And, the obligatory bacon-y pic of the day.

Here is a quick snapshot of Twink.  I did not name him, and we are still debating a possible change.  He’s a neighborhood stray that decided that he liked our deck late in the Fall.  When the snow came, we had no choice but to take him in, as shelters would have probably put him down.  He’s HUGE – 15lbs, but not fat, just really big.  G took him to the vet and he came out with a very clean bill of health.  He has been micro-chipped, given SoftPaws, and is a wonderful housecat.  The other two cats, Frankie and Willow, are still getting used to his presence in the house, but so far there have been no major issues.

Last week, the New York Times published an article about homemade pet food.  This is something I had been considering for a while, and I do make it a point to give any leftover meats to the cats after they have been diced up a bit.  I think we will probably start to incorporate more of this in to their usual diet of Iams.  (Worth noting, though, is that I have had Frankie for about ten years now and she has been 100% perfectly healthy on a diet of Iams and water for that entire 10 years.  Though she was given her shots and things like that when she was born, I got her at 3 years old and have not had to take her to the vet since!)

The article provides a lot of information about the reasons for making your pet’s food, as well as some links to other useful resources.

Though the below pic has some weird focus issues, I thought it was a good representation of what the 40d can do, with the nice cheap little Canon 50mm 1.8 lens that I love.