On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
Steve from Mendocino
In this, my final cat post, I expand my roster beyond my live-in felines to include a couple of pictures of my older daughter’s cats plus the cat of a friend in Paris.
Spike in a box.
Spike and Oz lounging.
Oz lounging.
Oz alert with psychedelic eyes.
Jinkoa, my favorite cat of my life. A ruddy Abyssinian. This was probably taken in 72 or 73.
Max and Ruby. They live in Montreal with my elder daughter.
Ruby occasionally jumps into the light fixture in pursuit of bugs. It drives Max crazy. Yes, Ruby has knocked over the lamp with this little trick.
An old friend in Paris has a pair of these. I don’t know the breed name. I like the integration of the fur with the fabric of the couch.
Spanky
Then you’d love our furniture. The couch needs a shave.
NeenerNeener
Oz is not a house cat, he’s a mountain lion.
Amir Khalid
Does The Parisian White Cat of Scowling have a name?
Steeplejack (phone)
Load the wing!
ETA: COVID post now visible.
J.
Love the cat pics, especially the one of Max and Ruby and the lamp. (We just adopted two kittens who look a lot like Max and Ruby. Fortunately no one has jumped in our torchere yet.)
Betty
All beautiful cats. The Ruby and Max shot is perfect.
J R in WV
Cat in Paris looking V angry about…something. Maybe not fed great French food? How could that be, in Paris?
In that second photo, I first saw just Oz, and thought all out of focus. Then I scrolled down a little more, and saw that Spike was in great focus, which was why Oz was fuzzy. Unless I’ve got their names mixed up.
Pretty cat photos, thanks!!!
HeartlandLiberal
If I could post pics in comments, I would post one I took yesterday of our tortico Pepper, sitting primly on the ridgeline of the roof of our next door neighbor’s house. I sent him a picture, congratulating him on the new gargoyle on the roof.
arrieve
Wonderful pictures. The lamp photo may be the most catty cat picture ever.
WaterGirl
Are you sure we can’t have 5 of 4? Or does that go against the laws of the universe?
Steve from Mendocino
@Amir Khalid: No idea. The bulk of my time that visit to this apartment was spent catching up with an old friend whom I first met in 1970. This was taken in 2011.
Gravenstone
Parisian cat looks like a Persian, or some adjacent breed. My grandmother “found” a snow white one in the late 70s (along with a snow white Angora in the same time frame) who had that same expression in perpetuity. In her defense, we believe Angel had been abused at earlier points in her life, so she really had no use for people aside from providers of sustenance.
sab
Saw this this morning and didn’t comment. The kits and the lamp definitely deserves a comment. Wow.
KrackenJack
I don’t think I’d turn my back on Spike. He clearly has plans.
Shana
I remember the Max and Ruby stories from when my kids were little! Nice to see they’re still “a thing” and have become pet names.