An Irish Cat

February 24, 2008

Photo by Cathy

Camera:Sony DSC-W55

 

 

 

"There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats." 

 

~Albert Schweitzer

 

 

Smoky

February 9, 2008

 

 

"After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference."

~Charlotte Gray

 

A cat names Stewie...............

December 19, 2007

Photo by Mark

Camera: Canon Digital 10 D

 

 

"I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul."

-- Jean Cocteau

 

"The beauty of the cat is pristine..........."

 

----BT

 

 

Textures on a sunny afternoon

Smoky looking around the yard

November 28, 2007

 

 

"There are no ordinary cats."
-- Colette

 

Tiger Cat among the agapanthus

November 25, 2007

 

 

"Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap." -- William Bennett

 

Tiger Kitty, a new kitty in the garden

October16, 2007

 

 

"Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds."
--Jean Burden

 

"Is anybody home?" Smoky, are you looking for BT?

October 13, 2007

 

"Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, including the people they own."

--John Dingman

 

Smoky

October 13, 2007

 

 

"The cat is above all things, a dramatist."

--- Margaret Benson

 

 

Tiger

October 16, 2007

 

 

"When your cat rubs the side of its face along your leg, it's affectionately marking you with its scent, identifying you as its private property, saying, in effect, 'You belong to me'"

----Susan McDonough

 

 

Smoky in the garden

 

 

 

"Time spent with cats is never wasted."

---Sigmund Freud

 

 

 

The Siamese

 

 

"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."

- Lenore Fleischer

 

Smoky and the lizard.................

 

 

"Cats are forever."
- François Fossie

Tiger again

October 16, 2007

 

 

"One must love a cat on its own terms."

- Paul Gray

 

The Siamese poses

October, 2007

 

"As we all know, cats now rule the world."

--John R.F. Breen