Category — Cat Blogging

Am I Blue?

Go away!

[Editor: The blue [all gray] kitten catches some rays on the edge of an old screen leaning against a tree. The kittens are becoming juveniles … like they are being stretched, as their roly poly bodies become more like the adults.]

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Pop Goes The Weasel

Gotcha!

[Editor: As one of the tabbie kittens relaxes on the cement, the sibling prepares to attack. (I was hampered by lighting, so the depth of field didn’t allow both kittens to be in focus. Slowing the shutter speed is not an option with kittens.)]

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Early Education

Where is it?

[Editor: The lighter of the tabbie kittens is attempting to locate the grackle that is making all the noise.]

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Decisions … Decisions

Who should I annoy?

[Editor: Lucrezia ponders her next action, having just awakened from a nap.]

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Eyes Of The Tigers

We’re watching you!

[Editor: The two tabbies have found a nice place to lounge in a pile of stuff on the side of my house. They are definitely not interested in any interaction with me. They moved from the pump house because of too many ‘visitors’.]

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Blaze 2006-2012

[Editor: Blaze was at the top of his game, and while he had scars over both eyes, he was a skilled combatant in the dominance wars that led him to being the alpha tom. Those skills did him no good in the end as he was struck by car crossing a main street. As the alpha tom he had a large range, and there was no way of avoiding the busy streets. This is my favorite picture of Blaze getting ready to scratch as a juvenile.]

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New Kits On The Blocks

Axe Murderer!

[Editor: Ms Underhouse and the Pump House Gang. There is a blue and two gray tabbies with white feet.]

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In Memoriam

Hipparchia’s canine ‘foster mother’ to feral kittens, Fluffy Black Dog, has made his last run on the beach, and licked his last kitten. He was 16.

And The Winner Is …

Whatever …

[Editor: Froggie is apparently the new alpha female based on the deference shown her at feeding time, even by Lucrezia.]

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No Rest For The Wicked

Damn paparazzi!

[Editor: Lucrezia was being her normal, nasty self. It took over a dozen shots before I got one with her face in it, and I had to enlist my neighbor’s help to do it.]

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At the End of Her Rope

Do something, human!

[Editor: This is Bootsie, my neighbor’s elderly alpha female who rarely ventures outside. She has managed to snag the lead in four different places and can’t really go anywhere. I did free her up, but she doesn’t like anyone or anything but my neighbor.]

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Tonto 2004-2012

It is time.

[Editor: Tonto took over as alpha female when her sister, The Lone Ranger, left for the Bridge, but she hasn’t been very happy about it. They shared kitten rearing, sitting for each other when either needed a break, and backing each other when there were conflicts. Lately she has spent most of her time on the lawn in front of my house trying to warm up. Last week she became noticeably shaky on her feet, and then she disappeared to her special place on Monday to prepare to meet her sister at the Bridge. She wasn’t very nice, but she will be missed.]

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Hold On, I’m Coming

Don’t go anywhere!

[Editor: Froggy is on her way to meet me for a very important reason – head scratching. When you scratch her ears it kick-starts the Harley she swallowed to produce the loudest purr I have ever heard.]

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Exhaustion

Zzzzzzz…

[Editor: Specialist Underhouse has discovered that the life of a tom cat can be very tiring with all of the chasing, combat, and rejection.]

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The Hunt

Shhhh…

[Editor: Tonto is once again going to discover that grackles aren’t as stupid as doves, and will find the spot empty when she springs. Hope springs eternal, and every Spring Tonto hopes to get a grackle.]

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