The Great Cat Safari!

The Little One was looking for Stepan but he was looking to get some rest...



His "stealth mode" seems to work... Can you notice Stepan as he has "blended" with the environment?

"So far so good"



The Little One is thrilled! He's found him!

"Oups! they found me..."



...But we only want to show some affection!



"OK, OK, I've had enough of that. you know how to spoil a good nap"

You need a Very Large File for that

Because some cats just cannot fit in a standard file.

Inconvenient moment

He was just having his morning toilet when the little one noticed him and made one of those enthusiastic voices. That moved Stepan's attention away from grooming, towards the source of the noise.

"Cannot a gentleman gentlecat enjoy his morning grooming undisturbed these days?"

Portrait

He was sitting so nice, a portrait was irresistible.

As he was born in Russia it was only fitting to have the Russian dictionary behind him (it also helps us when we need to understand the deeper meaning of his meows)

Update: A mistake in the HTML code prevented the photograph to be displayed full size. It's now fixed, please click for a full size portrait of Stepan.

Found a comfy place

"Bed sheets, towels..., Paradise!"

"...and I can hide too"


"Pssst... Don't tell anyone I'm in here"

No, you don't!

"I'll never let you take my chair away"


"What? me is cute?"

Don't look if you're afraid of heights

"Patrolling the skies"

P.S. We live on the fourth floor. I'm not comfortable with what Stepan does, but don't really have a way to prevent him.

Fastest way to wake up a cat

Think he's in the middle of a deep sleep?

Just bring a nice slice of salami(!!!) close...


"Is it a dream?"


Just 0.001 seconds later...
Our cat is fully awake, alert and standing by for further developments*...

*Couldn't give him any however...

While we were... (ahem) busy...

Long time without posts (sorry!), so I'll try to catch up... Here are some things we did with Stepan all this time:

We sipped the warmth of the first Spring sun


Enjoyed the new season green

Listened to some music. Funny, Stepan seems to like Classical music. That time it was Bach, Suite no.1 for solo cello! He moved near the CD player and stayed there the whole time. Much longer than some people would.

Then we got some more morning sun

"...And with a child in the house it's hard to get some real rest..."

"...except when I'm hiding" (and the little one is sleeping too..)

Old Stories

"I once caught a mouse thiiiis big!"

A strange creature

"Could it be an extraterrestrial...?"

"This pose perhaps?"

"But don't overdo it! I don't want people will think I'm crazy for publicity"

At last!

- "I thought you would update my blog only next Christmas"

- Stepan, keep in mind, I'm only human...! (not perfect like a cat)

Another day, another box...

"This is way comfier than before... Please, keep getting them in bigger sizes!"

Street artist perhaps?

Another photo from yesterday and a short quiz:

What is Stepan doing:
a. Rehearsing his street-art performance "the invisible window"
b. Trying to dance like before
c. Inspects the room for stupid sensitive humans that will let him in

P.S. Hmmm... it seems we start to develop some love handles... Perhaps I must do something about it

Caught red-handed...

...or should we say "red-pawed"?

Cave exploration...

...when it's actually just a big bag. Still it has so many new smells, things hiding inside that it's definitely worth exploring. Especially for an extra curious cat.

mine mine MINE!

"Nobody dare touch this remote...!"

I told you 100 times...

If you leave your place, Stepan will step-in for you. Good that he doesn't eat and drink this much...

Walking away from 2008

With soft, slow, almost unintelligible, yet certain, steps we walk away from 2008, hopefully towards a sheltered and cozy 2009

"...just a few more steps to my basket and I can forget all about your stupid human world..."