It’s Picture Day in the Caturday open thread, so give us a big smile and talk about whatever’s on your mind.

Fine-tuning the focus, by Big Ben in Japan, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Welcome to another Caturday and a return visit from Sophie and Luna, courtesy of reader Amy F.:

I was so pleased that my girls were featured on Weekend Thread, laying on my bed with paws intertwined. Here they are looking like a Renaissance painting. I love them so much!

Yay, it’s Caturday! Today’s visitor is Jacques, displaying typical cat behavior and giving reader Tara O. the chance to make the best joke ever:

Attached is Jacques-in-a-box. I was cleaning up my jewelry and ran out of places to put boxes. Once they were on the bed they were fair game.

And Jacques would also like to remind everyone to stay hydrated in the heat. Especially if mommy’s bedside water is available. Much better than cat bowl water.

Let’s start our Caturday by wishing a happy birthday to Storm, who turned four years old yesterday, says reader Georgiana Y.

Not to be upstaged, Storm’s sister Skye got into some mischief:

I had just come in from hanging out clothes and I left the empty basket on the kitchen stools to get a drink of water and when I turned back Skye had claimed the basket as her own. I guess it’s Skye’s basket now!