Annual Family Christmas Portraits

I've been forcing David and the cats to do an annual portrait since Nummy and Pita were babies. You can gradually see the cats become less tolerant of it through the years. Here is the whole collection of portraits for your enjoyment, or horror, depending on how you feel about making cats pose for pictures:

December 25, 2024 - David, me, Lisa, and Tony the Vulture. Sady, we lost our little Magpie this year. Lisa still refuses to pose with us, so I had to take her photo from the kitchen using my long lens and photoshop her in. But at least we are all here!

December 25, 2024 - David, me, and Maggie. Lisa still refuses to pose, but Maggie seems to be getting better at it! She had a health scare this year but has bounced back well from it!

December 25, 2023 - David, Maggie and me. Lisa, as usual, refused to pose. Sadly, we lost my sweetheart NummyMuffinCoocolButter on Dec 5.  

December 25, 2022 - NummyMuffinCoocolButter, Me, Maggie and David. I love the way Maggie looks evil and Nummy is looking at her like he is surprised at her being mean, whilst he is totally all chill. Hah! You can't tell, but Nummy really didn't want his picture taken today either!

December 25, 2021 - NummyMuffinCoocolButter, Me, Maggie and David. Sadly we lost our little bitty Barty on Dec 8 this year. Lisa is still around but alas, still refuses to pose. 

December 25, 2020 - NummyMuffinCoocolButter, Me, and David. Bart, Lisa and Maggie refused to pose this year. Nummy didn't want to pose either, but I was able catch him and make him. You would think that I was torturing him. He takes after his father. 

December 25, 2019 - Maggie, David, Me, and NummyMuffinCoocolButter. Barty and Lisa declined to pose this year.







December 25, 2018 - Barty, David, Me.









December 25, 2018 - Barty, David, Maggie, Me. I don't think we will ever get Lisa to pose with us again - in fact I was surprised when I looked back and realized that she posed in 2010 - I think that might be a typo.




December 25, 2018 - Barty, David, Me, NummyMuffinCoocolButter. Sadly, we lost PITA to diabetes this year. On the one hand, we miss him, on the other hand there is less bloodshed in the house during picture taking time.

December 4, 2017 - David, Pita, and me. Pita was not a happy camper. He is our grumpy old man now.

December 4, 2017 - David, NummyMuffinCoocolButter, and me. Nummy posed nice, but he sure didn't want to.

December, 2016 - Maggie, David, Me and NummyMuffinCoocolButter. We rejected this one from being on our card because David's hat was in front of my face. But I do like the way Nummy looks somewhat angelic here. But we all know better.

December, 2016 - Maggie, David, Bart and me. We rejected this one because David's hat was covering my face again and the back drop was crooked. But Maggie and Barty posed pretty well.

December, 2016 - Maggie, David, Me and NummyMuffinCoocolButter. Third time's a charm - this is the version we put on our holiday card.

December, 2015 Pita. Little twit can't pose this nice when it's a group shot!

December, 2015 with Nummy and Pita.

December, 2014 with Pita and Nummy.

December, 2013 with Pita. No one else would pose this year, what a bunch of party pooper kitties we have. This year, Barty refused to pose at all, even after being offered salmon treats. Pita was surprisingly tolerant this year.

December, 2012 with Nummy looking particularly psycho.

December, 2012 with Pita looking quite photogenic, but I forgot to take off my glasses

December, 2012 with Pita.

December, 2011 - Test shot with me and Pita

December, 2011 - with Barty and Nummy with an evil eye

December, 2011 - With Nummy and Barty, but I forgot to take off my glasses.

December, 2011 - with Barty and Nummy

December, 2010 -  with Pita and Barty

December, 2010 -  Rare shot of Lisa and Barty

December, 2009 - with Pita looking psycho and Nummy. In fact, you can see that my forehead is bleeding. I think it was Pita who whacked me right before we took the picture.

December, 2009 with Barty

December, 2008 with Barty

December, 2008 with Pita and Nummy

December, 2007 with Pita and Nummy

December, 2006 with Pita and Nummy

The Cats

 I used to have a site dedicated to the cats but it got lost. I am trying to do a back up but came across a bunch of old pix so I decided to post them here for posterity incase the back up drive dies. And besides, who doesn't love a good cat picture or 3?

Been thinking about Sinaed a lot lately as Barty is in renal failure and incontinent. Not ready for diapers yet, and hopefully it won't get that bad. 

After Sinaed died, I said we are NEVER getting another cat and I gave alway all our cat stuff. That lasted about 3 months. This is the day we adopted Pita an NummyMuffinCoocolButter. 

David with Pita You can hardly even see him there. This size didn't last long!

The kittens first Christmas. We think they killed Santa. But they still got Salmon treats in their stocking. 

Yeah... so what I said about never getting another cat? A feral cat gave birth in our back yard. We caught the kittens and took the mom to the humane society. I tried to find homes for them, but yeah, you know how that goes. This is Lisa trying to escape. She is the only one who still really never assimilated into the house. 

Barty, on the other hand, he loved me from the first time I gave him a belly rub and Salmon.

Barty and Maggie. This picture makes me sad. Since Barty has been sick, Maggie and Nummy won't go near him. I think because he doesn't smell very fresh. I got some kitty wipes, but he still kinda doesn't smell super fresh.

Nummy and Bart. Same comment as above :-(

I work from home and don't have kids, but wanted to participate in Take Your Kids to Work day. Here is Barty wearing a tie and helping me at my desk.

Here is David with Barty wearing a tie.

Barty and Nummy drinking coffee like pros. (Actually, there were salmon treats in the coffee mugs.)

Pita and Nummy on coffee break. 

A deep meaningful meeting to discuss important cat business things. Like, "How do we get the last salmon treat out of the coffee cup??"

I love this picture. I eventually took a third one of this photo on the screen with Pita lying on the keyboard again, but I couldn't find it. 

One of my favorite pix of Nummy. Someone gave me a sign for the house that says, "You are never fully dressed without cat hair." Too true!

Halo/Humane Society of Grand Bahama Fundraiser

I drew a bunch of pictures for a fundraiser for Halo (a local rescue) and their sister shelter, The Humane Society of Grand Bahama.

Fluffy. Colored pencil and Sharpie on paper.

Shrek. Colored pencil and Sharpie on paper.

Munch. Colored pencil and Sharpie on paper.

Trotsky. Colored pencil and Sharpie on paper.

The pup had different color eyes,
so naturally I thought of Bowie and
one of my favorite albums/covers.
Acrylic on canvas.

The pups name is Daisy, looks like
a happy pup.
Colored pencil, Sharpie, and acrylic on paper.

Rico. Graphite pencil, colored pencils,
alcohol ink and acrylic paint on paper