It’s cat update time!

Here are Porcini and Poppy:

A nose-sniff greeting:

Pansy in the back of the shop, arriving for lunch:

Pumpkin, the alien orange cat, is getting more bold. This past week he went into the shelter when Portabella was already there… and amazingly Bella didn’t object:

Bella even went back to sleep, with him on the lower level:

Meanwhile, a deer came by to eat some berries off the tree, while another cat (Porcini, I think) watched:

Back inside:

Pumpkin got a bit too close, which Bella wasn’t keen on, but she didn’t run away, perhaps feeling like he’d chase if she jumped down:

At one point Pumpkin left, ate some food, then returned, again without objection. After both being in there for over an hour, Pumpkin left peacefully.

Then about an hour later, when Bella was by the bird feeders (look closely to the right of the leftmost feeders), Pumpkin again approached:

He got within a couple of feet of her, then she retreated a short distance, till he wandered off:

At least those two seem to be getting used to each other.

Here’s Porcini in the swimming pool area, after I flushed her out of the bird feeder grasses, while refilling the feeders. She was happy to watch me from a safe distance:

Bella by the cat house:

That evening, though, there was a less friendly encounter between Pumpkin and one of the twins (probably Spud), where Pumpkin chased him to under the cherry tree by the front steps:

They separated when I came out, having heard the ruckus:

The alien gray cat:

Another nose-sniffing greeting:

One of the twins watching birds by the feeders: