The Batblog by Photobat

I’m not in Crete at the moment, but not at home either… back with details next week

I like cats. I think they are cute and quite good leg warmers in winter.

Kooshan is not a cat. He is pure trouble.

Example 1

We had pancakes and left the bowl on the sink with some water in it. A few minutes later Kooshan comes in with half his face wet from cleaning the bowl.

Example 2 - 5 minutes later

I made a coffee. I put the milk jug on the bench. I sat down to enjoy some blog reading. I hear a loud band in the kitchen. Kooshan had his head stuck in the milk jug, unfortunately he managed to free himself before I got the camera. Here is the evidence on his face. Take a closer look to the right side of his face, now covered in milk.

Kooshan is now in the laundry. That is the place where he goes when he has been naughty. He spends a lot of time there. Once I found him in the cutlery drawer, it was only open an inch but he managed to get in. Dam cat. I had to clean all the cutlery. Then there was the time he broke the front window of the house, distracted me so I scrapped the side of the car, escaped out the fly screens and investigated the neighbours rubbish, amongst many many many other things.

We have another cat, he is quite nice. He spends very little time in the laundry.

Yesterday was vet visit day for the cats. Mouse needed a booster injection and Kooshan, well, he needed to have a shave. We try to groom Kooshan but he does not really like it and we don’t really like getting scratched so it’s off to the vet to be knocked out and let them get rid of the matts.

Mouse was fine… well after I managed to get him out from under the couch and also the bed. I have no idea how he knew he was going to the vet.

And the final results of Kooshan’s hair cut. Remember he is the evil one and I have no problems about publicly embarrassing him. Both the kittens got a clean bill of health and Kooshan especially enjoyed his car ride, he sits on Vikashni’s lap and looks out the window while Mouse has to stay in the cat carrier on the back seat.

Way back in April Rob and Susan were expecting an arrival. So I went out to take some photos. I had heard stories about Rob’s childhood feline companion Arnie, so had to get him in a few shots.

After doing a pregnancy shoot for Susan and Rob we waited for little Max to show up so we could do a newborn shoot… we waited… he waited… we waited… he waited… and finally he decided to show his face well after he was supposed to. Max arrived the day before my wedding so we had to wait until he was a little older to do shoot. I’m sure you will agree it was worth the wait. He was a great little guy to photograph, pity about the dad (just kidding Rob!!)

The shoot ended with a very loud example of Max’s lungs. But by the time we got there we had the all the shots. I even got another one of Arnie!

Thanks again for letting us come and share some time you and your little boy! Also, help feed max by buying ,lots and lots of jewelry from Jim Hughes and Sons, Rob and Susan’s business. It’s where we got our rings from and ever one loves them!

More Greece shots soon

After Athens we headed to Crete, initially we were planning on heading to somewhere else but trying to get the maze of flight and ferry connections to work, Vikashni and I decided that Crete was our best option.

We stayed at three very different places0, the best being Kato Zakros a beachside village that was tiny. Fantastic to wake up to the sounds of the water and just walk a few meters to the Tavern for breakfast.

Windmill ruins, Lasshiti Plateau

We rented our car from this guy in Sitia, Mr Kazamera

The most historic monastary on Crete, Moni Toplou, is across the road from this little church.

One of the friendly patrons in Kato Zakros

Some old gentlemen having coffee who we completly managed to not have a good cross cultural conversation. Even with thephrasebook we couldn’t communicate that well, we pointed at words and phrases and they pointed at their eyes… it seems that when you go to have your afternoon sit down, reading glasses are not high on the to take list.

Ag. Georgios

The historic little town or Herakloin, not recommended to drive their at peak hour…

 More photos soon… next stop Folegandros

Some photos from a little old town called Athens. Things that first hit us about Athens were, the amount of graffiti, how dirty it was and in some places, the amount of cats.

Really, the fascinating ancient sites would be much better if there wasn’t a whole city around it! We stayed in Plaka, right in the old part of Athens. It was really good to get up and just have a wander before the tourists really arrived. One of the most dangerous things in Athens is probably Bretto’s.

I had the great pleasure of shooting little Ava’s first big photo shoot. Kylie and Travis have a beautiful little girl and an equally beautiful home and pets. The nursery was set up son nicely and included this big red chair which we dragged outside so we could get some good light on it.

And how could i not take a few shots of the furry kids. This little collection of animals were so much fun and very friendly The bunny has survived having a stroke and lives in the back yard with the dog, can you believe that!

There was a bunny…

There was a playful puppy…

There was a mischievous kitty…

And there was a baby! More to come next week

It’s been too long since the puppy Kaba has featured in this blog. He recently had a hair cut and so it was portrait time again.

I didn’t start out to take his photo, just some photos of his half eaten toys, but he didn’t like me playing with his things.

Many of his toys are won at various shows and carnivals, you know the kind of cheap toy that you win when you sucseed in getting close to your target number by strategically placing balls into a clown’s head.

 I can’t imagine what he would do if we actually won a really big prize on a sideshow….probably tear a hole in it and use if for a bed…. maybe…