Oh, hello there, and welcome to the open thread. Just give me a moment to activate the cat and we’ll be ready.

boop, by travel oriented, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

We have a special treat for today’s open thread, as reader Susan H. shares these delightful photos of Julius playing hide-and-seek with a deer friend:

He loves to hide in ferns, and as you can see, they provide excellent camouflage (“cat-mouflage”).

He also likes to hide from the deer, usually with less success.

He’s definitely not a lap cat, but he does have his moments. When I posted this one to Facebook, I titled it “On today’s episode of Orange and Jobless…”

Today’s Caturday visitor Skye looks harmless, but her human Georgiana Y. has a word of warning:

Skye looks so sweet when she sleeps, doesn’t she? She looks just like a little angel but don’t let that fool you, she can turn into a fur tornado raging through in one second flat.

Welcome to the Caturday chat! If you want a snack, you’ll have to get past Jacques, from reader Tara O., because he picked the fruit basket for a nap.