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Marina - 23 Sep 2006 17:24 GMT

The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
new neighbours of ours ;o)

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2255606110058511339sLnAMb
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2533044700058511339VGHjUO
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2925030310058511339woLmKf

This one looks exactly like Caliban when he is sleeping:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2207165000058511339CYTWwk

(or 4 pictures starting here: http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)

Those faces are so well made, they really look like cats enjoying a nice
nap. Sorry the pics aren't better, I should have gone to take them when
the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were partially in
shadow.

I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
enclosure from the outside. Usually I take the cats inside and shut the
door if I'm going out, but since I was only going a few steps away, I
left the door open. You can see Caliban out in the enclosure, on his
favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised to see me outside!

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2874597020058511339qmcZPC
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2204110890058511339gyMOoN

(or 2 pics starting here: http://tinyurl.com/ldwxl)

So that's the block of flats that I live in. As you can see, the balcony
of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so the cats
can be out of the rain and still outside.

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Takayuki - 23 Sep 2006 19:16 GMT

>(or 4 pictures starting here: http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)
>
>Those faces are so well made, they really look like cats enjoying a nice
>nap. Sorry the pics aren't better, I should have gone to take them when
>the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were partially in
>shadow.

They look soo relaxed! I wonder if there's a story behind them? I
get the feeling that your area must have a very laid back attitude. :)

>I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
>home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
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>http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2874597020058511339qmcZPC
>http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2204110890058511339gyMOoN

Cute! Betty didn't have an enclosure, but also liked to watch me from
the screen door when I was outside. That is, until I took out a
leafblower or lawnmower. :)

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Marina - 24 Sep 2006 05:26 GMT

> They look soo relaxed! I wonder if there's a story behind them? I
> get the feeling that your area must have a very laid back attitude. :)

Hehe, this is supposed to be some very artsy area; there are some old
centres of Finnish design nearby, like the Arabia and Iittala factories,
as well as the School of Arts and Design, and the Sibelius Academy. I
don't know how appropriate these sleeping lions are, since they are
laying between two schools, a polytechnic and a vocational school; I
hope the message to the students is not that you can come here and sleep
all day. ;o)

> Cute! Betty didn't have an enclosure, but also liked to watch me from
> the screen door when I was outside. That is, until I took out a
> leafblower or lawnmower. :)

It may be a good thing that I have neither of those implements, because
the cats would probably hate them. My garden is so small, anyway, that I
don't think I need them.

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Karen - 23 Sep 2006 19:58 GMT

> The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
> new neighbours of ours ;o)
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> when the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were
> partially in shadow.

Those are SO way cool!

> I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
> home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
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> balcony of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so
> the cats can be out of the rain and still outside.

I'm sooo envious of your enclosure. And natural flora too! Caliban is
definitely a little confoosed.

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 23 Sep 2006 23:50 GMT

> I shot a couple of pictures of the
> enclosure from the outside.... You can see Caliban out in the
> enclosure, on his favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised
> to see me outside!

> http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2874597020058511339qmcZPC
> http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2204110890058511339gyMOoN

Hey, how did Roxy get into your enclosure?? :)

> So that's the block of flats that I live in. As you can see, the balcony
> of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so the cats
> can be out of the rain and still outside.

You are a very dedicated cat slave to have given up your balcony for
them!

Joyce

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Victor Martinez - 24 Sep 2006 14:59 GMT

> http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2255606110058511339sLnAMb
> http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2533044700058511339VGHjUO
> http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2925030310058511339woLmKf

Those are really cool!

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polonca12000 - 01 Oct 2006 22:22 GMT

> The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
> new neighbours of ours ;o)
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> (or 4 pictures starting here: http://tinyurl.com/m6ghq)

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Great pics! Thanks, Marina.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

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