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#WhiskersWednesday Oh my Doooooggg.. First sunlight in *forever* in this room. It's been.. over a month of constant dark / raining.
It's finally paw-ssible to take non-crappy photos in here!
Bluebell is happy to paw-nounce the resumption of normal cat-posting services 
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@aprilfollies @futurebird @Nickiquote Every adaptation fixates on a 'romance' which is:
- first 1/4 book only
- between very young angry teens
- toxic, tempestuous, and falls apart quickly.
Then ignores or rushes the whole "sets in motion a trail of destruction rippling down the years and across families" part.
ie the main theme and Most Of The Book.. I want to see *that* movie!
Like Romeo and Juliet the Romance is NOT the whole story - it's the catalyst for the story.
@aprilfollies @futurebird @Nickiquote That's the impression I got finally reading the book.. which I had avoided as a teen bc every movie misrepresents it as a romance.
This is a story about revenge, toxic families, generational trauma.. and (ultimately) breaking free of that pattern.
@kelkyag That unmanaged colony was scattered by roadworks right next to it last year.
There's 2-4 cats eating the food now, instead of dozens. But that just means they went elsewhere, problem not gone just less visible. Until kitten season starts..
..and it's not the only (or biggest!) feral cat colony around here 
@kelkyag The TNR scheme is well promoted on posters + village newsletter. But few people seem to use it.
There are several *massive* colonies of feral cats, and few people bother fixing their own cats, which adds to the problem.
Thought it was just me failing (I mentioned it to Cat Guy - which did not go well, and little old lady whose cat's kittens had just had kittens. Blank stare)
Generational thing? Or coming from a not local (and not French) person and seen as pushy / overstepping? 
Yesterday evening in cats.
(Can you tell it was below freezing??)
(Miralka, Darcy)
@kelkyag It's very much the Constant Flood
Cat guy lives 2 gardens and a field below us, and apart from leaving out food, does nothing about the colony. An attitude that's unfortunately common here in France.
(Tho his situation was so bad the village Mayor tried to intervene)
I've adopted.. (holy crap) *8 feral cats* from that colony now.
We were feeding / trying to catch 5 males this summer, inc. Jasper and cow print guy. The rest were too wary of humans. A crate is the only way.
@kelkyag @Lojie Absolutely, I'm psyching myself up for *that* conversation..
The last time I asked an older french person about maybe, perhaps, getting his female cat spayed (there were 20+ kittens that summer in his garden - all the descendants)
It went.. very badly 
Tho tbf this couple are much nicer.
There is even a local program for fixing feral cats! I've mentioned it to several people! It usually falls on deaf ears..
@Lojie He's playing cute
But beware! Behind that sweet face, is a bully and a vandal!
Also he's not fixed, and uh.. "marks" things. My mum isn't keen on him being in the garage because of this.
Jasper has been exonerated from the potato incident, as it was probably this guy.
He's also ripped open sacks of dog food and made a mess..
Again *This cat is NOT starving* my neighbours feed him.
He just prefers dog food, and bullying my sweet Himbo cat out of his favourite napping spots
@SusanneDoering Yeah we have to do that.. hide the food. He pushes Jasper out of the way and ate everything.. so we feed J indoors now (it was difficult at first because our other make cat was mega-jealous of him)
This does not deter Neighbour Cat at all..
He still comes in, slaps Jasper out of his bed, and settles down for a nap.
He looks cute but is quite the bully..
This is.. not my cat 
But he is in one of Jasper's garage beds.
(I found Jasper perched on the exercise machine)
This my neighbours cat, from the same summer cohort of ferals as J. They know each-other.
Unfortunately this guy prefers our house, our food, and sleeping in our garage.
Dude *I already have 11 cats*, and you HAVE a house + nice pair of humans that feed you already..