photo taken June 7, 2007 • title thanks to Jonathan
Again, amazing entries! Such fun, such sensitivity, such weirdness you ALL show. Somehow I managed to narrow the 270+ entries down to a dozen ~ here are the ones that duked it out till the end:
Missed! Do it again! (You channelled Charlie with this one, RedWolf)
Thwarted at the Fort
Hard Growth
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
“Peek-a-caribou”
Preyground
“OK OK I get the point!”
A blurry relationship
“…and Charlie’s down by seven points…”
From the Playocene period
I know what you’re thinking, Pup! You’re thinking “Has he been de-clawed or NOT?” Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this is the swat of an orange tom cat, the most powerful feline swat in the cat world, it will bloody your nose right quick, SO you’ve gotta ask yourself a question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk? (Eli as Dirty Harry?? Too perfect!)
And Jonathan: in the end yours rose to the top ~ not one but two puns??? Impressive. And the title is true – this was a game of tag, a big game to both of them. Your words in tandem with the image take me back to that moment so vividly, as I stood and laughed as they earnestly, playfully tried to tag eachother. Thanks for that. And thanks to all who entered!
• • • This photo is kind of a mess when you first look at it. But then you notice there is much more going on than just a big mess on my floor. Charlie ducks behind an enormous elk antler; Eli’s swat, from his perch on the steps to the loft, is a blur. Fill in the blanks left by the chaos of this image, and leave your entry in the comment section of this post.
The prize this week is a manifestation of the poetry of chaos. At first it looks like nothing, like less than nothing. But upon further examination, it shows itself to be a miracle. It is a piece of petrified bone, and it is amazing. You can see the shape of the bone and the network of the marrow, and it is solid rock. I have no idea how old this fossil is but would love to find out (if any of you know how this is done, leave me a comment or email, as I have a few pieces of it!). It’s certainly older than any of us. Here it is:
I’ll also throw in some other fabulous stones from here ~
lepidolite, squid, etc.
Now show me whatcha got!
May 11th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Nice rack.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Playing Tag
May 11th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
From the Playocene period.
May 11th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
“I’ll just hide right here under the antlers, they’ll protect me.”
May 11th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
“…and Charlie’s down by seven points…”
[double entendre…it looks like a 7 point antler after all]
May 11th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Love is a Battlefield
May 11th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Nothing will come between us, deer!
May 12th, 2009 at 12:07 am
“Getting the point”
May 12th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Elk Tag – It’s a Big Game
MC might appreciate that one.
May 12th, 2009 at 12:10 am
No dogs allowed
May 12th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Forgot to include my e-mail address before–sorry!
May 12th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Will try one more time!
May 12th, 2009 at 12:27 am
“Stuck between a cat and a pointy place”
May 12th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Charlie finally gets revenge for the Great Ram Horn Blockade of 2006.
When last we left our intrepid heroes, the evil Elktor had trapped Catman on a precarious perch high above deadly quicksand blankets while Catman’s loyal sidekick, the PupWonder, attempted a daring rescue from below. Will PupWonder dislodge our feline superhero? Or will Elktor achieve world domination? Find out today on the adventures of Catman and PupWonder!
May 12th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Between an antler & a furry place.
May 12th, 2009 at 12:50 am
I’ll teach that annoying pup who’s Top Dog!
May 12th, 2009 at 12:53 am
conflicting perspectives of playtime
May 12th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Fortress of Solitude
May 12th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Silent horns unable to warn of alpha Eli on higher rung.
May 12th, 2009 at 2:29 am
C’mon Eli….I told you this was goul!
May 12th, 2009 at 3:00 am
Scratch-O-Matic 3000!
May 12th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Establishing the ground rules.
May 12th, 2009 at 6:08 am
no stillife with antler
May 12th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Eli: Hey, it’s mine…I own it…and I own YOU!
May 12th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Take that you pesky fur ball !
May 12th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here
May 12th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Long arm of the claw.
:-)
May 12th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Antlers to The left of me; Eli to the right; Here I am,”Stuck in the middle again!!
May 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Warning: Sharp Edges
(may cause serious injury
avoid contact)
inspired by:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spryte808/3192880469/
May 12th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Eager, Learning, Loving, Life
May 12th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Thanks, but i prefer this extra large backscratcher to your extra small.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:17 am
too good to be true……
May 12th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
lol @ a bunch of those comments!
Bone Thugs -N- Harmony was my personal favorite!