This is Ryan, my big muscular black and white kitty. He loves being in this window, so he can watch the birds and squirrels out on the balcony. I love the way his paws are placed. He seems to have a lot of attitude in this picture, but he's really a sweet, gentle baby boy.
Thanks, @Patsy Faye, the tilt of his head reminds me of an actor trying to convey 'don't mess with me' or something similar. It made me laugh, because he's really a big baby, and is very passive and sweet. Here he is eating his greens.
Although I've had many cats through the years, it's also been about 14 years since my last cat. Seeing your pics makes me want another one but the reality is that Pickles hates cats more than car rides and Mexicans. I'm not being racist but we have many in California and he seems to bark the most at them. Maybe because all the lawncare people around here are Mexican. He will bark the full hour my lawncare guy is here. He also barks on the way to my daughter's when we go through Los Banos, the only small town that I have to go through with stop lights so he sees people walking and they are mostly Mexican. He does bark at other people when they ring my bell or a white person comes in to do something in my house but he settles down. He's a racist and a Cat hater.
@Diane Lane Your Ryan, looks quite a bit like my Milo. Milo used to be a wild man when he was younger, but nowadays he seems to be content just to hang out with mommy. He loves to cuddle, and sits in the window at times and bird watches. He is very comfy in this house...and I am sure he wishes we never would move..but I can't live where it is so limiting, just for my cat. However, who knows when I will be able to get out of here. I hope sooner rather than later! I have been talking about this for the past two years...so it is time to do something!
Catitude is so cute and makes me smile. Just what I needed! Thanks! from http://all-in-onewallpapersfortollyto3d.blogspot.com/2013/02/super-cute-cats-wallpaper.html. I found this cutie and just had to share it here. I haven't had cats for over 2 decades living in apt. that doesn't allow pets. Our neighbor had a visitor cat that we all liked too and she came to my apt and nibble at treats we gave her, who passed this year. Poor little cat I named Little Furry Princess. I only have still pictures of her and not digital pictures of her so I can't share her with you. She's a bit like Nala the Cat with short legs, but a calico. From nalacat.com.
And, of course my own two little darlings, brother & sister, now long since departed. The baby duck showed up swimming in our pool one morning, no mama around, I pulled it out, to my cats' immediate interest:
Frank, my Ryan ( the black and white pictures above) is a little rascal when it comes to my yarn, thread and jewelry supplies. I'll be in the bath tub and see something rolling by. It's him, pushing balls of yarn around the house. Love the pics, thanks for sharing. @Gary Ridenour Love your pics, as well, the one with the knife cracked me up! Here's one of Shannon. She's back to her old self, feeling spry and a enjoying lots of snuggling. Her whiskers are starting to grow back from where they had to cut them for the surgery.
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Oh I know, the materials can become wrapped around their intestines. A neighbor was laughing about how her cat swallowed some ribbon and it was sticking out of his butt, and she pulled it out...I told her it could have killed him. They're the ones who stopped feeding the stray cats they'd fed for years, so they could start feeding the birds instead, which is why the burden now falls to me, despite my meager budget. Some people who call themselves animal lovers really startle me with their attitudes. For some reason, thankfully, my cats have never ingested the ribbons/yarns/threads, but prefer to just roll them around the house, particularly down the stairs and then around down there, which was cute the first few times, but somewhat annoying after that . I'm pretty vigilant about what animals and children ingest. I remember freaking out when I caught my first niece (when she was a toddler) picking up a penny and trying to put it in her mouth. I'm a bit overprotective, which is a good thing, because I don't have money for unnecessary vet bills.