It’s not good, but this is the only picture we have that shows all six cats.

The gang is all here

From the right, Zoe is closest, with Chloe following. She’s hard to see, but she’s walking on the landscape timber about halfway back to the concrete pad. Then Dusty (we think) is crouched, probably eating from a bow. Then to the left is Smokey, then the dark cat is Sylvester. Just to his side is Rusty. We wouldn’t be able to tell anything about the cats if we didn’t already know who they are. I guess we should make a point of trying to get a good shot of all of them together, but it’s going to be really hard.

Zoe and Zeke are not buddies, but they tolerate each other.

It’s easier when they’re asleep

When Zoe is awake, he always seems to be grouchy around the dogs. Or anyone else, for that matter. Zeke is pretty cool about it, through.

On Sunday

We’re a little late on our Friday felines this (last) week. Here’s a new cat. Benny is a Colorado cat, and he’s a little shy. His owners said he lived under their daughter’s bed for a long time after they brought him home. They fed him and left his litter box right there. That was apparently OK with their daughter.

We saw bits and pieces for a while.

Benny, checking it out

Later, when we were eating in the dining room, we saw him sneak into the kitchen to eat his own food there.  But we didn’t get a photo.

We ought to be able to post more often in a couple of days.

Chloe says, “There’s no one here but us pine cones.”

You can’t see me

This was taken a while back, when Chloe was still coming in pretty regularly. She doesn’t come in nearly as much now. We aren’t sure why, but we think Sylvester and Smokey might have something to do with it. She’s usually very quiet when she comes in, and sometimes she can even find a better hiding place than this.

This is Zoe from about 10 years ago at my parents’ house.

Zoe bowing

I can’t remember exactly when I got Zoe, but I he was a small kitten. He’s grown, or nearly grown here, so it must have been a year or so after I got him. He was almost completely white when he was young. He’s gotten a lot more red in his coat in the last few years.