Pics: new neighbours + the enclosure from outside

The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
new neighbours of ours ;o)

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22556...58511339sLnAMb
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/25330...58511339VGHjUO
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29250...58511339woLmKf

This one looks exactly like Caliban when he is sleeping:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22071...58511339CYTWwk

(or 4 pictures starting he http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)

Those faces are so well made, they really look like cats enjoying a nice
nap. Sorry the pics aren't better, I should have gone to take them when
the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were partially in
shadow.

I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
enclosure from the outside. Usually I take the cats inside and shut the
door if I'm going out, but since I was only going a few steps away, I
left the door open. You can see Caliban out in the enclosure, on his
favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised to see me outside!

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28745...58511339qmcZPC
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22041...58511339gyMOoN

(or 2 pics starting he http://tinyurl.com/ldwxl)

So that's the block of flats that I live in. As you can see, the balcony
of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so the cats
can be out of the rain and still outside.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Marina wrote:
(or 4 pictures starting he http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)

Those faces are so well made, they really look like cats enjoying a nice
nap. Sorry the pics aren't better, I should have gone to take them when
the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were partially in
shadow.

They look soo relaxed! I wonder if there's a story behind them? I
get the feeling that your area must have a very laid back attitude.

I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
enclosure from the outside. Usually I take the cats inside and shut the
door if I'm going out, but since I was only going a few steps away, I
left the door open. You can see Caliban out in the enclosure, on his
favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised to see me outside!

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28745...58511339qmcZPC
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22041...58511339gyMOoN

Cute! Betty didn't have an enclosure, but also liked to watch me from
the screen door when I was outside. That is, until I took out a
leafblower or lawnmower.

On 2006-09-23 11:24:50 -0500, Marina said:

The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
new neighbours of ours ;o)

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22556...58511339sLnAMb
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/25330...58511339VGHjUO
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29250...58511339woLmKf

This one looks exactly like Caliban when he is sleeping:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22071...58511339CYTWwk

(or 4 pictures starting he http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)

Those faces are so well made, they really look like cats enjoying a
nice nap. Sorry the pics aren't better, I should have gone to take them
when the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were
partially in shadow.

Those are SO way cool!


I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
enclosure from the outside. Usually I take the cats inside and shut the
door if I'm going out, but since I was only going a few steps away, I
left the door open. You can see Caliban out in the enclosure, on his
favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised to see me outside!

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28745...58511339qmcZPC
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22041...58511339gyMOoN

(or 2 pics starting he http://tinyurl.com/ldwxl)

So that's the block of flats that I live in. As you can see, the
balcony of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so
the cats can be out of the rain and still outside.

I'm sooo envious of your enclosure. And natural flora too! Caliban is
definitely a little confoosed.

Marina wrote:

I shot a couple of pictures of the
enclosure from the outside.... You can see Caliban out in the
enclosure, on his favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised
to see me outside!

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/28745...58511339qmcZPC
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22041...58511339gyMOoN

Hey, how did Roxy get into your enclosure??

So that's the block of flats that I live in. As you can see, the balcony
of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so the cats
can be out of the rain and still outside.

You are a very dedicated cat slave to have given up your balcony for
them!

Joyce

Takayuki wrote:


They look soo relaxed! I wonder if there's a story behind them? I
get the feeling that your area must have a very laid back attitude.

Hehe, this is supposed to be some very artsy area; there are some old
centres of Finnish design nearby, like the Arabia and Iittala factories,
as well as the School of Arts and Design, and the Sibelius Academy. I
don't know how appropriate these sleeping lions are, since they are
laying between two schools, a polytechnic and a vocational school; I
hope the message to the students is not that you can come here and sleep
all day. ;o)


Cute! Betty didn't have an enclosure, but also liked to watch me from
the screen door when I was outside. That is, until I took out a
leafblower or lawnmower.

It may be a good thing that I have neither of those implements, because
the cats would probably hate them. My garden is so small, anyway, that I
don't think I need them.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Marina wrote:
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22556...58511339sLnAMb
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/25330...58511339VGHjUO
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29250...58511339woLmKf

Those are really cool!

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Marina wrote:
The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
new neighbours of ours ;o)

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22556...58511339sLnAMb
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/25330...58511339VGHjUO
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29250...58511339woLmKf

This one looks exactly like Caliban when he is sleeping:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/22071...58511339CYTWwk

(or 4 pictures starting he http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)
snip

Great pics! Thanks, Marina.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek