Welcome all to the Sunday Cat!, a weekly online community gathering 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.
Good-Lookin' Kitty of the Week!
Blue, already very photogenic! We look forward to seeing him grow up. :D
~~Image by @minniev
As said by Warriormouse, "Photos can be more than just art, they can be memories, so come share your pictures and stories of your feline companions with us."
"Official" posting time is every Sunday at 0000 UTC. Because this is Saturday afternoon for me, posting time may vary to accommodate my schedule. I'll try to post a message if I know I will be very late. Anyone anxious to start the new week is free to do so. But if you do, please PM me so I don't accidentally double post.
Come one, come all! All cats, all cameras, all cat fanciers welcome! Digital cats or silver halide cats, cats of metal, or cats of the wilderness. Big cats, small cats, kittens and their toys. Cats of pen and ink, cats of brush and canvas, from any time, any place. Tales of their lives or adventures. Let the Sunday Cat! be a refuge to enjoy and marvel at the magic of cats, where positive comments abound and constructive criticism is given if requested.
The Sunday Cat! is now open for mischief. :D
Last week's purrs, #951 / DPRv #143 / Sunday Cats! #43
Last week is worth revisiting for the other wonderful images as well. :)
Thread Manager's Corner:
Thank you for the excellent images last week. It is a pleasure to revisit them. :) It's also a time for me to look back more than look forward. After Mr. Me's emergency visit last weekend, on Tuesday I took him to the clinic where he has been getting his chemotherapy for another exam and a CAT scan. The information from the scan was somewhat subtle, but the test on a sample taken from a lymph node confirmed that Mr. Me's cancer has spread. Since the chemo has not been successful in beating it back, with the doctor's advice I made the decision to essentially put him into hospice care, so now he's getting meds to somewhat improve his quality of life. Because the cancer is spreading in his nasal passages and throat, the doctor thinks he might not have a lot of time left. So far, with the additional supporting meds, he has improved somewhat, although tonight he is a little off. I have lots of options for him so I will probably implement something a little later that should help. I've been trying to get some good photos of him before he is gone and hope to have something to share later.
~~~ Kim
Though small in size, the imprint they make on our lives is huge.
