{"id":3956,"date":"2020-01-17T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2020-01-17T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T14:45:17","slug":"frivolous-friday-strays-in-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3956","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Strays in the Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I could do a photo show of stray cats. I love taking pictures of cats that appear to be on their own or maybe just out of the house for the day while their humans are at work. When I spot a cat outdoors I feel as though I\u2019m suddenly privy to his very private life as an adventurer, overseer of his yard, neighborhood monitor. When I stop to photograph the cat, I\u2019m interrupting his fantasy and his self-imposed job of checking \"\"under the shed for mice, keeping the butterflies at bay, and certainly staving off other strays or daytime outdoor adventurers like himself.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cats and the out-of-doors go together like cheese on a hamburger or whipped cream on Jell-O \"\"(well I used to like it that way). Just about every backdrop is a good one when photographing a cat outside\u2014an expanse of lawn, a flowering shrub, a gnarl of dried branches, a section of an old wooden shed, a bicycle (somewhere I have a picture of a cat sitting on a bicycle), a flower bed, the trunk of a tree, a pile of junk even. A cat might perch on a post, peer out at you from under a bush, sprawl across the branches of a tree, hide behind an old shovel, sit on the back of a horse or crouch near a flock of birds at a feeder.<\/p>\n

The possibilities are endless and intriguing, which is why I often take my camera with me when I walk around the neighborhood. You should too. It\u2019s good for the body and the soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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