And We Both Wore Crowns

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“Get this thing off of me, Mom!” Photo ©Alton Burkhalter</figcaption></figure><figure id="e142"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*S9ZC7vA8T9eK5U-ig-cFeA.jpeg"><figcaption>“Like, seriously, can we be done now? I want my birthday dinner.” Photo ©Alton Burkhalter</figcaption></figure><figure id="a08e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*CZW4FXS4JSGuwCjq_oSeUw.jpeg"><figcaption>“Like, really, I meant that. I am not a plush toy.” Photo ©Alton Burkhalter</figcaption></figure><figure id="01aa"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*CMegEb-gTy8z1f6Api_tlg.jpeg"><figcaption>“Mom, I am not happy about this, but, if I look sort of look amused, can we be done?” Photo ©Alton Burkhalter</figcaption></figure><p id="5c57">My husband think she looks like one of those really cute, pudgy babies being held up for a photo. I think she may be a little too “spicey” for that. But we love our Uma’s spiciness. It’s part of what makes her special.</p><p id="7dc3"><i>Erika Burkhalter is a yogi, neurophilosopher, cat-mom, photographer, and lover of travel and nature, spreading her love and amazement for Mother Earth’s glories, one photo, poem or story at a time. (MS Neuropsychology, MA Yoga Studies).</i></p><p id="e78d">You might also enjoy:</p><div id="2489" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/twenty-four-hours-in-juneau-6eab1c92ae69"> <div> <div> <h2>Twenty-Four Hours in Juneau</h2> <div><h3>The beginning of our Great Alaskan Adventure</h3></div>

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Miss Uma Zooma Angelwings’ photoshoot

You’ll have to pardon me if I am sharing too many photos of Miss Uma Zooma Angelwings and her birthday crown. I may be overly-amused by my cat. But these just made me laugh and I thought that you might find them funny too. I took this photo in the afternoon:

The glamour shot. Photo ©Erika Burkhalter

It required quite a lot of dexterity and quick reflexes to position the phone and have my thumb ready to take the photo with one hand while I quickly “crowned” Miss Uma with the other. She doesn’t look too thrilled with the whole thing. But I think that she knows that she looked pretty.

So, for the big kitty birthday bash with Freyja and Bisou, I decided to put on a tiara (not to upstage the crown or anything) so that my girl and I could sort of match.

My husband pulled out his phone and we attempted a “Mommy and Uma photoshoot.” I’m not sure that we got anything spectacular. But I think that some of these might make you laugh.

“Get this thing off of me, Mom!” Photo ©Alton Burkhalter

My husband think she looks like one of those really cute, pudgy babies being held up for a photo. I think she may be a little too “spicey” for that. But we love our Uma’s spiciness. It’s part of what makes her special.

Erika Burkhalter is a yogi, neurophilosopher, cat-mom, photographer, and lover of travel and nature, spreading her love and amazement for Mother Earth’s glories, one photo, poem or story at a time. (MS Neuropsychology, MA Yoga Studies).

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Miss Uma Zooma Angelwings’ photoshoot

Twenty-Four Hours in Juneau

The beginning of our Great Alaskan Adventure

Happy Birthday Miss Uma Zooma Angelwings

Uma’s eighth birthday: Six Word Freestyle Photo Challenge