Feline Foto Friday: Pure-bred Burmese
I was just thinking, it's been a long time since we've had a good ol' fashioned round of Friday cat posts! And then I wake up and find Sarah's Cecilia curled up with Don Giovanni. Herein lies my offering for the day, with no musical content whatever:
JUMPING CATS!

These magnificent cats live in the aptly named Jumping Cat Monastery (Nga Phe Kyaung) on Inle Lake in Burma. Is it a tourist trap? Unquestionably. But I don't care, because they're delightful!
You show up in a rowboat, and wait for other tourists to arrive. When a minyan has gathered, one of the monks gets up, indicates to everyone to get the cameras ready, grabs a hoop, scoops up a cat, sets him on the ground, raises the hoop, and...
ALLEY-OOP!

This is repeated a few times with a couple other cats, many flashes go off simultaneously, the monk scatters some peanuts on the ground, the cats have a little snack, the tourists leave, and everyone settles back down to rest.

Top photo courtesty of M. R-


Whoa, that's bizarre, but I like to see cats doing pretty much anything- so cute! :) Thanks for linking to my site- glad you enjoyed my classical music rant the other day. Great blog you have here! I saw that you mentioned Laurie Rubin in a post- you didn't go to Oberlin with her, did you? I did, so that would mean you went with me, and that would be weird.
Posted by: Sarah | Jul 22, 2005 at 09:00 PM
Hooray! Flying Temple Cats!
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Posted by: such stuff | Jul 24, 2005 at 03:26 PM
Sarah: Thanks for the comment! Ich bin kein Oberliner, but Laurie did a hella good job in the rehearsal I saw. She's a really fine performer, and I hope I get to hear her again.
Posted by: M. C- | Jul 30, 2005 at 02:18 PM