[Note: This was posted early (Thursday afternoon, Hawaii time) by accident! But no harm done. It just give you more time to browse!]

The weekend is coming soon, so it must be Feline Friday!

The week was unusual in one respect–we saw two roaming cats outside in our back yard. As in a different cat on each of two occasions. One black cat trotted across the yard from one side to the other while we were having a drink on the back deck before dinner. That was toward the beginning of the week. The other took a few wary steps up onto the deck Thursday morning while we were having a cup of coffee after our early morning walk. I don’t think it saw us inside, but it took off after just a few seconds.

This is not a common occurence here in Kahala, at least in our block. In Kaaawa, it was a regular occurance, and one that cost us a lot of money over the years running to the vet to treat the wounds our cats received while defending their territory. Here in Kahala, our cats are strictly indoors. Life may be a bit more boring, but no more war wounds.

I don’t think either of the wanderers were spotted by any of our cats. They are used to watching for birds, not cats.

In the ten years since we moved into town from Kaaawa, we may have seen one or two cats a year, usually slinking through a corner of the yard to get over the fence and off to one of those houses behind us along Makaiwa Street. I think there were years when we never saw another cat in the yard.

In any case, take a few minutes to enjoy this week’s photos of our Kahala cats, spoiled as they are.