A red mackerel tabby cat, settled comfortably on a pillow in a rich purple case. He is giving the camera a wise and slightly smug look, because he knows the photographer is too soft-hearted (soft-headed?) to make him move, even though it's her pillow

I am informed that today is INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY. So here is a cat who knows he deserves it.

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree #internationalcatday

These miscreants woke me up at 3:30 a.m., trying and failing to catch a mouse.

#cats #catsofbluesky #queenofsocks #calicocat #underfootcatisunderfoot #redmackereltabbycat #seniorkitties #ilovethembut

ME: No, kitty does not belong in the drawer.

UNDERFOOT CAT: Counterpoint. Kitty DOES belong in the drawer.

#underfootcatisunderfoot

A red mackerel tabby cat contemplating the infinite from a black office chair.

We all know that it's really Underfoot Cat's chair.

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

A red mackerel tabby sits on a bathroom floor, washing his face.

Underfoot Cat helps me brush my hair.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

A red mackerel tabby cat, loafed with his back to the camera

I have been really sick this week (food poisoning? virus? a new manifestation of my usual chronic bullshit? who knows?), but here is the rear elevation of a #catloaf

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree #proofofcat

A red mackerel tabby cat sits grooming on a green and brown patterned carpet.

Good grooming is essential. Happy #caturday!

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

A red mackerel tabby cat loafed on a black office chair. He looks dubious.

Red mackerel tabby cat, same chair. He's now lying with his chin on his paws and is mostly asleep.

Two moods.

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

A red mackerel tabby cat, loafed on the thing that the people who designed the desk meant to be a monitor stand but that is in reality a cat balcony. Cat has his elbows up (secret Canadian sympathies?) and a mildly displeased expression.

I just... Here. Have a picture of Underfoot Cat looking mildly displeased. It's the best I can do.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Red mackerel tabby cat facing off camera to the left. The light is coming from the right, so his whiskers show up exceptionally well.

For #whiskerswednesday, here is Underfoot Cat, dramatically lit because he happens to be on my nightstand.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Red mackerel tabby cat loafed in black office chair, dramatically lit from the right.

This morning I have a #catloaf with dramatic lighting.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

A red mackerel tabby cat loafed on a cream wool blanket. He looks alert but pensive.

A #caturday #catloaf.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

For #caturday, here is an orange cat, serenely asleep in his favorite chair.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Front view of a red mackerel tabby cat loafed pensively on a black office chair.

Underfoot Cat gave excellent loaf this morning.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree #catloaf

A red mackerel tabby cat grooming himself. He is sitting on a cream wool blanket, and there is a bookcase behind him. There's a rolled-up map of Wisconsin on the top shelf that I've been meaning to get framed for a good ten years now.

I missed #caturday due to a random flare-up of my chronic health bullshit, but here is Underfoot Cat, grooming himself post-breakfast.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

It's #caturday! Underfoot Cat poses with his catnip rat.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

(Rat is from TacoCatCreations
www.tacocatcreations.com and is great. It's big enough to bunny kick.)

Underfoot Cat caught a mouse last night & brought it upstairs (to show my spouse? to stash in some hiding place we don't know about?). Spouse thought the mouse was dead until the cat dropped it, & I am sorry I missed the slapstick chaos that ensued.

The mouse got away.

#underfootcatisunderfoot

A red mackerel tabby cat in profile with his eyes closed, lying on gold and cream colored blankets.

Underfoot Cat is lying on my feet, which I guess technically makes him Overfoot Cat this morning.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Red mackerel tabby cat, loafed and glowering at the camera. He's lying on a cream & beige duvet.

The catloaf is grumpy this morning.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

A red tabby cat loafed on an unmade bed, looking luminous in the light of the bedside lamp.

Underfoot Cat wishes you a very happy #catloafmonday.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Red tabby cat on maroon sheets. He is looking off camera to his right.

Underfoot Cat is hanging out with me this morning.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Underfoot Cat practices his loaf in the chair he grudgingly shares with my spouse.

#underfootcatisunderfoot #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #cats #catsofbluesky #foundupatree #proofofcat

Update: we're back in the bathroom.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabbycat #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

Underfoot Cat is to be petted in the bathroom. It's not his fault, he says. He didn't make the rules.

#cats #catsofbluesky #redmackereltabby #orangecat #underfootcatisunderfoot #seniorkitty #foundupatree

The Queen of Socks, a calico with a black mask and white body, staring intently at something (Underfoot Cat) to the left of the camera. She is curled up cozily, not quite loafing, on a cream and amber duvet. There is a bookcase in the background.

Happy Caturday! The Queen of Socks is watching Underfoot Cat too intently to say hello.

#cats #catsofbluesky #queenofsocks #calicocat #underfootcatisunderfoot #sheltercatsrule

Underfoot Cat surveys Thursday dubiously from behind his blanket rampart.

#underfootcatisunderfoot #redmackereltabby #catsofbluesky #cats #proofofcat

Underfoot Cat is purring our way into Wednesday.

#underfootcatisunderfoot #proofofcat #catsofbluesky #cat

Author copies have arrived! It's a real book! (Underfoot Cat for scale.)
#thetombofdragons #underfootcatisunderfoot

Somecat said it was time to be awake at 4:45 this morning. It's a good thing he purrs. #underfootcatisunderfoot #catsofbluesky #earlytorise

A red mackerel tabby cat loafed on a maroon sheet looks seriously at the camera.

Happy #caturday from Underfoot Cat and his colleagues! #underfootcatisunderfoot