We have passed August 8th, the beginning of autumn, but...
The heat is still intense (sweat)
This is Sakemaru.
Apparently, August 8th is International Cat Day.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare, the world's largest animal welfare organization,
It seems that it was enacted.
The new rings that arrived at this time were perfect.
Today we introduce.
For those who have known Dry Bones for a long time,
Bandwagon magazine.
I, Sakemaru, am the editor-in-chief.
Various past serializations and new works introductions,
It was a magazine that published blogs about secret societies and other such material.
Among them is "MICRO COSMOS (small universe)".
He also wrote an autobiographical series.
Vol.4 of that bandwagon includes the following:
I'm writing about the part-time job I had when I was in high school... 
In it, she writes about a kitten she had bought at the time named "Jenny."
I've always loved cats, but...
Pets are not allowed in rental apartments in Tokyo.
It was completely out of my mind.
However.
After moving back to Tateyama,
There seem to be a lot of stray cats around me.
In particular, the T-san's house behind the house has always been known for loving cats...
I ended up moving into a facility around fall 2021.
A brown tabby kitten was born in the house around that time.
He started sleeping in a pile of fallen leaves under a tree in a corner of our garden. 
Can you see it?
From the base of the tree in the center of the photo,
A small animal peeking at me.
So, in order to tame it, we decided to lure it out using tulle. 
He approaches Tulle carefully, keeping an eye on us.
Every day is like playing the game "Daruma-san ga Koronda."
To get past this block,
It took days. 
The hostile gaze that is unique to stray cats. 
However, from around February 2022,
I don't show much hostility anymore. 
It seems that they are beginning to recognize humans as friends who give them food.
Actually, it was around that time.
Based on a cat-shaped silver ring I happened to find at a vintage store,
I started to create original designs.
I've been remaking the prototype many times over the years,
When I could no longer see my destination (sweat)
Rather than a cat, it is more like a cat-type monster.
When I was wondering why I wasn't cute...
I saw this face.
I suddenly realized,
That was the importance of the eyes.
I didn't think about putting stones in it at first...
No matter how many times I try, I can't seem to create that unique cat expression that makes people fall in love with me.
Shaving your cheeks, growing more facial hair, thinning your eyebrows...
I've tried a lot of different things, but something always seems to go wrong.
But when I saw this face, I realized.
When humans look at a face and think, "Cute!",
``The eyes.''
The brown tabby cat in particular has stunning pale green eyes !
A kitten lying down next to the eggplant seedlings in our garden.
I like it here in the evenings as it gets cooler.
Because of this, the kitten was named "Hatake."
"My favorite place is in the fields,"
"I hid in the leaves and came to Takeuchi's house."
The reason for the name.
Hatake comes to ask for breakfast.
The pattern of the Hachiware seen through the glass of the entrance,
It's so cute that it makes me excited.
During the day, Hatake sleeps leisurely in front of the reed mat.
I installed this reed mat for the grass.
But I have no intention of making effective use of it.
The face he makes when asking for lunch.
After all, the eyes are important.
The eyes are decorated with mint green zirconia.
Silver Cat Ring "Tabby".
Tabby means tiger cat.
Brown tabby is RED TABBY,
Brown Tabby is a brown tabby cat that looks like Hatake.
The bluish gray called Sabatora is SILVER TABBY.
A picture of a group of tabby cats.
Tabby is sitting quietly in the vintage case.
The other day, I went around to the back of the house to mow the yard...
I found a cool place here and slept.
From now on, I plan to feature my Hatake on my blog from time to time (I'm a doting parent).
