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Cat sitter & recovering cat rescuer. These are the cats I care for. All 🐈 📷 by me on my iPhone SE.

Julien: “I’m not weird, you’re weird.” #ca

Julien: “I’m not weird, you’re weird.” #cat #catsitting #catsofoakland #catsofinstagram #cattownalum #tripodkitty

After everything that happened today, Marigold, @1

After everything that happened today, Marigold, @100pctjosh and I felt we needed to remember what it was like to have a president who respected our democracy and *actually* cared about the people he served, so we watched @petesouza documentary “The Way I See It.” True empathy is such a rare quality in so many of our elected officials these days. Millions of Americans are sick and dying with Covid; millions more are struggling to keep a roof over their heads & food in their bellies due to an economy that is struggling due to Covid. Yet Congressional Republicans care more about contesting a fair election and spreading unsupported claims of voter fraud than they do about trying to help the millions of Americans who are hurting due to Covid. The next two weeks can’t end soon enough. Let’s hope Uncle Joe and our Democrat-controlled Congress can restore the ❤️ to our government and remind us all what it feels like to have leaders who care more about people than power.

Apparently, 2020 wasn’t done taking kitties from

Apparently, 2020 wasn’t done taking kitties from my clients...on New Year’s Eve day, sweet, cranky old man Fred crossed the rainbow bridge after succumbing to chronic heart failure and kidney disease. Fred was a toothless, declawed senior kitty when he was adopted from @oaklandanimalservices in late 2018. His dad had no prior experience with cats, but was devoted to him from day one. Fred had the best last years a kitty could ask for. I only wish he could have had just a bit more time. Fred was an excellent snuggler who loved butt-scratches. He played a little when I first met him, but he really preferred to just roll around with his catnip toys. I’ll miss his creaky meows. I’m glad OAS gave a broken old man kitty like him a chance to find a home; there are many shelters across the nation that wouldn’t have.

Of course 2020 couldn’t end without taking yet a

Of course 2020 couldn’t end without taking yet another one of my kitty-clients from me. Sneaker was a regular of mine for 4.5 years - so long that I didn’t even notice how chunky he got during that time until I started going through his photos! Like all of my regular clients, Sneaks was special. He was the biggest treat monster I’ve known. He used to sit and stare at me like Hypno Toad until I gave in and gave him Greenies. When I would try to make him wait it out, he would writhe on the floor as if he were dying. So, I forced him to earn his treats by teaching him to beg. He was an ace at it and I have so many photos of him politely holding his “beg” pose so I could snap a photo for his mum. Sneaker-puss had brief frantic bursts of playful energy. He mostly loved getting chin scratches and - when his mom moved a couple of years ago - sitting on his balcony. He once tried to eat a banana I was snacking on during my visit. He was such an adorable, sweet weirdo. I’ll miss my evening visits with him, watching the summer sun set from his balcony. I’ll miss my morning visits, too, sitting and enjoying the rare silence of his Lakeshore neighborhood. His mom is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met and my heart is really heavy for her right now. 💔🌈😿

From most of my cat family (Sochi refused to pose)

From most of my cat family (Sochi refused to pose) to all of yours - Merry Christmas! Thank you to all of my clients - the long timers & the new comers - for making me feel very loved during this difficult year. I hope to see more of you next year when it’s a little safer for us all to travel. Have a safe and happy holiday!

Maya, when I asked how she felt about 2020. Me, to

Maya, when I asked how she felt about 2020. Me, too, Maya...me, too. #cat #catsitting #catsofoakland #catsofinstagram #catswiththeirtonguesout #derp #derpface

For @kitty_karma_girl ... no one crushes a meat tu

For @kitty_karma_girl ... no one crushes a meat tube like Sierra Bean! 😊 #cat #catsitting #catsofoakland #catsofinstagram #meattubemaniac #churuaddict #churumonster

Brian was a stray kitty who was rescued from a dog

Brian was a stray kitty who was rescued from a dog attack by his guardian. Apparently, he also has a belly full of tumors and was given only a few weeks to live ... and that was 8 years ago, according to his human. I don’t really know his full story, but he waddles around with his distended belly and seems pretty happy. His broken face melts my heart each time I visit him and he is a true highlight of my 2020 holiday cat sits. #cat #catsitting #catsofoakland #catsofinstagram

Posting these here for posterity...because it was

2.5 years into his cat life and Bootsie is still c

2.5 years into his cat life and Bootsie is still completely flummoxed by the strange snake that has attached itself to his butt and refuses to let him be.

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