Twenty photographs of Gilbert across a Thursday in April. Reading is happening, slowly. The lap is the actual subject of the set.

Gilbert, tabby with the white chest, in charge of furniture inspection, scratching-post maintenance, and any window the sun is briefly touching. Reserved on first acquaintance; less so once the door’s shut. The tabby photographic record.





















Twenty photographs of Gilbert across a Thursday in April. Reading is happening, slowly. The lap is the actual subject of the set.


Gilbert in his favourite cardboard box: tabby, green eyes, paws tucked. The box is unchanged. The cat is loyal.

George The Moggie




Three photographs of Gilbert holding the line through February. The tabby continues, in his way, to be the tabby.

George & Gilbert
Moggies XMAS 2020


















George
Eighteen photographs in the lead-up to Christmas 2020. George annexes the radiator. Gilbert assesses the tree, branch by branch — chilled Santa, two sherries in. Festive fun, fairly divided.








Gilbert seated on the wooden stool: tabby, white chest, paws tidy. The stool is his by convention older than the photograph.
Gilbert seated on the wooden stool, tabby with white chest, paws tidy. The stool is his by long-standing convention.


Gilbert with the blue collar and bell, looking down in mild appraisal. The bell is for our benefit. The looking down, his alone.


Gilbert on the pink cushion by the window: tabby and white, eyes shut. There at breakfast. There now.


Gilbert at the window, beside a soft-toy understudy: marginally less alert than the original. The window is the day's only programme. Gilbert curates it.