Category: Gingersnaps

first caturday of 2024

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Beau Daydreams

It’s been unusually cold in central Florida this past week. The weather bureau has stated that on some of the days the temperatures were 10°F below normal. Come summer we’ll swing in the opposite direction with temperatures 10 or more degrees above normal. Such is the nature of extremes of weather during a climate crisis.

During this cold spell the clowder finds spots to bundle down and stay warm when they’re outside. Such is the nature of a cat.

Joan Is Still Cold
Nicholas Is Still Cold

Camera was my Olympus E-M1.2 with the PRO 40-150mm/2.8. I just love how that lens renders a scene.

luke enjoys another nap on his person

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The cool days continue here in central Florida. Right now it’s a balmy 62°F, today’s high. Luke has decided that it’s better to stretch out on top of dad and his blanket, between his legs, in order to get warm and stay warm. As a human I certainly can’t argue with that sentiment. As cold as it may feel, I won’t complain one bit. Soon enough these cool days will give way to the short warmth of spring, followed by a long hot summer and fall of 2024. So the wife and I are enjoying all these cool days.

Workflow;

  1. Photo was taken with my iPhone 11,
  2. then moved over to my MBP via AirDrop,
  3. then exported to PNG before uploading to Flickr.

I chose PNG this time instead of JPEG as an experiment in resolution. Lossless PNG is supposed to be superior to lossy JPEG. I can’t comment on lossless vs lossy, but I can comment on the file size; the PNG file size is an order of magnitude larger compared to JPEG. I also chose this route because I’m just as annoyed by WordPress’ Jetpack as I was with their earlier mobile app. My review of Jetpack deserves its own post, which is coming soon.

In the meantime yet another cat photo on the internets.