Greetings, Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and surrounding communities!

We have managed to make it through the first week of the new year, and now have arrived at my favorite day of the week: Caturday!

Having a good nap!

Yesterday, the Hoomans removed the last of the "Christmas bling" from the house and I sadly had to admit defeat for another year: I did NOT manage to climb that big tree they put in the living room every year...

I did manage to sneak in there a couple of times, though, and batted a few colorful ornaments around and chewed on some plants I wasn't supposed to. But if a cat can't be true it himself, what can he be true to?

Playing on the stairs... string is always good!

And no worries, the plants were not toxic, just delicate. The Hoomans strictly avoid having greenery that's toxic to cats in the house!

The Mom-Hooman has been shut in her home office remarkably often this past week.

She says it's because she's a "counselor" and there's always a flurry of clients who want to have sessions at the beginning of every new year, we suppose as part of their New Year's Resolutions.

I don't have any New Year's Resolutions other than to nap comfortably, demand treats and attention, and play with enthusiasm!

Oh... and of course share as many cute cat photos as possible with our fellow cat lovers here on Hive.

Sister and brother

To that end, I see the Dad-Hooman is "on the prowl" with his camera at the moment, so I should probably put as much effort as possible into showing off my "good" side... namely, my butt!

If you know cats, you also know that turning your butt towards your Hooman is a sign of trust...

At some point later in the month, one of the Mom-Hooman's friends — who's also a professional pet groomer — is going to come for a visit to help give Smudge a winter trim... because Smudge's coat grows all the time, and in winter she ends up with a lot of matting.

Since Smudge has dealth with groomers all her life, she doesn't mind too much!

Smudge enjoys a moment of sunshine

And that's about all for this weekend's update! I hope you had a great Caturday, and whill enjoy an even better Sunday!

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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communities!

If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?

These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Many of the allow you to share your cat posts, even if you started at a different community!

HiveCats by Hive account@curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!

Cat Snaps by Hive account@manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!

Caturday by Hive account@saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!

Cat Photos by Hive account@andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS!

Cats by Hive account@captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community.

There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!

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