Ginger cats

Ginger / red / orange tabby cats — predominantly George.

Lockdown moggies, April 2020

  • Tabby cat with green eyes looking to the left
  • Ginger and white cat lounging on a floral patterned blanket
  • Ginger and white cat resting its head on a patterned blanket
  • Ginger and white cat lying on its back on a white comforter
  • Tabby cat with green eyes looking to the right
  • Ginger and white cat sleeping on a person's lap
  • Two cats resting on a bed under a pink blanket
moggies Lockdown

Seven photographs: late-April lockdown. The cats keep their hours. Sleep, sun, an occasional inspection. The household is observed.

George and Gilbert sleeping through lockdown, April 2020

Two cats, one tabby, one ginger and white, lying together on a patterned blanketSleepy
Two cats, one tabby and white, one ginger and white, sleeping together on patterned cushion

Gilbert and George are brothers and they are sleepy cats tonight.

The two cats are very sleepy having had a long day inside.

Gilbert uses George’s paw as a pillow.

Photographs of an idle April. Both cats horizontal, both cats decisive. Lockdown is, for them, the usual order.

Ginger and white cat lounging on a floral patterned bedspread, gazing to the left

George in lockdown, March 2020

Ginger and white cat sleeping curled up on white surface with tail wrapped around
Ginger and white cat curled up asleep on white leather seat
Ginger and white cat curled up asleep on a white surface
Ginger and white cat facing left with eyes half-closed in sunlight
Ginger and white cat in profile facing left, indoors near a door
Ginger and white cat lying on a patterned duvet in sunlight

Lockdown has reached the moggy. George commits: sleeping, sleeping again, sleeping deeper. The household routine, by his lights, was always his.

Ginger and white cat lying on floral fabric licking its paw

George on the patterned blanket, March 2020

Ginger and white cat sleeping on a patterned blanket

George on the patterned blanket, ginger and white, front paws extended, tongue just visible at work on one of them. Grooming, technically. Though the half-closed eyes suggest the matter may resolve itself into sleep before the job is done.

Ginger and white cat sitting on wooden decking, head bowed downward

Cat carousel — six March 2020 moggy photos

Ginger and white cat sitting on wooden decking, head bowed downward
Ginger and white cat lying on its back on a person's lap having claws clippedManicure & Pedicure
Ginger and white cat sitting on wooden decking beside a sliding glass doorMmm
Ginger and white cat curled up on wooden decking beside a chair legSunny Jim
Ginger and white cat sitting on blue fluffy blanket beside patterned pillows
Tabby and white cat sitting on cardboard scratcher beside a window with garden pots outside

A six-photo carousel from late March 2020. George dominates: sleeping on the deck, sitting in sunlight, submitting to nail-trimming with patience that surprises everyone. Gilbert features once, on the scratching post. Lockdown spring; the back garden the only venue.

A sunny day in March 2020

  • George and Gilbert on a sunny March day
    Sunny Jim
  • George and Gilbert on a sunny March day
    Mmm
  • George and Gilbert on a sunny March day
  • George and Gilbert on a sunny March day
    Manicure & Pedicure

Four photographs from a properly sunny March day, lockdown-era. The cats took the garden as their freehold.

Four photos from a properly sunny March day, lockdown-era. Both cats took the garden as personal property.

Ginger and white cat sitting on wooden decking, head bowed downward

George grooming on the deck, March 2020

Ginger and white cat curled up grooming on a wooden deck

George on the wooden deck mid-groom: tongue out, ginger and white. The self-maintenance will conclude by tea, give or take.

George on the wooden deck mid-groom, tongue out, ginger and white. Self-maintenance scheduled to complete by tea-time, give or take.