Rachel Malone

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Cat Mama || Chronic Illness Warrior I live in a house in a forest in a small town in America with 7 cats and my favorite humans 😸 Cats: Ginger, Beckett, Missy, Smokey, Dino, Sausage, and Pancake 🐈💙🌈

POV laying in bed, looking up at Pancake, a petite young dilute calico cat, as she sits at attention on top of the gray fabric covered headboard. We see the left side of her body. She has her head turned to her left so that we can see her full, beautiful face as she gazes intensely towards the closed bedroom door (not pictured). Behind her we can see the bottom of a cat tower platform above her, and some out of focus tall trees through the sliding glass door in the background.

An orange cat named Dino plays with a white plastic fork in a living room setting with a lit Xmas tree in the background

Three cats lay curled up amongst heaps of blankets and sheet on top of a queen size bed. Closest to us is Beckett, a senior white cat with dark gray patches, settled into a loaf that has tilted over a bit on a folded greenish gray and tan heating pad. Her back is to us as she sleeps soundly with her butt snuggled up against the next closest cat, Smokey, a large fluffy gray cat who is looking back over his left shoulder at us. Smokey's front body is supported by a light mint green cased pillow that matches the sheet underneath him. Parts of a light silver gray blanket are peeking out of the mess, woven between them. Over a low hill of rich, velvety royal blue and white sherpa blanket, we can just make out Pancake, a little dilute calico girl cat, all curled up tight in a ball, nose to tail, on her right side, at the top left of the picture.

Smokey, a large gray cat sits on a faux wood floor with his back mostly to us. His left paw is raised, blocking our view of Dino's face. Dino, an orange cat, lays on his right side, half on the faux wood floor and half on a square tile floor, with his left front paw reaching for Smokey's chest. We are viewing the scene from about 5 feet above the floor.

Old baby picture of Ginger, a now senior brown tabby tuxedo cat, laying on her right side, loosely curled up, with her head propped up by a human hand. She is looking forward, but off camera, at something behind us.

Ginger, a senior brown tabby tuxedo cat, and Beckett, a white senior cat with dark gray patches, are curled up together on a loveseat, against a blue striped pillow with a light green heating pad overlapping it.

Beckett is on her right side on the right side of the shot. She has her face tucked in to the back of Ginger's neck and shoulders. Ginger is on her left side, facing Beckett, resting her left cheek on Beckett's lower belly and left hip. One of Ginger's front paws is peeking out from under her chin, and her other front paw is resting on her right back leg. The paw and little black beans of her left back leg are visible, though slightly obscured by Beckett's fur. Ginger's tail is wrapped loosely around her body, with the tip meeting that back right leg. A printed blanket on shades of yellow, orange, and brown is tucked behind Ginger.

Dino, an orange tabby cat, is snuggled down into a little nook on a reclined loveseat between a human, part of a light green heating pad, and the middle console of said loveseat. He is squeezed into a sort of curvy loaf, with his paws all tucked in and his tail wrapped close into his body. His eyes are closed as he creates a neverending rumble of purrs. He is a happy, happy little bundle of sweetness.

We are viewing Pancake, a young dilute calico cat, from behind and to her right, as she loafs on a velvety silver blanket on a bed. From this angle, we mostly see her beautifully blended gray and orange rear body, but also see where the delineation between gray and orange becomes cleaner and meets her white fur around her left shoulder, the gray back of her head, and the wedge of orange coloration striping her gray right ear. In the background, we see an image of Anthony Bourdain on the flat screen TV that she is facing, as well as a blonde wood Ikea dresser, which like the walls around it is lit by the midday sunshine pouring in from the sliding glass door (not in view) behind us.

Smokey, a very floofy gray cat, is laying precariously balanced on a humans crossed shins and the top of their feet, which are hanging off the side edge of the leg portion of a reclined loveseat. His face is serene, eyes partially closed, lit by the glow of a fire in a nearby wood stove off screen to our left. One ear is folded a bit in on itself, pressed up against human's burgundy house slippers. We only see enough of his front body to know that he is, indeed, a very fluffy boy.

Dino, an orange tabby cat, is loafed on top of a black nylon cross body bag on a tile floor. He has a serious, determined look on his face. Some of the contents of the bag have spilled out towards us, a snack for the road and a pack of sanitizing wipes. Dino has pulled the bag down from the shoe bench on our right, and we can see part of a pair of black Doc Martin's under the bench next to him. Behind him is our front door, with a purple and beige alligator sisal scratcher hanging from it's knob.

Smokey, a large gray cat peers in from outside a glass paneled front door. It is nighttime and he is lit by the porch light. There is a very concerned look on his face. Just inside the door sits Missy, a petite tabbico cat, staring right back at Smokey. She wears a light harness. We see her from behind. Her stance is focused intently forward and her tail is slightly puffy. She sits on an autumn leaf printed doormat.

Smokey, a large gray cat, is laying on his right side, belly towards us, front half propped on human's 'lap' (human is also laying down). His eyes are shut and his face is serene as he enjoys cheek rubs

Pancake, a young dilute calico cat, chases her tail and grooms playfully

Smokey, a robust fluffy gray boy on our left, and Beckett, a petite white senior girl with dark gray patches on our right, are sharing a long rectangular beige heating pad set on a gray/green couch. Smokey lays on his right side, head propped on top of the white heating pad power cord on a satiny green pillow, showing us his little patch of white belly fur. Beckett is loosely loafed at his rear, head slightly tilted away from his bum.

Dino, an orange tabby cat, loafs on a cat tower platform next to a window. He is facing the window on our right, with his face almost touching the glass. His eyes are shut tight, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight. There is a bamboo window covering outside.

Smokey, a handsome gray kitty, who has melted into the gray/white woven basket bowl of a cat tower, looks off into the distance with wide eyes

2 cats loafed on top of a work bench on a loading dock for a casino in California. The one closest has medium long fur, black, brown, and white. Behind it is a brown tabby. Both are looking toward us. Beyond them we can see part of a road, a curb, and very green grass with two bright orange pilons.

A view of Sausage, a dilute calico cat, as she walks away from us, tail up, looking to her left. Beyond her, we can see Beckett, a white senior cat with dark gray patches, sitting up, facing left. Both are on a faux wood floor. We also see a cat tower, top of a wood stove, and other miscellaneous furnishings in the background.

Beckett, a white senior cat, is napping on a human's lap, under a yellow/white/brown printed blanket. We can see the back of her left ear, neck, head, and cheek, as well one front leg and paw, all snuggled up with her back legs and the blanket

Pancake, a dilute calico cat, peeks out at us over her shoulder from inside a blue cat tower hidey hole cave.

A selfie showing off my two lovely lap ladies today. At center we see Sausage, a dilute calico (tortico?) kitty laying across my chest and upper belly, settling down to get comfortable with her purr motor rumbling loudly. Below her, Beckett, a white senior gal with dark gray patches occupies my lap. We only see Beckett's back half as my arms were sadly too short to capture the full picture. You can see the bottom half of my face, exuding bliss, as I relax in my partially reclined loveseat, soaking up every moment of cat lady paradise.

Ginger, a senior tabby cat, looks out upon her kingdom with an air of superiority, from a loafed position inside of a sushi themed cat scratcher box. Her beautiful white whiskers sweep down and out from her left cheek with grace and poise. She is queen of this home, and nobody better forget it.

Beckett, a white senior cat with dark gray patches and tail, is curled up on her left side on a footrest cube covered with a folded blue and red burlap sack with the word KING on it. Her back right leg lays across her two front paws, and her tail curls around her body to tuck underneath the back right leg. Her eyes are closed as she sleeps.

Dino, an orange cat, is flopping around on a faux wood floor, playing with a plush orange ball cat toy with feathers sticking out of it. The toy happens to be underneath an open Amazon cardboard box that is upside down, resting on it's open flaps. We can see the bottom of an office chair covered with a sherpa blanket and a couch in the background, as well as a blue Batman blanket draped over a bench to our left and part of a black exercise mat in the foreground.

Sausage, a dilute calico cat, is laying facing us on the elevated leg portion of a recliner. Her front right paw is stretched towards us to rest on my upper leg in the foreground. Her eyes are open just enough to check and make sure I do not have any intention of going anywhere.

Missy, a tabico tuxedo cat, lays curled up on her right side across two blankets on a couch. She looks towards us with a serious face. Her tail is curled sweetly around her legs and paws. A fluffy cat wand toy lays across her rear and the blanket in the foreground

Corner of a living room, mainly focused on two bookcases, one short, one tall, in a corner. On the adjacent wall is a window with mini blinds about 2/3 closed. Under the window lies a litterbox on a rag rug. We can also see part of a mobile air conditioning unit and cat tower platform at bottom right. The bookcases contain a mix of decor and utilitarian storage, including items such as video games, DVDs, a small collection of odd sodas, a Darth Vader Lego figure, board games, Mad Libs books, a large bag of dehumidifier packets, a woven basket for mail, a small telescope, and an old fancy wine bottle box holding a rock collection. The tops of the bookshelves are the same, holding a pretty woven basket, a paper mache Day of the Dead skull, souvenir baseball hats, a modem, a wood wine box that holds wii remote wheels, and a painting done by a fellow human when they were a child

Smokey, a large fluffy gray cat, is chilling out on 2 pairs of cleaning gloves (one orange, the other purple) on top of a white clothes dryer in our laundry room. His back half is laying on his right hip, with his tail (not seen) hanging off the far side of the dryer. We can see his back legs stacked together. His front half is propped up a bit on his right front elbow, and he looks past us at something beyond me on the floor (most likely one of his fur siblings). Above him, we see part of a wood window frame, and behind the dryer there are a couple of mop handles sticking up.

Dino, an orange tabby cat, is sitting upright on the highest platform of a tall cream colored cat tower in a sunroom. He has his left front paw resting on the top of a wood frame for a recessed double paned glass window. He appears to be gazing at the wood paneled wall, but is more likely looking through one of the windows to the right of the picture. The sunlight illuminates his handsome white whiskers. His tail curves up over the short platform border, gracefully continuing an 's' curve down and out. Just above his head we can see a partly cloudy blue sky through a large slanted glass pane window/skylight. In the bottom half of the picture, we can see trees, a balcony, and a roof eave through the window on the left; trees and the roof of a storage shed through the window on the right.

Sausage, a plump dilute calico cat, is laying on her left side on the leg part of a reclined loveseat. Her face is blurry from motion as she was licking the side of her front left paw. We can still see her adorable dark gray and pink speckled toebeans and paw pad. Her gorgeous variegated tan and dark gray front right leg extends in front of her, with her partially white paw resting near her two back white paws. We can see her mostly pink toebeans on her back left paw. The tan colored tip dark gray and tan tail curls right in front of her back right leg/paw. In the background we can see part of an exercise bike on a black mat on faux wood flooring and part of a purple rollator

Missy, a tabico tuxedo cat, is sitting on the edge of a tile kitchen counter with her tail hanging down. She is attempting to stick her entire face down into an open rectangular catnip tin standing next to her. The top of the tin lays upside down next to her. We can see a black air fryer behind her, part of a blue mug and a silver food scale behind the tin, and various living room furnishings in the background.

Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, is perched inside of a sushi themed scratcher house

Missy, a tabico tuxedo cat, has successfully communicated to Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, that it is now Missy's turn with the basket

Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, is playing inside of a light gray mesh collapsible laundry basket. Human is tossing a mouse in for her

Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, is playing inside of a light gray mesh collapsible laundry basket. Human is tossing a mouse in for her

Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, is playing inside of a light gray mesh collapsible laundry basket. Human is tossing a mouse in for her

Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, is playing inside of a light gray mesh collapsible laundry basket. Human is tossing a mouse in for her

Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, is playing inside of a light gray mesh collapsible laundry basket. Human is tossing a mouse in for her

Black and white picture of Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, laying melted onto a black exercise mat. Her chin has dissolved into the mat, and her eyes gaze blankly off into the distance. It almost looks like she might be in the middle of an existential crisis. A loveseat sits behind her on the faux wood floor

Stuff, a tuxedo cat who has since crossed over the bridge, sits folded over, grooming her tail, which is looped over onto her lower belly and hind legs. Her back rests against the side of the large oval bathtub that she is in. The silver colored faucet is visible at top left, and a pop-up drain appears closer to the center of the picture.

Brown tabby tuxedo cat is standing on a blue striped pillow making biscuits

Smokey, a large fluffy gray cat, has melted onto the top of the back of a comfy upholstered couch. His right front leg hangs off the back edge on our right. There is a sliding glass door behind him, through which we see part of the sunroom, including a windowsill where human once attempted to start seeds indoors this last Spring

Dino, a young orange cat lays on his belly, tipped back onto his right side. His left front leg is folded so that the back of his paw rests on the faux wood floor. There is a gray cat tail laying on floor in front of him, at the bottom of the picture. He is facing at the tip of it, steadily, with moderately widened pupils. The tail belongs to Beckett, a senior dilute moocat, whose body is not in frame. She definitely does not want to play, though. Behind Dino, we also see Ginger, a senior brown tabby tuxedo cat, laying on her right side, facing away from us, on a burlap sack on the floor, and parts of various living room furnishings behind her. Ginger also does not want to play.

Missy, a tabico tuxedo cat, is all curled up in a very furry blue cat tower bowl. Her face is slightly lifted for the camera, but her left eye is closed, and her right eye, while partly cracked open, is still covered by her third eyelid. She is on her left side, and her left front leg is protruding from the bowl on our left, with her back right leg overlapping it. Her chin rests on her tail where it crosses over the edge of the bowl on our right. A printer topped with a pile of scrap paper is visible behind her, part of a fluffy white pet bed is seen on the floor underneath her, and a blackout drape hangs next to the glass door on our left.

Ginger, a senior tabby tuxedo cat, is loosely loafed inside of our sushi themed cardboard scratcher house. She is looking at us with wide pupils and a somber, but curious expression. Her right front paw is tucked into her body, while her left front paw drapes prettily out the door, pointing to the faux wood floor. The house sits between a medium brown wood entertainment center and the transition to the tile floor of our entryway. In the distance on the right, we can see part of a shoe rack bench and the slightly open door of our laundry room.

Smokey, a large fluffy gray cat, is laying on his right side, rolled back to expose his floofy belly, including the patch of white fur on his lower belly. Both back legs and his tail lay on the faux wood floor, while his front paws are curled and suspended above the floor. He looks at the camera with a bit of a goofy expression, one fang showing and surprised eyes. A corner of a black exercise mat is visible next to him at the bottom of the pic.

Dino, an orange tabby cat, is sitting around with his party leg up and his tongue out, but his cutout picture got stuck on our faux wood floor because my photo editor updated but still won't let me change a cutout to a sticker like the iPhone so I can send him to the party

Black and white picture of Missy, a tabico tuxedo cat, sitting inside of a black and white reusable shopping bag that is a bit slumped over on the tile kitchen counter. She is staring curiously at the shopping bags on the kitchen island across from her, out-of-frame. There is another bag standing behind her on the counter. The design on the bag she is in features white outlines and text representing passport stamps against a black background. We can read a few words here and there, such as IMMIGRATION OFFICE... HEATHROW...DEPARTED...
AIRPORT...Permitted to Remain...
NATIONAL...THAILAND, etc, plus several dates

Birthday card created on Canva with a mix of pictures and graphics. It reads Happy Birthday Gonzo! There is a white frosted cake with 4 horizontally striped lit candles, decorated with little red berries and 4 tail on shrimp. On the table in front of the cake are a wooden board holding various sushi and a skewer holding 6 whole sardines at bottom left, and an oval platter with an entire roasted chicken surrounded by potato wedges and a green garnish at bottom right. An open red can labeled TUNA is on the table next to the cake on our right. Text is light orange neon cursive, and there is a trio of pink and orange balloons on either side.

Missy, a small tabico tuxedo cat, poses on the top of the back of a loveseat that is partly covered with a black sheet. Her bottom sits flat down, hiding both her back legs completely, while her front legs are held straight to push her front body up as high as she can get. Her neck is craned and head tilted slightly back, eyes and ears focused intently on something near the ceiling that we can't see. Her tail hangs down the back of the loveseat in an s curve. Behind her we see an array of snack foods and other treats sitting on the breakfast bar that overhangs from our kitchen

Sausage, a dilute calico cat, poses laying down on her right side on a partially folded black exercise mat. Her head is lifted as she stares at the camera with a rather serious face. Her white whiskers jut straight out. Both of her right paws are turned to show off her beans. An open cardboard box sits on the faux wood floor behind her head, and we can see part of a wand toy draped over the back edge

Ginger, a senior brown tabby tuxedo cat, lays on her right side, propped up on her 'elbows', on a large blue empty kibble bag. She looks at us with a huge open mouthed smile, which of course is actually just her yawning, but she looks overjoyed. We can see her fangs, and her tongue curled mid-yawn. Her ears are tilted out to the sides, and her eyes are partly squinted. Behind her we see the bottom of the wheeled kibble container and the transition from the faux wood floor she is on to the vinyl flooring in the kitchen

Pancake, a timid 7lb dilute calico stray cat that we took in last month, lays tightly curled up on her right side on a fluffy white pet bed, with front left paw pulling her tail in closer. Her head is slightly lifted as I have just woken her up by taking her picture several times and telling her what a pretty little girl she is. The morning sunlight streams in through the sliding glass door next to her, around the partly opened blackout drapes, to grace her with it's kiss

Sausage, a dilute calico cat, is curled up on her right side on the leg portion of a reclined loveseat. A human hand has reached over from the other seat to give her pets and scritches which she is very happy about. We can see that her left eye is squeezed shut while the human's thumb rubs the top of her head. Sausage's left front leg reaches forward to snuggle the back of the human's hand and her paw is ready to grab hold of human attempts to retract their hand before she is ready

Beckett, a senior white kitty with dark gray patches, is curled up tight inside of an open cardboard box that is set up on it's shorter side to open towards us. She is laying on her right side, facing us, with her face pressed up against her back left leg and her front right leg squeezed between her chin and chest so that her paw almost touches her left shoulder. Her back is pushing at the box's bottom that is behind her. Her gray tail is sidled up to her back left leg. Her eyes are open just wide enough to peek up at us, waiting to see if we plan to disturb her nap

Smokey, a fluffy gray cat, sits upright on a wood beam in our front yard. He is wearing a brown harness with a black leash, and receiving pets from his favorite human. He looks up at the camera with a pleasant smile, eyes nearly shut, pupils tiny slivers

Dino, an orange tabby cat, lays sphinx style on an upholstered bench in our solarium. He has burrowed himself under the woven floral and white rabbit multicolored fringed throw on the bench, so that only his head, chest, and front legs are exposed. The lighting from the sunroom windows have lit his gorgeous little face beautifully as he gazes somewhere just off center to our right, beyond the camera human, probably out the window. A well loved cactus themed scratching post rises from the floor beside the bench, visible on our right

Black and white picture of 3 cats hanging out on 2 cat towers by a sliding glass door with a view of an empty forest lot, a wooden deck and fence, and a neighboring house.

Smokey, a fluffy gray cat, lays almost loafed in a large bowl tower, with his tail hanging straight down out of the back. He gazes off to the right, where we sometimes have a little chipmunk visitor on our porch.

Ginger, a senior brown tabby tuxedo cat, lays curled up on her left side, nearly asleep, in the little woven bowl on top of a taller tower on our right. She also gazes off to the right.

Dino, an orange tabby cat, sits upright on the cat tower platform just below and next to Ginger, with his tail wrapped around the right side of his body to the front. Something off to the left in the vacant lot has caught his attention.

All 3 cats have their backs to us, oblivious to the human intruding on their watch to take their photo

Dino, an orange tabby cat, has burrow himself under the woven green floral blanket on the upholstered bench in our solarium. He is poking out of the end closest to us, sphinx style, while craning his neck to look back over his left shoulder at a toy whizzing by out-of-frame. We can see several bent or wavy white whiskers extending from his right cheek. There is a green, cactus themed scratcher partially visible on our left, and a gray/white throw pillow with a cat silhouette on it on the bench behind Dino, at top right