I spent three days visiting my daughter and her husband to celebrate her birthday.

Their cat Santino always gives me new material for photos.

He is an inside cat, but does go out in backyard when someone is out there.

I have posted photographs of him before on my blog.

My daughter has always loved the breed of the Persian.

All the cats she has had were adopted by her.

I believe the first cat she had many years ago sort of adopted her.

From there it took off.

He is a playful, loving cat.

Some may not get this impression by his face.

He is definitely very unique.

Something else unique visiting my daughter is their yard.

They pulled out the front grass and plants.

All was replaced with native plants.

Mainly cactus and grasses.
Conserving water was one of their goals.

I was skeptical at first to start from scratch as they did, but WOW everything took off.

Flowering cactus
Big Rocks
Some bones
Impressive

I came home with a start to add to our cactus garden.

Persian

Daniel was another cat that I loved photographing.
He was an indoor cat who lived in Chico, Ca.
Dan did wander in the backyard for short periods of time.
I use to follow him around hoping he would sit in the sun and smile.
Often times he reminded me of a street sweeper,
with his long beautiful white fur.
Some people think Persians require more care than most cats.
All Dan ever wanted was a good home.
My daughter loved her cat and gave him the best of everything.
He lived a long life, and passed away this past year.
None of us will ever forget Daniel.