Greetings, Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia!
Time for something a little different: This week, I have decided to participate in @qurator's Photo Quest, largely because this week's topic is "Whiskers." And who knows whiskers better than a cat?
I briefly considered using a photo of myself, but a black cat with black whiskers are just not that photographically dramatic, and I have a different candidate in mind.
Meet Brady, one of our former cat housemates who has passed across the Rainbow Bridge. However, he did have the most magnificent whiskers! Chose this shot as the "official" entry because it's just so dramatic.
Brady, in mid yawn!
Brady got his name because we found him as a kitten at a campground in Brady, Texas where he and two of his siblings were meowing desperately in a tree where a large hawk had just passed through!
With mama cat nowhere in sight, we believe the kittens had been dumped there and left to fend for themselves; they were about 10 weeks old.
Thankfully, there were some other campers in RVs who were also cat lovers, and all three kittens were quickly able to secure "forever homes."
We found a local vet the next day who gave Brady a clean bill of health and a round of shots, and after a visit to a local pet store he promptly became "travel kitty" for the next three weeks of his life, going all over the desert southwest with us.
Thinking about a bird?
In spite of his traumatic early life, Brady was a very sweet and gentle cat, and he loved people and other cats - at the time, he became our 4th cat.
Although he has been gone for a few years now, we will always remember him for his amazing and looooong whiskers that always seemed far too big for a relatively small cat!
Thanks for coming to visit, and have a beautiful rest of your week!
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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communties!
If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?
These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Many of the allow you to share your cat posts, even if you started at a different community!
HiveCats by @curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!
Cat Snaps by @manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!
Caturday by @saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!
Cat Photos by @andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS!
Cats by @captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community.
There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!
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