Old Shot

November 30, 2010

Updating galleries

November 23, 2010

Due to the flu effects that are burning away precious days of study, I decide to update pictures in my galleries…

that’s why I’m no longer posting and  there is a lot of mess in the galleries.

All for that little spider

November 18, 2010

You, little Java, suddenly jumping off my lap, climbing up on a chair just to get that little dark spider climbing up the wall.
Oh, what a pity that chair wasn’t stable enough!
You had to give up to catch the spider but, as any stubborn creature, you didn’t go away.
You kept standing up right and pointing your eyes and ears in the direction of the running away spider.
If you were an human I might have said that you looked dreamy and sad in that moment.

You have an house, people taking care of you.
You  have food, a comfortable nest and a whole chair for you.
Few minutes before you tried to get that spider you ate your food and a slice of my sausage,
you weren’t hungry at all, but…
that is you, with the instinct to “catch” anything that is moving and that is small enough to not scare you, stil, a kitty.

You were so absorbed by you “dream spinder” that you didn’t even notice me taking pictures of you.
You just answered with a “meaow” to the webmaster that kindly teasing you, asked: “What’s wrong little Java?”And then, again, you got back staring at the wall that, now, was empty.
Only several minutes later you completely gave up, got back curling up on your pillow.

Oh, little Java, despite I know you are just an 8 months old cat, for a moment I felt we were alike…

Dreaming about reaching “that something” that we don’t really need, but that we, somehow, feel the need to chase or, at least, stare at.

We do know you will try to catch the following black thing moving around you. No surprise, that’s your instinct.

I don’t know if there is something more than instinct moving you,
but I do know what moves me.
That’s the only reason that can make me able to do something more than just “staring at”.

Attentive Java

November 11, 2010

If you want to ta a picture to a person with him/her pointing the eyes to the lens you can just call them by name and get them turning around you… unless they are young babies or annoying adults this works always.

If you want the same effect for a picture of your pet, you can trying saying his/her name and there is a little chance the pet turns toward you and you get the eyes of the animal pointed to the camera.

If you don’t own a pet and the closest pet “available for pictures” is your brother’s pet named Java: you have only 2 chances.
1) turning around the cat and hoping she won’t turn on the other side in the moment you shot the picture. Something she does at times.
2) You can slightly scratch the camera to get this kind of shot:

There are windows and there is Windows

November 10, 2010

Java loves looking through the window

Today I hated my pc with win7 OS, if you consider it is the only pc I can use for taking notes at university (since I have to use both the keyboard and the pen)… you might understand my mood of today.

The black cat

November 9, 2010

In Italy, as probably in all countries, there are several superstitions and one of these is about black cats.

Some people if a back cat cross their walk, they stop and wait for someone passing before them. That’s because they believe that if a black cat move across the way you are walking along it will bring disgrace to your life…I won’t commet it, but I’ll just let imagine what people “do” to stray black cats in some places around Italy.

In my family there are a few member that are a little superstitious, I think they follow the “wise” position of not “truly beliving” that actions like opening an umbrella in an house will cause negative events, but they prefer “to avoid the risk”. Partially teasonable position until… I saw them surprised to see me walking around holding a black kitty. They said nothing more than “oh, a black cat!” but their “fear” bothered me a little.

Despite all they ended up caressing Java because she is a really sweet kitty, and I have to say that they really enjoye caressing her

The only thing I believe about black cat is that I would have never shot  THIS picture without our black Java: the terrible disgrace maker, with such that evil gaze in the eyes watching the… television!

Yeah such a terrible cat to have around (thanks Lord!)

Such a mess all around me!

November 8, 2010

What’s down there?

November 8, 2010

Mother and daughter

November 2, 2010

When a few years ago I started my first blog (in Italian) I thought I might have just posted a few shots I take with a related “quotation”… my culture isn’t wide enough to seriously start such a project. After a few months I found myself talking about something I know pretty well, my life. Well, knowing isn’t like understanding it, but that’s one of the most precious present I have ever got. I was surprised of this “unwanted” result, I don’t seriously think there is much to say about my life, but, if you think for a moment the way I take what I want to share with the world (pictures), it’s impossible to avoid talking about the life told by those shots.

Thereofre there is no surprise that over here you can see my brother, my parents’ hands (they don’t enojoy to be public subjects of my shots), my boyfriend, Java the cat, the objects and flowers and panorama around me… and, of course, friends like Merins.

I’ve often talked about Merins and her children, starting form the oldest one that a few months ago I named “Sunshine”… Their life story recently has been filled by a great pain due to the selfishness of person they love, but for some (apparently) crazy reasons in the 18 months they invited me and my boyfriend often. We often go there to have dinner toghether, we talk, we laugh, we eat what Merins or Sunshine cook, once I have brought something I have prepared too, we play with the wii or the webmaster help them with verious techinical problems… I spend always a great evenings over there, like there is a spot of special calm and peace in their house.

Yes, the two women in the shots are Merins and her daughter Sunshine. A stolen shot out of many taken last friday. It isn’t the shot of the 2 I’m looking for… but… each time I look at this shot I smile and I am GLAD. I’m sure I don’t have to explain the reason.

November 1, 2010

I have no idea if it’s poisonous or not… I just liked the way they looked in group.