Toby the friendly neighborhood cat

 Welcome & thanks for stopping by. - Today I'm participating in  Caturday Art . 

My cat today is named, Toby although he started life out with the name, (Helix).  He use to belong to some people a few house down from ours but they didn't take very good care of him.  So then the lady across the street took him in, had him fixed and adopted him and changed his name to Toby.

He is the sweetest cat and oh so friendly. - He's long been one to roam the neighborhood and we've helped to take care of him by leaving out food on my mom's front porch.  Although now with my mom gone the porch has become our daughters as they will be moving in soon.  We told her & her boyfriend that he comes with the house.  

Here is what he looks like normally.

Here is the artsy version created on BeFunky.com 

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday - November 16, 2014

Welcome -  It's time to join Ashley (Ramblings and Photos) for SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY.

This weeks prompts were:  In a Row, Salty, Sweet, Sitting Down, and Just Because


Lets get started on this hunt:

IN A ROW:

 Coleen and I stopped at the High School this week so I could take a picture of something else and then I spotted this out in the field and figured it would work great for the "In a Row" prompt.  This is one of those things they use for football practice.  I have no idea what they are called though. 

SALTY:  This one is a BIG stretch...

Tiny little flakes of salt or rather snow on Eric the cats head remind me of salt so that counts, right?

 

 

SWEET:

 



Coleen is a sweet little girl and her she is holding a very sweet lookiing turkey cookie.  Which I might add she said was so hard (the cookie) that she ended up throwing it away after eating about half of it.

SITTING DOWN:

I snapped this shot of Helix sitting down in the snow this week.  He doesn't seem to mind being out in the cold but then again that's all the life he's ever known as his owners don't bring him in out of the cold and no he's bascially on his own.  We feed him and try to make sure there are blankets in our shed to help keep the outside kitties warm during the winter.

JUST BECAUSE:

I spotted this tree when I took Coleen to her piano lessons and had to snap a picture of it, "just because" it was so gorgeous.

So that's it for this week.  If you want to join in the fun next week here are the prompts.

1. Double

2. Friday

3. Memories

4. Busy Day

5. Where I Stand

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - November 2, 2014

Welcome!  -  Hope your week has been a good one.  It seems anymore I can hardly find time to fit everything in that I want or need to do.  -  Thank you all for visiting and commenting.  I truly appreciate it.



So let's get started on this weeks SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY hosted by Ashley (Ramblings and Photos).  This weeks prompts were: 
Dress Up, Candy, Fall Colors, Trick or Treat and Photographers Choice.

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DRESS UP:

Coleen decided to "dress up" Spooky-boo in a Halloween costume.  He doesn't seem to be enjoying it but oh does he look cute.

 

 

CANDY:  We like to have a good selection of "candy" at our house on Halloween even though we don't get many trick-or-treaters coming by . I think we managed about 30 this year.

 

 

FALL COLORS:

 

 



 While out for a photo drive we spotted this bush and vine and had to stop to get a picture.  I think these "fall colors" are really beautiful.

TRICK or TREAT:

Do you think this candy Coleen is eating was a "trick or a treat?"

 

PHOTOGRAPHERS CHOICE:

 



Coleen picked up one of the neighborhood cats (Helix) the other day and he was just soaking up the attention.  They looked so sweet together that I had to get a picture and it's my "photographers choice" this week.

I hope you've enjoyed my interpretations of the hunt.  Do check out the other participants.

NEXT WEEKS prompts are:  My View, In My Bag, Warm, Sleeping and Part of the Body.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - Mosaic Monday

Welcome! -  I hope you have all had a wonderful week.  It was a nice one here.   Plenty to do and yet not overwhelming.  -  So now it's time to join Ashley from,
Ramblings and Photos for SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY. -  The object is to use the 5 "Prompts' given each week and find photos that match them and then post your photos.

This week the prompts were:  KEY, TRIANGLE, FAVORITE WORD, CELEBRATION and BEST.

KEY:  I have been dying to have a reason to use this photo.  Yes it was taken really early this year way back in January on one of the walks Coleen and I went on.  She spotted it and I took the photo.

Hanging above one of the Fraternity Houses on Whitman College Campus.

TRIANGLE:  (This will also be linked to MOSAIC MONDAY) over at Lavender Cottage.

 I had so much fun walking around the neighborhood looking for triangles.

FAVORITE WORD:  -  This isn't necessarily my favorite word but it certainly is my favorite animal.

This is, Helix (not to be mixed up with Felix the Cat). He's another of the neighborhood cats that has adopted us.  Here he is climbing in my mom's Lilac tree.

CELEBRATION:

The bright colored costumes of these dancers who preformed at the School Carnival this week always remind me of a Celebration.

BEST:  I think Coleen is the "best" and this is one of the best swing photo's I've ever taken of her.

Thanks for joining me and if you are so inclined to try this out here are next weeks prompts:

1. Autumn

2. Leaves

3. Boots

4. Hot Beverage

5. Game

Take care and have a wonderful day.