Photo/s of the day.

[moonvoice]

Grevillea in full flower







I thought some of you might like to see the picture of the flower in full, instead of just close-ups all the time, so here it is:



Maybe camouflages like woah, in our garden.



Moet on the other hand, doesn't. (He does camouflage very well against our cream/grey sand though).



Here he is, relaxed, rolling around, stretching. He's lost bunches of weight lately (though he'll always have a lot of loose skin around his belly). Kitten playing + dieting has worked wonders. But here he is, essentially minding his own business...



This is Maybe deciding she has to do something about Moet's calm state of mind. The look on his face is priceless.



Maybe's gonna smack a bitch!



Literally, as I started writing this, Maybe came up on my lap and started play-biting my thumb / playing with my hair.



Here she is biting Moet. Surprise, surprise.



I am small, but I shall lay a royal smackdown on you!



The tides are turning though. You can't tell just yet, but they are. Oh yes, they are.



Moet is starting to have enough now.



Moet actually starts fights with Maybe now. He's got such a playful spirit. I witnessed him last night, run up, headbutt Maybe, and run away. And then five seconds later they were at it. At first, Moet just let Maybe chase him. But now he chases. He initiates. They play together. It's really awesome. It's seriously now like they've always known each other.



RAWR.




Moet has this pretty effective fighting technique which just involves 'I've had enough so now I'm going to stand on you with my significant weight.' Maybe fights dirty. She goes for his hind legs as he walks away, which pisses him off. There must be something in the world of cat etiquette which just says 'you do not attack a cat's hind legs as he walks away.' When she scrapes his hind legs with no claws, he still turns around and smacks her one, as if to say 'DON'T DO THAT.'

As I write this, Maybe is staring at me dreamily. Occasionally she reaches a paw so gently up to my face to touch it with her warm paws. It's adorable. She's no longer trying to bite me, which is nice too).

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[anrui-ichido.livejournal.com]

These two are just toooo adorable. :) I love all the pictures of them and look forward to many, many more!

[jet-ski.livejournal.com]

the dogs grab each other's hind legs alot. I'm pretty sure it's not socially acceptable in the wider dog world but my two consider it fair game.

Photobombs

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Love the kitties. I'm glad they're getting along. I think all orange toms have potbellies, too. Every single one of mine did.


I've also never before wanted to be licked by a flower but looking at the grevillea, that's all I could think. Happy belated Equinox :D

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a white grevillia before! I wonder what pollinates it.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

You do get heaps of white and pale yellow wild grevilleas. Grevillea intricata / pterosperma / leptopoda / leucopteris (the latter which is really common, and grows all along Reid/Tonkin and smell *awful*) are all Western Australian natives that have white flowers. No idea what pollinates them though.

I really should invest in companion insect books for my WA wildflower books.

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

It's an alien!!

And she really does camoflauge well. I scrolled down too fast at first and didn't see her at all in that second pic. I thought it was just dirt XD

[earthguardian.livejournal.com]

So adorable!

Paw attack!

[silverjackal.livejournal.com]

Heh. Maybe and Moet playing are delightful. You can really see the affection. And I was also charmed by your story of Maybe touching your face. When I was working at the vet's we had a patient who did that, also a grey tabby, and I found him an irresistible fellow. (He was in for an abscess/infection, and made a full recovery.)

[firehauke.livejournal.com]

When my pair go at it, it can get noisy :) But so far *knocks wood* no blood has been drawn, for which I'm profoundly grateful. Shaido will quite literally *THUMP* on Siren when she gets bratty.

I kinda wish they'd been put together when Shaido was younger - he didn't play with the dog my parents had (who didn't know how to play, seriously), and Siren's occasionally full of vinegar. She's not as scratchy/bitey as he was though, always thought that was a male/female thing.

[firehauke.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, that Grevillea close up? Looks like some kind of coral from the deep ocean...

[redsixwing.livejournal.com]

That first one reminds me so much of an anemone. <3 Pretty!

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

'(He does camouflage very well against our cream/grey sand though)'

And in cardboard boxes. :D

It's so wonderful to see how fond they have become of each other. :)