bad T pics

These aren't very good--it fact, they're pretty terrible--because I was trying to catch the two of them using the buster cube and tug-a-jug in their very different and characteristic ways, but I didn't have the camera on the kids/pets setting, with results as you see. But I'm posting them anyway because I'm such a crazy mom, and even out of focus I think they're terribly beautiful.

Now here's an expression you won't often see on Taenzer's face-- the canted ears, "whale eye," and lip-lick. Timber, growling ferociously, just won a bout of tug-of-war. She may actually be hurting, with her bad teeth. But she doesn't often lose, either!

And not being the type to give up, she came right back for round two, and notice that this time she has a really good grip!

I don't know why I like the one below so well, it's all out of focus--it's her stance and the movement of her leg, I think. You can just see the buster cube in front of her nose.

And with this one it's her beautiful coat--the sweep of the feathers on her near foreleg, the blue-black shine of her coat, and the way the fur flows. *sigh* I told you I was a crazy mom. You can't even see her face.

And I love this one because it shows how rich his coloring is. His red is so RED--his foster mom named him "Timber" because that red color reminded her of fresh-cut cedarwood. And he really is that red.

I'm going to try for pics of them playing with the food toys again, this time with the kids/pets setting on, because they're so funny. Taenzer, the athlete, the dancer, uses her paws and nose to roll and tap the toys to get food out of them. Timber, Mr. Destructo, is the more straight-forward type--he picks them up and drops them. Hey, if it works, right?

Btw, they had their food toys to play with because after raiding the cat dish three times last week, I finally realized that Timber's lost some weight; he felt really skinny to me. I like to keep them lean, but obviously he's not getting enough to eat, so I decided to try to keep them occupied and bring his weight back up. Annie's food remained in place today, I'm happy to say. And hopefully he'll get enough exercise over the summer that he'll gain weight by muscling up rather than getting fat.