Cute and Wholesome Picture Thread

[Rob_Haines]

As newest arrival, I believe it is customary to offer catgild as a token of "what the heck, that's a cute kitty"

[Jubal]

On behalf of Exilian I will happily accept this and all future catgilds you wish to grace this inn with What is your excellent feline called?

[Rob_Haines]

This is Poppy, the High Lady of Great Goosings. She's the sweetest, gentlest cat I've ever known

[Spritelady]

I'm greatly enjoying having very regular visitors to my bird feeder, including a new juvenile goldfinch, who seems to have followed its parents here!

 
 

[Rob_Haines]

This is the current state of the patch of garden we've left unmowed this year. It's been full of different wildflowers, and the birds and bees have been loving it so far:

[Rob_Haines]

I went to a local conservation zoo this week with my camera:

[Rob_Haines]

(I've put up a full gallery of these zoo photos on my website this morning, if anyone wants more: https://www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/photography/2024-bristol-zoo-project/)

[Jubal]

(I've put up a full gallery of these zoo photos on my website this morning, if anyone wants more: https://www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/photography/2024-bristol-zoo-project/)

Ahw, lovely! Thank you for sharing!



Meanwhile, another dump of cute wildlife from me:

Vienna April-May

Top row: hamsters at Meidling cemetery
Middle row: sousliks in the evening light north of the city, in the vineyards
Bottom row: woodpecker peering out of a hole on the left, baby moorhen being seen to by its parent on the right

Norfolk, June

Top row: two pictures of a bank vole living around my parents' patio. The bank vole was visiting regularly and got named Firkin.
Second row: left, a European rabbit (it's weird to me that they're now an endangered species), right, a hobby, one of the smaller very aerodynamic falcons, death of dragonflies
Third row: left, a thick-kneed beetle, you can probably see where the name comes from, right, a young common newt
Bottom row: left, a hare out in a field, right, a male pheasant

Vienna June

Top row: Left, a hamster in Meidling cemetery, right, a butterfly in Meidling cemetery (Coenonympha pamphilus/Small Heath)
Second row: Two photos of the same hamster in Meidling, showing excellently just how big those cheek pouches can get
Third row: Left, a hamster among the graves: right, a flower north of Vienna (I should know what but I don't)
Bottom row: Left, a yellow belted burnet moth, Amata phegea (very common here in June), right, a small insect visits some flowers (a Campanula, possibly rapunculoides)

[Tusky]

Brilliant shots, all!

Makes me tempted to invest in a decent camera.

[Rob_Haines]

Those hamsters are so cute!

[Jubal]

Brilliant shots, all!

Makes me tempted to invest in a decent camera.

I use two - one small one which has a good macro, and a big one with a good zoom. But yeah, I really enjoy getting nice photos (though you're probably getting like 1 shot in this thread for every 100 pictures I take on the camera, this is definitely the filtered good end!)

Those hamsters are so cute!

Yeah, they're lovely And quite easy to find if you know where and when to go, as well!

[The Seamstress]

Here's a little bird by False Knees https://store.falseknees.com/

It's one of my favourites, I even have a print <3 I like rainy days, just like bird-friend here.

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[Jubal]

I do like False Knees, it's one of those things I don't read enough

[The Seamstress]

I like them, too! Here's the sticker I have on my laptop - moral support from science bird

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[The Seamstress]

Cute tiny baby bunny <3 Baby bunnies are the cutest baby floofs ever, you won't change my mind.

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