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Nico ([personal profile] vilakins) wrote2013-08-25 05:51 pm

Jasmin is 5

Jasmin turned 5 last month. Yes, I've been slack about posting for a while now, but it occurs to me that failing to do so because there's hardly anyone around any more just adds to the problem.

So here are a few photos of Jasmin from her last year.


Jasmin-in-a-bag


Funnelhead! You might remember she suffered the indignity of an Elizabethan collar in summer when she got an abscess on her cheek. We named her Little Funnelhead for the duration. We weren't supposed to let her out but she got supervised outside time on a leash.


To make it up to her (and for all three of them) I got a cat climbing tree. Here's little Funnelhead on top of it.


Free of the funnel and in it though generally all three prefer the top perch.


Reclining regally on cushions. These last photos aren't very good quality as they were all taken at night.


What did she get for her birthday besides the usual human-grade tuna, you ask? A box! Mighty Ape incidentally is the local ThinkGeek.


Someone else has taken it over however. I had to lighten this photo quite a lot to get more than a featureless ball of blackness. The box is still here, bowed out a little from use, and Sebastian's still the usual inhabitant.
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[personal profile] capri0mni 2013-08-25 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Kitty Pictures! I've missed your updates, but these answer the lack beautifully.
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[personal profile] corvuscornix 2013-08-25 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Happy (belated) Birthday, Jasmin! I particularly like the outdoor photo - looking very relaxed in spite of both funnel and harness!

It's been getting very quiet around here lately, hasn't it... :-/


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[personal profile] kalypso 2013-08-25 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
She's looking very beautiful and grown-up! And I like the idea of her posing as a mighty ape!

Tabitha is in my lap squawking greetings.

I caved in and joined Twitter a few months ago when a couple of people who aren't posting very much here now persuaded me that I needed to do that to keep up with them. It's a different sort of tool, which I use mostly for chatting, but probably means I post less here; there are a few sorts of notices which seem to work more naturally there, though it's useless for longer statements.

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[personal profile] gwendraith 2013-08-25 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The kitties are adorable! I love the way they will get in any bag or box lying around :)
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[personal profile] pebblerocker 2013-08-26 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
She's lovely. Happy birthday, Jasmin! She did well to wear that funnel and harness at the same time and be relaxed enough to sleep.

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[identity profile] astrogirl2.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm still here! *waves at you and at Jasmin*

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[waves back at you and cats]

Where has everyone gone though? Some are on FaceBook and I see them there, but it's not the same. I like the threaded comments here.

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[identity profile] snowgrouse.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
Awww! Give both of them pettings and hugs from me :3

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
I will! I've been worried about Ashley lately (which is for another post) but she seems to be a lot better. All three of them are absolute darlings and it's hard to move in bed at night with two humans and three cats.

Give the gorgeous Noki a cuddle from me!

[identity profile] ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Love your pictures. Have missed you on Naarmamo this years--doesn't seem the same without your contributions.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, thank you! It's just so hard to find the time with a demanding full-time job. I did consider it but I'd have had to change my style to simple sketches to fit it in each day - and that's not counting all the commenting! I did miss it though, and even thought of doing a weekly post.

[identity profile] stevie-carroll.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Fabulous pictures!

Happy Birthday to her!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Jasmin thanks you!
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[identity profile] aralias.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
cat! and what a beautiful cat - even with the funnel on, you're still thinking 'look at the gradiant on that fur! she's so pretty!'

(i like your accomplished mood theme choice as well).

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
She's very pretty, like a miniature lion. I think her name suits her too with the dark petals on her face.

Ha, thank you!

[identity profile] linda-joyce.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
Still around but posting even less than you, except for NaArMaMo. Nothing happens to me that seems worth posting, I live such a boring life. What is with cats and boxes? Two of Jenny's cats are addicted to my dog leads, they practically come to blows about who gets to lie on them. And sulk enormously when I put them away in stead of leaving them on the table. Sheba, a little black ball of fluff usually wins, JO JO is male and rather frightened of her.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
I generally feel the same way, though I do have some photos of various outings that I just never got round to talking about. I'll have to catch up.

All cats love boxes, and some of them (like Jasmin and Ashley) like gnawing at them too, though this one doesn't seem to taste as good. That's very odd about the dog leads.

Hey, did you watch 'The Story of Wales' with Huw Edwards? Greg and I enjoyed the series a lot and just saw the final one.

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[personal profile] trixieleitz 2013-08-25 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, Jasmin! Happy birthday, gorgeous girl! *scritches*

I can't believe she's five already :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Jasmin purrs]

Me neither! And Sebastian will be 3 later this year. It really doesn't seem as if we've had any of them that long.

[identity profile] she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty pix! :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
I remember when you got her!!! She is gorgeous :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
She is, and so are the other two! But then I always think my cats are utterly gorgeous. :-)

I must get round to making one of my drawings of her into an icon.

[identity profile] vjezkova.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hi, and happy birthday to lovely Jasmine!
I can remember the problems but now I can see that collar on a cat - I only saw it on a dog.
I can see that Jasmine has a neck collar with a gem...I would like to ask what to do when I want to put such a collar on Ollie? I hope it might stop some neighbours from harming him (those who suffer from infected cats that breed promiscuitly in a pigsty that belongs to a strange people here).
Cats and boxes and paper bags...Sebastian is such lovely boy!!!
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[personal profile] pebblerocker 2013-08-26 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
Get him a collar while he is still small! Kittens can get used to collars easily, but adult cats who have never worn one usually hate them and will do anything to get them off. Hopefully Ollie will fight at his collar the first time you put it on him and then think nothing of it after that.

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[identity profile] katriona-s.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday to Jasmin!
She is beautiful and looks very smart in your photos! I'd like to touch her smooth fur... :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Her fur is like soft velvet; I certainly love to touch it. :-)
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[identity profile] elmey.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Still here too--and happy to see the pictures of Jasmin and Sebastian--I hope Ashley continues to improve!

It's been fairly quiet in my corner of LJ too, though part of it is the summer holiday here. They're actually starting to film an MFU movie next month, so we should get a certain amount of wank over the next year or two, the fandom is still here instead of tumblr :D

I've had a tumblr for about a year now. I decided early on it was useless for fandom in terms of what i want, even within my small area of interest it was more irritating than fun. I just look at tags once in a while now.

I use tumblr more like an RSS feed now--I'm subscribed mainly to various small magazines and photography tumblrs and things like that.

[identity profile] san-valentine.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Also finding it hard to believ that Jasmine is 5 ! She's a lovely girl, but then, nearly all cats are beautiful. I couldn't pick out one of mine as being more beautiful than the others. I really need to update my icons to include Tycho in one, and one for craft too.

I've been trying to post a little more regularly. I like looking back at old posts and reminding myself of stuff I've done/that's happened. The small, diary-like details of everyday stuff I've forgotten are interesting and bring back memories.

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[identity profile] ideealisme.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Mriaow! I would not want to get on the wrong side of that cat!

Well, I'm still here. This is the only medium where I can talk even halfway freely, albeit behind the lock. Too many local people on Facebook and the politics behind friending melts my head.

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which is why I deleted my FB in 2011, partly.

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[identity profile] green-maia.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Birthday, Jasmin!!!!!

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
Jasmin thanks you with a head-butt!

[identity profile] nautile26.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, happy birthday to Jasmin; she's such an elegant cat. Haven't been on LJ much at all this year, mostly work related, but also some access problems. Hoping for a change in the work issues fairly soon however. :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
I have to say that the demanding job and the hours have also made it harder for me to get round to posting, writing fic, and taking part in challenges. Even when I leave on time, I often just want to vege out when I get home. For the second year I didn't do the August art month because I just didn't have the 2 or so hours I'd need each day.

I hope things improve for you soon.

[identity profile] jaxomsride.livejournal.com 2013-08-25 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still here, but a lot of fandom seems to have migrated to Tumblr or the dreaded Facebook. LJ has the bad habit of alienating people every time they "improve" it.

Where does the time go, it doesn't seem that long ago when you were posting her baby pics!

Cats have an affinity for boxes.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure that LJ themselves have driven a lot of people away by really stupid changes. Mind you, FB keep "improving" things too but I use the Social Fixer to avoid that.

I sometimes go back and look at the early pics; I love the one of her being a Jedi (http://pics.livejournal.com/vilakins/pic/001scyp6). :-)
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[personal profile] kernezelda 2013-08-26 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, Jasmin. :)

It has seemed awfully hard to post in the past year or so. I don't visit LJ much anymore, and it feels like I just don't have the energy I used to when the Farscape community was active.

But it's lovely to see Jasmin and Sebastian. My Rory turned five this year, too.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
I think the lack of fannishness and fandom communities definitely has a huge effect fpr me too. It was so much fun back when so many people were involved and we even ran RPGs. I still read everyone who's left but I've always fud it harder to post about RL rather than fun fannish stuff.

Happy belated birthday to Rory!

[identity profile] imhilien.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely pictures. :)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

Was it foggy out your way this morning? I could hardly see to the end of our (admittedly fairly ling) drive.

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[identity profile] samantha-vimes.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
They look lovely. And in the small size, at least, the night photos look fine.

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! They're just a bit grainy due to the lower light level, but I did get rid of the usual yellow cast.

[identity profile] zoefruitcake.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
She is so gorgeous, where have those five years gone?

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! I got her during an election year and there's been another since. It really doesn't seem that long.