A life with Abyssinians (and Singapuras) is a life of being “helped.” All. The. Time.
Kalle is making toast with cheese. With enthusiastic help from Lorelai and Izaak. Very enthusiastic help.
One of the most fun things about Hipstamatic is the randomness of it, but another is the special themed paks of films, lenses, flashes and camera cases. A few years ago (I think it was for the 2012 Presidential elections), they came up with the Rock the Vote pak, which included RTV Shout, a film that adds pro-voting slogans to your photos. So I just wanted to put this up here to remind my friends back home to be sure and vote tomorrow.
I still get to vote in Massachusetts statewide elections as an American ex-pat living in Sweden, and I voted last month. I am proud to have voted for Elizabeth Warren as my Senator.
So, please, please…vote tomorrow! Do it for Lorelai!
The other day we took the kittens out again before it gets too cold. Lorelai ran as fast as she could to her beloved trees.
She always looks so funny…she runs so fast and so hard, with every ounce of strength she can muster.
And the way she attacks those trees…
…she’s just a little bit crazed, really.
But I will say this for our little Rory…
…She throws herself all into whatever it is she’s trying to do.
No matter how tall the tree, Rory’s gonna climb it!
Yesterday, of course, was Halloween. We haven’t had a Halloween dress-up party Chez Hellqvist since…well, since before we were Chez Hellqvist.
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So we dressed up this year. First up was Izaak, wearing the infamous “Honey Pie” costume. Let’s just say…he’s not a natural.
He had a hard time with the hat in particular.
And then he was very distracted by his hair.
…Almost…
In the end, he managed to get a couple of awesome shots, though.
Next up was Lorelai. No real costume for her, just a pretty dress and a blonde wig.
Rory had as hard a time with her wig as Zak did with his hat/wig combo.
It would have looked cuter on her if she’d have stopped making faces.
She didn’t mind the dress, though. Just the wig.
Next we had Alfred, wearing Jacoby’s cowboy outfit.
Given how hard it was to get him to wear his Red Sox outfit, I was pleasantly surprised at how well he wore this costume.
He had a little trouble with the hat at first, but ended up rocking the western look.
Jake, of course, has so many outfits to choose from; apart from the dresses, they’re basically all his. After going through them, I thought it would be fun to reprise his doctor’s scrubs outfit.
It took him a second to remember how to wear the cap.
His ears aren’t really airplane-angry. It’s just the hat’s elastic that makes them look like that.
Last, but not least, we have Angel. Who, of course, wore her pirate’s costume.
Which she wore like a boss. Of course, she pretty much only ever wears this costume and no other, while Jake wore one he han’t done in years, and the younger cats had never worn a costume at all.
It’s not often that Angel is the best poser of the bunch…but there’s a first time for everything!
Today is National Cat Day in the States…and, having no ideas for a post today, I thought I’d just go round and take photos of the cats being themselves, with the Hipstamatic camera.
Alfred, napping on the sofa next to me, was the first.
Start with what’s close at hand, right?
Freddy was cool with whatever…
Next we have Jacoby, sleeping on our bed.
Hipstamatic makes that fun.
A lot of fun.
Next, we have Izaak in the kitchen.
He’s so much more food-oriented than Logan…
Freddy and Lorelai joined us in the kitchen.
Rory was so cute today…
She is so pretty.
And…just a little bit goofy.
Angel, meanwhile, was up in the cubby part of the cat tree.
She really loves it in there.
But it’s one of the few places in the world where she feels safe and secure.
Angel is an amazingly strong girlcat.
