Welcome to the Caturday open thread! Today’s visitor is off on a thrilling adventure through the wilds of the treacherous backyard.

Welcome to the Caturday open thread! Climb on up and join in!

Gentle readers, it pains me to begin today’s open thread with such heartbreaking news, but reader Tracy R. has just informed me that her beloved cat has been (chokes back tears) mildly inconvenienced:

So the tree people came today and the lawn people came today and the loud-recycling-truck people came today, all of which means Hamster did not get his usual sixteen hours of nappage in, so here’s Hamster being exhausted.

Welcome to the open thread, Cutetropolitans! Sensitive viewers may wish to avert their eyes, because today’s cat from reader Susan H. has nothing to hide:

I tried to take a picture of Julius playing with his wand toy while upside down on my lap, resulting in this absolute gem of a photo! (Apologies for the lack of privacy tail, but as you may remember, he doesn’t have much of a tail, haha!)