Saturday, January 10, 2026

Caturday 87: Ongoing Pawprints

After a light overnight snow, I stopped to take this photo before exiting the garage to head over to the kids on Christmas Morning.

Note the direct registering where the back foot
 lands in the same spot as the front foot

We are into our third decade in this place, and cats have been taking this same route for the duration as far as I can determine. They walk past the garage, up our little walk, and across the front of our house. I can clearly see this pattern on winter days like this, and I have been out on our enclosed porch in warmer weather while they have crossed by. I greet them, often startling the poor things.

While I say "cats," I presume it is only one cat at a time, but in over 20 years, it has had to be multiple cats in some sort of succession. The pawprints remain the same while the cats go marching on into the mists of time, and I find this satisfying in some way.

14 comments:

  1. I love finding prints in the fresh snow. This is perfect for cats.

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  2. How funny! Do you ever see them? Perhaps they are tracks from a wise old ghost cat peaceably keeping tabs on his corner of earth.

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  3. Perhaps you all will get a new cat sometime in the future. I know you miss Lacey still, but you just are cat lovers, there's no doubt about it!

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  4. I like evidence of animals like this. I was surprised after a recent snowfall, to see multiple different pawprints on the deck.

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  5. That is careful walking in the snow.

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  6. It's wonderful to discover fresh tracks in the snow, and it's interesting to see where they come from and where they lead.
    Hugs and best regards from Viola

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  7. Those a good prints. A very precise kitty.

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  8. So cute, and somehow very elegant!

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  9. Somehow that makes the cats immortal. I like that idea. Will you get another cat?

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  10. Nice photo of winter prints.

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  11. Lovely photo of the paw prints!

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  12. That's cute little paw prints.

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  13. A feline tradition.

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  14. Must be cat footprints

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