Bruce's cousin 
Ray Waddle, and his wife Lisa, set up a camera timer, wrestle their creatures together and wait for the shutter to snap. they send out a Christmas card each year to family and friends, enclosing a photo of them with their cats.  It's a nice tradition.  Here they are in 2002.  A rather serene pair with grumpy felines.

Ray & Lisa and the cats, 2002

In the past, however, their first efforts at getting a picture taken did not always meet with success.  Thus, they treated said family and friends to a peek at how difficult it is to wrangle three cats who don't like being that close to each other.

 

The finished photo, 1999 (notice, they actually have 4 cats)....

In front of the Xmas tree

 

Making an escape

What happened before the final product...

 

This was 1998 with the unhappy campers...

 Let's try an outdoor shot...

 

Come back here, you varmint!

...and there goes  Ray chasing down one of the campers....

 

Here's Ray and Lisa again....

 Let's try this again

 

Yikes!

...and "The Great Cat Explosion of 2000"


We recently got another typical card, so we'll have to upload that one, as well.

By the way, Ray is an award-winning journalist/columnist and author, writes about faith and culture for various publications and web sites. He finds connections between spirituallity and day-to-day experience.  You can check his essays out at his own website.
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