Backtracking

Whoa.  It's already September!  Clearly I am way behind on blog posts.  This summer was jam packed with lots of events and photo opportunities; it is time to catch up and post!  For the next few weeks, I hope to backtrack and post everything that has been going on over the last few months. 

 

So in the meantime, a photo I recently took of the turn of the season; the first signs of autumn upon us.  The neighbor's walnut tree is beginning to litter our backyard with touches of gold foliage; making for great color interest in this shot.  

This is the neighborhood stray (for a couple years now) whom we've recently nicknamed "Tux".  Over the last couple months, we have been slowly gaining his trust, which in turn, has lessened his feral ways.  He now meows when he sees us, and we've even caught him purring a time or two.  Earlier this year, we could hardly touch him without him nipping at us or growling; now we can pet him, pick him up, and even play with him.  He's taken such a liking to us, that he seldom leaves the yard. I have found that he's very photogenic as well, as you can see in this photo I snapped of him.  Such a great subject to practice my "portraits" on!