Mossin' About

Mossin' Annie, author of "The Magical World of Moss Gardening," and owner of Mountain Moss Enterprises, shared this photo of "BunBun, boy kitty, taking a stroll in my moss garden in Pisgah Forest, NC, US. "

Annie said, "Having mainly been a dog lover, after serving as a cat grandmother, I am now quite attached to BunBun, my official mossin' kitty. For the first five years of his life, he lived indoors and his paws never touched real ground. However, once he came to live with me in the WNC mountains, he is enjoying exploring the outdoors. BunBun is such a chill kitty... in the old days, we would've called him copasetic. When he is not strolling around, BunBun hangs out with me while I'm weeding in my moss garden."

You've Got Cat-Mail

Sally Meitz of  Munith, Michigan, shared this photo. She said, "This is my neighbor’s cat. We don’t know her name, but we call her Lily. My neighbor is elderly and living with her daughter a few blocks away, and it falls to the daughter to come over and care for her mother’s four cats. When the weather was warm they spent much of their time in my yard, but now that it’s cold out, fortunately they are indoors most of the time. Lily is very vocal and very affectionate."

Oh Mama!

Shannon Ball of  Pensacola, Florida, shared this photo and story:

"Mama cat is a feral cat that has hung around our house for years. I managed to trap her. (I do the TNR for the feral cats around here.) When I released her back into the wild, I did not see her for approximately 6 months.  Then one day, I looked out of my kitchen window to see two birds bomb diving a cat. It was Mama cat. I went outside to see her, but her foot had been severely severed in one place and she was limping. I tried to catch her to bring her to the vet, but to no avail. All I could do was sit out water and food for her. This I did through the winter, and come spring she was hanging around on a daily basis. She still walks with a limp, but she now makes our front yard her home.  She does not like to be petted, but will come around so I can talk to her and she enjoys hanging around all our plants and in the summer the occasional cool bird bath.  I do not fill this bird bath, because I feed all the birds in our backyard with the dogs, and feed all animals that come from the woods in the front of our yard. She enjoys laying in the bath in the middle of summer with our Florida heat to cool herself." 

How to Submit YOUR Garden Cat Photos/Stories

Being enchanted by both cats and gardens, I decided to start this blog for fun to combine the beauty of both. I know that many of you share my interest in and I hope you will submit your own images of your garden cats.

Here is how to submit your image:
- Email to KathyJentz (at) gmail (dot) com
- Put "Cats in Gardens" in the subject line
- Attach your image(s)
- In the body of the email include:
  ~ your name or you can choose to be "anonymous"
  ~ the cat's name (if known)
  ~ where the photo was taken (city, state, country)
  ~ if you have a blog or web site you would like to be linked back to
  ~ a note about the cat or the garden or both, we love to hear your stories!