A Michael Broad Blog
The reason why I have used the word “real” is because there is a well-known surrealist artist who created ‘The Topiary Cat’ and he’s on Facebook and he has his own website. His name is Richard Saunders. His creations are unreal; they are expert examples of photo-editing, and I briefly discuss his work below. …
These are great looking cats. They were bred and photographed by Maxim Zorin who lives in Saint Petersburg. And what is interesting is that this city it is about 1,000 kilometers from the place of origin of the Russian Blue: Archangel (Arkhangelsk) on the north coast of Russia. It is a 15 hour drive …
The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) breed standard for the Russian Blue is incredibly short, surprisingly so. The photograph on this page shows a superb example of this cat breed. Everything looks just right and in place. The head should be a medium wedge, neither long and tapering nor short and massive. The muzzle should …
In truth, the glamorous, pedigree, purebred Russian Blue is a black moggy from Russia. I am referring to the original cat, wandering around the streets of Archangel which is on the coast not too far from Murmansk which itself is close to the north of Finland. We are looking at a very cold landscape …
This is a picture of Hugh Laurie and his cat, I am told. I have to qualify the sentence with ‘I am told’ because at the moment I cannot confirm that the cat is his. Perhaps he just picked up a cat belonging to someone else? It does not look as if he is …
Russian Blue cats are no more suited to being full-time indoors than any other cats, pure or random bred. It cannot be said, therefore, that the Russian Blue is an indoor cat. If you have decided on getting a gray (grey) cat, the better choice for an indoor cat might be a gray (blue) …
The Russian Blue cat has a sweet, gentle and shy personality. They are said to be easily startled and prefer delicate handling. As a consequence they can be cautious with strangers but as expected they make loving and excellent companions to their human guardians. Russian Blues appear to prefer the security of their home …
I don’t think you’ll get a cat expert stating outright that the Russian Blue is a lap cat. This is because you can’t brand all the cats of one cat breed lap cats. It is an individual trait. However in reference to one of the best books on cat breeds, Legacy of the Cat, …
