For several days, our cats persistently smell of fish. 😁
This smell is tangible when I pick up one of them and hold him close to me.
I often kiss our Blacky when he looks clean enough, 😃 but now it's not very pleasant. Because the smell of raw fish overpowers the pleasant cat smell.
Our three cats also seem to be fed every day for the past few days. Looks like someone somewhere is feeding them again. This time with fish. And this fact again fills me with wonder.
But let's get back on topic. Fish.
Yes, Saint Nicholas Day is coming. And today I thought of these funny photos I managed to take last year at the same time. Or rather - one day after Nicholas Day.
I decided to post them today rather than on Saint Nicholas Day itself because today, #Caturday, is the official cat day on Hive. 😺
Although the Feast of Saint Nicholas is the most feline holiday for me.
I'm not joking. I remember years ago when in Malta I saw that infamous monument on the coast with a fisherman and a cat. Then these figures seemed strange to me.
It was strange to me that they were standing next to each other. And most of all - it was strange for me that the cat was standing on the coast. So what will a cat do on the coast, near the water - it does not like to swim.
Later over the years, however, I realized that these two figures are so inextricably linked that perhaps they cannot even live without each other.
And further over the years I have witnessed strange scenes to me such as a cat standing on the seashore, sleeping on the seashore, sleeping in a boat on the seashore, lurking behind a fisherman sitting on the seashore, or trying to steal the freshly caught fish from a fisherman sitting on the seashore.
The island of Malta is full of cats. As are all coastal towns, as are all fishing villages. Cats can swim very well. They just don't love it.
I saw how our three cats this summer were not quite happy when I tried to cool them down in the hottest heat by dousing them with water. Although here, in recent days, when it has been raining non-stop and it is already quite cold, I see them walking wet in the garden and the water does not seem to bother them.
On the other hand, we've had cats that didn't want to eat fish. Yes, there are such strange creatures of feline origin.
In general, cats will not stop surprising us with their behavior and preferences. I'm sure.
But I think you already see where my post is going and what I'm trying to show you through it. 😃
It was one day after Saint Nicholas Day last year. When I saw our princess Stefka carrying something huge in the garden.
You can clearly see the dimensions of the photo. This "thing" is bigger than her head. So don't ask me how she managed to get it into the garden. Where did she get it and how did she get it, jumping over house fences and sneaking through bars. (She was our little magician, doing seemingly unthinkable and impossible things.)
Stefka was an uncompromising hunter who stopped at nothing. Nothing could scare her. (And of course, one day he had to pay the price for it.)
So she brought this big thing from somewhere to eat it in the garden in peace. And as you already saw it in my post about Professor Shisho, these little beasts, cat brothers and sisters, even though they fight with each other all day, it turns out that they have respect for each other. Because they don't hook the prey that someone else has caught. Shisho managed to eat the giant water bug by himself, while Stefka then calmly ate this huge thing, under the calm eyes and company of her brothers.
What gentlemen! 🎩😄
And what a lady she was, biting that huge carp head. 👑💄
Well, I hope you again don't judge me. You know I'm a nature lover. It's just that nature is cruel. Although this is not even about cruelty here. It's just a piece of dismembered fish that was cooked by some neighbor. There is nothing sinister here. Nor cruel. These are the things of life. Which my camera (phone) shoots impartially.
I remember that Stefka's brothers still managed to patiently wait for her to have enough of the carp head so they could taste it too. Everything went very smoothly and in a friendly atmosphere, not typical of the bloodthirsty beasts they inevitably become when they smell flesh and blood.
Well, that's it from me. I hope I haven't affected your holiday somehow with these photos. Still, it's A CAT'S HOLIDAY, NOT YOURS, do you understand now? 😸
Happy #CaturDay to you all, cat lovers! 🐱🐈🐟
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