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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 5h

For my foodie friends here, you need to sign up for Eric's newsletter if you haven't already. He posts simple (but delicious) home cooking here, not fancy LeBernardin recipes. Current newsletter is about his new book, Mindful Cooking, with a couple of recipes. All plant-based.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just because. Or, #WaterWednesday. An old favorite from 2009. I believe this was taken from Cape Ferraro.

A view of the southern Oregon coast. In the foreground, deep green trees, probably fir. Graduated hills in the distance are misty, more silhouetted than clear. On the right is a stretch of beach with lots of large rocks. The water is a deep but misty gray/green and there is plenty of white surf visible.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our weather has apparently decided that it’s summer again. Not gonna argue about it.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Two sights on this morning’s walk to the dentist. Love the colors! The $8.88 sign was a malfunction, as others said $5.35, but it’s still funny I

Looking up from a shady sidewalk. The sun is shining on tree branches with leaves turning brilliant yellow and orange, surrounded by deep and bright shades of green.

Sign at a gas station showing $8.88 per gallon if you use a debit or credit card. It’s a malfunction, but still caught my attention.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh, the drama of it all! Caterwauling, bouncing off the bed, doing everything he could think of to get me out of bed for at least an hour this morning. I ignored him until 4am, the usual hour, to find that HIS FOOD DISH WAS EMPTY! Horrors! (That just means he ate it all, so not starving!)

A gray and white cat sits atop a desk looking pensive, but with a hint of a mischievous sparkle in his eye. Not ready to cuddle, just asserting territory I guess. I think he's still mad about the empty food dish, even though he has now filled his belly with pate and more crunchies. The dish had plenty of food before I went to bed, so while he may have eaten all of it, he was certainly not starving. It was the principle of the thing! He's still nosing around the room looking for some kind of mischief to get into.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I rejected this for the earlier #Caturday post, but a second look made me giggle.

Gray and white cat on his back, twisted around and loosey-goosey.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The clear, quiet river of summer is gone! This was roaring so loud I heard it before I even reached the river.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning and Happy #Caturday, as Spencer sprawls across my arm and desk in utter feline contentment. I rarely get all of him in a stretched-out selfie!

Gray and white cat flopped in an odd position, half on his back and half twisted to the side. He is half on the desk and half resting against his human, quite relaxed and at least trying to sleep. The phone (and keyboard) are interfering with the sleep bit, but he looks quite content.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I guess this is the time of year when I bring out my favorite, old fall photos. This one is the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, from near Three Forks looking north. This was my trail section to maintain for about 7 years, and I loved it dearly. Early 1990s sometime.

A wide trail travels through a forest. Most of the trees are green, but a few are turning a lovely rust/brown and leaves scatter over the ground. In the distance, two hikers are visible.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The state of my garden box today. I pulled the tomatoes yesterday because the remaining fruit seemed to be bad inside once it ripened. Left the marigolds until either the pollinators stop coming around or the plants die.

Garden box with three large bunches of red/orange marigold plants taking up the entire space. Water drips down a spot on the side. A large watering can is partly visible, and there are some parsley, basil and other herbs that aren't visible.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another old fall favorite from the Napa Valley. This photo looks busy, but it was breathtaking in person as I cycled past on an early morning. I see it as a tapestry, of sorts, and it encompasses all I loved about living there.

Photo of a fall vineyard. The vines in the foreground are red and gold, the more distant ones are still green. Beyond them is a row of trees and beyond the trees is the Napa River (unseen) with fog lying low over it. In the distance are the Mayacamas Mountains that lie between Napa and Sonoma Valleys. In the foreground, at top, tree branches with small, dark green leaves drip down.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An old favorite for fall. Grapevines turning colors after the harvest. Near Calistoga, Napa Valley around 1985. Pretty sure these were Cabernet vines.

Close up of grape leaves along a section of vine, late in the season after harvest. The sun is hitting them brilliantly. The leaves are bright, almost lime green tipped with red. The background is blurred.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A whole lot of sleeping going on in this house today. Both of us are guilty, too. Spencer has taken to sleeping like this, with his face down, a lot lately. I’m having trouble keeping my eyes open.

Gray and white cat snoozing atop a textured pad that’s on a zebra print cushion.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am being harassed by this rascal in a serious way! He’s hungry. I get that. He woke me puking around 3:30am, I tried some wet food after awhile and he puked that up. So food is being reintroduced slowly.

Gray and white cat atop his mushroom scratcher in a way that signals anger and frustration.

Same cat sitting on the table next to me as I try to read. He seems to be keeping food and water down okay, but I’m not willing to push it anymore right away. He is not amused.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Early morning walk in the fog. New stuff showed up on the camera screen with an adjustment method I hadn't seen before. It was randomly popping up and some photos were taken in different modes without any intentional change by me. Something new to learn to use.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had energy to go for a foggy morning walk -- for about 10 minutes. Who am I kidding! Aside from finishing the focaccia today, not much is likely to be on my agenda aside from a probably nap.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One- fingered typing this morning, and you can see why! A handful of sweet Spencer for #Caturday has the other hand occupied. Happy Caturday everyone.

Gray and white cat curled into a ball atop an oak desk. He is using his human’s arm as a pillow and her hand is keeping those kickers away from the keyboard.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s been a day! The fire alarm, which was possibly confined to my apartment. Nobody I’ve talked to heard it. Then, flu/covid shots. Been putting together a focaccia dough for a couple of hours, soon to go into the fridge overnight. Ducks football soon. Spencer has the right idea.

Gray and white cat enjoying the sunshine on his windowsill. What a life!

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Damn! The fire alarm just went on/off a few times as I scrambled to wake up a little after 6am, not stagger (strobe lights made me dizzy) and find Spencer. I got him in the stroller. It's been quiet for awhile. Is it safe to assume it was a glitch? So tired of this! Elevators didn't shut down.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fall berries around the ponds today. Not many flowers left.

Bright red berries against lots of greenery.

More white berries. These are in a cluster, shining against greenery.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Walked around the ponds this morning, which I haven't done for awhile. Definite signs of fall, everywhere. Ponds are beginning to fill up again, with the rain we've had. Very peaceful, very needed time in nature. Wishing a peaceful day for all.

Morning light creates a tunnel with a bright light at its end.

Heron fishing (resting or warily eying me). It was at a distance, so a little fuzzy.

A view from a side trail that I don't take very often. Good signs of fall here! Deep blue water, dark foliage in the foreground, green lilypads, and a tall tree turning gold on a nearby island.

Overall view from the west side. Fall is everywhere!

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Strolling around our garden area I found a few lingering blossoms. Things are fading now, but there are still bright spots.

I don’t know what this is, but it’s spectacular! Flower with bright red petals and a large brilliant yellow center. Surrounded by deep green leaves.

It’s been another super dahlia season out there, but they seem to be fading. This extra large varietyis stunning every year. Bright orange-re petals that are tipped and rimmed with gold.

These marigolds grew like crazy in my own garden box. They covered not only a couple of corners, but almost one solid side of the box. Grown from seed saved from last year.

Volunteer zinnias from last year’s crop, in another box. Brilliant pink with yellow center.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The weekly supervision. It is, after all, HIS water fountain. Filling it from the new filter system still fascinates him. Happy Sunday.

Gray and white cat sits on a counter watching his water fountain fill from the tap on a large water filtration system. He finds this process fascinating.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Short morning walk before the game. Clouds are really putting on a show right now. Forerunners of the rain later today?

Lots of puffy clouds against a blue sky. They are bright white in the foreground and darker lower in the distance where the morning sun hasn’t yet reached. At the bottom is a nearby school complex that’s really shining.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What? I'm just hanging out here! If you don't like it, too bad.😹 Spencer is saucy and slightly defiant here this morning as I dared point the phone at him. Happy #Caturday to all cats and their humans.

Gray and white cat in a small basket on an oak desk. One front leg is hanging over the side of the basket. He is facing the camera and his eyes show displeasure for either the phone/cam or his human pointing it at him. Hard to say which. Possibly both.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

OMG this is so good! Sweet and rich tomato flavor. I’ve never used San Marzanos before, but this certainly lives up to the hype.

Tomato sauce after simmering for about seven hours. I got lazy with my chopping this morning so garlic pieces are larger than they should be, but the garlic and onions melt at a touch. The sweetness was totally unexpected but utterly delicious. Guess I’ll have to plant these tomatoes again next year.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today seemed like a good day for tomato sauce. I'd already blanched/peeled all my ripe San Marzanos, so I just chopped up some onion and garlic and added the tomatoes. Some basil from the garden, and that's it for awhile. Yum. Basic red sauce recipe from the Italian restaurant where I once cooked.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Walked to the grocery store this glorious morning. 35 minutes, bus home. This is a favorite section of the path.

A paved bike/pedestrian path weaves through tall trees in the early morning sun. The river is just to the left, but not shown.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Spotted on the riverfront bike path during my morning walk. Good sentiment, if hard to accomplish these days. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Despite less-than-welcome spontaneous excursions, the stroller is apparently useful for occasional naps. #WhiskersWednesday

Gray and white cat half asleep in his stroller and it’s cushy padding. He was sleeping soundly but his spidey senses told him I had the phone, or maybe he was just keeping eyes and ears open in case I decided to zip the cover and take him outside.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Early morning at the downtown bus station. Rows of busses lining up for 7am departure. A mural on a tall building, and inside the bus. Left home before daybreak for the second day in a row for medical appts downtown. Routine, I'm fine.

Barely dawn at the bus terminal in downtown Eugene as I wait for my bus driver to arrive. Busses were arriving and lining up on both sides, and at 7am sharp they all began moving at once. Probably the only time every day when they all leave at the same time. There's an archway behind a us that's facing the camera. It has a sunrise stained glass artwork in the middle. The sky still has a rosy tint.

From inside the bus as I wait for driver to return. He had to take something to lost and found, so I sat alone but comfortable.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I went out to do some garden box maintenance and on an impulse, took Spencer with me. Mild, sunny day, quiet in the garden. He didn't seem to mind, though like any self-respecting cat he refused to look up when I was trying to take a photo. Not counting the one that's mesh-focused.

Looking down on gray and white cat from above. He's in a green cat stroller with lots of mesh, which the camera insisted upon focusing on. And he wouldn't look up, of course. I think there were flying things out the side window that had his attention.

Looking up! Hard to tell, because the camera focused on the mesh and he's all fuzzy behind it. But the green eyes and pink nose are visible. He seemed happy enough --- certainly not stressed unless he was really hiding it well.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Morning walk brought unexpectedly beautiful light. A little misty, a little moody.

Looking over part of a large pond. It’s early morning and the newly risen sun is muted by just enough misty clouds. The light mutes other colors in a good way. Same alt text for all photos.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Finally, it's GAMEDAY, and of course also #Caturday. Baby Spencer snoozing in my turned up Oregon sweatshirt seems fitting for this day. Happy #Caturday, everyone, and #GoDucks!

Tiny gray and white kitten sleeps inside a pocked made from his human's turned up sweatshirt, snuggled warm and safe with just his head sticking out. The shirt is green, with yellow lettering. He snuggled this way until he simply grew too big, and then he still tried.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This little goon has suddenly started sleeping on my bed. All night, and during his usual daily nap times. His cat tree and beds are abandoned. Either the bed, my lap, or his basket. For days now.

Gray and white cat lounges atop white bed linens of various kinds. They form a soft and cushy place to sleep. He’s been sleeping on the bed all night, too, which hasn’t happened for months. I can’t even remember how long it’s been.

They are such strange but fascinating critters, these cats. What brought all this about, I wonder? Nothing happened that I know of. Some switch in his little cat mind got thrown.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Early morning walk. When I go out this early I tend to stay on the sidewalk instead of wooded trails. Or, loop around to the river trail, which is what I did today. Nice way to wake the body up!

Very early morning alongside a normally busy street. Pavement wet from yesterday’s rain, with more to come today.

Pond across the street near the river, looking east. Signs of fall in the foreground, reflections in the water, distant trees and hills.

There are always people along the riverfront path, though in small numbers. Dog walkers, cyclists, and pedestrians like me. This is a favorite section, though it looks dark here, and was dark. Tall trees line both sides and an aging wrought iron fence lines both sides.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tiny Spencer trying to convince me that he's a big, bad cat and I'd better leave him alone! Didn't work. 😹 #ThrowbackThursday

Small gray and white kitten standing defiantly on a white comforter. His eyes are looking mean, his ears are slightly back, his back it slightly arched and all the hair on top of his head, back and tail is fuzzed out.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pouring rain here right now, and it’s wonderful! Been coming all day, mostly lighter with stretches of heavy. Gonna be with us the rest of the year. Glorious!

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Somebody went into hiding for his afternoon nap yesterday. Or was he just getting cozy? First photo, after he woke up. Second was earlier, and there really is a cat in that dark area. #WhiskersWednesday

Gray and white cat has his face and one paw sticking out from under a white down comforter on his human's bed. The paw is stretched out as if he's contemplating moving a bit more, but the eyes are very sleepy looking.

White bedding with a dark shadow where a cat lies sleeping peacefully.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today’s crop of San Marzano tomatoes that still need to ripen, and a bunch that’s already ripe that will be scalded and skinned tomorrow. When they’re all ripe, I see some tomato sauce in my future.

A group of large, long tomatoes that are not quite ripe. They will ripen indoors in a couple of days.

Fully ripe tomatoes, ready to prep for sauce.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rain isn't due until tomorrow, but I'm thinking we might see it sooner, after a walkaround studying the clouds. No adjustments made to the pic. This is just how it looks out there. The trees aren't skewing oddly though -- wide angle makes it look that way.

A wide-angle look at the sky above some dark trees. Lots of interesting formations, all seemingly in black and white.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@krismgates.bsky.social Good morning. Since you were picking things from the garden before the rain, I have a question. I have a bunch of half-ripe San Marzano tomatoes on the vine. Should I pick them now, or let them ride out the rain and wait for sunshine? Thanks!

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Somebody finally knocked his mushroom scratcher over with a mad, ears-back zoom from the top. He seems confused about what it is and why it smells odd. It was quite a mad dash -- the thing doesn't turn over easily.

Gray and white cat cautiously approaches his favorite scratcher, which rests on its side after he used it as a launch pad for a quick zoom around the house. Those kickers of his are strong! He seemed frustrated for a good while until I finally righted it.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My precious little therapy buddy doesn’t mind if I pet him while he sleeps. Sometimes I just need to do that.

Both photos, from the top of a gray and white cat’s head. White paws gathered in front, his tail wrapped around his face, and a gnarly old human hand rests atop his head as he sleeps.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

More from yesterday’s ramble along the river. Shadows, a lone fly fisherman, cloudy skies.

Light and shadows on a picnic table. Green grass.

A lone fisherman taking advantage of lower water levels. A little out of focus but it was a stretch for my phone cam. Morning sun just hitting the far bank.

Cloudy skies with light on the far bank.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Morning walk along the river, near home. I was entranced by the rising sun hitting the trees on the western bank.

Wide view of a wide river, from the eastern, shady side to the western side where the trees are glowing in the light of the rising sun.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

After a week, I can say that we both love this! Spencer is drinking a lot more water since I filled his fountain with it last Sunday. My coffee tastes like coffee again. And it's always there full of all the water I want that tastes great. More in AltText.

Gray and white cat sits on a counter next to a new and fancy water filtration system. He watched me assemble it and get it working with great curiosity. (Duh, he's a cat!) That process wasn't fun, but I think future filter changes will be easier now that I've got that figured out.

Spencer is still curious about water pouring out of the tap, and I see him at his water fountain all the time, lapping it up. For a cat with urinary issues, drinking more water is a really good thing. I also seem to drink more during the day.

All in all, a great purchase that I highly recommend.

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MizKitty&Spencer 🦆🐈 @mizkitty.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sleepy boy this morning says Happy #Caturday to one and all.

Gray and white cat in a wicker basket. One front paw is resting on top of the basket, and his head is resting on that paw. His eyes are half closed. The room is dark because it's before daybreak.

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