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):

A pleasant Caturday to you.

The twins by the cabins:

A zoomed photo of the cat house, with three cats visible — one on the awning, one inside the house, and a third on the deck. Quite likely one in the feeder too:

A screenshot of my cams app, showing five cats — one in the feeder, one in a cabin, and three in the house:

A time-lapse GIF of a raccoon encounter — a raccoon approached the cabins when Pommie was in there, then went behind them. She retreated, and the raccoon came between the cabins:

Raccoon and cat:

Porcini scratching while looking in the direction of the camera:

Porcini by the heated water dish:

Poppy under our main deck while I refilled the bird feeders:

Two cats in the evening:

Spud and Pommie starting to retreat when I’m approaching to refill the bird feeders:

Pommie wonders if the coast is clear after I’ve gone:

Four cats:

A GIF of Porcini licking and snuggling with her mother, Poppy:

Porcini and Poppy snuggles:

Spud in the breezeway:

Spud in the kitchen garden, watching me:

A GIF of Porcini scratching the tree by the cat house, while another eats, and a third approaches in the background:

Four cats (one barely visible in the feeder):

Three cats enjoying the heating pads on a sub-freezing morning today:

Poppy and Bella on a frosty morning today:

Welcome to the first Caturday of 2021! Mostly with pictures from 2020, of course.

Here’s Bella about to jump onto the camera housing:

Spud and Porcini in the cabins; unusual for her to be there:

Porcini and Poppy:

Spud:

Porcini:

Wide eyes:

Oh hi:

Porcini looking out the back door:

Mirrored cabin cats:

Porcini and Poppy snuggling:

Three cats:

GIF of a possum approaching the cabins, being startled by Pommie, and retreating:

Three cats inside their house:

Cabin cats (the twins, Spud and Pommie) looking concerned by heavy rain:

Comfy cabin cats:

Super-relaxed Porcini: