Maru Drives Out Evil

This week was the Japanese festival of Setsubun, the time of year for driving out evil ogres. But frankly, if I was an evil ogre and came across Maru, Hana and Kitten Miri lined up and staring at me like some sort of feline Addams Family, I’d say “You know what? We’re good here, I’ll see myself out.”

Three cats pose in a row. the leftmost cat sits on the floor, the center cat in a stuffed elephant wearing a red Japanese ogre mask, and the rightmost cat sits on a stuffed cow.

Maru and Kitten Miri become purritos. Hana has a purrito wrap as well, but she’s just not filling it.

Now I really want a burrito, Andrew Y.

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Weekend Open Thread

Welcome to the Caturday open thread! Today’s visitor is Squirt, a stray cat getting love and care from reader Tara O., who adds: “He has been a stray in my yard for a few weeks now. He’s a little scared but very friendly, food motivated, and knows I will feed him and give him skritches.”

a tuxedo cat, black with white chest, looks at you.
To be clear, I am also skritches motivated.
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Orange, Make it a Double

It’s two-for-one day at The Girl with the Dogs as a pair of orange sisters come in for a bath and comb-out, in this video found by reader Sharon G.

orange cat meows
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Links: They Grow Up So Fast

Side by side photographs of cat as kitten and full grown cat

And finally: Monkey Business

Dana D. found this funny forest meeting.

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