Caturday

Adolf von Becker's 1890 oil painting "The Cat on the Pillow" is drawing attention online, with art lovers sharing the work by the Finnish realist painter, who lived from 1831 to 1909. Commenters are delighting in the depiction of a cat lounging on a pillow, joking that cat appreciation online clearly predates the internet by more than a century.

A cat owner shared a photo of their cat Halla, describing her as 'auditioning' for her food, in a post tagged with Caturday and pet hashtags. The lighthearted image is being enjoyed by animal lovers in the fediverse's cat community, a regular weekend ritual where owners share photos of their pets.

Artist Tina LeCour shared a new painting, "Whiskers and Witchery," celebrating Caturday with a Halloween theme. The whimsical cat artwork is being shared among cat lovers and art fans, with prints available through her online shop as the spooky season approaches.

A photographer in Berlin's Kreuzberg has published the 58th instalment of a long-running cat photography series, this time showing a cat named Pumpkin enjoying a box. The image is being shared with nature and photography audiences, continuing a weekly tradition popular with cat lovers around 'caturday'.

Photographers are sharing black and white images of cats and wildlife at Cabárceno nature park in Cantabria, northern Spain, tagged as part of the weekly Caturday photo tradition. Cabárceno is known for its large wildlife park where animals roam in semi-free conditions, making it a popular subject for nature and monochrome photography.

People are posting photographs of their cats at home under the recurring 'Caturday' theme, a long-running weekend tradition in which pet owners share images of their animals online. The latest contributions show domestic cats in natural, home settings, tagged under photography, animal and nature categories, keeping the lighthearted weekly ritual active among pet lovers.

An artist has painted a watercolor portrait of their cat, a polydactyl tortoiseshell-Siamese mix, and shared it with fellow cat lovers under caturday hashtags. The piece, made with Tombow watercolors, is being shared among art and pet communities, where pet portraits and weekend cat artwork are a popular recurring theme.

Social media users are sharing elaborate emoji-studded weekend greetings wishing friends a joyful 'Caturday' and a blessed Saturday. One post, addressed to 'dear beloved' friends, combines strings of sunflowers, cats, farm animals and autumn leaves with religious devotional language thanking God for his blessings. The messages blend lighthearted pet celebration with faith-based well-wishing.

A 'Caturday' post shared on Mastodon highlights a cartoon tied to cartoonists Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, best known for the comic strip Baby Blues. The item includes playful tags about bath time, soap and art, and has drawn a small but engaged audience. It fits a recurring weekend tradition of sharing animal- and cartoon-themed content online.

Author SchreibWolf is drawing attention to the fantasy book 'Mooslande' by Wolfgang P. by pairing it with cat photography for Caturday, a weekly tradition in which social media users share pictures of their cats. The post tags the book as a reading tip and reaches cat-lover communities across several platforms, blending book promotion with the popular animal-photo ritual.

A 1906 illustration by Henry Justice Ford, 'Defeat of the Mountain-Spirit by the Youth and Schippeitaro', is being shared by art lovers online. The image likely comes from Andrew Lang's 'Orange Fairy Book' and depicts the Japanese folk tale in which a young man and the dog Schippeitaro defeat a mountain spirit. Sharers link it to the weekend 'Caturday' tradition of posting pictures of dogs and cats.