Momma Luna (black cat) stretched out over the top of Uno (black and white tuxedo cat) on top of very small box that isn’t big enough for them.
“Here, kid, I’ll use you as a pillow on this box.” Luna to her daughter Uno (on the bottom LOL).
#caturday #writerscats
Square photo. Close up of a cat's face, taken with the camera below and in front of the cat. The cat is looking straight at the camera, so the head is tilted slightly, with the right side of the head lower than the left. The photo looks as if it was taken in semi-darkness, but the face is well illuminated. The cat is a fairly delicate brownish tabby with a white muzzle. Its eyes are pale green, with the pupils semi-dilated. The ears are fully alert, the white whiskers are brightly lit. The cat's facial expression is intense, but it is not clear if it is curious, accusatory, defensive or afraid.
Skinner isn't making her message clear today:
Is she *disappointed* I'm not working?
*Scared* of the camera?
*Resentful* that I'm sitting in her seat on the sofa?
Or just *curious* about why I'm sitting on the sofa taking pictures instead of working?
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Square photo of white cat sleeping on the top shof of a bookcase. He is asleep on a pile of oversized books and there are a dozen or so paperbacks alongside him. All the books are turned away from the photographer, so no titles are visible.
Watson isn't sharing the titles of his bedtime reading choices.
Do you have a stack of books on your bedside table? What are they?
#writingcommunity #caturday #writerscats #reading #books
Square photo. Photo taken looking down focused on the head of a white cat. The cat is asleep - or at least relaxed with his eyes closed - lying on his back with his head resting on the left arm of the photgrapher. The background shows s few bits of a cluttered work desk - the corner of a keyboard, a small spiral-bound notebook, paper, etc-
Square photo. The main focus of the photo is the head and face of a white cat who is looking directly at the camera with his eyes half closed. His two front paws are visible and he is cuddled into the crook of the left arm of a person who is wearing a long-sleeved dark top and a silver chain necklace. The person is probably femal as she has long blonde-white hair. On the wall behind them is part of a picture of a tiger in a black frame with a wide dark blue-grey passepartout.
It's been difficult to find the space (mental, emotional, and cat-free) in which to write this week.
Watson has been a constant companion and I am sure he believes he's been helping.
I probably won't tell him. but the honest truth is that he hasn't :-)
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Black and white cat looking at camera in front of desk
Bootsy has decided to block access to the computer and progress on my novel has temporarily stopped. 🐾
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#booksky
#fictionwriting
Square photo. The photo is a close up of a sitting cat, showing head and shoulders. The cat is looking down, so the top of its head is clearly visible. The cat is mostly white, with grey on its head and ears. In the background is a white painted wall. The edges of two small black and white photos in plain white frames are visible on the right of the picture.
Watson reminds me of Kipling’s Elephant’s Child, “who was full of 'satiable curtiosity”.
True, Watson doesn’t ask "ever so many questions", but he does poke his nose into spaces where it doesn't belong.
Which is why he is no longer the white cat he was "once upon a time".
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Square photo. Close up photo of the head and front paws of a white cat. The cat is sitting asleep on a pale wooden surface and the photo is taken looking up at him. He has his eyes closed and is looking completely relaxed.
Watson is asleep on top of the kitchen cupboard knowing that he did all he was expected to do this week: he ate & slept & chased his sister; he knocked things over & left white hair everywhere…
Have you managed to cross things off your to-do list this week?
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Happy lazy #Caturday
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Square photo. Two young cats sitting in front of a television screen. One cat is a grey tabby. The other is all white. The screen is showing a screen-saver - a random swirl of colour in shades of blue, pink and orange. It also sows the time stamp 16:24 and a weather symbol with the temperature 10º.
You’d think Skinner and Watson got enough screen time with their regular appearances here, but they do love being the centre of attention and this was definitely an eye-catching background.
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Square photo. The photo shows a tabby cat. She is sitting in a cardboard box with a hole cut in it so that all that can be seen is her head and shoulders poking through the hole.
Did you get any Christmas gifts in boxes? If you have cats, it's probably the boxes that interest them.
Skinner says to remember that we all have different likes & preferences, and people aren't automatically inferior because their tastes & ideas don't coincide with our own.
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Square photo. Two young cats sitting on a wooden kitchen table. Behind them the background is incidental, but a tall pine cupboard and a vertical fridge-freezer can be seen. On the table, in the foreground is a china mug standing on a blue mat. The picture on the mug is a plump cartoon-style robin on a vivid blue background with a scattering of white stars or snowflakes. The cat on the lefr is a grey tabby, The one on the right is pure white. The tabby appears to be whispering something to the white cat.
We have no Christmas decorations as Skinner & Watson can't be trusted. But here's a photo taken soon after they moved in with us last year. I hope the Christmas mug (smashed soon after) is festive enough.
I think the greeting is: "felines fiestas".
#Christmas #felicesfiestas #writerscats
Square photo. The photo shows a small green zip case with brown leather trim. The case occupies most of the image. It might be on a bed or a couch, but this is uncertain. It is open and is empty except for a white cat. The cat is lying down. His tail is curving out of the right hand side of the case. His face is not visible, but his ears and back and the curve of is hind quarters are all visible.
Watson and Skinner were named after the behaviourist psychologists.
Sometimes, though, Watson thinks John Watson would be a more suitable namesake for a writer's cat. Here he is channelling Dr Watson's interest in other someone else's case.
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Square photo. The photo shows a white cat lying across the threshold of a room. The floors are tiled and there is a step up into the room. The door and door frame are wood, or wood effect, in a medium brown colour. The door is wide open, but very little can be seen inside the room as it is in darkness and there is a pillar or other architectural feature just inside on the wall the door opens back to and this obscures the interior. The cat is lying full length but it is wide awake, with the front part of its body and its head raised as if it challenging the person who is taking the photo.
"You shall not pass"
Watson the White guards the threshold to the bedroom, denying all rest until a suitable number of words have been written or other progress has been made on writing projects.
Do you have an accountability partner for your writing?
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Three cats looking at a squirrel on the other side of the window.
Apparently, we've drawn an audience.
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Square photo. Two cats, one white and the other tabby, are seen in profile. The white one is behind the tabby. They are sitting on the edge of a kitchen sink unit, looking through a window. The window is on the right hand side of the photo, Because it is perpendicular to the plane of the viewer, it isn't possible to see what the cats are watching, but they seem to be quite intent. Very little of the kitchen is visible, except to see that it has pine cupboards and marble or granite counter tops.
Watson and Skinner say they don't think it's enough simply to be writer's cats. They feel they should have hobbies of their own, so have taken up birdwatching.
What are your hobbies? Do they distract you from you writing?
Or is your writing just a hobby?
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Black and white fluffy cat on table surrounded by papers
Trying to sort some papers but Bootsy has other ideas! 🐾
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#catsky
square photo taken looking up and at an angle. The photo shows a high level kitchen cabinet (open) or shelf. Inside is a plastic box with a couple of packets of store-cupboard staples - rice and pulses. Alongside this there's also a glass jar of chick peas. This is all slightly out of focus and not central to the photo. The main focus is a tabby cat, who is sitting on the shelf leaning out and down so all that is seen is her head, which dominates the image. High up on the top of the cupboard, and slightly out of focus is another cat. He is white and all that can be seen is his head, very dark eyes, pink ears and nose, as he looks out from on high.
Skinner may seem to be the main focus of the photo today, but Watson says we shouldn't forget that background characters matter, too!
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Square close-up photo of the head of a small tabby cat. She is in a red laundry basket. Her eyes are open and the white paw of another cat is pushing her away under the chin. Very little else can be seen in the photo, except a fragment of a curtain and a decorative box. The suggestion is that the photo is in a domestic setting.
Square close-up photo of the head and shoulders of a white cat asleep. He is in a scarlet plastic laundry basket, sleeping on a cream coloured towel. There is other furniture in the background - a wooden chair back painted white and a small wooden tray with glass over a fabric star, which suggests this is in the kitchen or other domestic setting.
When Skinner & Watson were found, the vet guessed their birthday as Oct 21st. These are the official first-birthday photos.
Do you know your characters' ages, birthdays & star signs?
Are they part of the story or just background you know but don't share?
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Black and white fluffy cat on knee of someone sitting at a desk
Trying to write - Bootsy has other ideas.
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#booksky
#amwriting
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Square photo. All that can be seen is the head of a small grey tabby cat looking down from on top of a wood-veneer kitchen cabinet. The cat's eyes are wide and her pupils dilated. She looks as if she is looking adoringly at someone or something.
I fear that Skinner's look of rapt adoration is not due to her appreciation of my poetry or even of me as a person. I think she's just very aware that I am the one who feeds her.
Maybe I'd have more success as a writer if I included a food package with each book sale :-)
#caturday #writerscats
Square photo. A white cat is lying on a wooden floor. Only his head, front paws and front half of his body are visible. He is looking up at the camera, focused and alert.
All it takes is the clink of a can opener, the hiss of a ring-pull tin, or the rustle of a bag of kibble and Watson is all ears and adoration.
How do you grab your readers' attention and get them on your side?
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Two siam cats looking at something behind the camera.
The cats are having a movie night. They are watching "The Birds".
#dadjoke #writerscats
My life is a real (cat)balancing act. Here with Marlingspike Finn, who never met a shoulder he didn't make into a perch, leaping up in one go from the ground. I warn visitors to brace for impact, and to avoid bending over and becoming an easier target! #catsofbluesky #writerscats #literarycats
SOME DAYS THE WORLD is just too extra for Nemo. I can totally relate. #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #writerscats #needamentalhealthday
Black and white fluffy cat in front of computer
Trying to write but Bootsy has other ideas.
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ORANGE CATS AND PAPER RAIN. Why my office can never have nice things. 🐱 #catsofbluesky #officecats #writerscats #marmaladecats #gingercats #homeofficelife
