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Striper at Four Weeks
Striper at Four Weeks
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Location: Family Room
Galleries: Family, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2005

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 july, 2002

we had just moved into our little home in the woods, and were in the final throws of cleaning out our old home. i had gone to the Home Depot to get a few odds and ends. as it was lunch time, i decided to go on and grab a hot dog from their in-store vendor and sit out at the patio furniture they had out front.

while sitting there, a couple boys who looked to be about 10 years old walked up with a german sheppard puppy. they were so excited about it and proudly showing it off. one boy was standing right in front of me, which incidentally blocked my view of the parking lot. as i was paying attention to the dog, i barely noticed a car cruising very, very slowing past the front of the store.

then the boy bent over to pet his dog. and when he did, i saw right out in the main drive a little ball of fur the size of a beer can! it had been thrown/dropped/whatever out of that slow-rolling car!!

i dashed out into the parking lot and scooped up the kitten. the car was gone. i was livid! this kitten barely had it's eyes open.

on my way back into the store to get a box, i called my wife and asked her, "Just how alergic to cats are you?" without missing a beat, she responded, "I guess we're going to find out. What's going on?"

well, that's how striper came to live with us. he was so small, and so scared. it took him a while to get adjusted, but now, two years later, he pretty much runs the joint.

[this image was taken in july, 2001 with my Rebel 2000, shooting kodak 100iso film, and the print was digitized with my hp photoscanner.]

[this is one of the images in my Pre-Digital collection.]

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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 12/29/2005 03:01:20 PM
Wow. That's great skip. We need more like you in this world. A++
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Canon PowerShot G6
 11/06/2005 11:16:22 PM
Heeeee I love this! :X What a sweet capture! Thanks for sharing the story as well.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 11/05/2005 10:21:14 PM
Beautiful creamy colors - they make me want to curl up to sleep too.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 11/04/2005 08:54:03 PM
Adorable! What a story! Oooooo that would make me so mad and then I would have 5 cats :)
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 11/04/2005 01:35:37 PM
Great story, great photo. Very good composition. The soft lighting seems very aprropriate for the subject. Keep up the good work!
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/04/2005 11:24:43 AM
Awwwww, so cute! I can't believe some people. I feel bad when my cats have to spend the night in my parents' fully furnished and well-heated basement!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/04/2005 10:12:47 AM
Awwww, could your heart get any bigger?? :-) Great story!
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 11/04/2005 09:05:05 AM
What a cutie! Great story Skip...as usual.It is absolutely beyond me how some cretan could throw something like this away!

..and thanks for starting #3 : }
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/04/2005 09:01:39 AM
awww sweet story! so how alergic is she?
eeek now we gonna get cat pitchers from you and brad.
haha
thanks for starting the 3rd thread skip.
[try saying that after a few drinks]
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