The Opinionated Pussycat

Street Seens 65: Daddy Kiril, Marilynn of Momma Grace and Spring Strays

Good evening felinity assembled! Elvira Mistress of Felinity here with a cool story to share.

On April 15th Daddy Kiril took the bus and his bike to Spring, TX, to meet his longtime friend Marilynn, the human behind Momma Grace & Co. blog, and treat her to lunch.

 

The really cool news is that Nikita and I got to go, too, hee, hee!

Well, OK, only as "flat cats", as we got to give our friend  the best "lap cat" we knew how, hee, hee!

She was the first person we ever did that to, and the first Texas cat blogger, other than Laurence Simon, the father of the carnival of the cats, to meet Daddy.

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Momma Grace & Company cat blog

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They spent a wonderful couple of hours dining and chatting at Ellen's Cafe.

It was a pleasure for Daddy to meet her and she was a joy to be around, bubbling with the same personalitywe had grown to know on her blogs and via email and facebook.

After lunch they walked around the old streets, looking at quaint little stores, all closed because, apparently Monday and Tuesday are the weekend in this corner of wider Spring.

 

There are 2 pet stores in town but, from what daddy could tell from the outside they aren't like the chain stores.

He and Marilynn discovered that there are a few stray cats in the town, and daddy attempted to engage them, with quite amusing results.

The cats were not interested, hee, hee!

 

Street Seens 64 Pt.2 - Long Beach Feral Colony 2010

Meet some of the cats of the feral colony, along the cliffs of Ocean Blvd., at the beach in Long Beach, Ca.

 Part 1 = http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2013/04/street-seens-64-pt1-long-beach-feral-colony-2010.html

 

 

 

Street Seens 64 Pt.1 - Long Beach Feral Colony 2010

In February 2010, the 2nd month after this blog began, I did a huge story about Spay Day, and Spay and Neuter Month.

"Spay Day is an annual campaign of The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International to inspire people to save animal lives by spaying or neutering pets and feral cats. (Yes, I know, I have issues with the National & International organizations, as seen by the link in my sidebar, but THIS is a subject that I can agree with them on.)

Officially the last Tuesday of February, Spay Day includes events and activities taking place throughout February across the United States and U.S. territories, and around the world."

For 16 years now events have taken place around the world.

February has apparently been designated as Spay and Neuter Month by humane societies and animal advocacy groups everywhere.

In my original post I shared 3 photos, out of 22, that Daddy Kiril took of a remarkable feral colony on the cliffs above the beach in Long beach, Ca, along Ocean Blvd.

http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2010/02/street-seens-12-spay-day-and-spay-and-neuter-month-edition.html

As I was looking for ideas for stories to share while Elvira and I spent the next several days at the vet and Daddy had his eye operation, I came upon many photos all of us had forgotten about over the last 3 years, the 19 photos of the Long Beach colony among them.

So, let us begin our vacation with 3 posts, today, in Long Beach, where the human watching is always entertaining, standard, store-bought cat food fare is occasionally provided by caring, trap, neuter and return supporters, and one has unlimited access to the largest outdoor litter box a cat could ever dream of!

 





Street Seens 63: Ozzie's Thursday Afternoon

Ozzie had an interesting morning, today, a little TOO interesting for his tastes.

(It began here = http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2013/03/street-seens-60-ozzies-tough-thursday-.html )

I don't know how his evening is going, but the afternoon was far less stressful!

He forgave Daddy Kiril for photographing his earlier humuliation, even allowing him to give him a belly rub.

 

As he napped and snoozed the afternoon away he kept a wary eye on the black cat who wisely kept his distance after seeing the other cats in the courtyard.

Street Seens 62: Ozzie Takes a Leap of Faith

Ozzie's tree ordeal finally came to an end.

(It began here = http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2013/03/street-seens-60-ozzies-tough-thursday-.html )

Not without a little hesitation and second thoughts, however.

 

Street Seens 61: Ozzie's Thursday Goes to the Dogs

In Street Seens 60 Ozzie found himself in a bit of a pickle.

http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2013/03/street-seens-60-ozzies-tough-thursday-.html

Even though his tormentor suddenly decided to find something else to do, the reason for this change of heart didn't mean Ozzie was ready to leave the tree just yet.

 

As Ozzie was just about to abandon his perch he realized his humuliation had been caught on film for all the world to see.

Street Seens 62: Ozzie Takes a Leap of Faith

http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2013/03/street-seens-62-ozzie-takes-a-leap-of-faith.html

 

Street Seens 60: Ozzie's Tough Thursday

Has it been 4 months since our last edition of Street Seens? November was also when I first introduced the cats who hang out in the courtyard below our apartment.

Street Seens 57: Tiger, Ozzie and the Gang

http://www.opinionatedpussycat.com/2012/11/street-seens-57-tiger-ozzie-and-the-gang.html

The last 2 days have not been very kind to one of the cats, Ozzie, as one of the 2 black cats decided to harass him. Yesterday, when Daddy didn't have his camera with him, he saw 3 of the cats come to the defense of Ozzie and surround, and loudly, tell the black cat to "haul your ass elsewhere, dude, before we shorten your tail to the length of that of the other black cat!" (Edited for language inappropriate for the ears of kittens).

This morning the others were not around and so Ozzie found himself, literally, up a tree with nowhere else to go.

 

Daddy caught it all on camera, from our balcony, as Elvira and I watched.

Street Seens 59: Strays in a Downtown Houston Park

Good evening Felinity Assembled, Nikita here, with an October encounter Daddy Kiril had in a small park, near City Hall, and the Central Public Library, in Downtown Houston.

There is a lot of grass, and plenty of trees in the park, and other places to hang out in and explore, without venturing too far away and risking a fatal encounter with the overwhelming amount of traffic on the streets that Daddy says is there, even on the weekend.

In the back part of this photo is where a colony of feral cats hang out, and where, Daddy learned, downtown workers leave small bowls of food.

When Daddy came down a flight of stairs, into this paved area, he was met by the sight of 2 cats awaked by his approach.

Street Seens 58: Encounter in the Courtyard

Good evening Felinity Assembled, Nikita here, with an October encounter our neighbors had with one of the Dogs that lives in the complex.

The Dog was taking its Human out for Walkies, and called a timeout to check on its Pee Mail...

As you can see someone was annoyed that the Dog was taking so long to leave a, um, message of its own. :-D

This was aso the only time Daddy Kiril has been able to get the solid White Cat on camera. :-D

Daddy has mostly seen this one in another, nearby, part of the complex.

NOTE: For more from the Daddy Cam see the Archive! - Street Seens: Cats Outdoors, Thru the Daddy Cam.

Street Seens 57: Tiger, Ozzie and the Gang

Good evening Felinity Assembled, Nikita here, with more on our neighbors (Last time it was the Black Cats).

There are a pair of white w/brown posts cats, and a 3rd cat, who live in the building across from us, on the 1st floor. The pair like to hang out outside a lot, in the courtyard area.

Meet Tiger, age 5 months, a friendly fellow who even let Daddy Kiril hold him, and pet him, this evening.

 

The other cat, Ozzie, age 3, seen in the picture where I look out the window, doesn't wear a collar, and likes to climb trees.

 

It's been a couple weeks since Daddy last saw this one, a cat who was rather aloof from the others, hanging around on a doorstep of an attatched building.