This Oscar's Not a Grouch

Nope, this Oscar's not at all like the endearing Sesame Street muppet.

I met this Oscar for the first time yesterday, on my usual neighbourhood route. It's handy to have the little Canon Elph with me at all times, but with only a 5x zoom, I don't get decent close-ups unless the object or animal is, well, close. LOL.

But after I had been crouched down for a moment, trying to get a non-fuzzy snapshot, Oscar trotted over for some lovin' and belly scratches. Then it became impossible to get a half-decent pic because he was too close!

He has beautiful, soft fur, by the way, and certainly looks to be well cared for.

And how do I know his name is Oscar? Well, his tag, of course. :-)

He was quite insistent about having scritches until a car passed by and scared him back to his driveway, whereupon he seemed to give me a dirty look, as if to say the disturbance in his petting was all my fault.

Yes, Oscar, we humans know that anything that disturbs a Cat is our fault.

Universal Blessings, Light and Mercy to All Beings.