:-)) Sunday Cat! #899 January 5, 2025 ((-:

Welcome all to the Sunday Cat!, a weekly gathering of image makers on a subject of mutual interest, our feline friends. The Sunday Cat! has appeared each Sunday, except for a brief interruption in September, 2016, since Anton AK started the thread at DPReview on 23 September 2007. Successive thread managers have been John King, Warriormouse, Robert J, Coldamus, Robert J again (with an assist by StanTsui) and since September 2016, former lurker, me. When DPReview was threatened with closure in March 2023, the last regular Sunday Cat! there was hosted on 2 April 2023. After taking a leap of faith, the Sunday Cat! found refuge here on 9 April 2023.

Stressed Kitty of the Week!

Micio, I survived the New Year fireworks blast and flash this time, but I really, really hope that's not going to happen again! 😩 (Shhhh! Don't tell Micio 2026 is coming...)

~~Image by @NCV

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The Sunday Cat! is now open for mischief. :D

Last week's purrs, #898 / DPRv #91

Thread Manager's Corner:
I hope the other kitties had a better New Year's Eve than Micio did! It was noisy here too, but much less than some years and didn't go on until 3 o'clock in the morning like it sometimes does. Mr. Me didn't feel the need to retreat to his favorite hidey place. But I got the stress part the next day when my computer decided it wasn't going to boot up anymore, or rather, the video card wasn't. I eventually got it to start under Linux and copied off the text file I use for the Sunday Cat! to another computer so here we are. The first edition of 2025!! I certainly hope the auspicious start to the new year for me and Micio is not a warning of things to come... 😵

~~~ Kim

Though small in size, the imprint they make on our lives is huge.

Street Cats of Istanbul

Ooooh! Isn't he a magnificent fellow!

These are from a couple of years ago. Micio on the balcony

Bandito hanging out in the middle of the street---Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Mokey insuring Lexi and Arni, who would really like to try the newly baked
blueberry pie, stay away from it. They would get their chance later that day.

Niusia and a Christmas tree ornament :

I can't help but wonder if she was thinking, "should I?" That red ball must have been very tempting. :)

They like pie? Mr. Me likes his pancake when I make some for myself. I think the butter is the main attraction though. :)

I always like the paws tucked in pose. Judging by the kitty's eyes, it looks like it is a very restful position to be in. :)

He certainly looks like a bright and inquisitive fellow. :)

The look on his face says that he well knows just how magnificent he is. :D