Cat-erpillar

This photo from Unsplash.com by Karina Vorozheeva is captioned: "White butterfly resting on cat's nose." If only that cat or butterfly could share their stories. I'm sure they'd have plenty to tell us!

Cat Nap Art

Afternoon Nap by Marilyn Barkhouse

This sweet art print of a garden cat is available to order from UrbanLoftArt.com. If you check out Marilyn Barkhouse's portfolio on their site, you'll see she has many other garden cats in her collection, along with dogs and butterflies and lots of flowers.

Her artist bio says she "is an award-winning artist who was born in the Canadian Maritimes on Prince Edward Island. Marilyn is inspired by the wildlife that she can see from her studio window, including deer, coyote, bald eagles and fox. She works from her studio located near the Cape Blomidon provincial park - a very popular park in Nova Scotia. She enjoys the serenity and quietness of a pastoral, rural life along with an extensive menagerie of pets, all previously abandoned or abused animals to which she has given a loving and warm home."

Butterfly Kisses

Tracie McWhirt Ballentine wrote: "We inherited Tuxedoman on January 2, 2007. My daughter went to the Stafford Co. (Virginia) Animal Shelter after Thanksgiving to get some 'kitty loving.' After I explicitly told her not to bring home a cat. She brought home a cat. Not just any cat but a pregnant cat. Tuxedoman was born in my bedroom closet the day after New Year's Day. He has been an awesome cat. He is the only cat that I know of that will come when he is called no matter where he is in the yard. By day, he patrols the yard protecting my husband's vegetable garden and my butterfly garden. By night, he is pampered puss ( I bring him in after the sun goes down). He makes an awesome sleeping companion. Cats get a bad rap for being aloof or standoffish, not my Tuxedoman. He is the coolest. As he glides across the yard you can almost hear the jazz back beat."

Tuxedoman on the prowl.

Most days he can be found laying under the leaves of my coneflowers waiting to ambush someone or something.
 

The Elusive Butterfly

From Hunter Ten Broeck, Co-Owner/Operator of WaterWise Landscapes Incorporated in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This is Taj doing some serious communing with the local flora and fauna. Taj recently passed away -- may he be chasing butterflies in kitty heaven.

Butterfly Patrol

Another kitty submission from Barbara Hill, Pleasant Hill, CA.
Here “Chica” prowls among the irises for butterflies to chase.