Mostly kitten picspam

[vilakins]

I have been too lazy even to revise the story I wrote last month, because it's hot and summer is here--the pohutukawas are starting to bloom and the cicadas are chirping--and I'd rather sit outside under a shady tree and read or knit my DW scarf.

But I did promise some picspam. Here's the first instalment (of two).

This is where I did the official vote count, in a strange old house hidden away up a hill on a very busy street.


This is the garden we took our lunch and morning and afternoon breaks in. It was quite lovely, and it was hard to imagine busy Gillies Avenue (and also a major motorway off-ramp) was at the end of the garden. I have no pictures of us at work because I think it would have been illegal.


And this is the old house. It looks much nicer on the outside, though the two large room behind those bay windows are lovely, with polished wooden floors. The rest is dark and dingy with lots of little twisty passages, all different, poky little rooms, and one big one tacked on behind where we worked. I suppose someone lived there once. I can't see it lasting much longer with all the big office buildings all around.

Jasmin's taste in television


Jasmin watching the Star Trek trailer. She was rather surprised to find how different Sylar looks without his eyebrows and with pointed ears. As both are excellent features in cats, she likes Vulcans.


She likes cricket too and tries to bat the ball (and the batsmen) on screen. Pity we lost this one. Unsurprisingly, given we had no cats as fielders.


Jasmin on the TiVo stack. This is a favourite spot when the weather's cooler as it's warm. You can see she's got a bit darker. (A lot bigger, too.)

Jasmin's been exploring outside for the last week or so. She's already climbed higher than the roofline in two trees--and come back down again, and jumped the fence.


Jasmin checks out the ferns. This was taken on her first day out.


Jasmin with one of her chasy sticks (I pulls them along the ground, and she follows. She's dragging it off the chair I left it on. :-)

Comments

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Nice pics! Cats and Vulcans fit together, really! :-) Jasmin is changing from the Kitten to the Cat. Always busy, isn´t she?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

She is--unless she's zonked out after all that play. She's certainly full of energy!

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

She's gorgeous. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

She is! Very naughty though; she doesn't come when called, which makes letting her out a bit scary.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are adorable! I am pleased to see that Jasmin is developing a taste for Trek, although I'd recommend introducing her to the real Spock. Who likes to pet kitties! It's canon! :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It is? I don't remember that. I shall have to put on some classic Trek, and some TNG since Data likes cats too.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Well, he was petting Gary Seven's cat/partner in "Assignment: Earth." He also enjoys stroking tribbles. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Who was really a girl! I remember that one. It was a black cat, wasn't it?

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Yes! The cat was named Isis, which I thought was a great name for a cat. I haven't used it yet, though. :^)

[thetisonline.livejournal.com]

Jasmin is so beautiful. Can't get over how lovely she looks in these pics.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you think she's pretty. I do too; she has a sweet face and beautiful golden eyes with a little green just around the pupil. Some people don't like the look of Burmese kittens because they're not fluffy.

[captaintarrant.livejournal.com]

Not only pretty ... she looks somehow wise.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

She's a naughty little scatterbrain, but I daresay she'll grow into a wise and serene cat like the others I have had. I can hope!

[thetisonline.livejournal.com]

She has the potential in her eyes.

That strange old house looks like the perfect movie set ... for something.

PS Get lost, Tarrant. Stop answering my messages.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed that. Tarrant: at home anywhere!

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

N'aww, Jasmin. *scritches*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

[Jasmin purrs and rolls over]

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Great photos of Jasmin there. :) I remember having a temp job once in a converted house near the one you went to. They are certainly houses from another time...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

There's another house next door, almost on the same land, used for real estate agent training. Was that the one?

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I think so, though I don't remember the real estate connection. Mind you, they weren't really exciting work memories of mine. :-p

[redscharlach.livejournal.com]

Awww! I particularly like the Spock/Jasmine love. There's a definite resemblance in the ear area...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

There is. And she has little tufts of fur on hers, making them pointier, just like Tessa had.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

the garden and the house where you were working are beautiful.

I like vulcans, I envy them

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The garden was really peaceful on a nice day.

Why? For their lack of emotion? For sex only every 7 years? ;-)

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

The Trek and cricket pictures look as if they should be part of a TV advertising campaign! Maybe you should send them to Panasonic.

She looks suitably wary of Katich's bat.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

That is a lovely old house, it would be a pity for it to be demolished and a modern multi story put in its place. The garden would go and that would be a sin.

Jasmin is a Trekie and a Spock Trekie at that, If she ever needs a new home, tell her, there's an unregenerate old Spock Trekie in the UK that would pay her air fair to get her here. She is growing fast, but she still has that very serious look about her, I love her and the other two as well of course but her the most (don't tell any of my adopted furys that though they akl think they are my favourites.)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Aww Vulcans always make me think of cats too. Spock is of course an aleurophile.

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's not healthy to watch telly from that close to :) Diesel still gets up close to the telly now and again if there's birds, or something moving fast. When she was younger, she used to try and catch the Formula One cars sometimes.

I love her golden eyes, and she seems to have such large ears. Skiffle's are ordinary, and Diesel, who is burmese-type, has teeny little ears.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I'm so jealous of you, getting to sit under a shady tree, knitting. It's cold and 'orrible over here.

Don't forget about the story altogether, though will you? ;-) I appreciate your need for a little break, but I don't want to have to wait TOO long to read it!

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Great pics! Jasmin is definitely a confident, happy kitty.

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Oh, my heavens--Jasmin is beautiful!

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

That's a very good looking building, pity the inside doesn't match up to the outside.

Nice kitten pics too.

[kernezelda]

Jasmin likes Trek? Good kitty!

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Aw she's so cute. And she has good taste.

[crycraven.livejournal.com]

Sweet pics - and I didn't know Sylar was in Trek. I love him!

[matildabj.livejournal.com]

Love the TV watching ones.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Jasmin is a couch (well, TIVO) potato!!! She's so cute watching TV...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Claudia used to as well, as a kitten. I have a lovely photo of her looking at a spaceman.

Jasmin however would prefer to be outside all day long, but our garden has so many places for her to get lost in (bush, trees, under the decks and house) that I get nervous about leaving her out there so long.

[merrymaia.livejournal.com]

Jasmin is beautiful!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I just wish I could train her to come when called. :-(