When Photojojo suggested this awesome photo project yesterday, I knew I had to try it. What’s more awesome than a cat dreamscape? Yang even looks an awful lot like the cat in the photos. And he sleeps, like, ALL THE TIME.
I chose the cat-gets-carried-away-by-balloons DIY backdrop. I dutifully printed out a few balloons from a coloring pages site and went to work with my colored pencils. I carefully cut out the balloons and taped a piece of string to the back of each one.
I quietly approached Yang, who was sleeping next to the dresser, on which I planned to stand to get the extreme vertical angle needed for this shot. I spread out the balloons in what I thought might be a float-away formation and gently tucked the ends of the strings under a paw.
Things immediately went awry. Never underestimate the instinct or muscle memory of a 14-year-old cat.
Yang woke up with a start, stood up and pounced on the middle of the strings, biting and batting the whole way.
I had no choice but to play chase-the-string with him for the next 10 minutes.
The balloons and their strings are now safely ensconced in an office drawer.
I face a creative dilemma: scuba-diving cat or cat holding an umbrella and being swept away in a rainstorm? I wonder which is less swat-worthy.
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I tried doing this with my dog. I made UFOs with tractor beams and even a little cow. In the seconds it took me to open the curtain for more natural light she had managed to soundly defeat the alien invaders by chewing on their ships. The cow was spared. Maybe she’s Hindu?
Cats are great, this made me laugh 😀