May 2024 in Tarascon

Only 2 days with 3 cats

Pushkina was resting on Harriet's bed when I first met her. This 4 years old ginger female cat was the first to come to me after my arrival.

Minka & Boy were more shy. I had been warned by their owners, Harriet and Nigel, that  Minka was often staying on beds while Boy, her brother, prefered to rest in his blue cat tree .

These black twins, 3 years old, hid the first afternoon, i just noticed  they had come to eat in the kitchen while I was not there : their bowls were empty. 

 

I found one in the garden near a sculpture of a cat. But he looked rather scary when I took pictures of him !

 

The 3 cats could remain often invisible for hours, often in bushes; They wandered indoors and outdoors, as they liked, totally free, several sliding doors reamained open at all times, even if there was a cat flap

 

     

I guessed it was Minka who came to see me the following morning while i was reading in bed. She stayed by my lap then prefered to leave to lay down on a step. She came later on to be cuddled. And in the afternoon  accepted to be brushed ! The ice was broken...

                

Boy, her brother, first ran away when he saw me. But the following day, i could approach them closer. They loved to climb in the palm trees near the pool, shared obviously great fun to run one after  the other, to play hide and seek under the furniture.

    

I was a little scared when Minka jumped from my window . Only his tail was visible before he vanished in the ivy !

 

Although only one year older,  Pushkina looked calmer. Was she jealous ? She never played with the during my stay !