Midnight Monday: Black Cat in a Window

No, this isn’t Luna. But this black cat does bare a remarkable resemblance to her. He even has greenish eyes, though he is a little bigger.

I saw him through a window while out for a walk yesterday in the nearby South Beach neighborhood. He did come up to greet me, and let me know that this was his window.

I like to think that encountering a black cat is good luck.

Weekend Cat Blogging #172: Autumnal Equinox

Luna and I welcome everyone to the autumnal equinox edition of Weekend Cat Blogging. For us, the changing of the season is more of a formality, but there is no escape from the shrinking days. And for those of us in the U.S., daylight is not the only thing in decline this week.

But I digress. This is about celebrating our feline friends. And we would love to have you all participate. So please leave us a comment with your (cat related) links, and we’ll add you to the round-up…

And with that, let us get started…

We at CatSynth know that it can be challenging to photograph black cats. But it’s well worth the effort, as in this lovely expressive portrait of Maruschka. Definitely not camera shy.

More expressive black cats. Puddy displays some serious ‘tude after refusing to sit still for the camera. This is of course another challenge of cat photography, and Katie is giving up on getting a “pretty photo” for this weekend. We of course still think Puddy is pretty.

Samantha does her impersonation of monorail cat atop a chair, at Life from a Cats Perspective.

We now move from black to white, with August, the handsome British shorthair gentleman at The World According to Pia. Check out his baby photo as well, you can see how much he has grown.

At Anne’s Food, the white kitten Klara is not enjoying her first outing. Luna did not enjoy her first outing either, though as the top photo suggests, she’s becoming queen of our balcony patio. So Klara may come to appreciate the fresh air and grass soon enough.

Meanwhile, Salome enjoys some scritches while Kashim helps himself to the big pot of cat grass that Astrid bought. The weather is turning in Vienna, getting colder and rainer. So less time out on the balcony, and Othello does like this at all.

Our friend kitikata-san presents Weekend Animal Blogging. Animals of many species share shelter, and perhaps friendship, as they ride out hurricane Gustav. It’s a wonderful image, one that humans can learn from.

At The Sour Dough, LB is delighted to have his mom home sooner. He is also enjoying his new mouse toy. We at CatSynth are also curious about the wine that Breadchick has brought back…

Thanks for joining us for Weekend Cat Blogging. We will continue to post entries through Monday as we receive them.









Weekend Cat Blogging #171

We at CatSynth are exhausted.

This weekend we need to rest, and recover some of our energy. We also have a lot of things to catch up on. It seems like we do so much, but it’s never enough.

So that is all we have for now. Hopefully we’ll catch up with our music and art posts from last week. Also some of our reviews of books and film. But for the moment, we rest. And catch up on some pets.

LB and Breadchick are hosting Weekend Cat Blogging. Actually, I think it’s just LB this weekend, as Breadchick is on vacation (sounds like a great idea, actually).

The Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will take place with Mr. Tigger at the M-Cats Club.

The Carnival of the Cats goes on air Sunday evening with Rocky at Artsy Catsy.

And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

Our thoughts are with our friends in Texas and the Gulf Coast. We hope they are safe and dry this weekend after hurricane Ike.