Not many pictures of the cats this week, as my cameras were having issues, but some nice ones.

Firstly, two cats in the garden by the stream (which was off at the time; I just turned it on yesterday):

Porcini on a path:

Paladin doesn’t like the pâté wet food, so I’m giving it to the ferals; they’re not as picky. Here’s Spud enjoying it:

Porcini asleep inside the cat house:

An animated time-lapse GIF of several hours inside the house, showing her movements:

A skunk visited the house too:

Porcini is an expert at relaxing:

One more picture of her, outside this time:

Finally, Pommie oozing out of a cabin on a warm afternoon:

This week on Caturday, various feral cats, several watching me, plus a GIF of a possum at the cat house.

Comfy Porcini in the cat house:

Cats greeting:

A GIF of a possum climbing onto the awning of the cat house (no cats home at the time):

Spud relaxing in our kitchen garden, watching me watching him from a window:

Porcini in a cabin, watching me walk past:

Paladout watching me refill the cat feeder:

Paladout and Porcini:

Porcini on a bench by the fountain garden:

And Bella watching me from under the bench:

Finally, three cats at the cabins:

This week marked the passing of Poppy, the mother of our other outdoor feral cats. She wasn’t a pet cat, but it’s always sad to lose a cat of any kind. We were also visited by a bobcat for the first time (or rather, the first time I’ve seen one on my cameras).

Let’s start with some pictures of Poppy before her death; here she is with Porcini (left):

And with Spud on the deck:

Here’s a cams app screenshot showing four cats; one in a cabin, one in the feeder, and two in the house:

Porcini looking out the upper back door, and Poppy below:

Porcini and Poppy:

The last ever picture of Poppy, about the time she died; at least it was in the comfort of their heated house:

In the morning, Spud discovered Poppy’s body; it’s good that her offspring saw that, to help them understand that she had died, rather than just mysteriously vanished:

Porcini also saw her:

Rest in peace, Poppy.

For the others, life continues. Here’s a cat in a cabin on a rainy morning, watching me walk by:

Porcini outside the cabins, with Spud and Pommie inside:

Porcini joined Spud in the left cabin:

Porcini scratching a tree:

Porcini again:

And again, watching me from a cabin:

A bobcat visited our homestead; this is the first time I’ve seen one (GIF):

Another GIF:

I wouldn’t want to encounter this suddenly:

The bobcat also checked out the cabins, with nobody home (GIF):

A still from that; so tall:

It was a busy night at the cabins; a few minutes later, a possum went into the left cabin:

Yawn, feeling sleepy:

It curled up and slept in there for a couple of hours:

The possum leaving:

A cat checks out the cabins, but decides she doesn’t want to stick around:

Good thing, since a raccoon also wanders by a few minutes later:

Finally this week, Porcini sniffing at the kitchen garden this morning (a sunny day, so bright reflections off the window):