Friendly..

Friendly.

Friendly.

.........

"Ooooh..."

O-kaasan and Friendly in the kitchen. The weather has become
comfortable enough to leave the kitchen door open, with the sliding
door to the rooms closed so the strays won't go in there and give my
pets a heart attack. Friendly must have been an indoor cat, he really
relaxes when he's inside!

Grey!

It IS contagious, ISN'T IT??

O-kaasan.......

O-kaasan.....

O-kaasan..

"hmm, she loves me!"

O-kaasan is in love..

O-kaasan is quite interested in the relative newcomer in the
neighbourhood. She's been busy the last years, playing mother to all
the other cats, and no time or interest romantically in any other cat,
but THIS GUY, this guy peaked her interest! She's been very careful
not to approach too directly, the newcomer felt easily threatened and
was bullied by some of the male cats, always cowering and being chased
away. The biggest bully culprit was Boko, till about a few weeks ago,
when Friendly, as i call the new cat, suddenly came out from under the
neighbour's car, his safe haven, and charged at Boko. Guess he was
tired of being bullied. Boko didn't know what hit him, and since then,
the 3 male cats that gave Friendly a tough time have left him alone.
Friendly is also less stand-offish with the other cats, and even comes
up to the 2nd floor when he's hungry. O-kaasan, meanwhile, is taking a
shine to him, and carefully puts herself in a position close to him,
without looking directly too much.
Love is in the air, ta ta ta taa taa taa taa taaa("-")!

Sunbabies!

After breakfast, catch some rays. Aaah!

Grey sees something..

The branches and leaves of the tree of the neighbour's have grown and
now hit the roof over the stairs. Grey's most interested!! Grey, by the way, is a smaller, male cat with a beautiful, peaceful disposition. He NEVER, ever fights, and when a new cat comes into their territory and the other cats get their backs up, Grey will saunter over out of pure interest, with not a speck of "you came into MY neighbourhood". He still nurses with O-kaasan from time to time, no milk comes out, they've all been fixed years ago. O-kaasan is also not even his real mother, but she kindly lets him go through the motions..

Nando!

Yesterday i met this beauty in a big park close to home. A gorgeous 6-
year-old male Munster dog, if that's the right type name.. The owner
said that he was actually very shy and although he was calm when i
stroked him, he didn't look at me or turn his head in my direction
once. When i asked if i could take his pic for this blog, the owner
said: "sure, no problem, but he won't face you or the camera". She was
right ("-")!!

Luca!

Luca and his owner i met a few days ago. Gorgeous and huge and crazily
playful German shepherd, apparently high pedigree origin. One year
old, rumbled with him, my shirt and pants were mudstained all over
after, love big dogs!! They have their own aura that doesn't seem to
become too affected by the neuroses that the owners, being people,
inevitably have, and which smaller dogs don't have any defense
against, it seems...

Taro!

Taro is a very beautiful Australian shepherd, one-and-half years old.
First saw him taking a walk with his owner about a year ago, then just
once or twice after that. The other day, i saw him with the owner's
wife.
Not Tucker, Tirebiter, Tipsy or Tricky, but...
Taro("-")!!!

Jiro!

Jiro is a male cat i saw from far away as i was biking along Koshu
Kaido highway. All relaxed on a lounge chair in the sun. He belongs to
a homeless guy who has been living under the overpass for the past 12
years. The authorities that asked him to move have long since given
up, and the owner lives in a tent/house there. Nice guy, beautiful cat!