Love that red chair

The usual cat playroom that I bring adoptable cats to be photographed was not vacant when I stopped by the shelter today. A growling, very frightened new tenant was in there, trying to get acclimated to his new environment before being placed into his cage. Poor thing. So I photographed in the room next door, furnished with a long dark gray couch that had plenty of hiding space underneath (again, I’m exhausted from the exertion of not only hauling cats up and down the stairs but also from wrassling them out from underneath the couch), and one very vibrant, fire engine-colored chair.

Place a black cat against this chair and WOW. Eye pop!

This is Dipstick.

I thought it was a really funny name, even for a cat. And then I saw his tail.

Just the very nubbly tip of it is snow white. He was on high alert, constantly whipping that dipstick about.

But after a few neck rubs and cat treats, he settled down quite comfortably in that red chair.

He has the daintiest, scalloped marking on his paws. They’re not so much bootsies as they are a French manicure.

I brought him in with his sister Paulina. They make quite the yin yang pair, not just in markings but also in temperament. She was the one I spent most of my time trying to coax from underneath the couch. Look at the difference in their body language as they react to some noise outside.

They need to be adopted together, the way Bunny and Veebs also needed to be adopted together. This was the only facial shot Paulina would give me before she jumped off and hid herself away again.

More room for Dipstick to stretch out and relax….

Read more about Dipstick and Paulina here.

PS. Had some difficulty getting sharply focused shots today. Combination of trying to work quickly before cats jumped away and…not sure what else. The lighting wasn’t too bad. Just an off day I guess. But LOVE that red chair! It saved my shots!