We arrived home Thursday afternoon after a long flight delay on Wednesday resulted in missing our connecting flight to Honolulu, and requiring a night in a San Francisco airport hotel before continuing our journey Thursday morning.

I plead guilty to not rushing around to collect enough fresh photos for Feline Friday.

But I can share these photos demonstrating the welcome we received.

Kinikini reacts the most to our returns because he hides from our cat sitters. The three females–Kali, Bessie, and Kiko–all accept treats and pets even in our absence. But Kinikini is a hard case. He carries the lessons of his early years in a cat colony. Don’t trust any of those humans unless they’ve proven themselves. The result is that our cat sitters almost never even catch a glimpse of him, and he certainly doesn’t get any of those treats or pets.

So our homecoming is a big event for him.

I should point out that Bessie is rarely seen in our bedroom. Kiki, Kali, and Kinikini, yes. Although Bessie sometimes sneaks in to sample some of Kinikini’s food, she is not allowed to join the other three on our our bed, and otherwise stays out of the room. It seems to be part of their stable balnce of power.

Anyway, here are a few photos to serve as Feline Friday placeholders. The cats will be back in force next week.

October 31, 2025.

It’s Halloween, and I tried to get the cats into the mood for costumes and spooky stuff.

That was an utter failure for which I should be awarded a purple heart because of my injuries.

But, just for fun, I requested an assist from Google’s Gemini AI assistant, which quickly produced these images.

I started with Kinikini, who made a very presentable lion, and then had Kiko join me for a broomstick ride over our neighborhood!

They turned out well enough that I added the two calicos, Bessie & Kali.

Giving careful instructions to Gemini was much easier than trying to get cats to into funny outfits!

Look closely at the witch flying over Diamond Head with Kiko. Gemini was able to follow instructions put me on that broom!

Click on any of the photos to see a larger version.

And, with that out of the way, back to Feline Friday and this week’s photos!

Kinikini looks good even without the lion outfit.

Enjoy!

Welcome to Feline Friday.

Our cats are fortunate. They can’t read the news, and they don’t understand what they hear on the news.

There’s little good news.

But I can offer up some cat pics to sooth your nerves. At least for a few minutes.

On Thursday morning, I once again found myself needed another photo or two of Ms. Bessie. And I knew where to find her. Yes, in exactly the same place where I caught up with her last week at the same time for the same reason.

That’s a long-winded way of letting you know that I didn’t simply slip in a photo taken a week ago. No, I retook almost exactly the same picture. Same cast, same spot, same light. But a week later.

In any case, just follow the link to the rest of this Feline Friday.