Devon Cattell

( I was born Elaine Devon Cattell, but I changed my name in 1998 in memory of my father )

me


My Family


My Animal Photos

My Cats

My Gardens


Birding Sites

My Motto

Photographing animals
is my passion
. 

Here are a few of my pics
email-size for you to cut and paste.

deer
rumpy
bart
o
tamarin
carlo
hawk
doc
diana
lynx
horses
harriet
pebbles
o
highland
geoffroys cat
llama
hen tom nanny
cougar
joe
bambi
buster

My History


I was raised in Champaign, Illinois (faculty brat - University of Illinois). In 1975, I married a wonderful man - I dumped him after three years, but we still keep in contact.  I came to Stanford with a wonderful man - he dumped me after 5 years and went off to Greece where he teaches math.  Then, after living together for 5 years, I married Dan in 1988.  He dumped me "midlife" in December, 2001. I've had enough of dumping; I'm ready for a serious relationship with my cats (though they lack one important ability...).

I worked at the Stanford Law Library for 20 years and I now live nearby in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  I have a B.A. in French. I enjoy gardening (mainly flowers, but some vegetables).  I like to listen to books on tape (mysteries) and watch old films especially ones from the 40's and 50's (Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Bogart, Thin Man movies, . . .) and even occasionally newer ones if anyone bothers to write good dialogs (When Harry Met Sally) or plot (Harry Potter).  Singing was my passion, but I don't do that any more.  My current passion is animal photography.  You can see some of my shots below in My Animal Photos. 

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My Family

You can tell we're Cattell's, we're swell!
 ; - )

Here are some photos of my family over the years.

I've compiled a memorial to my Father, who passed away on February 2, 1998, here.

I've posted the Cattell coat of arms (from 3 different sources) in Word format here.

I had posted a family tree here, but because of people's concerns about privacy I've removed it - sorry!   Email me if you have questions about it.


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My Animal Photos

© 2010 Devon Cattell, Unauthorized use or reproduction prohibited
(In case you don't have legal counsel at hand, this means feel free to print my photos, but not sell them)


Big Cats:   Big Cats with Bad Manners!

Birds:

Otters:    California Sea Otters
 
Cats:
Dogs:
Goats (and the goat-kids, the llamas, the chickens, and a turkey):   
        Harley Farms Goat Dairy

Lizards:    Fence Lizards/Blue Bellies

Llamas:    Llamas at the Harley Farms Goat Dairy


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My Cats


Photos of My Cats - Here are some photos of my cats Ramses and Nefret. 

Art Depicting My Cats -
Here are some of my friends' drawings/paintings of my cats.
Animal Friends and Family

Links -
These are a few of my favorite funny cat photo links:


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My Gardens


Photos of My Gardens

        I've put some photos of my English cottage-style garden from
        1996 here.

Here is my current garden on a hill overlooking a redwood forest.

My Favorite Local Garden, Filoli
My favorite season there is tulip season. 
I took these Filoli pics in April 2008.
 
Filoli is a beautiful old estate with extensive gardens that is open to the public for a fee.  For more info see:   http://www.filoli.org/
  
Landscaping -
Here are some of my landscaping ideas.

Links - Here are my favorite gardening links:


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Birding Sites

You can see some of my bird photography in  the My Animal Photos section above.

*I'm published ! *   The local Audubon Society published an article I wrote in their March/2002 issue,  "Birding with Bad Eyesight".

ENature.com has great field guides for birds and other wildlife.  Also, you can access local area specific wildlife guides by entering your zip code.

There are great photos of many local birds at this Stanford site:    http://www.stanford.edu/~petelat1/

If you want to go birding in the Bay Area, many local birding and hiking events are listed on this birding calendar.
 

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My Motto


There's no accounting for taste - it's all subjective.
To each his own.

My father's variation on this was: 
            "To all of us there come days when the earth is stale,
            flat and tedious...at that extremity of misanthropy
            some men start a revolution and others take to drink; 
            but for my part I go to sea.  Every man to his own recreation." 

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Last modified:  March 1, 2010
Last checked links:  November 12, 2009
Established:  November 26, 1995


© 2010  Devon Cattell, Unauthorized use or reproduction prohibited

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