old photos | Bad Cat Chris

I want to start by saying thank you to everyone concerned about our welfare during Hurricane Helene. We were lucky and sustained no damage to our home. I reported in my last post that the bridges to the beaches were closed. I thought they needed to inspect the bridges before reopening but I later learned that the Pinellas County beaches were devastated during the hurricane, mostly due to the storm surge. Three days later, they are still closed. Only residents can access the islands. The storm surge didn’t affect us since we are about four miles from the beach.

On to today’s topic. I was looking through old photos and found an envelope with no date but judging by the pictures I can tell they were from late 2010. Some were taken in South Carolina before we moved back to Florida in November. A couple were taken in Florida.

I did not realize I had a film camera at that time. That’s probably why I lost track of them. I should point out the quality is not great. The photos look good on paper, but I found them to be difficult to scan. I had to turn the contrast down on the scanner which produced less than optimal results.

Tigger and Abbey are in the first two photos. We had affectionate cats back then.

Here is Chris looking to squeeze himself between Tigger and Alex.

After returning to Florida, I captured this photo outside our back door.

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Recently I came across a folder on my computer dated December 15, 2009. It was simply labeled “Camera Tests.” I’ve seen it before but I didn’t think it was anything important so I just ignored it until I came across it the other day.

It was a month after we adopted Chris and the camera my wife ordered for me for Christmas arrived. I don’t remember but I assume she allowed me to open it and make sure it worked before she put it under the tree. So naturally, I took pictures of cats.

I thought it would be interesting to share these pictures of Chris’s early housemates since so much has changed since then.

We’ll start with Chris on the bed with Abbey, He probably annoyed her and caused her to leave.

Here is Abbey during a moment of peace.

Chris when he was still skinny.

Best buds, Alex and Tigger.

Another cute picture of Chris.

Our cat Princess did not come with us to Myrtle Beach but she did join us later. I don’t know if she was there when these pictures were taken but here is her picture.