Ginger cats

Ginger / red / orange tabby cats — predominantly George.

Ginger and white cat sitting on blue fluffy blanket beside patterned pillows

George on the blue blanket, March 2020

George on the fluffy blue blanket: ginger and white against blue. Morning light. Breakfast in his eye. Tea, on its way.

George sat on a fluffy blue blanket, ginger and white against blue. Morning light, imminent breakfast intent, tea on its way.

Tabby and white cat lying on a decorative cardboard scratcher on a windowsill

The moggies in early 2020

Eighteen photographs from early 2020. The cats variously asleep, observing, in rare cases moving. The same routine, considered from different angles.

Eighteen photos from the early-2020 collection. Both cats variously asleep, observing, occasionally moving — same routine, different angles.

February with the moggies, 2019

Twenty-four February photographs. Both cats indoors. Both cats decisive about it. The winter programme runs.

Twenty-four February photos. Both cats indoors, both cats decisive about it. Standard winter programme.

The moggies are back, December 2018

Twenty-four photographs after a quiet spell. George and Gilbert resume their offices: sleeping, sniffing, the supervision of warm air.

Twenty-four photos catching up on the boys after a quiet spell. George and Gilbert resume normal duties: sleeping, sniffing, supervising.

Christmas 2018

Gilbert, loaf-formed on a fleece perch, keeps one eye on the snow-covered decking. The garden: white, still, and apparently beneath consideration. Inside is warmer. This conclusion he has reached independently, and it shows.

George and Gilbert curled together, March 2017

Both cats curled into one another on the white bed: ginger and tabby, formal. The brothers attend to the day in the only way they know.

Both cats curled into one another on the white bed, ginger and tabby, formal arrangement. The brothers, getting on with the day.

George on the Persian rug, March 2017

Rug

George at full stretch on the Persian rug: ginger and white against patterned reds. The rug was an investment. The cat, the dividend.

George full-stretch on the Persian rug, ginger and white against patterned reds. The rug was an investment; the cat is the dividend.

George and Gilbert on the red rug, March 2017

Stretching

Both cats on the red patterned rug by the fireplace, ginger and tabby in motion. The rug supplies traction. The fireplace supplies the rest.

Both cats playing on the red patterned rug by the fireplace, ginger and tabby in motion. The rug provides traction; the fireplace provides ambience.

George up close, March 2017

George at point-blank range: green eyes, ginger and white. The title is a pun. The cat has heard it. He has nothing further to add.

George at point-blank range, green eyes, ginger and white. The title is a pun and the cat has clearly heard it before.

George and Gilbert in the cardboard box, March 2017

Amazon Cat Basket

Both cats curled in a cardboard box, the box itself the gift. Amazon delivers; the cats annex. The order of things.

Both cats curled in a cardboard box, the box being the actual gift. Amazon delivers; cats annex. Standard.