold they snuggle up in front of the fireplace. They have it made!

Biggles and Snoes were cold.

At the risk of you calling the Dierenbescherming or RSPCA or whatever Animal Rights organisation, I have to tell you that I like the Bigglesballs. And so does he, because he displays them proudly every chance he gets. I like them because they dangle so happily between his legs when he walks in front of me, 'dingle dangle dingle dangle'. It's all very innocent, let me assure you. It's just a happy sight.

It is not that strange that I like the Bigglesballs actually. The famous Dutch biologist/writer Midas Dekkers, once wrote: 'Male tigers have the most beautiful balls of all animals. They seem so very soft, full of woolly hair. Zoovisitors often watch them eagerly. It must be a delightful experience to wiggle your head between those warm soft pumpkins.'

Well, I wouldn't go that far with the Bigglesballs. They are not thát attractive to me. Maybe they are just too shiny?

Camera Critters 2

Phoebe and Lapje snuggled up together for their afternoon nap. Phoebe is the dog (a Labrador Retriever, she is 12 years young), Lapje is the other one (not even 1 year old). She is a tortoiseshell coloured cat; we call that 'lapjeskat', hence the name Lapje. A 'lapje' in Dutch is a small piece of cloth. A quilt for instance consists of all kinds of different 'lapjes'. If you really want to know how to pronounce Lapje.....uhm: well the 'a' sounds like the 'a' as in the British pronounciation of bath. If you replace the 'a' by an 'o' you're almost there. Sorry to have bored you. This is my second post for Camera Critters.