Early Cat Blogging: Athena

This week’s cat blogging is going to be early, and all about Athena. You can read all about her here, so I will forgo much of the back story that goes along with some of these photographs, and just give a quick comment for each instead.

This is Athena with her brother Rocky, and her sister Mitzy. It was soon after I took these pictures with a disposable camera that I decided I should invest in a digital one. I wish I had bought it sooner because this is one of just a handful of pictures I took of Athena as a baby.
We had Athena before Angel, and here she is with him when he was just a few months old. They really liked each other at this age, but as Angel got older he started getting a little bossy with her.
One of my absolute favorite shots of Athena.
Another of my favorite pictures of her. It’s just a little over exposed towards her hind legs, but otherwise almost perfect. Her eyes were framed in black just like it appears in this picture. When I first saw her I didn’t think much of her coloring, but as she got bigger I thought she was one of the prettiest cats I had ever seen.
She really loved sleeping in that bassinet.
Grocery bags are to cats what boxes are to little kids.
I always liked her pose in this picture, but felt that the bright light ruined it. It has since grown on me.
Sometimes I look up from my desk, and I still see her just like this.
Another shot I wasn’t impressed with until sometime after I took it.
Athena shows her prowess at walking along the backs of the dining room chairs.

So there are but a few of the many pictures I took of Athena during her short life. I am so happy I bought the digital camera when I did because it enabled me to take as many pictures as I want without fear of wasting any film. I saved every picture I ever took of Athena, good and bad, and I am glad that I did.

Posted by Jeff at February 3, 2005 11:50 AM