Pay no attention to that cat behind the curtain.

On sunny days, the front of our apartment building gets full sun in the afternoon. Ziggy loves to sit on the windowsill (das Fensterbrett) and bask, whether the curtain is open or not.

I took these pictures today in the study with my new camera, a Canon Powershot S40 (my combination Christmas/birthday present). I am very pleased with how the camera handles low light situations and close shots. I took some very close-up pictures in Athens last week that turned out very well. Much, much better than my old Kodak ever could've done.

Here's one more of Ziggy behind the curtain, and here's one of him in front of it. Cool, huh?