This is Leo, one of the backyard cats. He was just sitting down there, looking at me up on the balcony – and of course I couldn’t help taking a photo :-).

This seems an appropriate photo for World Cat Day – those two were having a territorial dispute on the grass in front of the balconies, but it was peacefully resolved (the black one retreated!).

Only two more animal-related albums from last year to go, one of them is the Catspotting Gallery of 2015 with all the cool and cute cats I found last year in the neighbourhood. I didn’t even remember that I took so many, but it was at least enough for a nice small collection of fifteen photos – including one unposted shot! Click on the preview photo above or on the link below to go to the gallery itself and you can also visit my Google+ Profile or the Animal Gallery Collection to find the parallel G+ version.

CATSPOTTING 2015

I met one of our neighbourhood regulars in early November and it seemed like it was
already wearing its fluffy winter coat. I also love the fashionable partly striped tail :-).

This cat is almost an old friend, we often see it in a neighbourhood street.
This week it already seemed to have put on its winter coat!

I think we have a newcomer in the backyard :-).

Still looking for squirrels :-).

Guess who chased a squirrel up the maple tree and was waiting for it to come down again :-).

The internet tells me that today is World Cat Day, so cheers for felines of all colours and sizes! Here’s an unposted photo of a cat I used to know a few years ago who had the most intense stare…

This one I’ve never posted publicly before, but in honour of our former neighbours, who are welcoming a new cat into their family today, here’s this photo from September 2011. This was when their kitten was beginning to take over the balconies and we saw the little fellow grow up into a handsome cat – sadly he had to leave after about a year because he got too lonely, but he went to another great home with one of his littermates and a garden. It was great knowing him and I hope we get to see his successor soon :-).