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The lord and lady of the house get to lounge about in the sun while the humans work in the garden. As it should be.

#caturday #cats

Two cats - one ginger, white & black, the other fully black (though glowing brown in the sun) sitting on sunloungers on a somewhat overgrown lawn.
7 September at 17:04 | Open on mastodon.social
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The young boys have been out a lot this week, enjoying the warm weather - but they still need some bro time on my feet of an evening.

#caturday #cats

Two black cats locked in a sleepy embrace. They're stretched out on a blue sofa, with their paws wrapped around each other's heads.
3 August at 9:34 | Open on mastodon.social
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The reason the days get shorter after the June equinox is because Kaufman goes out more in the summer and absorbs all the excess light.

#caturday #blackcat #cats

A black cat posing for the camera. He is sitting on a slice of log (other logs take up the right side of the image), amongst long grass: one of the grass seed heads is in front of his face, obscuring one of his yellow eyes. Behind him, the sky is a dappled pale blue because of a light cloud covering. The green of the grass and blue of the sky are bright, while the cat is a black hole: his outline and eyes are sharp but there is no other visible detail.
29 June at 11:04 | Open on mastodon.social
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How our current cats would vote:

- Gentle giant Kaufman would be a socialist: if he hears another cat purring, he starts purring out of solidarity.
- They're all rescues, but Tilda clearly has some posh breed heritage. She also loves the garden, so she'd vote Green.
- Hickory is the court jester, so Binface.
- Ren is very sweet. He'd carefully read all the manifestos but then get distracted by a squirrel on the way to polling station.
- Chaos kitten Strange is an anarchist for sure 😹

#cats

How our current cats would vote:

- Gentle giant Kaufman would be a socialist: if he hears another cat purring, he starts purring out of solidarity.
- They're all rescues, but Tilda clearly has some posh breed heritage. She also loves the garden, so she'd vote Green.
- Hickory is the court jester, so Binface.
- Ren is very sweet. He'd carefully read all the manifestos but then get distracted by a squirrel on the way to polling station.
- Chaos kitten Strange is an anarchist for sure 😹

Five cats outside in early spring. Four of the cats - all completely black - are sitting or standing on a rough stone wall leading away from the camera to a building. Beside the wall is a narrow footpath covered in brown leaves. The fifth cat, visible from behind, is walking away from the camera. She's got white legs and a ginger & black tail.
10 June at 13:51 | Open on mastodon.social
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Our blurry boys the other day. They'd been to the vet and had their worming treatment a few hours earlier so were feeling a little out of sorts. They were back to their usual hilarious selves by morning though.

#cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #blackcat

Two black cats, slightly out of focus, sitting cuddled into each other with their heads upright, looking at the camera (or at least vaguely in that direction). They're sitting on the back cushions of a sofa, which is covered with a colourful, patchwork style quilt.
8 June at 10:08 | Open on mastodon.social
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Kaufman is a funny cat. He is very affectionate and demands attention in his preferred ways every day, but he WILL NOT sit on us any more, despite doing it regularly when he was younger. He even seems to dislike stepping on us in passing.

Except this evening, after I'd finished mowing the lawn, I lay down on it as a quality check and he INSTANTLY sat on my belly, purring away. He stayed for ages. It was lovely 😄

#cats #CatsOfMastodon

A black cat, slightly out of focus, sitting up right and looking at something in the distance above the photographer. Behind his bulk, it's just about possible to make out some human legs wearing blue jeans: knees bent up slightly, indicating that the cat is sitting on the human's waist. Around the cat & human, there is some very neatly trimmed grass, and behind that, a greenhouse and stone building. The sky is a pretty but unimpressive sunset: blue grey with a hint of pink.
22 May at 0:17 | Open on mastodon.social
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"No, I haven't been poking around in the dusty garage. Why do you ask?"

#cats #CatsOfMastodon

A black cat standing on a wooden patio table. His face is covered in cobwebs and bit of fluff. He has a curious look on his face like he's lying about his activities. Behind him, in contrast, there are some colourful woolen blankets on a washing line.
5 May at 14:41 | Open on mastodon.social
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Strange-cat building up energy so she can properly enjoy her #caturday

#CatsOfMastodon #cats

A ginger, black and white cat curled up in a ball on a dark blue sofa. She's chosen to sit at the point where the seat cushions meet. In the foreground, slightly out of focus, there is a colourful completed jigsaw.
4 May at 9:41 | Open on mastodon.social
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Walked down to the village to vote. No dogs at the polling station unfortunately but we met a very friendly one on the lane on the way, which was nice.

Also, we walked down through our garden and (what is now) the cow field. Our cat Kaufman followed us through the garden then sat on the stile at the bottom and watched us cross the field.

As we returned an hour later, we joked about whether he'd still be waiting for us -- and he was 😍😍😍

(Very blurry shot from about 50m away)

#CatsOfMastodon

A black cat standing next to a wooden fence/stile with grass behind. He looks slightly alarmed because he's a nervous nelly but his tail is up.
A low quality photo of a grassy hill. About half way up, there is a wooden stile with wire stock fence on one side. A black cat is patiently sitting in loaf position at the base of the stile.
2 May at 19:05 | Open on mastodon.social
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I sat down on the chair next to the window and woke up Strange-cat. She was simultaneously both delighted to see me and just-woke-up grouchy. It's probably how I look at her every morning to be fair.

#cats #caturday

A ginger, black and white cat sitting on a cushion on a deep wooden window sill. She's mostly reclining but has a paw stretched out towards the camera. Her eyes are barely visible, hidden by her black mask-like markings and a slight frown. The cushion is covered in a print of black cat faces- perhaps she's crabby she's not represented on there too.
6 April at 16:34 | Open on mastodon.social
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Hickory Shagbark apparently borrowed the tail and paws from a much bigger cat for this picture.

#caturday #cats #blackcat

A black cat sitting on a dry stock wall, against the backdrop of a rural valley. He's looking to the right and is rather handsome in profile. His tail and front paws look too big for his body for no real reason.
16 March at 17:38 | Open on mastodon.social
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Queen of the (clean) laundry pile.

I think she might be passive aggressively hinting at something.

(Potato quality pic because UK winter light + black cat...)

#cats #caturday

A black cat sitting on top of a basket of clean laundry. She is looking directly at the camera and appears very regal indeed.
2 March at 12:04 | Open on mastodon.social
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#WhiskersWedneday

It was sunny at the weekend so I got to take some pictures of the cats that weren't just voids!

This is Ren, on relatively high alert, probably expecting an ambush from one of the others. He's usually the ambusher - but for love, not war. When he nuzzles the other cats, we call it a Renbush. Such a lovely little chap.

#cats #catsofmastodon

A black cat perched on a lichen covered old stone wall, with trees behind. It's a sunny day so the wall is glowing lime green and the brown is showing in the black cat's fur. He's looking off to the side to the point he's almost in full portrait, and his whiskers are spread wide.
21 February at 14:04 | Open on mastodon.social
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On a walk into the sunset with Strange-cat.

(Vertical pic.)

#caturday #cats #catsofmastodon

A countryside scene. An orange, white and black cat is walking along a Yorkshire dry stone wall. Her tail is up and lightly curled, curious but relaxed. On either side of the wall and into the distance are green fields. In the far distance, there are some shadow grey hills - with an orange glow of a sunset behind.
11 Nov 2023 at 21:18 | Open on mastodon.social
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While looking for pics of bleps for Bleptember, I stumbled on this old picture from April 2021, before I cleared all the moss of our garage roof.

Moss or no moss, the cats love this roof. The garage, an old barn, is built into a hill so the lowest part of that side is only about 60cm off the ground ie, a perfect height for being tickled when a human is walking along the adjacent footpath.

#mosstodon #caturday #blackcat

A black cat standing on a thick bed of moss, on a sloped stone tile roof. (Not that you can see the stones for all the moss.) The cat is looking out of shot, to somewhere above the photographer's head: their eyes match the colour of the moss. Their tail just fits in the frame, upright with a gentle curl at the top.
2 Sep 2023 at 8:57 | Open on mastodon.social
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@louisa_ love the cat and moss. Apologies for letting my ignorance show here, but why remove moss from your roof? I have some moss on my shed in my back garden and never questioned it until seeing your post here.

2 Sep 2023 at 11:06 | Open on mastodon.social
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This is the best road sign I have ever seen.

(Spotted in Sundsvik, Sormland. Did not however spot any cats, valuable or otherwise.)

#Sweden #cats

A Swedish road sign on a grassy verge. In a red triangle, there is a picture of a black cat sitting up. Underneath a sign reads (Swedish language) "Värdefull katt utan trafikvett"
A screenshot of Google translate. In the top half is a Swedish phrase: värdefull katt utan trafikvett. Which is translated into English as: valuable cat with no traffic sense
12 Jul 2023 at 20:03 | Open on mastodon.social
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Even better than the otters crossing ones in the Outer Hebrides.

Didn't see an otter either (but we did always have a dog with us, and she certainly found otter poo...)

A road sign next to a road, which leads across the sea over a causeway to a distant island. The road sign is a red triangle with a black silhouette of an otter. Underneath it reads: Caution Otters Crossing
12 Jul 2023 at 20:07 | Open on mastodon.social
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