Daily Photo: Spider Thinks He’s Hidden
Spider is one of Denise’s feral cats, one of the originals who were born under the deck in 2014. He’s almost friendly by now, and he reminds me of Giuseppe with his size and shape and a lot of his body language. Sometimes he runs when I go stalking him with my camera, but usually he’ll be fine.
I was visiting to feed them, so when I went up on the deck, and his humans weren’t home, he kind of figured it out and decided to hold his place.
I photograph them all the time but I haven’t taken the time to share the photos. I have to catch up!
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From Instagram
Instructions do NOT read “turn Mimi out on a lightly floured board.”
Maybe she wanted to knead the dough for me since kitties are famous for their kneading skills. Nonetheless, this is the result. I held her over the sink to dust her off.
WAS.NOT.HAPPY.
Adventures in bread making with cats. Really, I made sure there were no cats in the vicinity before I turned around to pick up the bowl of bread dough and turn it out on the board. Cats have magical powers.
From the back yard and beyond
From around this date in past years
Former Feral Fun, 2021
Three kitties of the former feral persuasion, Sienna, Basil and Hamlet, enjoying a sunbath on a coolish day (the same day as yesterday’s photo of Sienna poetically snoozing). I find all the light and shadow very inspiring.
Hamlet may be making a face, or he may frequently have that expression when faced with an unusual situation, as many older kitten ferals with difficulty socializing often react. Of course, he’s now six years old, but still making tiny bits of progress on that path.
Basil is happily bathing his plushy paws and legs, and what could be better than a sun(and)bath for a feral kitten who with his brother was were separated from his mom and found filthy, starved and dehydrated far too young? A bath is the best remedy for everything.
Sienna, while not technically feral but a terrified former socialized kitty, we thought she was a feral kitty for at least six months by her behavior, and we had to trap her, so she gets points for living outdoors while in fear for her life. You can tell by her posture, she was here first. And you can see by yesterday’s photo, she prevailed.
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From Instagram
No Instagrams! I spent the week catching up on work and a very big project, and knew I’d be distracted if I started Instagramming. But I have lots to share of kitties supurrvising me!
From the back yard and beyond
I’ll be sure to catch up on my daily photo blog Today too.
From around this date in past years
Mr. Sunshine’s Crazy Whiskers, 2018
Normally Mr. Sunshine’s whiskers are purrfect. They are very long and gently curved, and he alone has not one single white one. But when he’s watching something waved arund his head that he really, really wants to get, he loses all control.
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What other photos have I shared around this date?
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Wordless Wednesday: Creative Catnap
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Get That Spot Back There, Would You? 2017
It’s so handy when your sibling knows just where you need a little wash. Giuseppe and Mewsette share a lazy afternoon sunbath.
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From Instagram
What a wonderfully bright morning that brought interesting shadows through the back door this morning.
First, Mimi, lost in the shadows.
Then Giuseppe, with interesting patterns.
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What We Did This Weekend, 2016
We had a little cable internet fixup happening yesterday, so much for all the cool posts I’d been planning, but I can at least share what my fine felines were doing yesterday and today while I was trying to catch up with work. Their weekend schedule was not inconvenienced in the least, I’m happy to say.
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What other photos did have I shared around this date?
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Daily Photo: Who’s the Smallest of Them All?
It’s really not a trick of perspective, Mimi really is about half as big as her two largest children. Here she sits between Mewsette and Giuseppe, looking out the basement door into the back yard, probably watching the groundhog devouring everything in sight.
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The Big Plot, 2103
“You watch the stairs, Sunshine—Emeraude’s asleep and I’m going in!”
The never-ending scheming to get a few bites of Emeraude’s food. She’d been defending her territory pretty heartily, but lately she’s not so concerned and looks at them, then continues her bath. Or she’s asleep on the toilet lid, and she’s pretty deaf, and they know that.
Jelly Bean is getting rounder. So is Mr. Sunshine. I have to close the door…
But still they’re cute in their deviousness. Take a look at “Two Great Minds” to see an earlier effort.
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When I Awake, 2012
This is usually what I see, looking through my bedroom door to the landing: Mimi staring intently at me from the top of the wardrobe, beautifully silhouetted by golden morning sunlight. Nice to awaken and smile at beauty.
Her children are torturing me, though, energetically pulling back the covers, tickling my face with their whiskers, gnawing on my fingers and walking all over me. Perhaps Mimi is simply watching to see that they do what they’ve been told. A cat mom supersedes a human mom.
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Morning Kitties Are Like Morning Coffee, 2011
They don’t need to do anything, all they need to do is sit there and they awaken my creative senses and make me smile.
Mewsette, Giuseppe and Jelly Bean pose on one of the last warm mornings while the leaves are still green and bright. Something to remember until next year.
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