When I walk inside the port I am looking for ships, but this time cats were more interesting. This black cat was sitting on an old boat in a yard, behind... a grapevine.
Some steps higher, on the same boat, we have another guardian.
The last one seemed more happy and relaxed on some gravel.
The top photo and the bottom show an interesting contrast in mood reflected in body posture. The top looks like the proverbial black cat to avoid if one doesn't want bad luck, but the bottom looks very loveable!!
ReplyDeleteoh what loves...I hope they have someone who cares for and loves them...nice shots!
ReplyDeleteThese are three excellent images, and all three a riff on one of one of my favorite subjects...cats. You've got me purring with this trio, VP.
ReplyDeleteI love that big black guy in the first photo. He looks proud for a street kitty.
ReplyDeleteI gatti hanno la proprietà di materializzarsi nei luoghi più strani...
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Wonderful series!
They probably live a very good life.....
ReplyDeleteI just imagen the seafood and "The ITALIAN food" that friends will bring to them!
The black beauty is THE BOSS, I think!:-)
Beautiful shots !! The firt cat is beautiful !!Unseen Rajasthan
ReplyDeleteIt's strange how many cats can be spotted on the streets! I love the cats in your photos, each is different but all of them are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreat week to you:)
The last one was off-duty. His shift just ended.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh....These pictures are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThey are enjoying posing for your camera, so sweet and peaceful!
I can say what is more beautiful, I loved all!
Thanks a lot for this beautiful sweet post , a good start for this week!
Hugs
Léia
I love the expression on the first cat's face :-)
ReplyDeleteThey look tough as compared with our house cat!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is, but, cats seem to love boats and all things marine.
ReplyDeleteVery cute, VP! All of these felines seem to be well fed...perhaps they are feasting on harbor rats?
ReplyDeleteNot that it matters, but I do like cats and we've had numerous cats down through the years, but they are fairly independent creatures.
With three women in our family, I need no more independent creatures! ;-))
Lovely cats!
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I looked for the famous cats in Rome, they were probably having fun at the seaside in Civitavecchia (is that sp. correct?)
ReplyDeleteThe first one is beautiful... but I prefer dogs.
The first cat looks like my black kitties, and the third is just adorable!
ReplyDeleteCute. I love the last one, among the spotted pebbles. And the black one is so black you can barely see its features. Maybe they're out at the port waiting for their Siamese relatives :)
ReplyDeleteCats make wonderful subjects for pictures. A friend recently gave me a book "Cats of Venice", maybe there should be one on Livorno :)
ReplyDeleteI love kitties--there are some cute shots! :-D
ReplyDeleteIt is rare nowadays to see cats out & about in Boston or the surburbs. And very rare indeed to see feral cats just living in the wild. I like cats very much. So I am sad not to meet too many when I am out & about. The foot is ok. Plastic boot cast. A cane. 6-13 weeks wearing the boot. X-ray after 6 weeks to determine progress of healing. Thank you for asking.
ReplyDeleteAhhh...cats. Very useful in any society. Boatyards and barnyards. MB
ReplyDeleteNo cats here, only dogs, small dogs. Anyway, reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Black cat, white cat (or is it the other way around?), by Emir Kusturica. Anyway, i do agree with amatamari©, they do indeed appear in the strangest places. Woke up this morning, thought I heard one purring in our bedroom. But no, it was the neighbor's coffee grinder...
ReplyDeleteI'm very fond of cats so these touch my heart. (But I like dogs too. LOL)
ReplyDeleteJacob is spot-on about that independence thingy. Cats have lots of integrity.
ReplyDeleteAww, the cat in the last photo looks so relaxed! Wish it were me :)
ReplyDeleteAre these cats homeless? They don't look it. Lovely photos, especially the bottom one.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, are they strays or do they have owners? There are many stray cats and dogs in Manila, that's why I'm interested.
ReplyDeleteI am quite sure that these are stray cats, most of them living inside the ruins of the nearby old Sassaia fort.
ReplyDeleteThere are many yards and workshops around and somebody surely give them some food.
I haven't seen any cats guarding our boats here. If we had them, they would be very wet today. Your Livornese cats look quite contented.
ReplyDeleteI wonder where the lady with the crystal ball is hiding.
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