2013 Calendar!

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There it is!

The Pirate and the Butterfly

Strombeek greeted the trick-or-treaters in her pink princess butterfly costume.




The little girls really liked her, but she wasn't so keen on the whole thing.

Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Strombeek...and Louie!

2013 Calendar Preview

This is just a preview.  The larger image includes Strombeek and Louie.

Strombeekzilla vs. Louthra

The backdrop for the battle is Arcosanti in Arizona, Paolo Soleri's arcology experiment. I wanted it to be like they were Gozilla and Mothra, but attaching actual animal parts. So here they are. Let the battle begin. 

Back to School!

I thought I'd try a back-to-school photo shoot with the cats in an attempt to finish the 2013 calendar.

Strombeek is wearing a bow a ribbon that I thought looked kind of like a Shirley Temple hairpiece. 

The Month of Mariachi

August's background photo is from Cactus Stovepipe in Arizona, outside of Ajo (it means garlic). When researching instruments, I learned that a mariachi band has a lot of them--as many as 8 violins and two trumpets. You will notice that Strombeek and Louie's band only has one of each. And no guitarrón (a bass guitar) or vihuela (a high-pitched rhythm guitar)--just one regular one. They're just a small band of mariachi cats wandering through the high desert just on the US side of the border, and relaxing under the saguaros.