Izumi Tanaka

When my cats are together sleeping like this, there’s nothing more I can ask for.  It’s an ultimate joy….  how simple is that?!

I don’t know how it could be comfortable, but my kitties sometimes stay under cover all day.  This time, Nicola just went under while I was making my bed…..

Here’s a room with some signs of kitty presence, which is a comfort to a cat lover.

Riley likes upside down.  I think it’s almost his Pavlovian response when he sees me as I would invariably rub his tummy.  When I pick him up (which incidentally I’m the only one with such privilege to do), he always flips over.  (Incidentally, when I don’t find any other subject to shoot for the day, there he is — he’s always ready for my camera and never lets me down. )

The cats always know the warmest spot in the house.  This time of the year we have some nice morning sun coming into our bedroom and dining room.  Because it’s finally warming up, the window was open a little and there she was!

The sun was pouring into the bedroom this morning, and Nicola was basking on the bed.  Resistible….  I picked up my camera, and ta-ta!  She posed!  May be she realized she needs to emulate her brother being a super model.  Pretty… but not quite flirty enough, kitty cat.

Lately Nicola got rather quick in sneaking out the door.  I don’t let my cats out unless I can watch them (I call it “supervised outing”) just because I think we have too much traffic around here.  The truth, though, is they do enjoy being outdoor, especially now it’s getting warm out.  They don’t go too far and hang around within the property anyway.  Oh, but I still have a hard time letting them go out freely…..  Such is the selfish and over protective kitty lover I am.

Isn’t there a GQ Magazine for cats!?  He’s so seductive, especially with his purrr…

Cats love to sleep on our clothes.  If I leave any piece of my clothes around, at least one of my cats invariably is sitting on it sooner or later.  It must be like security blankets for us humans for the kitties to smell us.

Alexia tells me that Riley is the super model.  He’s photogenic no matter what he’s doing….  I can’t stand it!  He’s so cute!!!  He’s definitely my muse.