Slidell leaps over Max...
...and engages him
Piaf shows up to watch
Slidell decides to go out the gate
Max begins to get bored
But Piaf continues to observe
Belle shows up, and goes in....
...the cat door (behind her) for a snack
The peripatetic Slidell comes back in...
...and tries to surprise Piaf,
who is immune
He'll have to find his action elsewhere
Max & Cats
Max is now 13, very old for a chow, but is in fantastic shape. He decided this winter to spend most of his time outside, with the result that he’s filled out, and grown the thickest coat of his life. I went out to take a few pictures of him and got more than I’d planned, when three of our four cats turned up. Slidell is our feral male, and is constantly on the move (except for the 8-10 hours a night he sleeps on my feet). Piaf is our smallest, but is absolutely queen of the pride. No one messes with Piaf! Belle is our beauty queen, whose goal in life is to gain weight (she’s about 6 kilos). Our huge male, Jackson (9 kilos) took the afternoon off.