A missing kitten...

ママ猫の今年の子を見かけなくなってしばらく経つ。今朝、集う家族を眺めていると、そばのペットショップの主人が声をかけてきた。

"最近、子猫見た？"

と。彼女もこの家族の事を何かと心配している。茶トラの子が一昨年の冬に風邪が酷くなって命が危なかったのを助けた。その茶トラは今は元気になり、堂々と店で寛ぐようになった。

Mama's kitten this year has been missing for a while... The pet shop owner near their territory addressed me when I was observing them this morning.

"Have you seen her kitten lately?"

She seems to worry about her kitten, and always pay attention to her family. A orange tabby cat of her kittens from last year got a severe cold in last Winter, and the pet shop owner saved him with medications. And now he has grown up well, and got a relaxing space for himself in the shop.

このママは実に表情豊かな野良猫だと、ファインダーを覗きながら眺めている。時には母性溢れた優しい顔をしたかと思えば、子を守る厳しい眼光を光らせる。そして、時には野良猫として生きる過酷さに耐える表情を浮かべる。

２年前、この街に戻ってきてすぐに出会った家族。写真を本格的に撮り始めるきっかけを作ってくれたこの母猫とその家族。何とか近所の人間たちとの折り合いをつけながら、猫生を全うしてほしいな思う。

This mother cat shows me various faces. Looking at her through my SLDR lenses, I see her very gentle mother face. However she sometimes shows me a very severe looking glaring at me to protect her kitten. And sometimes she shows me something severeness of her tough stray cat life.

I met her family soon after I came back to this town two years ago. They gave me an opportunity that I started taking photos by my SLDR more than ever. I really wish her family the best living with the neighbors around their territory.

彼らの成長のカレンダーを作ってみた。一部の写真を使ってだ卓上カレンダーだ。試し刷りだがいい感じでできていた。折角なのでペットショップの主人にプレゼントした。

話は逸れてしまったが、子猫はどこで何をしているのだろう…

イタチにでも襲われてしまったのだろうか・・・？

I made a desk calendar of her family using their several photos. It was a trial, but looked fine. Since the pet shop owner loves them very much, I decided to give it to her as a gift.

Anyway, I wonder where the kitten is...

Was the kitten attacked by a weasel...?


Masami