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365 Photos: Days 21-23

Day 21: January 21, 2013

Nothing spectacular for Day 21. Just Bailey playing with a shopping bag.
Day 21/365

Cats can be so smart, yet so simple.

Day 22: January 22, 2013

Last week I took a photo of Bailey's mouse toy and Schnookie, of IPB Living, noted its fairly pristine condition. This time I took a photo of one of his most played-with cat toys.
Day 22/365

Bailey has beat the crap out of this toy. We have bought several different feather teaser cat toys from Petco and the Feline Flyer is by far the best one available in-store. The feathers are really stiff and flutter through the air very nicely. I wonder if the cat thinks it looks like a bird... The major downside to all teaser toys is the feather part is attached to the string by a ball and chain type connection and it ALWAYS breaks. I have bought at least 5 teaser toys from Petco in the past 6 months and they have all broken in the same manner, except for one where the rod actually broke. When I feel like mustering up another $7 for a cat toy that WILL break, then I'll buy my beloved Bailey another Feline Flyer. Until then I'll just continue throwing the feather around the room in hopes he'll want to play fetch.

Day 23: January 23, 2013

As soon as I stepped outside this morning I immediately regretted not taking my small digicam with me to work today. I left at about 6:30am and the sky was a beautiful blue/purple hue with streaks of magenta. Ohhhhhhhh smog, you do such wondrous things to the sky! Sure enough, when I got to work I had the perfect view of the disgusting yellow layer of smog that had descended upon the LA Basin and it only seemed to get thicker as the day went on. The weather has been weird lately; LA had record high temps of 80 degrees on Monday and dare I say I might have allergies! But later this week we might get some rain and the high temp will drop to a brisk 70 degrees!

Instead of an awesome sky photo, I present to you another cat photo:

Day 23/365

He even looks adorable when he's scratching his head! ohmygawd, I can't stop taking pictures of him!
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  1. SchnookieJanuary 23, 2013 at 10:42 PM

    Whoa -- that Feather Flyer! Bailey doesn't know his own strength! But he clearly does know his own beauty, which is why he offers his adorable self up as a 365 subject in place of stunning sunrises. "Sunrise, schmunrise!" he seems to be thinking...

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  2. kaorumarieJanuary 29, 2013 at 11:15 AM

    He usually chomps on the feather as if it was a piece of food.....it's kinda weird. There's no way it tastes good.

    And I will admit that it is a lot more fun to photograph my cat than tyring to capture a good sunrise :)

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