Annoying Cats

The cats rebelled today and kept dashing into the cellar every time I opened the door. Bad kitties.

Robin

Miss Robin Sparkles was super affectionate when I came upstairs after work.

Thanks, Robin!

Office Cat

Robin wants to know why I am still awake at 11:36pm when my alarm is set to go off in less than 5.5 hours. What the hell is wrong with me?

After Work Cats

The cats seemed very happy to see me when I came upstairs after work tonight. I wonder why?

Casual Cat

Grill

Every time I cook something on the grill I have to wonder if it’s going to be the last time until next year.

Also, it’s October 1st and the leaves are already changing. Bah humbug.

Curbside

Curbside pickup. Contact free, covid safe. Jen needs stuff for her office and Covid can’t stop us from making it happen.

Stickers

Two Photography Notes

Two quick photography notes to share.

First… is today a NLD? What is NLD? New Lens Day! I ordered a 28mm f2.8 Nikon Z mount lens from Best Buy. Will I get it today or will I have to wait another day? I don’t know yet. I’ll find out when I find out.

Second… All of those lame iPhone photos I’ve been sharing over the last few weeks, the ones with all the heavy filters, were taken with an app called Hipstamatic which was super popular in the early days of the iPhone but was sort of blown out of the water by Instagram. I still like it, mostly because it’s so over the top, but also because I’ve spent a small fortune on in-app purchases (filters, which it releases as film and lenses) so every so often I feel the need to use it to justify the expenditure. Anyway, Hipstamatic has tried to reinvent itself a few times. Currently there is Hipstamatic Classic, which is the one I use, and Hipstamatic X.

I messed around with Hipstamatic X a bit today. It doesn’t have the random lens/film setting (which Classic calls Shake to Shuffle and I use all the time) so really, what’s the point? I did setup some combos though and maybe I’ll use it once in a while, but I think I will stick to the Classic version.

These were taken with Hipstamatic X: