International Cat Day

十一月四日風雨大作二首 · 其一

“First of Two Poems Written During the Heavy Winds
and Rain on the Fourth Day of the 11th Lunar Month”

風卷江湖雨暗村，四山聲作海濤翻。
溪柴火軟蠻氈暖，我與狸奴不出門。

Wind sweeps lake and river, rain darkens the village;
the mountains roar and crash like ocean waves.
The kindling fire burns gently, the wool felt blankets are warm —
My cat and I will not be going out.

Qianlong Emperor’s favorite cats as painted by Ignatius Sichelbart 艾啓蒙 (1708-1780)

https://www.burninghou.se/p/the-emperors-cats 

Hans Silvester. Greek islands, 1994.

 

The cat came back

I am a Cat

Neko no myojutsu