Category: Monday is Cat Week

Sometime next year, this bookcase that Helena’s crouching on will probably be replaced by cat shelves. I have a feeling she can’t wait.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/11640494703/

Helena proves that the best things in a cat’s life are free: your attention and cardboard boxes.

Helena puts the lion in Mountain Lion.

It’s week three (or maybe four) of Helena’s first-ever indoor grass patch. I’ve yet to catch her chillaxing on the turf, but the cat-shaped imprint there tells me all I need to know.


She’s only been here five months, but Helena pretty much owns the place now. Nobody’s complaining.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/4321550132/
It was 25F outside, but that didn’t stop this cat from having a grand old time on the hood of this parked car. He would lick the hood, then tumble around.I don’t know what he was tasting, but it must have been delicious. I’m just glad his tounge didn’t stick to the metal.
(Bayard St, Manhattan)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/4244443922/
The cat inside the Prius is not nearly as amused by the roadside photo op as I am, even though I’m the one braving 20 degree weather to get the shot.
(Darien/I-95 Service Area, Darien, CT)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/4165534842/
Marla hasn’t come this close to another cat in years, and judging by her reaction to her uninvited visitor, I don’t think she’s missed the feeling.
(Uptown Vets, 116 St, Manhattan)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/4048672622/
(Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu, HI)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3985745706/
Oh, the simple joys of cat life — and cat ownership.
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3921593710/
(Clemente’s Maryland Crab House, Brooklyn)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3764104378/
I love dogs too, but they will just never be as cool as cats.
(Grand St, Manhattan)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3583705845/
(6 train heading uptown, Manhattan)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3499047839/
When even the Drinkwell isn’t enough to quench a kitty thirst, Marla finds another solution.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3075458610/
It’s a fact: you’re slaving away at your day job while your cat stays home, mostly sleeping. And if they didn’t look so darn cute doing it, you might actually do something about it.
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/3039364796/
Moving can be a pretty emotional experience. (Not for me, of course, because I am a bad-ass. I refer here to others.) After you’ve packed and emptied the place you called home, it’s hard not to be reminded of your mortality when you see all that empty space. Soon, someone else’s stuff will fill that void. Soon, someone else will call that place home.After ten years in Brooklyn, I sure will miss the place. My new home in Manhattan is a big step up in just about every way, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the people and places on the Q train. Do cats get wistful, too? Or is Marla just wondering where her litterbox went?
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/2504659773/
Not unlike an old bike, my cat has exactly three speeds:
1. Begging for food whenever I walk into the kitchen.
2. Hopping on the table and trying to eat whatever I happen to be eating.
3. Looking all cute and whatnot when sleeping.
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/2258009730/
(Bklyn Blggng HQ)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/1351529969/
I love cats — and this one is a cutie — but I tell ya, if I ever eat at this [unnamed] restaurant, I’m gonna ask for a seat in the No Cat Butt on Formica section. Just saying.
(West 42 St, Manhattan)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/1187420519/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/451545005/
(Animal Kind Veterinary Hospital, Brooklyn)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/92749743/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/72792056/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/68361128/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/65251807/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/62963715/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/53374491/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/28458347/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/17785417/
No animals were harmed to make this photograph, although at least one may have been annoyed.
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/13085260/
Marla’s like a totally new cat since she got into yoga.
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/10844023/
(Marla)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/9091716/
(Clockwise from top left: Tokyo Lunch, 10 John St; Marla; Chung-Wah
Beauty Salon, 19 Pell St; Sophia’s backpack)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpchan/6519955/
(Marla)