Behind the Digital LensMusings of an Amateur Photographer

22nd Aug, 2016 The Long Hot Summer

I don’t “do” Summer, most especially a hot Summer, and in Texas all Summers are hot.  And dry.  For me, mostly miserable.  As I have gotten older, I now tend to take less photos during the Summer, which is somewhat sad because there are a lot of Summertime things to photograph.  So, this Summer being no different from past ones with the heat has been no different; I didn’t even take photos of my Yorkie because I wouldn’t let her “sunbathe”, which is the time I usually take photos of her.

But, recently I had the opportunity to get a few nice photos of one of the feral cats that hang around the complex.  One of my neighbors feeds about four of them and I have been keeping a dish of water out for them and the squirrels.  This Siamese hasn’t had a good Summer, either, after having lost some weight, either from the heat or from old age, but he’s a pretty cat, and why he’s feral I have no clue.  He’s skittish, though, so taking photos of him isn’t easy, however, the other day he took advantage of some shade behind some bushes and stayed long enough for me to get some photos of him.  Like with most Siamese cats, he has beautiful eyes, and that’s what I focused on the most.