The Winter Sun

Garden author and speaker Marianne Wilburn shared this photo of: "a winter day off for three garden cats."

And who doesn't deserve a nap in the sun more than our hardworking feline garden workers?

You can see Marianne's previous cat photo shares here:
https://catsingardens.blogspot.com/search?q=marianne

Best Salesperson in the Store

@StoriesSteph on Twitter 

shared these photos of a kitty asleep on a bench at the Richardson's Garden Centre in Sunderland, England.

These photos combine a few of my favorite things all in one: tuxedo cats, garden center cats, and napping cats. Irresistible! And boy, does that rocking garden bench look comfortable!

Surprise Plant Cutting Roots Itself

This adorable garden cat was shared by Noelle Johnson AZ Plant Lady® on her Instagram feed. 

She wrote, "As my sister was checking out her new plantings, she got a surprise.🌸😸🌼 Any surprises in your gardens lately?"

She shared that his name is Scissors and he is over 10 years old. "He is mostly an outdoor cat and loves to rest in pots ;-)," said Noelle.

Best Friends in the Azaleas

Freelance writer, photographer, and editor R.S. Williams of LaGrange, GA, said, "Rumpled, gray tabby Clark (left) and black-and-white Moo (right) love this sunny patch in the azaleas at the end of the porch. It’s their favorite spot for Caturday naps—and for ignoring me when I call them. [deep sigh]."

Cats and Tomatoes

Blandine Galbreath shared this cute photo of cats asleep in the tomato and pepper seedling trays. She wrote: "The cats are litter mates and TNR. Born feral and they are now part of the menagerie at Simon Seed in Leesburg, Florida."

Porchfest

Brenda Haas said, "This is Oppie Kitty and Kink Kitty. They are sleeping in my giant container up on the porch, which I am not going to plant until next week so it makes a good kitty bed."

Brenda has shared her collection of garden kitties with us before - see here.

Brenda Haas is a gardener, blogger, photographer, and the founder and administrator of #gardenchat on Twitter. She can be found at http://bggarden.com/.

Sedimentary Rock

Debbie Brooks of Creative Garden Spaces, is a landscape designer in Oregon. She posted this darling photo (above) recently on her Instagram feed (barefoot_gardener), where she shares gardening pictures. I had to know more about this relaxed feline who looks like he is sculpted in stone.

She wrote: "The grey cat is Rudy, he is such a character - he likes to play with rocks... and the tabby is June..she's just a sweet pea. She and her litter mates (4 other kittens) were found abandon so I took them in. I found homes for two of them. The others were adopted out through CAT Adoption Team. But, this one crept her way into my heart."

 

Toasty Warm Feline

Sarah the Gardener of Sarahthegardener.com shared this sweet kitty:  

"Toast the Cat is a sweet wee thing.  We chose her from the SPCA, here in New Zealand when she was 8 weeks old way back in 2002.  So that makes her 14, which is quite a good innings for a cat.  We named her Toast because when she was a cute little kitten the stripes down her side were quite pronounced it resembled grill marks on a slice of bread."

"She started out life as a city cat and we had to put our phone number on her collar as she was fond of getting into cars and being driven away.  Maybe back then she had a yearning to escape to the country.   Finally, in 2007, she got her wish and we moved to the country and she has flourished out here. "

"She loves being in the garden and when I’m working there she is not too far away.  She loves to rest in the shade of whatever is growing over the edge of the beds in the summer and in the winter she can often be found curled up in the warmth of the greenhouse.  We even made a small garden bed for her with her favorite cat nip.  She loves that bed. " 

"She also loves being a bit of a star and whenever I’m making my YouTube cideos she is never far away and always trying to get into the shot. "

"She has such a sweet nature and loves cuddles and is always waiting in the driveway for us to come home – even if we’ve only been gone an hour." 

Cactus Cats

This photo of a kitty in a spine-filled landscape was shared by Travis on Flickr. He writes, "Cats seemed to be everywhere in this outer plaza. There was a subtle hint of cat smell and food and water dishes were hidden in at least two places around the plaza (in Centro, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico). There seemed to be two cat factions -- the north and the south. They didn't mix well."

"This is the north side where this one cat was sleeping in the cactus enjoying his afternoon siesta. It was amazing how these cats could walk in and around the cactus seemingly without getting hurt. There was no cactus on the south side of the plaza, these cats were able to hide a bit better. I probably counted at least two dozen cats in this area."

After seeing Travis' photo, I googled for cats and cactus, I found that this page collects lots of photos from all around the Web of cats caressing, sleeping on, and nibbling on cactus.

Why do cats find cactus irresistible? Is it the rough texture? The sense of danger? Or just plain fool-hardy bravado? Whatever makes cats and cactus engage with each other, they sure do look pretty together.

Caught Napping

Joe Luebke of Hyattsville, MD, and is Director of Horticulture and Grounds at the Washington National Cathedral posted this cat photo to his Facebook profile.

He writes, " Agnes is adopted from our neighbor's across the street. We cat-sit for them and she decided to make our home hers."

Calendar Cat

Cathy Wilkinson Barash submitted this darling kitty: "Sebastian in 1995. He was the cat of my life and is greatly missed. Sebastian was Cover Cat and Centerfold in the Cats in the Garden calendar in the 1990s! I shot this image of him in our Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island (NY) garden. His whiskey barrel moved with us to Des Moines, IA in 1997. Here he is surrounded by edible flowers - sage, chives and dianthus. His catmint and oregano bloom later in the season."

Cathy is well-known garden communicator and a self-described "photographer, videographer, author, gourmet horticulturist, chief cook & bottle washer." She 

Sun Worshipper

 Magnus Fahlén and his wife, +Tuula Pennanen, live in Fellinsbro, Sweden with 7 cats. I came across their cat photos in the Caturday community on Google+.

 Magnus wrote: "Our super nice Shakir enjoying the summer sun ... :-)

Probably the kindest, most clever and life loving cat I've ever met ... ^^
He have spread his love to life and positive attitude by us for over 8 years now ... ^^
 There are not words enough for our Shakir.

2 weeks after he was born, he got one eye in Uveitis (http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druvhinneinflammation).

No treatment helped, so when he was 3 week old ached the hole in the eye and I do not include how a 3 week kitten can survive such a pain.

He was probably very near death with the fever and pain he had.

However, he survived and when the body after a time come away remnants of the eye so he recovered quickly.

I guess our care and relief of the pain made him an extremely affectionate and positive kitty with an enormous patience, etc.

Even today after 8 years he radiates positivity and joy of life and as soon as one comes close he so he purrs and smiles with the whole face ...:-)

We chose not to sew again eye socket which the vet thought was good then this is a difficult operation and results rarely becomes completely good.

On the other hand, we must help to clean around his eye socket with lukewarm water daily in principle, because it is always collected some dirt in the coat there.

We have done this since he was so small that he was held in my hand and then it was "eye" in principle, a varklump. ...

He has 3 siblings, and none of them has a chance to match him in terms of speed, intelligence, agility, and hearing. His good hearing is a bit extra as compensation for the lost eye and when they are playing and someone tries to sneak up on him, they are always detected before they can surprise him ... = D

He is a real gold Kitty simply ...:-)"

Cat-Napping

Janet Campbell of Lifestyle Photography (www.LSphotography.com) in Minneapolis, MN, submitted this napping cat photo. She says, " I have been selling it in my photo greeting card line for 9 years.  It’s actually my best selling card."