The Insect Hunter

Beth Blum Spiker shared these photos of her garden cats and said, "I have 4 whom are in/out cats. This is Toby who loves to spend much of his time in the garden in the summer. Often, he spends the night out while everyone else comes in at dusk. We live in Laurel, MD, and the back garden is for the bees, butterflies, and birds and so there are lots of native plants so everyone has enough to eat. Toby likes to sleep in the garden as well as keeping his eye out for insects. He has fondness for crickets and dragonflies, although I wish he didn’t!"

Welcome to the Jungle

Elizabeth McGehee, a fellow member of the Maryland Plant Hobbyist group on Facebook, shared these photos she took of the customer service cat at Mutschler's Florist & Plants in Birdsboro, PA. She notes that the kitty was super-friendly.

Trespassing Tabby

I discovered this naughty kitty on the https://tomberi-no.tumblr.com/blog.

The sign translates to "please do not enter the garden area."

Independent Ellie

Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville, MD, has a friendly garden center cat named Ellie. She enjoys plenty of naps and supervising the plants.

I had the pleasure of being at Homestead Gardens today and getting some one-on-one time with Ellie myself! Here are two pics I took of her in a part of the store that is being re-done for the early spring season.

Monty in the Garden

Angela Napili took this captivating photo of the British Ambassador’s cat, Monty*, in the gardens of the Ambassador’s residence, British Embassy, Washington, DC.

She submitted to the Washington Gardener Magazine 2020 Garden Photo Contest. While it was not among the winners, it is a winner in my heart. Another image that Angela entered did win. She earned First Place in this year's Garden Views category!

To see more of Angela's beautiful photography, go to: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aon/with/40862255113/

Monty is presumably named after Monty Don O.B.E., the UK's leading garden writer and broadcaster.

The photo was taken with a Nikon D750, lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8 ƒ/5.6, 50.0 mm, 1/400s, 1100 ISO, no flash on May 11, 2019.