Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Daily Photo: How Formerly Feral Cats Enjoy Cold Weather

Bella, Basil and Hamlet enjoy some CatTV
Bella, Basil and Hamlet enjoy some CatTV

These three often get together to enjoy some CatTV. If they hadn’t been rescued, though, they wouldn’t be enjoying it through a window, they’d be out there. Not one of them has ever expressed an interest in  getting the “real” experience. I enjoy watching them.

Before the tree fell down in 2016 it was in the background along with all its branches, and there was a lilac in front of the window that I let grow and kept trimmed so I could open the window, but it would still provide cover for the birds at this feeder. The birds avoided these feeders almost entirely for over a year, but finally they are showing up here again. Of course the bird populations on the feeder change every moment, and that’s part of the fun. Here is what they were watching.

Birds at the feeder.
Birds at the feeder.

From Facebook

Did I interrupt something? I just wanted to join the girls' club.
Did I interrupt something? I just wanted to join the girls’ club.
Mimi enjoys a sunbath.
Mimi enjoys a sunbath.
The sun is fun until the cat named Sunshine thinks it belongs to him, even if you have a major crush on him.
The sun is fun until the cat named Sunshine thinks it belongs to him, even if you have a major crush on him.

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From previous years

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And Yet More Photos of Jack and Diane

These two!
These two!

At one point while they were doing their thing on the windowsill I just stood there and snapped figuring a few of the had to be good. Well more than a few of them were good, just because kittens are cute. They are at an angle that would make Jack appear larger, but really he’s growing so fast and is noticeably bigger than his sister. Their expressions and posture in the one above just make me smile! My caption was, “These two. Stick a fork in me, I’m done.”

After this the two of them settled themselves into the corner of the windowsill for some intensive birdwatching, but it’s clear Jack doesn’t take it quite as of a serious interest as his sister.

This is my favorite photo out of the whole set.
This is my favorite photo out of the whole set.

Below, there is no better toy than a sibling’s tail. They were busy chasing each others’ tails on the windowsill. Jack told Diane, “You bite my tail, and I’m going to bite yours!”

Diane bites Jack's tail...
Diane bites Jack’s tail…
...so he's going to try to get hers!
…so he’s going to try to get hers!

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Hamlet Profile
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Hamlet and his sister Ophelia were rather feral kittens, did not socialize to fosters, and were placed in a barn to live as feral cats. That didn’t suit them either, so they came to me. It took a while for them to find their socialized selves, and I am more than happy to have gotten to know them and help them to realize humans were nice things, and to be able to have them as my muses and models for a couple of years. Hamlet was meant to inhabit the magic yellow basket. I featured this photo on Black Cat Appreciation Day in 2016. Read more and purchase.



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