Maru, the Lonely Emperor

It’s time for the Doll Festival, and Emperor Maru takes his place on the royal throne. But who will be his empress? Hana and Kitten Miri don’t seem to want the job.

Maru, the famous cat, sits atop a display of Japanese dolls representing the imperial court.

Like many emperors, Maru is a tad eccentric. All hail his royal highness, King Baghead!

Submitted to the royal court by Andrew Y.

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Weekend Open Thread

Welcome to a very floofy Caturday as reader Sowmya D. shares her beautiful fluffy friends:

Here again we have Princess Ekaterina Velikaya, gazing upon her realm from the top of the cat tree — and Nikolai Devinovich being a weird twisty Orange Boi.

A cat sits atop a platform, looking up through a window
Someday all this will be mine — wait, it already is.
a fluffy cat with ivory fur stretches out on the carpet
You must now say “bi-i-i-i-i-ig stretch!”
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Supervisor Maru

Today at Maru Towers, building maintenance is upgrading the recreational facilities. As president of the tenants association, Maru is there to supervise.

Maru, a cat, sits next to a scratching post made of rope

Next it’s off to the garden, where Maru’s meat buns get muddy.

via Andrew Y.

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Weekend Open Thread

Welcome to the Caturday open thread! Today we have a visit from Skye, who is a model of persistence where food is concerned, explains reader Georgiana Y.:

In the evening we always eat on tray tables in the living room while watching the news. My husband spoils Skye and gives her bits of food from his plate depending on what we eat, that night he was eating shrimps covered in batter so not suitable for cats so she didn’t get any but not for the lack of trying.

a cat sits next to a man eating battered shrimp from a plate. the cat is very intently watching the shrimp.
I see you have shrimp. I too enjoy shrimp.

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