Pics: new neighbours + the enclosure from outside

The other day when I was walking home from the store, I came upon these
new neighbours of ours ;o)

This one looks exactly like Caliban when he is sleeping:

polonca12000...

Great pics! Thanks, Marina.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

Those faces are so well made, they really look like cats enjoying a nice
nap. Sorry the pics aren't better, I should have gone to take them when
the sun was shining right onto them, and not when they were partially in

Karen...

Those are SO way cool!

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Takayuki...

They look soo relaxed! I wonder if there's a story behind them? I
get the feeling that your area must have a very laid back attitude. :)

Marina...

Hehe, this is supposed to be some very artsy area; there are some old
centres of Finnish design nearby, like the Arabia and Iittala factories,
as well as the School of Arts and Design, and the Sibelius Academy. I
don't know how appropriate these sleeping lions are, since they are
laying between two schools, a polytechnic and a vocational school; I
hope the message to the students is not that you can come here and sleep
all day. ;o)

I can even see them from the enclosure if I stand on my toes. On my way
home from photographing the lions, I shot a couple of pictures of the
enclosure from the outside. Usually I take the cats inside and shut the
door if I'm going out, but since I was only going a few steps away, I
left the door open. You can see Caliban out in the enclosure, on his
favourite look-out spot. He looked very surprised to see me outside!

Takayuki...

Cute! Betty didn't have an enclosure, but also liked to watch me from
the screen door when I was outside. That is, until I took out a
leafblower or lawnmower. :)

Marina...

It may be a good thing that I have neither of those implements, because
the cats would probably hate them. My garden is so small, anyway, that I
don't think I need them.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

Hey, how did Roxy get into your enclosure?? :)

So that's the block of flats that I live in. As you can see, the balcony
of the flat above forms a partial roof over the enclosure, so the cats
can be out of the rain and still outside.

Karen...

I'm sooo envious of your enclosure. And natural flora too! Caliban is
definitely a little confoosed.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

You are a very dedicated cat slave to have given up your balcony for
them!