Harley went back to sleeping outside three weeks ago when Spring rolled in. He came right back in when Spring withdrew.
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Been trying to get Homer to settle down, napping next to me. It worked for a week.
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Pip. No caption needed.
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When the weather warms up, our boy Pip prefers to curl up in our laundry baskets to sleep because he doesn’t need the extra warmth of our bed.
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Throwback photo of Harley from before he joined our crew. He made sporadic appearances and, in this case, would look inside to see what’s up. At some point after this, he was scooped up for “fix and release” then found his way back to our deck, which eventually became his home.
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Pip and Homer don’t always nap together, but when they do, they tend to mirror each other’s positioning. Their grooming routine also syncs up.
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When Homer completed our clowder (bumping us from two cats to three), he bonded quickly with Spooky, mostly because Spooky tolerated him.
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Happy Caturday after St. Patty’s Day from our dear departed Pattycake. Patrick had many names. He had a female name when we adopted him from the shelter, which we changed to reflect the month. We then started calling him Patty, which clarified nothing for anyone. This photo is classic Pat-Pat, looking straight at the camera, no f’s to give.
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Feral friend Harley being extremely comfortable napping under our coffee table. Posting this directly from the Photos app using my updated Caturday shortcut, which now resizes and brands the photo, and then allowing direct posting to Mastodon.
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Pip has a morning routine of adventuring, eating, and going upstairs to nap. Homer has a similar routine, but he naps in different spots. Unusually, he joined Pip every day this week until he broke the streak today.
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Throwback to our early days in our townhouse with our two oldest cats, Patty and Spooky (left and center, respectively) with the then-new guy Homer. Pat and Spook moved in with us. Homer was the first to join the crew here.
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A perfect scene of Homer and Pip sitting next to each other on the stairs, Pip one step below Homer… until Homer lunged at the camera as I took the photo. Photo was ruined, but Pip sitting quietly while Homer pushes forward for attention better captures their dynamic.
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This is not a cat of Sumocat. This luxurious white cat appeared one day and ate our food. Never saw it again after that. It most likely adventured outside its territory and then returned home because that cat is not feral. Too clean, no clipped ear.
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The unimaginatively named Grayson was our 6th to join and 3rd (and currently last) to depart. He appeared as a mystery, showing up out back one day. We fed him. And he adopted us instantly. Loved to cuddle and be cuddled. With us. The other cats? Not so much. But that’s a whole other story.
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I was (at)SumocatS on Twitter. I’m done watching that dumpster fire burn, and now I clown around on Mastodon with experimental post styles. I have my #FakePost with ChatGPT modified text, ai-generated “handwritten” #FakeInkPost from calligrapher.ai, and my signature, actually handwritten #SumocatsScribbles. I build #Shortcuts to smooth out the process and keep that app open next to #IceCubeApp in split screen on my iPad to craft these delightful posts. Plus, #CatsOfSumocat every #Caturday.

If I fits, I sits. Our feral friend Harley had started coming in on cold nights to sleep. Now, he comes in to sleep and nap every day. He found a new spot in this barren planter that was brought in for winter. Actually, it might be an old spot for him that’s now inside like he is.
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Double shot of Pip this morning. While all our cats are well behaved (with us, not others), Pip is truly gentle. When he paws us, it’s all paw, no claw, even when kneading.
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Behold our current senior cat, Homer. He became number three in the clowder after a family we knew had adopted out all their other kittens. They couldn’t find a home for the last, so we took him. It worked out great… for him. Our prior cats? Not so much, but they eventually worked out a dynamic.

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My wife and I (mostly my wife) have been walking our cats around the community courtyard since we moved in. Initially, it was to acclimate them to the neighborhood. Now it’s just a regular thing. Pip (walking away) and Homer lollygag and get sidetracked, as cats do, but they stick to the circuit well enough.
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This is my favorite photo of our first adopted, second departed cat Spooky. He was sitting on a deck cushion, minding his business, when I took this shot, and he meowed. Actually, it was more “ee-aow” bc our cats never “meow”. Anyway, I like this photo bc it is so different from his normal docile self, and it looks like a talking cat meme template.
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