random moon image set using Canon Rebel XT hooked up to Celestron CPC 8 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

random moon image set using Canon Rebel XT hooked up to Celestron CPC 8 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

This is Chai. He's a little snugglebunny and was the first to climb up and fall asleep on me. He was also the first to howl at 3am, wanting to know where I was. I got played. He got spoiled by being brought into the living room and watching a movie with me on my lap.

This is Mocha, or "my little Mocha Man". He's smaller and leaner than Chai, but a huge ball of energy! Tonight he figured out how to climb up the 2 foot rope cylinder to the platform. I was teaching them with a toy, to get them to jump at it and stick to the rope to climb. Well, he was King of the Hill for about 15 minutes! That's how long it took Latte to catch on.

And this is Little Miss Latte :) She rocks. She's independent and not needy AT ALL. She battles with the boys and sometimes wins or howls at their face til they let her go. She's not very cuddly, but tonight she did climb up on my lap and onto the boys to take a nap. Baby steps! She's sweet - we classify her as a Snowshoe Siamese as she has white paws in the back and two white toes upfront. She's also getting a splot of white on her forehead.

This is the day after I brought them in...they are 4.5 weeks in this picture. It didn't take them long to figure out they were safe. Latte is going to take the blanket with her when she's adopted out to her Forever Home. It's a self heating blanket (really cool NASA technology) with body heat, but, she uses it as a pacifier...poor thing....misses her mom-cat.

Comet McNaught from my flight back from the 2007 AAS meeting in Seattle. Amazing! We watched it for about 4 minutes before it disappeared into the horizon.