Picture Of The Day February 2023:
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Tuesday February 28, 2023 Pic of the Day.
The end of February - a sixth of 2023 already passed. Speaking of passed, I was thinking of my cat Leon yesterday after posting the picture of him with Avensby, so I looked for a picture of him. What a nice cat he was.
Today's Quote: "A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays." - English Proverb
Picture Taken: February 2018.
Monday February 27, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Avensby and Leon were very close.
Today's Quote: "A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes." - Indian Saying
Picture Taken: March 2018.
Sunday February 26, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi again, this time with Norton in a box. I have not seen Andi so content for years. You can see she is happy in yesterday's picture too. She had a big change in diet last year which was a difficult transition, but now I'm thinking it was worth the effort. Basically, we switched from dry to wet food. There is more to it than that, but that is the main thrust.
Today's Quote:
"Pussy cat, pussy cat
Where have you been?
I've been to London
To look at the Queen
Pussy cat, pussy cat
What did you do there?
I frightened a little Mouse
Under her chair."
- Mother Goose
Picture Taken: February 2023.
Saturday February 25, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi outside for a walk on January 2 of this year. It was a warm day for January, and Andi and I really enjoyed it. Andi always marches over to the catnip plant from last season to rub the screen around the brown, dried up plant. The screen protects the plant from local cats destroying it completely.
Today's Quote: "No one can have experienced to the fullest the true sense of achievement and satisfaction who has never pursued and successfully caught his tail." - Rosalind Welcher
Picture Taken: January 2023.
Friday February 24, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi in the basket on the top of the cat tree post.
Today's Quote: "Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." - George Eliot
Picture Taken: February 2018.
Thursday February 23, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Avensby in the cat tree middle shelf with a painting of Cornelius behind her. Cornelius is who came up with Avensby's name. Long story.
Today's Quote: "When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it and wait until the wind changes." - T. S. Eliot
Picture Taken: February 2023.
Wednesday February 22, 2023 Pic of the Day.
A box of Norton snoozing.
Today's Quote: "A kitten is the delight of the household; all day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor." - Champfleury
Picture Taken: February 2023.
Tuesday February 21, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Elly-May and her sister Andi (tuxedo) on a couch.
Today's Quote: "The Behaviour of men to animals and their beahviour to each other bear a constant relationship." - Herbert Spencer 1820-1903
Picture Taken: March 2022.
Monday February 20, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Photographs can be odd. They can make you look better or worse. Fiona is one of the prettiest cats I've seen, but this picture makes her look hideous. This is why I take many pictures each time I want to take a picture of the cats, as I know that most will not work out so well.
Today's Quote: "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." - Edgar Allan Poe
Picture Taken: February 2019.
Sunday February 19, 2023 Pic of the Day.
From 4 years ago. Interesting timeing that I would find this picture, as yesterday I was talking to someone about how amazing Avensby's whiskers are, and this is a good picture for showing that.
Today's Quote: "In Egypt, the cats...afford evidence that animal nature is not altogether intractable, but that when well-treated they are good at remembering kindness. - Aelian
Picture Taken: February 2019.
Saturday February 18, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Fiona sleeping in a basket.
Today's Quote: "When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed...she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand." - Leonore Fleisher
Picture Taken: January 2022.
Friday February 17, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Andi peeking out from the box she was sleeping in. I tried to be quiet taking her picture while she slept, but I was caught. I love the green colour of Andi's eyes.
Today's Quote: "I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen,
and see the cat smiling into her fur as she
delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue.
"Cat, I would lend you this book to study
but it appears you have already read it."
She looks up and gives me her full gaze.
"Don't be ridiculous" she purrs, "I wrote it." - From "Miao" by Dilys Laing
Picture Taken: February 2023.
Thursday February 16, 2023 Pic of the Day.
I was curious to see what pictures I took last year at this time, and found this one of Patty curled up beside me with Elly-May behind.
Today's Quote: "When a cat chooses to be friendly, it's a big deal, because a cat is picky." - Mike Deupree
Picture Taken: February 2022.
Wednesday February 15, 2023 Pic of the Day.
This is almost exactly 4 years after bringing Margarita home. She is in the basket top, centre. You can tell she finally felt at home, though it did take a long time for her. She is doing well, and we get along very well. Avensby is in her aspeagus box, Norton is in the basket on the left, and Dexter is on the top shelf.
Today's Quote: "In reality, cats are probably better off remaining indoors and sending out their humans to deal with the outside world." - Dr. Phyllis Sherman Raschke
Picture Taken: February 2018.
Tuesday February 14, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Happy Margarita Day! Nine years ago today I got Margarita. This picture was taken shortly after getting her.
Today's Quote: "A cat's behavior is a direct reflection of his feelings." - Carole Wilbourn
Picture Taken: February 2014.
Monday February 13, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Tomorrow will be the 9th anniversary of my taking in Margarita. She was a very nervous feral cat, and it took a lot of time and effort to get her to blend with the family. This picture was taken 5 days after I got her, and she was still very worried and confused, as you can tell by the look on her face.
Today's Quote: "A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it." - Jerome K. Jerome
Picture Taken: February 2014.
Sunday February 12, 2023 Pic of the Day.
This was taken a year to the day after I got Dexter. He and Leon became very close soon after Dexter joined the family.
Today's Quote: "Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes?" - Fernand Mery
Picture Taken: February 2013.
Saturday February 11, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Today is the 11th anniversary of getting Dexter. I remember bringing him home on a windy, snowing morning. Poor Dexter was so confused and scared, he clung on to me for about 24 hours. We watched a movie together that morning 11 years ago. We watched Tron, and because of that, Dexter got the nickname "Tron". He had been a feral cat, and while he was clinging onto my sweatshirt, he was taken by the moving images on the computer screen. This is the first picture I took of him after getting him home.
Today's Quote: "A cat is never vulgar." - Carl Van Vechten
Picture Taken: February 2012.
Friday February 10, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Today is the 11th anniversary of first meeting Dexter. It was February 10, 2012, and I was getting cat food at the local store when I saw Dexter in a pen at the store. I was told he was a 4 year old Tomcat when found. I really took to him, and said I would take him. I could not take him home until the next day when I had to fill out forms at the local cat rescue place nearby. Dexter was not named Dexter at this point, and I saw the name Dexter in my dreams that night, and the next mornig when I picked him up, I said his name was going to be Dexter on the forms. This picture was taken 5 years ago, when Dexter started seeing something outside I could not see. For a long time, around the same time each night, he would stare out the window to a spot about 10 feet outside the window, about 10 feet up in the air. I tried and tried to see what he was looking at, but with no luck. If I got between Dexter and whatever he was looking at, he would quickly move to get a clear sight of whatever it was. I never fugured it out, and over time Dexter stopped looking.
Today's Quote: "People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote."- Charlotte Gray
Picture Taken: February 2018.
Thursday February 09, 2023 Pic of the Day.
The cats were surprised by me taking this picture because I was standing on a chair to get an image from higher than they were.
Today's Quote: "It is in their eyes that their magic resides." - Arthur Symons
Picture Taken: February 2018.
Wednesday February 08, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Avensby looking Sphinx like on the top of the cat tree.
Today's Quote: "If cats could talk, they wouldn't." - Nan Porter
Picture Taken: February 2018.
Tuesday February 07, 2023 Pic of the Day.
I like it when the cats get along and spend time together.
Today's Quote: "Most cats, when they are out want to be in, and visa versa, and often simultaneously." - Louis J. Camuti
Picture Taken: March 2017.
Monday February 06, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Six years ago to the day. Norton and Avensby when they were the closest of friends. They have drifted over time because Avensby (tuxedo) has a bad temper and can be too agressive.
Today's Quote: "The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life." - Carl Van Vechten
Picture Taken: February 2017.
Sunday February 05, 2023 Pic of the Day.
For long time Cornelius had this teddy bear that he seemed fairly attached to.
Today's Quote: "There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten." - Jules Champfleury
Picture Taken: January 2005.
Saturday February 04, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Patty (the silver cat) does not have very good social skills, and consequently tends not to have positive interations with other cats. For a brief while, Elly-May befriended Patty, but got fed up as Patty would behave poorly. This picture was taken during the time of the brief friendship.
Today's Quote: "The smallest feline is a masterpiece." - Leonardo da Vinci
Picture Taken: January 2013.
Friday February 03, 2023 Pic of the Day.
Leon and Dexter became close friends shortly after Dexter joined the family. They were close right up to the time Leon passed in 2018.
Today's Quote: "Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other." - Stephen Baker
Picture Taken: January 2013.
Thursday February 02, 2023 Pic of the Day.
A basket full of tuxedo cat. Dexter sure has beautiful fur for a cat that will be 15 years old in a couple of months.
Today's Quote: "Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." - Joseph Wood Krutch
Picture Taken: December 2022.
Wednesday February 01, 2023 Pic of the Day.
February 2023! Wow, sounds like the deep future to me. Here is a picture from the past - 20 years past to be exact. Cornelius playing with a toy I made for him. He really quite liked it. It was just a piece of cloth sewn into a 2 by 3 inch rectangle, stuffed with more cloth, and with a plastic strap from a shipping box tied around it.
Today's Quote: "Cats are the tigers of us poor devils." - Theophile Gautier
Picture Taken: February 2003.
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