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[Epona]

Stan’s out with his sun flower head last night, View attachment 318682

That's hilarious, he looks like he's an extra in Bill & Ben, or understudy for the sun in the Tellytubbies.

Basically rocking the Childrens' TV look hard (but fluffy at the same time).

(Just me doing my obligatory worry-wort safety bit, supervise him so he can't get tangled up on something and strangle himself with it)

 

[quiet guy]

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[quiet guy]

Stan’s out with his sun flower head last night, View attachment 318682

He's auditioning as the sun for remake of the teletubbies

 

[A380]

Two out of three soaking up the rays.

 

[Numbers]

Marvellous.

 

[donkyboy]

Rogue doesn't want Akiro in the flat

 

[Puddy_Tat]

kitteh interpretative dance...

 

[fucthest8]

The never ending elegance and poise of the cat

 

[xsunnysuex]

 

[Epona]

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Grumpytoes

 

[xsunnysuex]

Grumpytoes

Not in the mood for a photo session me thinks!

 

[Epona]

Not in the mood for a photo session me thinks!

I dunno, he seems to be posing a bit for the camera, but he is channelling the grump vibe quite hard bless him

 

[xsunnysuex]

That first photo he looks like he has too many legs and feet.

 

[Nikkormat]

Three months here, and Esteé seems to have settled in nicely. She also allows me to brush her a little now (four strokes, three times a day), so her coat is looking much better.

1. Taking advantage of the open cupboard


2. "We are not amused"

 

[stavros]

Rogue doesn't want Akiro in the flat

With all due respect, they don't look like they're in the same weight classification.

I witnessed a similarly ill-matched staring competition as I got back from my bike ride this morning. I could see one I recognised up ahead, staring intently at something. I knew it must be another cat, and lo, I got round the corner to see another, who looked pissed off that I'd disturbed the bout.

 

[Dandred]

 

[Dandred]

 

[Epona]

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I love the fact that the animals have the furniture and the human seems to be marooned, standing in the middle of the room.

 

[Epona]

If you are going to have a bath, what better place than in the sunny spot?

 

[Epona]

It's actual really difficult to get a photo of him grooming himself - although he was very attentive to Sonic and always washed him, his attention to his own normal feline hygiene has always been somewhat casual.

We'd had him a couple of months (14 years ago!) when OH commented to me that Jakey barely seems to groom himself, and he wasn't wrong.

 

[High Voltage]

If you are going to have a bath, what better place than in the sunny spot?

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He is a very handsome looking cat mind . . . well groomed or not

 

[Epona]

He is a very handsome looking cat mind . . . well groomed or not

Thank you! He is a very aesthetically pleasing cat, and a nice "traditional" looking example of the breed too - he did well in a cat show once (his breeder/previous owner entered him, he hated being in a carrier though so it didn't happen again).

I think the not grooming himself thing was from his previous home, he lived with 3 breeding queens including his mum until he was a year old, and I just think he had a bit of the feline version of what they refer to as "failure to launch", I just think they groomed him. He groomed their kittens. And so it was when he came to us, he groomed Sonic but not himself very much.

When I took the above photo, his grooming session consisted of him doing the top of that leg and a couple of cursory licks of his back and tummy, and that was it
This is why I was so surprised when he brought up a couple of furballs recently.*

*EDIT: The first one of those was very definitely mostly dark grey fur though, so I think he'd had that one brewing for a while.

 

[Epona]

Found some nice photos of them both together, these are from the last couple of years (feeling wistful)


Looks like Jakey has just faceplanted in this one!




Always together


Well nearly always! I love this old photo of Jakey, he looks gorgeous

 

[ddraig]

Last night

 

[seeformiles]

Vic sampling some exquisitely flavoured plant pot water:

 

[Epona]

Vic sampling some exquisitely flavoured plant pot water:

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Chateau le Pot de Fleur, 2022 - a heady bouquet, I am getting the aromas of leaves, mud - very earthy. Pairs well with mouse haunch served bleu.

 

[seeformiles]

Chateau le Pot de Fleur, 2022 - a heady bouquet, I am getting the aromas of leaves, mud - very earthy. Pairs well with mouse haunch served bleu.

Neither of them will drink council pop - need something with a bit more flavour

 

[Cloo]

'Scuse me, gotta iron the cat

 

[donkyboy]

Bella enjoying the view

 

[Epona]

Bella enjoying the view

Gorgeous!

I love the way the fur on some shorthairs does that thing where it parts in ripples - particularly a feature of BSH and Burmese and other breeds with short dense fur