Photos of Cats

In case you haven't noticed, many small shops, museums, and other fine establishments are actually run by cats. You may have to look hard to find them, but they rule quietly and effectively behind the scenes.

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Buddy manages a book shop in
Apalachicola, Florida

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This store detective watches from the hedge as customers leave a shop in
Occoquan, Virginia

This Maine Coon runs
the Moon Store on
St. Helena Island,

South Carolina

Mama Two greets customers at
Stone Fence Gardens, near
Thurmont, Maryland

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This antique shop manager
in Cookeville, Tennessee,
has a no-nonsense style.

Standing guard in New Castle, Delaware.
Note the dapper mustache.

Tess is ready to chase away troublemakers
in Old Downtown Sanford, Florida.
There haven't been any troublemakers here
for years. She must be doing a good job.

An inspector in
Chestertown, Maryland

Milo keeps watch from the front porch of
O'Hurley's General Store in
Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
The rumor is that he is watching for terrorists,
in case they try to enter town from the south.

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Co-managers at the Village Gallery
in Waxhaw, North Carolina.
One oversees the shop while the
other is in charge of the pottery studio.

Wizard greets visitors at the frame
shop in Conway, South Carolina.
He has put on a few pounds and
asked us not to show his full figure.

All of the above officials gave permission to be photographed.

(More cats photos to come. Please check back.)

Photos and mailboxes by Michel Devost

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Also see: Wildlife

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