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Awesomeness

Newton: Have you seen the Calendar of Unlikely Holidays?

orange tabby cat looks at calendar

Newton: It says today is the Day of Awesomeness.

orange tabby cat sniffs calendar

Newton: I’ve got this one.

orange mediumhair tabby cat

Red Dot Interlude

There’s nothing like a little quality time with the red dot, is there?

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Mystery Object

Ashton: What’s this?

Newton: It looks like a box.

orange tabby cat and brown tabby cat look at kissing booth

Ashton: It says “Kissing Booth.”

Newton: That sounds like it could be fun.

brown tabby cat and orange tabby cat look at kissing booth sign

Ashton: I could kiss some chicken. Is there any of that in here?

Newton: Ash, I don’t think that’s how a kissing booth works.

brown tabby cat and orange tabby cat explore kissing booth

Cat and Mouse: Behind the Scenes

Our Valentine’s Day post on Monday featured Newton receiving a mouse in the mail. Some of our friends have asked how we take our photos, so we’re sharing a little bit of what happened behind the scenes the day we shot the photos you saw on Monday.

one-eyed brown tabby cat ignores valentine mouse

None of the cats were very interested in the mouse by itself. That meant if anyone was going to look intrigued by the mouse in the mailbox, he was going to need some help, in the form of a little freeze-dried chicken.

valentine mouse in mailbox conceals chicken treat

That certainly got someone’s attention!

orange tabby cat looks at mouse in mailbox

The other thing that needed to be adjusted was the table we started with was all wrong for the project. It was too for cats to easily access, but too small to provide space for a cat and a mouse-laden mailbox.

orange tabby cat looks at valentine mouse in mailbox on small, tall table

Once the mailbox was at cat eye-level, the real challenge was taking photos before Ashton realized there were treats hiding the mailbox. Once she did, she wasn’t interested in sharing.

Ashton: Hey, outta there, Pierre!

one-eyed brown tabby cat pokes gray tabby cat who is sniffing valentine mouse in mailbox