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Cutest Cats 3

Even though they are brothers, they couldn’t be more different. Twix is a leech and a momma’s boy and has to be near me, if not on me, at all times. He also loves to “help.” And of course by help, I mean be in the way…

…while I’m trying to read the newspaper…

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…while writing notes…

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…but chewing the pen isn’t enough, he must try using it…

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…and then he must steal it…

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…and bury it in the couch, like a squirrel with a nut…

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…then when Mom digs it out, but doesn’t play with it, he stares at you wondering why it’s not moving…

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Snickers on the other hand is more independent, just as loveable, but only on his own time. He likes to bite when he isn’t sure how to show his affection (don’t worry, they are “love nips,” he’s only drawn blood a few times).

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I have three times as many pictures of Twix because he’s always around! Whereas Snickers has a secret hiding place he likes to sleep in so is literally not around as much. But when he does come out, he’s just as cute as his sibling.

Chilling in the box.

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Napping by his toys.

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Playing the crazy cat.

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And generally just lying around being cute.

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They started a routine of wrestling in the morning and I managed to snap a few in the middle of the melee.

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 It may look like Snickers always wins because he’s on top, but Twix somehow manages to flip him most of the time. The fights never last very long and whatever started the tiff tends to be forgotten quickly.

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Randomness 2

Just some more random pictures I either recently came across while going through my multitude of folders, or recently took but don’t really have any other posts to stick them in. Random is rampant!

I love clouds, especially when the sun creates those cool streaks. I caught this while waiting at a traffic light near my house.

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 This is a view of downtown from the balcony at my office building. I think it was one of the very first panoramas I took with my new camera.

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This is the Main Street station clock tower. Looks quite spectacular at night. Need to work on my picture-taking-at-night technique.

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This is by far THE most colorful sunset I’ve seen in Richmond to date. I just happened to see it while taking the trash out one night. If I hadn’t had dinner going on the stove, I would have hopped in the car and driven to a better vantage point. But it would have been gone by the time I got myself together. So I had to settle for this shot.

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Ducks and geese in the lake behind The Boathouse in Brandermill. Decided to drive over there on a whim one weekend afternoon.

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There haven’t been a ton of squirrels around lately, but this one managed to find the bird feeder full of seeds.

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These fish were in a pond in front of a nursery.

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The fam took a jaunt to Middleburg, VA a few weeks ago. The white benches and flower boxes perfectly capture the essence of this quite, sleepy little town 45 minutes outside of DC.

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Middleburg irises

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Cutest Cats 2

I had hoped on taking a lot of spring flower pictures this week, but after being stuck in the house for 4 days with the dreaded stomach bug, I obviously couldn’t help but take a lot of cat pictures instead.

These cuter than bunnies are turning 8 years old in a couple of weeks!

Their “cute and cuddly” lessons have gone SO well that they’ve now graduated to “huggable and squeezable!”

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Bros for life, man!

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They love the sun spots in the kitchen in the afternoon.

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