Summer Heat photo contest! *EDIT* New category!

[catnapper]

Its been a while since anyone has started a photo contest here. So I'll step in and host one

I figured since all these poor kitties are dying of heat, we should have a photo contest based on the poor dears, and what they do to help cope with the heat. Lets see all those hot summer kitties!

*Edit* One small elaboration: they do not have to be outdoor pictures. I was actually thinking of indoor kitties all stretched out trying to expose as much of their hot tummies to air as possible. Or them seeking out the coolest tiled spot in the house, snoozing right in front of a fan, etc. The outdoor ones given so far are great, but lets see some indoor ones too!

Rules:
PM me with your photos, or post them here by.... lets say Sunday August 6th. That's 2 weeks. I'll post a poll Monday morning.

Because of the technical restrictions of many PTers, the photos should not be Photoshopped or contain additional words/graphics.

One entry per cat - so if you have multiple kitties, you can either have individual photos or a group photo.... so long as the same kitty isn't in more than one photo.

If I get more than 10 photos, I'll do separate polls and combine the top 2 or 3 kitties from each poll

I will send the winner a small prize (woohoo!)
I'm sure there's something I forgot so I'll update this post and add the list of contenders as I get photos

List of participants (listed by the PTer only... otherwise the list would be looong):
Catnapper
Catmandu
K&L
Flatcoatlover
Maya & inkas Mommy
Slick
The Cat Factory
Terminal Velocity
Edwinas Secretary
Randy K
Pawkeys
Kirsten
Couture Junky
Wensirubber
Pam
Abbymom
Luvofallhorses
Catlover4ever
JenLuckenbach

EDIT:
Since I have so many photos with two different takes on the heat, I will run two separate contest simultaneously -- one for hot summer kitties and one for SUN KISSED KITTIES. If you have not submitted either melted kitties or sun kissed kitties, please do so now!

[catmandu]

Heres Miquelito catching some Rays on the Porch!

[catmandu]

Moose and Micheal share the bench.
I love My Two Older Gentle Cats.

[CultureJunky]

Oh I just love Miquelito, he always looks like he's smiling!
Hello to Michael and Moose the Magnificent, you're always a sight to behold.
headbumps and scritches to you all

[catmandu]

Heres one of Nugget Angel in the Sun.
He was such a Good Cat.

And Dear Roadblock Angel who was a Porch Cat for about 4 years.

[Flatcoatluver]

I hope it's ok if it has a border around it!
My pretty girl Keshaw.... she is soaking up the sun. I hope you can tell!!

Also is it ok if my kitty is with a doggie?

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Here are my suffering girls!!

Maya


Inka


Zazou


Snoopy


Poor girls.......

[catmandu]

And Scratchy in the Sun.

I havent seen Scratchy in a long time.
I pray hes well.

[slick]

My dear Max.....even a cold cloth can't cool him off.

[The Cat Factory]

Here are my boys

Peppurr


Homer


Zeus

[Terminalvelocity]

Sammy says "Me too".

[Edwina's Secretary]

Cool tiles, soft rug, weak sun rays.....perfection!!

[Randy_K]

This is our family cat Frosty (1959-1980). This picture is from when she was 19 years old and snoozing under her favorite plants in the garden on a warm summer day.

[pawkeys]

This is my Serval Akila.

[pawkeys]

Argg. How do we post a picture????