Photo Puzzle: What in the World Is This?

Puzzle Photo 2

I was browsing through a photo gallery and this caught my eye.

I knew what the foreground was, but the background didn’t seem familiar at first.

The reason I didn’t recognize the background initially was that it didn’t seem to be a logical match for the foreground object.

When I recognized the foreground object, I was thinking of all the possible places that it could have been, and the puzzling part was that this background didn’t seem possible.

SPOILER ALERT. I will soon say exactly what both the foreground and background are.

The foreground object is our new cat, which you may recognize from a previous post.

The background is the television. That’s why I didn’t recognize the background at first.

Once I realized that the cat was standing up in front of the t.v., I recognized the background image.

My daughter was playing a video game with her Nintendo Wii.

You see this image on the t.v. when the player is in the Mii settings.

The cat jumped up onto the entertainment center, stood up, and was pawing at one of the characters.

Naughty kitty, we have proof that you were up to no good.

At least, I didn’t have to hire a detective. 🙂

I expect you recognized the cat pretty quickly. You probably didn’t recognize the video game unless you’ve seen someone playing it before. If not, did you realize it was a t.v.?

Cat Muse

Cat Desk

The experience of writing has become even more interesting in a new way since we got our new kitten.

Just imagine a cat jumping onto the back of your desk chair, sitting behind your neck, while you’re typing a paragraph.

Or leaping onto your desk, planting herself right in front of the monitor, and swatting your cursor with her paw.

Or deciding that it would be cozy to take a nap on top of your mousepad, mouse, and hand.

In many ways, she provides inspiration like young children do.

She is energetic, highly curious, playful, and cute.

Cat Desk 2 (640x360)

Chris McMullen

Have you heard about Read Tuesday? It’s a Black Friday type of event, but specially for books.

Improving Cat Literacy Video on YouTube

Just what the internet needs: Another cat video!

We have a new kitten named Blondie. I helped her “read” one of my books.

(The hissing noise in the background is a pressure cooker.)

This is my first ever YouTube video. I made it with Read Tuesday in mind.

Read Tuesday is a great way to help improve literacy: Gift a book to a kid.

So how about cat literacy? Why not?

If you haven’t already heard about Read Tuesday, you should check it out.

Read Tuesday will be a big event like Black Friday, but just for books.

It’s going to be HUGE!

Give the gift of reading this holiday season.

Chris McMullen