Some household we run

Daily life... with cats.

According to my wife, it's like living in a painting by Jan Steen (Dutch painter from the 17th century).

His paintings were famous because they showed the daily lives of his contemporaries, often with humor. Like this one below, titled "Children Teaching a Cat to Dance"



We're less raucous... we have class... Or rather, Mimi has class, and she rules the roost.

M4-2, Hexanon 35/2, Kodak BW400CN.

How do we compare with the Dutch? Edmund is eating from his bottle, and Mimi from Frances's plate.

More about life later on... hopefully!

About a year ago..

About a year ago I started this blog. On a whim... while awaiting delivery of my newly acquired Leica M4-2 camera.

Lots of things can happen in a year. Little did I know, for instance, that we'd be adding one family member in May 2009. Above is Edmund, our son, just in July this year. Not his first Leica portrait... but the best (I think; I know, the photo needs a bit of editing yet). BTW, it was with my Konica Hexanon lens at 1/30th, f2 on BW400CN Kodak film.

An old favorite from Denver CO, where I took my M4-2 in a type of maiden trip. Done at 1/1000 at f5.6 on Fuji ISO 400 Superia film.

Nice sample of my eye-meter at work: 1/60th at f2.8 on Fuji Superia ISO 400. This is our cat Mimí, doing what she does best: showing her moxie!

Something we'll apparently need in the years to come...

More on whatever later!