Lots of cat cabin pictures this week, plus a fight between alien cats Poppa and Paladout.

Pommie by the cabins:

Super-relaxed Pommie:

Two cats inside the cat house:

That camera has stopped recognizing its SD card, so I can’t capture recordings. So there will probably be fewer views inside the cat house, unless I replace the camera (again). The cat house isn’t used much in summer, but as we head towards winter, I expect they’ll use it more, so I might think it worthwhile to replace the camera.

Indoor cameras aren’t super expensive, especially at the 3 megapixel resolution, which is good enough for close quarters like this… though the one I use is no longer available (maybe because it was so unreliable? I’ve had several have this issue). So I’d have to switch to another style, like a pan/tilt one, though they don’t have as wide a viewing angle (90° vs 140° with the current one). Or even a cheap 2 megapixel model for 1080P resolution, which is plenty. Or just leave it as-is; the current camera still works for live viewing, just not recording.

Not that anyone but me cares about all that.

Anyway, back to the pictures. Here’s Poppa:

And Paladout:

Bella:

An animated GIF of a big yawn:

While doing rounds, I spotted a cat on the driveway:

Porcini peeking at me around the corner of the house:

Three cats at breakfast time:

Porcini in a cabin:

Pommie says “hey, that’s my cabin!”

GIF of just eyes moving:

Porcini:

Poppa and Paladout had an encounter; Paladout was eating, and Poppa arrived:

Poppa attacked Paladout; here’s a GIF:

I’m glad Poppa doesn’t do that to our ferals. I suspect Paladout won’t visit again for a while. (I’m pretty sure he is a neighbor’s pet that they let roam around, as probably is Poppa.)

Porcini and Pommie at the cabins again:

This time Pommie accepted the less preferred cabin:

Pommie says “eww, it’s wet”:

A GIF summary of 38 cat pictures from this week:

The usual assortment of cat house and cabin pictures, plus some live sightings. And a summary GIF, since people seem to enjoy that.

Pretzel cat inside the cat house:

While fixing a broken tap in the flowerbeds, I spotted a cat next to the cat house:

Porcini:

Paladout:

Porcini again:

Stretch:

What a shock, it’s Porcini being cute again:

While spending time with the ducks, I spotted a cat across the pond:

Breakfast queue:

Pommie at the cabins:

Porcini and Pommie:

Porcini hunting for rodents on a tree trunk:

And in the field (which is more of a meadow nowadays):

Pepper in the shop:

Bella:

Pommie and Poppa:

Finally, a GIF summary of 46 pictures taken this week. I think this one works even better than usual, since I often capture several sequential pictures:

It’s now fall, and the trees got a head start. The rainy weather over the past week was most welcome, to help tamp down the nearby wildfires (which are getting under control, but still not completely out; I’ll do an update about them some other day).

This rainy weather makes the feral cats want to stay home, snuggly and warm in their heated cat house and cabins. So brace for some snuggly cuteness. I am including a summary GIF of 45 pictures captured this week at the end, like I did for yesterday’s Flock Friday. But here are 17 I particularly liked.

Poppy looking happy in a sunbeam on the cat house deck, while another eats:

Porcini and Poppy snuggling inside the cat house:

Porcini watching me while I attend to the small pond:

As mentioned in my flock post, I’ve been going out around dusk to close up the chicken coop; one day I went after dark, and saw some eyes on the driveway, which was a cat watching me (I often see the cats watching me from a distance):

Pansy in the back of the shop:

Poppy and Porcini in their house again:

Porcini, a twin, and Poppy:

Cabin twins (Pommie on the left, Spud on the right):

Poppy, Bella, and Porcini (I always list them left-to-right):

Poppa:

Porcini having a bath:

More Porcini and Poppy snuggles:

Screenshot of cams with five cats; two in the cabins, three in the house:

Porcini looking out the window:

Can you stand more snuggles of this level of cuteness?

Stretch:

The aforementioned GIF of all 45 pictures captured this week:

As any good calendar will tell you, the day after Flock Friday is inevitably Caturday. Weird how a day of the week is named after cats, but they were treated as gods in ancient times, so who am I to argue?! Makes as much sense as naming a day after a ball of gas.

Anyway… here’s Porcini:

Paladout:

Two cats inside:

Comfy Poppy:

Poppa:

Spud jumping up to the breezeway cabin:

Porcini relaxing in the kitchen garden:

A closer look:

A few minutes later, I wanted to go out to close up the duck house, and Porcini was sitting outside the door:

(I cracked the door, and she retreated.)

Spud emerging from the breezeway cabin:

An animated GIF of Spud stretching and heading off to work:

I put a spare camera in the back of the shop to watch Pansy’s food and litter boxes; this is when she first saw it:

Poppy:

Bella chilling:

Pommie, Poppa, Poppy, and Bella (left-to-right) by the cat house:

Pommie, Poppa, Bella, Poppy; Poppa was feeling a bit ganged up upon, but the girls were just saying hi; I continue to be amazed how well they get on with him:

Queue for food:

A GIF of that time, with Bella, joined by Poppa, then Poppy, and Pommie:

Pansy waiting for her dinner on the white bed in the center of the picture:

Food dispensing, she pops up:

And comes to eat it:

Finally, Bella and Spud hanging out in the kitchen garden (with some reflections from the window):