Kitty, the blog animal         September 4, 2003

The main problem with taking photos of Kitty is that my camera, on maximum zoom, needs to be about 4 feet away from the subject to be in focus, ...but Kitty wants to be right at my side, or at least within petting range.   Often I have to give up, forget the camera, and just play with her for a while.   Her favorite game is to roll around in the dirt and then get me to brush her off.   It took some distraction, but I did manange to snap two new pictures of Kitty, looking skywards.

          Kitty, the blog animal         September 3, 2003

I wish she hadn't, but Kitty brought a mouse into the house at 5:15AM, but promptly lost it behind a large immovable bed.   Usually I end up flushing out the mouse for her, and Kitty always takes credit, but that's o.k.
The amazing thing is that she is able to catch mice in the dark, but since cats only require only one-sixth of the light needed for human vision, she has a definite advantage.   Kitty's elliptical slit-like pupil enables it to open wider than a round human pupil, but there are other factors; such as having a proportionally larger eye.   Her cornea is more curved, which allows greater edge sharpness.   The anterior chamber is larger, which allows more light to reach the retina, but she also has the Tapetum Lucidum, which acts as a mirror behind the retina to reflect light back at light sensor cells.   Cats also have a greater percentage of Rods to help with night-time vision, and they have a greater concentration of receptor cells along a broad horizontal band in the center of the eye which help discern sideways movement.   Take a look at Kitty's eye.

          Kitty, the blog animal         September 2, 2003

Kitty is being a good sport about it, but this most recent batch of corn-on-the-cob has definitely gone past its prime.   And it shouldn't be difficult to find fresh corn this time of year, but our local supermarkets seem to be hit-and-miss in the freshness department.   Thursday is Farmer's Market day, so I'll see if we can find some better pickins.
An easy way to judge corn is how much resistance it's core gives a knife.   Plumpness and juciness can be determined visually, but Kitty evaluates sweetness and flavor by taste, reporting with wows and flips.

          Kitty, the blog animal         September 1, 2003

Kitty has arrived for a serious morning visit.   Her one and only desire is to sleep on the lap of her big monkey-like creature, and she is not here to fool around.   It's time to get some sticky adhesive bonding going at the molecular level.   Her tanks of quality time are low.   Fill'er-up with super.

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