Esther's photos with the keyword: Kitty

The Sunday Challenge: Shooting from a different point of view. AIMG 5411

Kitty does not enjoy having his picture taken. The Sunday Challenge: Get down low. 20210117 114059

Kitty owns the house and most of the neighbor and jealously guards his turf against marauders. AIMG 5085

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Cats like faucets and running water. Unless I keep a glass of water on the sink for him, he will start to lick the faucet. I am now in the habit of cleaning the faucet before I use it. AIMG 3912

In 2016, a cat decided to adopt my house. I found her sitting on my front porch where she would remain for most of the day. From the start,she would run up to greet me whenever I exited or entered the house. She would meow loudly, head bunt me and rub her body against my legs. She was the friendliest and most affectionate cat that I had ever met. I tried to ignore her at first, hoping that she would return to her owners. I did not want to become attached to her, so I just called her Kitty. After four days, I figured that she was lost and hungry. I broke down and put out some cheese and she scarfed it down as quickly as she could. The next day, I put out some tuna and she devoured it equally fast. She was such a loving cat that I thought that her owner must truly be missing her. I went on the web and searched but I could find no one who had listed a missing cat in my neighborhood. I was determined to find her owner, but I was going away on vacation for a week. I bought some cat food and asked my neighbor to look in on her and feed her, since she did want to leave my house. My neighbor fell in love with her as well. She tried to encourage Kitty to come to her house but Kitty wanted to stay on our porch, even in the rain. When I returned from vacation, Kitty was still on the porch and ran up to greet me. The following day, I took a photograph, made up a flyer and posted it throughout the neighborhood. A child saw it and said that she knew the owner. She ran to get the owner who lived about five blocks from me. The owner said that it was her cat that she simply had not gotten around to listing the cat as missing, even though it had been missing for weeks. She came to my house to retrieve Kitty or Ducky, as she called him. I discovered that Kitty was actually a neutered male. He was very furry and I had not wanted to feel around to ascertain the gender. He was non-aggressive to the other male cats in the neighborhood, so I had assumed that he was a she. Kitty greeted her with indifference until she pulled out some cat treats, at which time Kitty became somewhat more interested. Kitty's owner thanked me, stuffed Kitty in a cat carrier and that was the last that I saw of Kitty. I have walked past her house a few times, but Kitty was not out. After a week, Kitty returned. We returned him to his owner twice more, but he continued to return and spend his day at our house. The owner, who had two other cats, realized the inevitable and offered to give us Kitty. He has been with us ever since. AIMG 3840

In 2016, a cat decided to adopt my house. I found her sitting on my front porch where she would remain for most of the day. From the start,she would run up to greet me whenever I exited or entered the house. She would meow loudly, head bunt me and rub her body against my legs. She was the friendliest and most affectionate cat that I had ever met. I tried to ignore her at first, hoping that she would return to her owners. I did not want to become attached to her, so I just called her Kitty. After four days, I figured that she was lost and hungry. I broke down and put out some cheese and she scarfed it down as quickly as she could. The next day, I put out some tuna and she devoured it equally fast. She was such a loving cat that I thought that her owner must truly be missing her. I went on the web and searched but I could find no one who had listed a missing cat in my neighborhood. I was determined to find her owner, but I was going away on vacation for a week. I bought some cat food and asked my neighbor to look in on her and feed her, since she did want to leave my house. My neighbor fell in love with her as well. She tried to encourage Kitty to come to her house but Kitty wanted to stay on our porch, even in the rain. When I returned from vacation, Kitty was still on the porch and ran up to greet me. The following day, I took a photograph, made up a flyer and posted it throughout the neighborhood. A child saw it and said that she knew the owner. She ran to get the owner who lived about five blocks from me. The owner said that it was her cat that she simply had not gotten around to listing the cat as missing, even though it had been missing for weeks. She came to my house to retrieve Kitty or Ducky, as she called him. I discovered that Kitty was actually a neutered male. He was very furry and I had not wanted to feel around to ascertain the gender. He was non-aggressive to the other male cats in the neighborhood, so I had assumed that he was a she. Kitty greeted her with indifference until she pulled out some cat treats, at which time Kitty became somewhat more interested. Kitty's owner thanked me, stuffed Kitty in a cat carrier and that was the last that I saw of Kitty. I have walked past her house a few times, but Kitty was not out. After a week, Kitty returned. We returned him to his owner twice more, but he continued to return and spend his day at our house. The owner, who had two other cats, realized the inevitable and offered to give us Kitty. He has been with us ever since. AIMG 3823

In 2016, a cat decided to adopt my house. I found her sitting on my front porch where she would remain for most of the day. From the start,she would run up to greet me whenever I exited or entered the house. She would meow loudly, head bunt me and rub her body against my legs. She was the friendliest and most affectionate cat that I had ever met. I tried to ignore her at first, hoping that she would return to her owners. I did not want to become attached to her, so I just called her Kitty. After four days, I figured that she was lost and hungry. I broke down and put out some cheese and she scarfed it down as quickly as she could. The next day, I put out some tuna and she devoured it equally fast. She was such a loving cat that I thought that her owner must truly be missing her. I went on the web and searched but I could find no one who had listed a missing cat in my neighborhood. I was determined to find her owner, but I was going away on vacation for a week. I bought some cat food and asked my neighbor to look in on her and feed her, since she did want to leave my house. My neighbor fell in love with her as well. She tried to encourage Kitty to come to her house but Kitty wanted to stay on our porch, even in the rain. When I returned from vacation, Kitty was still on the porch and ran up to greet me. The following day, I took a photograph, made up a flyer and posted it throughout the neighborhood. A child saw it and said that she knew the owner. She ran to get the owner who lived about five blocks from me. The owner said that it was her cat that she simply had not gotten around to listing the cat as missing, even though it had been missing for weeks. She came to my house to retrieve Kitty or Ducky, as she called him. I discovered that Kitty was actually a neutered male. He was very furry and I had not wanted to feel around to ascertain the gender. He was non-aggressive to the other male cats in the neighborhood, so I had assumed that he was a she. Kitty greeted her with indifference until she pulled out some cat treats, at which time Kitty became somewhat more interested. Kitty's owner thanked me, stuffed Kitty in a cat carrier and that was the last that I saw of Kitty. I have walked past her house a few times, but Kitty was not out. After a week, Kitty returned. We returned him to his owner twice more, but he continued to return and spend his day at our house. The owner, who had two other cats, realized the inevitable and offered to give us Kitty. He has been with us ever since. AIMG 3834

The Saturday Self-Challenge: Pets in black and white. Kitty adopted us several years ago. He would hang around the house and do his best to get inside. I was able to track down his owner and I returned him to her. I did this twice. The third time, she offered to let me keep him because he kept running away from her. He comes in at night, when he wants to nap and when he is hungry. He does not mind the cold or the heat. TSSCAIMG 9192

Cats don't make New Year's resolutions. They know that they are perfect just the way they are. AIMG 8891

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Testing a new lens. Considering that this was handheld, I am in awe of the sharpness of the Canon 24-105 STM AIMG 0807

This cardboard box was destined for the recycling bin until it was commandeered by Kitty. The Sunday Challenge: Garbage AIMG 7682

This cardboard box was destined for the recycling bin until it was commandeered by Kitty. Not The Sunday Challenge: Garbage AIMG 7666

Kitty is in his favorite space - an empty cardboard box - playing with his feather toy. AP1000133

Kitty is very camera shy and will not let me approach with my DSLR. However, he has no fear of my new Panasonic ZS-100 because of its small size. AP1000118

Kitty, or "the kitty" as he used to be called adopted our house and spent the summer living on our porch. We were able to locate his owners and we thrice returned him to them, only to have him return to us as soon as they let him out of the house. The owners came to the realization that the cat wanted to live with us and offered him to us. Initially, I did not want the responsibility of cat ownership, but I also did not want him to freeze outside during the winter so my husband and I accepted. Kitty has now endeared himself to us. He had been so used to living outdoors, that he refuses to use the kitty litter, preferring to go outside whenever he needs to go. Needless to say, whenever Kitty wants to go out, we take him. We are still trying to train him to learn to use the kitty litter for emergencies when he can not get out in time. He is not afraid of entering the litter box, but he thinks that it is something to roll around in, rather than do his business. aP1000047