My dad took some (stealthy ninja) pictures of my (immobile until photographed) cat and sent them to me and my brother (the cat moved to my dad's after my brother left for his two months in Japan, which are drawing to a close -- PB was a little too much for his housemates). My dad, as mentioned in the title, has a freaking sweet camera, and a wonderful eye for using it, too.
And I finally cracked and bought a flickr pro account. Amazed it took me this long. It was that 3-set limit that finally got me, though duh, the rest is pretty great.