Category: Cats

Throwback Thursday: Thor

On By CarynIn Cats, throwback

Thor the cat is a year old, if we estimated his birthday accurately (we are probably fairly close). So for this Throwback Thursday, I present a recreation picture of Thor on the day he ran in front of my car across four lanes of traffic. I caught him by reaching into a thorn bush (Thorn was his name for a while), then confined him in a soft car crate that I hastily emptied. He was filthy, scared, and tiny.

Photo description: small gray tabby kitten with wide eyes and long whiskers in a soft crate.

He is now nearly 15 pounds, very clean (he bathes himself even more than our female cats), and quite comfortable with his cushy life. He had a good time sitting in the old soft crate for his photo shoot.

Photo description: Thor the gray tabby cat at one-year-old laying in the same dark gray soft crate. He has grown into his fur and whiskers.

Big boy

On By CarynIn Cats, dog
Photo description: gray tabby cat laying on the floor near a shaggy black dog.

This is a picture of a 15 pound cat and a 50 pound dog. Angles and perspective make it look like the cat is nearly the same size as the dog. Thor the cat is a big boy, but not that big. Griffin the dog is being quite tolerant of the cat. Thor is just now a year old; Griffin is ten, approaching eleven.

Hard to resist

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft
Photo description: spindle spinning on the floor with the line of yarn going up, white cat paw reaching toward the spindle.

Thor the cat is really fascinated with spinning yarn. He is a good boy in that I tell him it isn’t his and he backs off, but he does try to get as close as he can. He is particularly tempted when I am spinning a drop spindle while seated.

Whiskers

On By CarynIn Cats

Here is a picture of my awkward boy, sitting across the couch and side table, paws together. Izzy the cat can be seen behind him through his ears. I almost captured the magnificence of his whiskers. I need to get him against a dark background because they are epic.

Photo description: Thor the cat looking regally awkward half on the side table, half on the couch. Front view.

Matts

On By CarynIn Cats

Long haired cats really need daily brushing. I have not been able to brush Mr Tom daily (yes, he’s my neighbor’s cat, but he lets me brush him, so I do), so over the winter he had matts build up under his legs. When I first noticed them they were tight to the skin, making cutting them out a risky business. As his fur grew, the matts came away from the skin and I was able to slip a small pair of scissors in to clip it off while he was lying on his side. He only allows me to get one off before he lets me know he’s had enough, though, so there is still some work to do. Spring time shedding should help, and will be a good time to get him matt free again.

Photo description: fingers holding a large white matt of cat fur with a brush visible on the ground and a long haired white cat with flame points looking up with blue eyes.

I brush Shadow less, but Shadow keeps himself groomed better than Mr Tom.