Cat lady

I just love this funny stamp from Unity stamps.  I am not really a cat lady (in person) but perhaps in heart.  She is just TOO cute.  I think in person though this might be a bit overwhelming.  Makes me want to go to a cat cafe though so I can pet a cat or two.  One thing about Istanbul is there is a lot of very tame cats all over the place that you can (and people do) take care of and nuture.  They are city cats and have been tagged by the city (there's also dogs....same) that just live on the streets but they are tagged and have been given shots and taken care off and the locals just care for them.

One story about that.  I was enjoying a morning, sitting across from the Blue Mosque.  Some stranger approached me, unusual (unless he was a salesman, either a tour guide or a carpet salesman), he came an sat right next to me.  Weird.  Esp in that culture.  There's not one other person around but me and that man.  At any rate, he's talking a LOT.  at some point one of the very large city dogs walks right up and sits right in between us!  Yep.  Time for me to immediately excuse myself and take off.  I petted the dog for a moment and he (the dog) and I left.