James Thompson

@jasthompson2.bsky.social

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Cat aficionado, husband, father, grandfather, uncle. OH 26, MA 33, IL 19. McGovern Dem. Breast cancers. Pace/defib wearer. New pastimes: Google Photos & Ancestry. Boris above. Loonie swimming.

Gray cat Boris rests on a black, circular Ikea table, resting head on accumulated mail.
It was beautiful at 6 this morning. At 8pm, the blue sky is gone, air is thick with smoke.
Boris, a dark gray cat, is sleeping at the bottom of a large cardboard box.
Gray cat Boris bathing atop a table from last night's party in his catio on the lake.
Brule, panthur king, gazes by down on his subjects below..
Two gray cats on a yellow divan in front of a red curtained window admitting morning sun.
Black cat Brûlé, asleep on his white bed, fangs out.
A young black cat is munching on a brush
Young black cat Brûlé poses on a white sheet.
Gray cat Boris is sitting on my lap. I'm wearing a gray College of DuPage tshirt and blue jeans.
Black cat Brûlé is separated from Lemon, a white cat with a gray mask, by a screen. Brûlé is standing on a wooden floor, leaning against a brown box. Behind Lemon is a bed.
Marmalade cat with large paws walking on the sidewalk
A black cat rests on a white pillow reaching out lovingly to touch his owner's arm.
Black kitten standing on scratching post viewing the neighbor's squirrels on Thanksgiving, 2025.
Orange, long haired cat. Ginny loved to be groomed and got along with her two dog siblings. She was much loved.
Small black kitten at Thanksgiving. On a white towel, with a not very big hand alongside for comparison.
Large white dog shares a dark green sofa with me.
What do I spy???
Brule, a small black kitten, stands against the dog bed of his big sister, Daisy.
Black kitten posing for pic on a tan patterned bedspread, has a blue name tag on his Snoopy collar.
King Boris watches from box, while minion assembles new scratching post. Dark gray cat & ancient, seated minion. Two windows and a myriad of cases of cat food in background.
Black kitten looking quizzically at the camera from a beige cat bed in a green room. He was recently rescued from a Walmart parking lot in Burlington, VT.
Video is front porch, with elevated cat feeding station Pretty sure this is the raccoon that ripped his way into my attic a couple years ago.
Little black cat, aka Jinx, is in a wire cage with his banana and the treacherous beige treat container that led him into the cage. Jinx by daylight is more gray than black.
Gray cat Boris reclines on a grayish-brown rocking chair with a background of knotty-pine, and another cat bed of blue jeans on a wooden chair.
Gray Russian Blue, Boris, has been sleeping in his newest box, perfectly placed for trippage.
Gray cat Boris on a wooden floor with a small sunbeam in the lakeside catio.
Head shot of grey cat Boris.
Boris, a grey cat, is resting on a green patterned sheet, atop a brown love seat, and looking at you.
Gray cat in foreground, backlit by a tree of lights.
Boris, a healthy gray feline, fits himself into a smallish box. Cozy.
Watchful little black cat.
Hungry little black cat.
A gray cat with green eyes (today) was sleeping on a white comforter before she was rudely awakened.
Ginnie is an orange (marmalade) coon cat with a white ruff & muzzle.
A grey cat resists the packing of a green overnight bag.
Gray cat Boris, naps on a bed with a grey protective cover.
Does not work w video.
Two gray cats. Boris, on the wooden arm of my chair. is washing a paw, Natasha, on my lap, is politely looking away. Behind them is a coffee table covered in stacks of paper. Behind Boris is a brown leather loveseat, and a mirror reflects a ceiling fan. The floor is blonde, the walls blue.
2 gray and 1 yellow, red-tailed mice, are joined by a gray and white striped, Zmouse on a beige carpet. Also in frame, the photographer's feet and blue jeans.
Front porch, lit by yellow bug light. Cat house, kibble plate, water bowls. 50+ mph traffic in background. A small dark cat ate & left 2 min ago. 2 gray predators investigate.
Dad (moi) cuddling the marmalade kitten twins. One is on my blue jeans, the other on my striped shirt. I'm on a tan couch with a flower pattern. The yr is '93, my hair, brown.
My wife, the nurse, got up every morning to hot soak his wound. She is wearing a white top, jeans, and holding an orange cat, standing in front of a wall of jalousie windows to our back porch.
Gray cat Boris lying on a black faux leather desk chair, washes his left forepaw preparing for a nap. On a yellowish tled floor, left to right, a tv stand, a green file cabinet, a cream file cabinet, a yellow plastic bookcase, and a caffood box,
Very worn, yellow catnip mouse with a red tail and an undecipherable tag on a beige carpet, at the foot of the bed.
Orange cat Hamlet, with yellow eyes, on an orange carpet in front of a gray wall, was the only one of our cats who liked donuts.
Visitor puts head into cathouse to munch Hills caffood.
Gray cat Boris sits on my lap and is welcome to make biscuits with dull claws.