Postcard with picture of a painting of a cat in a garden by artist Inge Look. Sent by a Postcrosser in Finland to thank me for something that I had sent to her. (Posted on Instagram on May 12, 2020.)

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This beautiful cat was seen in the front garden of a rowhouse on the Capitol Hill Restoration Society House & Garden Tour 2014 last weekend in Washington,DC. Her name is "Cozi" short for Cosette as she comes from a family of Francophiles. She was very friendly and let me take her photo and give her several chin-rubs.

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I've been doing slightly better than normal keeping up with my gardens this summer. Sara and Alysa have been helping me dead-head marigolds...

Kirk R. Brown, a garden communicator and speaker, shared these photos of the feral cats of Key West, Florida: "On my recent visit, the Ernest Hemingway House showed off its 58 movie star cats. They are indifferent to tourists. Of course. But each is a master or mistress of capturing the attention of anyone passing by. All of them carry the polydactyl (extra-toes) gene. Some are deeper in the pool than others." "The guide told us that this orange tabby (pictured below) was the dominant cat of the collection. Polydactyl by breeding not by name. And cleaning as we watched." "Most have been neutered or spayed. They say they allow only one litter per generation. (Obviously, at some time in the past, they were less concerned about overpopulation.) in this current generation, they are excited about breeding an obvious polydactyl male with a similar female. They are selecting for this recessive. I don't know if there are any other genetic side effects to this appearance, like kidney or liver problems or chronic people avoidance..."

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