Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my friends out there in Blog-land ~ Etsy-land ~ 1MK-land!

Have a Great Holiday Season!

My snowy tree capture was taken a few winters back crossing the northern plains. It was like spring that year as we passed though Denver and in Gillette too. It was so nice we even went up to the Devil's Tower. We arrived in Rapid City in a thick fog and heard that a storm was coming in. It hit the next morning. We were snowed in. After the storm was over we crossed to Sioux Falls on a bitter cold morning. But it was a photographers wonderland too.

Cathy 12/ 18/09

This Is The Hardest Thing To Write About!

My husband complained that one of the cats is using the litter pan too much. Our youngest cat was due for a visit to the vet. So we had the vet run the tests. The tests were costly, but we needed to find out if one of our cats was having a problem. Thankfully, his results came back negative for kidney problems or Diabetes. This week we took in the oldest cat, Osisin ( Osheen) for his round of tests.

The vet called tonight to give us the bad news. Osisin has diabetes! It wasn't a complete surprise, since I noticed he was drinking a lot of water. His illness will require him to get insulin shots two times a day and go on a special diet. All of which will be very costly and life changing for him and for us. I have never given a shot in my life.

Osisin has been a wonderful cat and I would never think of putting him down. The insulin will give him a longer life, if we do nothing he is sure to die. This is a no brainer. We will talk to the Vet again on Monday and hopefully start Osisin on his treatment at that time.

Cathy 12/ 09/ 09

Black Friday - Cyber Monday

Good Morning Everyone out there in Cyber-Land! Hope your Thanksgiving was great, and your sales on line were many. It will take me awhile to make changes to my Etsy shop, but I think that
it is always good to advertise and direct traffic to our shops. Also I think the Black Friday & Cyber Monday was worth taking the time.

I have one more show to do and a gallery opening. So for now I am still busy.

Have a great week!

Cathy 12/ 01/ 09

Are You Ready?????????

For the Running of The Consumers? Also Known as Black Friday!
And let's not forget Cyber Monday!

Shops offering Discounts and Shipping Specials

Celtic Cat Photos - Photographs & Cards

KOBrienPhotography - Photography

LivingGlassArt - Art Glass - See the Holiday Special Section

McGuinness Photography - Aceo, Cards & Photography

Photoamato - Photography, Calendars, & Photo Jewelry

PoSHGallery - Photography

SlothArt - Photography, Aceo, & Jewelry

Thistle And Shamrock - Cards

For Other Shops Go To Etsy -

Go to Etsy - click on Buy, click on Categories, Under Art click on Photography, do a search for Black Friday or Cyber Monday to see who is having a weekend sale.

New Cat - Fionn McCool #2 From LivingGlassArt

Soon after joining Etsy I discovered LivingGlassArt. I loved her cats. So for my birthday I had my eye on one of her lovely creations. I didn't want a spooky cat. Just a nice black cat like my over- sized Fionn McCool, a black Maine Coon. When I saw the yellow eyed cat I knew that was the one I wanted.

Fionn #2 came in the mail several weeks ago and he was just what I wanted. DH was delighted too.

Above is the real Fionn and below Fionn #2. Thank You Anna!

Notes From The Road

Adobe and Apple no longer support Tiger - so I can't upgrade to Elements #8- I don't feel my system is that old, but they do. I haven't had any major problems with Tiger OS 10.4.11. I am not planning to buy a new computer anytime soon, since I don't feel I need one. So I am working with Lightroom 1.0 and will upgrade to 2.1 soon.

Here are a few photos I did in Lightroom from a recent road trip!

T-West - Finally!

Finally Managed To Snag A Treasury West!