Me & Sylvio: On the day we found him and his litter-mates. We were fast friends.
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.”
(Colette, French novelist)
It is only fitting that the first post on this website should be dedicated to cats. I personally befriended each and every one of the cats and kittens pictured in this gallery. A few I met only once, others I knew for years. Some have since died. All were a joy.
"Princess"
In the arms of a friend
"Princess"
Napping on the sidewalk
"Princess" & me
Cuddle time!
Sherbet
The feline guardian of the Mall56 Garden in Portland
Kitteh & Shasta
At the Riverhouse garden
Karma
A very respectable cat who resided at "the mannequin house" at 13th & Clinton
Firepit Cat
Curled up in a coyote pelt
Mnem, "the Grey Menace"
Watchful in Seattle
Mnem, "the Grey Menace"
Stalking purposefully
Mnem, "the Grey Menace"
Looking regal
Mnem, "the Grey Menace"
In the sink, waiting for water
Mnem, "the Grey Menace"
Drinking from the faucet
Zorra
A Catnip fiend, digging for it in some herbal smoking mixes
Zorra
A blue-eyed angel
Zeus
Sits on a friend's lap
Zeus
Chillin' on the toilet
Zeus
The picture of "magnificence"
Zeus
Cllose-up of a very handsome boy
Zeus
Waking from a nap
Zeus
Drinking from the bathtub faucet
Zeus & Cricket
In their kitchen
Zeus & Cricket
Enjoying Catnip
Zeus & Cricket
Enjoying Catnip
Cricket
High on Catnip
Cricket
Inspecting a Catnip harvest
Cricket
Napping on my summer bed
Simon
Astounded that fresh Catnip has just been offered to him
Jeff
Resident cat at the old location of Naomi's Organic Farm Supply in Sellwood
Purrkins
With a friend. We met him on the Olympic Peninsula
Eiskaffeekatze
His name is German for "ice-coffee cat," because he would lap it up if it was available. Seen here with Catnip at the Weehoosland National Botanical Garden.
Barn Kitty
A feline we met on the Olympic Peninsula
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Super close-up
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Chillin' on a water barell
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Curious about the camera
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Not about to sweep up
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Stuck between a rock and a soft place
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Standing on a tarp
One of the Landing Pad Kittens
Hanging out in the straw, the picture of "cute"
Mauzers, Prince of Brookings
On his boat
Mauzers, Prince of Brookings
On the docks
Mauzers, Prince of Brookings
With his ship-mate
Mauzers, Prince of Brookings
Below decks on his boat
Hunter
A complete fiend for Catnip!
Hunter & me
Outside his home in northern California
Hunter
Inspecting a tractor job in northern California
Miso
A little charmer in Talent, Oregon
Fugz
As a kitten, standing in pots of Catnip
Fugz
Sleeping on a board in front of our bus.
Fugz
Fast asleep with a friend.
Fugz & me
Asleep together.
Fugz & me
He let me squeeze him.
Fugz & me
Laying in the straw.
Fugz
Surveys his kingdom from a tiller
Fugz
Stretched out, asleep on the bed
Fugz
Curled up
Fugz
Curled up in the driver's seat of the bus that was our home in 2011.
Fugz
Asleep in the driver's seat of the bus that was our home in 2011.
Fugz
Sprawled on a beach chair in the hoop-house
Fugz
Asleep on the bus
Fugz
With a friend on a hot day
Fugz
Hiding in a paper bag in the Klip Dagga patch.
Fugz
With a rabbit kill.
Fugz
Sitting in a hat with a Tulsi Basil harvest.
Oscar de la Rentoes
Climbing into a box
Oscar de la Rentoes
Sitting in a box.
Durga
In a box
Durga & Oscar de la Rentoes
In the arms of a friend
Oscar de la Rentoes & Durga
Napping
Oscar de la Rentoes & Durga
In the closet
Durga & Oscar de la Rentoes
Sacked out on the couch
Intent trio
Clockwise from top: Durga, Oscar de la Rentoes, and Dashel
Dashel
Looking regal
Prosperous Calico
Stalking intently
Prosperous Calico
In the garden at dusk
Prosperous Calico & me
A fine Spring day
Calvin
Checking out a garden implement
Calvin
With a beloved friend
Calvin
Supervising a planting of Elecampane
Calvin
Inspecting the rototiller
Calvin
Found a nice spot in the shade
Calvin
Enjoys some Catnip
The Labor Day Kittens
Clambering around on a friend
The Labor Day Kittens
Lined up on a friend's lap
The Labor Day Kittens
Sacked out with a friend
Sylvio
The day that we found him and his litter-mates. We were fast friends.
Sylvio & Little Bean
Relaxing with a friend
Sylvio & Little Bean
Chillin' in the hoop-house
Sylvio
"Helping" shell bean seeds.
Sylvio & Little Bean
Content in the arms of a friend.
Sylvio & Little Bean
Curled up for an afternoon nap.
Sylvio
Making himself comfortable on top of a friend.
Little Bean
Waking from a nap with her friend.
Sylvio & Little Bean
In a box!
Sylvio & Little Bean
In a basket!
Sylvio
His first snow.
Sylvio & Little Bean
Napping by a harvest of Coltsfoot
Sylvio
Catches a mouse!
Chisana-mame (Little Bean)
Catches a mouse!
Sylvio & Little Bean
Enjoying fresh goat-milk
Sylvio
Being his handsome self in a garden at his last known home, on the Olympic Peninsula.
