Cat Encounters

Today is pretty much a regular rainy Saturday in London, where the weather seems to be playing tricks with people. The minute I look out the window, it is sunny and lovely outside and I start to think of postponing my chores and house cleaning related activities. Then, literally a few minutes later, it is drizzling heavily so that I have to shut the windows in my room.

On days like these, back home where my parents live, I would normally occupy myself with chasing cats around the house trying to catch and snuggle them (my parents love cats and have 5! :)). However, not all their cats appreciate my cuddles and so they run and hide from me, which makes it even more fun and challenging to search for them or to trick them into coming towards me.

However, here in London I can only enjoy company of street cats or neighbours’ cats. Since I am forced to stay indoors for the day due to the rain, I decided to upload photos of all the different cat encounters I have had for the past year in London (house cleaning can wait!). I have mentioned before that I happen to live in a very cat populated neighborhood of London, so when it is nice and sunny outside, one can see cats almost everywhere, to my great delight! Naturally I have to pick them up and give them my warmest hugs :) !

In the photo below, I am cuddling one of neighbor's cat. She is quite friendly and most often then not she appreciates my company!

This cheeky and very moody lady is not as sweet as she looks...after the photo she bit me! It seems to me she was looking for some male company and I happened to disturb her.

This fellow is just pretending to dislike me, but in fact he is a big lover of my hugs :) !!! He lives only a few houses away from me, so anytime I go out, I make sure to pass by his place to say hello!

This lady is very lazy and simply adorable! She lets me to pick her up anytime I am around and never seems to mind my embraces.

Then, in the photo below I happen to be wearing black coat and black trousers with a furry white scarf...and I met this black and white buddy on my way to the library. He looked so charming and so in style with me I could not just pass him by.

I love this ginger cat I met one day in my local park! I like to call him Romeo. He is very fluffy and quite big and very very kind. My hands were naturally drawn to him immediately when I saw him strolling near me. My husband kept warning me that the cat several times showed his long nails to me...but my love for ginger cats ignored the nails. Even if he did scratch, which he did not, the hug I gave him was worth it!

Me and my Romeo!

Then, my trip to the local post office was highlighted by the presence of Her Majesty...she probably was in a very bad mood that day and kept hissing at me even though my hands never came within her reach. She purposely turned away from the camera and that time I did listen to my husband's advice...to leave her alone...

Another bad tempered cat that I met on my way to the GP. She actually lives either in that building or in the house next to it. I see her every time there and every time she refuses to be touched...and yet she keeps rubbing herself against my legs...

...however, I did manage to pick her up one day and she was not pleased...

Have a great weekend !!!