This is the last Caturday post in 2020, but of course we will persist, though I depend on readers to send me items with Cats in the News.
When I was in Hong Kong, I noticed that many small shops had a resident cat, which I think is considered lucky by the Chinese. There’s a new book out above them, though the one article about it, from the South China Morning Post, is resolutely paywalled. It’s apparently both a cartoon book about a cat named Spot, but, more important for us, features hidden shop cats:
Meet Spot, the cartoon cat who leaps from page to page as he recounts daily life in a dried goods shop, sharing his intuitive dry humour on life, the superiority of cats throughout the ages, and the failings of humans’ so-called best friends.
This delightful book showcases Stephen Case’s cracking illustrations alongside Marcel Heijnen’s beautifully detailed photographs and quirky rhymes, brilliantly converted into comical Catonese by Aki Leung.
A chuckle for all ages, the book throws up a challenge too. Can you “spot the shop cat” in every photo?
It’s not as easy as you think!
Click on the screen shot to buy it (it’s about $33 US dollars)
The authors:
Can you spot the shop cats? It’s not that easy!
This is a hard one!
Another hard one!
Good luck. I expect every reader to spot the cat in these photos before going on.
And one of the cartoons:
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From Sad and Useless, we have a series of photos of the elaborate cardboard structures that staff have constructed for their moggies during the quarantine. There are a lot more at the site!
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Finally, two videos of Taddy the snowboarding cat. The first one shows him in action, while the second is a “behind the scenes” video (there’s a custom rap song accompanying the shots):
“The Making of. . . ” Taddy does seem to like snowboarding! (Or maybe he just doesn’t like to get his paws cold. . . )
h/t: Ginger K., Barry, Divy
Some of those cat forts were very impressive! Someone clearly had time on their hands!
The orange seems to really enjoy the board slidin’. Some cats like to ride Roomba.
Taddy is impressive. I’ve never had a cat that likes the ground under them to move. I couldn’t figure out his thought process there…..?
I had to search carefully to find a shop cat in each photo, and in the process noticed at least one owner “supervising” the shop by Zoom-a-like, and realised that Jerry would deliberately put in at least one picture with two shop cats. I haven’t worked out which one, and have spent far too much time on the search.
I found the shop cats in all but picture #4. And I’ve looked around for cats over many years . . .
Just found kitty in #4 pic!
Loved the cardboard castles and such. Hissing Booth! lol!
Meow, aussi😻
Hissing Booth for the win!
The “This is a hard one!” cat literary jumped at me. The next one was hardest for me, due to the unexpected perspective – I found it by eliminating “the usual cat poses” and not by any dedicated wetwired optics.