{"id":2904,"date":"2018-08-24T03:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2018-08-24T03:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:40:12","slug":"frivolous-friday-cats-in-the-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Cats in the Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GeorgeBench1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GeorgeBench1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GeorgeBench1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GeorgeBench1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GeorgeBench1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>They come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9732-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9732-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9732-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9732-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>They roam, they play, and they snooze. Some are friendly and show up for a little petting, others visit primarily to escape the chaos at their own homes&#8211;children, other pets, and all. They come to sip from our birdbath and to watch the birds. And simply to be without being disturbed. They are our neighborhood cats.<\/p>\n<p>Our indoor cats and I watch them through<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_2775-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_2775-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_2775-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_2775-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> the windows. I talk to them when I&#8217;m puttering in the yard and I admire them <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CatsBirds-027-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CatsBirds-027-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CatsBirds-027-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CatsBirds-027-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CatsBirds-027.jpg 1016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>when I&#8217;m out and about for a walk or to run an errand on foot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/meadowsSept2017-039-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/meadowsSept2017-039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/meadowsSept2017-039-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/meadowsSept2017-039-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>And sometimes I take their pictures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. They roam, they play, and they snooze. Some are friendly and show up for a little petting, others visit primarily to escape the chaos at their own homes&#8211;children, other pets, and all. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2904\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2907,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions\/2907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}