Seasons Greetings - the making of

Taking a photo of a cat wearing a hat is no easy undertaking. Especially with our cats.

Cat 1: Tiki - Feisty, inquisitive, involved, behaves more like a dog and does not take shit from anyone, especially someone wanting to put something on her head. Attempts to introduce her to a floppy Xmas hat were rejected with extreme prejudice.

So we move onto..

Cat 2: Gabrielle - Timid, fat and with an unfortunate patch of baldness in the nipple area. Doesn’t take shit from anyone, by simply running away at the first sign of trouble. Still, she is a trusting, purring soul, so it was easy enough to pick her up and ram the hat on her head. Her initial reaction was not positive.

For a while she adopted a series of poses:

Then Tiki turned up to see if she was missing out on anything:

With she who must be obeyed frantically waving bits of coloured cloth, they both settled down enough for me to get the shot:

After that, they got bored and lost interest.

CREDITS Directed and produced by SWMBO Stupid hat supplied by SWMBO Cat wrangling by SWMBO Coloured cloth waving by SWMBO Location catering services by SWMBO Cinematography (i.e. pressing the shutter occasionally) by Spike No animals were hurt during the making of this feature.

Comments 🔗

2011-12-24 | JB says

Thanks for a good laugh… again Spike.

2011-12-24 | Barry says

Much better than any Chritmutt card. Good stuff. I love your cats, and I don’t usually like cats. I’m a dog person. Always pleased to see you, dogs. Cats can treat you with distain, contempt even, and act like a bargirl who has been offered 500 baht for long-time. Whatever that is.

2011-12-24 | Grant says

The Director’s Cut - brilliant!!

2011-12-24 | Camberley says

And I had suspected Photoshop

2011-12-25 | genuinej says

“No animals were hurt…..” Except their pride, maybe.

2011-12-28 | Jamie says

Best Christmas blog post I have seen! Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Happy New Year from Phuket!