1. What have we here?
2. Oh, directions.
3. Oh my! What is THAT!
4. Another one!
5. Meet the parents.
6. These must be their litter boxes.
The Cat Walk is a rather ingenious exhibit of several concrete cat sculptures displayed in various street trees on the two main streets of downtown. The locations of these sculptures are cited on a map available to anyone who wants one. Most of us prefer a light duty challenge of trying to find all of the sculptures without the map. Some are hidden better than others, but all are easily visible from the sidewalk. What a fun way to utilize our otherwise unremarkable downtown street trees! Unfortunately, some of the sculptures have been dislodged from their original positions, which is why the two pictured here in opposite sides of the same holly oak seem to be be out of sorts. I am sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, especially #4.
The parents are not sculptures of the Cat Walk, but are modern reproductions of the famous and historical ‘Cats’ flanking the driveway of the old Wood Residence. No one knows which one is Leo and which one is Leona. The only difference between the two is that one has his or her eyes closed, and the other has his or her eyes open. They flank the driveway of a shopping center just north of Highway 9 on North Santa Cruz Avenue.
The sixth picture of the grassy ‘litter boxes’ is included as an almost funny example of really bad landscaping. They are in the same parking lot as the Leo and Leona sculptures, and formerly contained Italian cypress trees like the the one in the foreground and the two in the distance.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate:
https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
Tony Tomeo 
What a purrrrrrfect six! Great idea though
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Korny!
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What a fun idea!
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Yes, even if the kitties are a bit beat up now. I think they should be put back in their original positions and maintained.
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Thanks for the introduction to Leo and Leona–charming!
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Leo is believed to be the one with his open. Leona is believed to be the one with her eyes closed. No one knows for sure.
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I think Leona would have her eyes open us females always like to know what is going on…
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Hey, I did not make up the legend.
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Ok but you can always improvise/extend the story… 😉
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As you mention some of the cats getting dislodged I now have a vision of heavy concrete kitties jumping out of trees onto the heads of unsuspecting, but soon to be demised, passers-by. Thanks for that.
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A few of the street trees, particularly on West Main Street near Santa Cruz Avenue, are beat up from debris that fell on them almost three decades ago during the Loma Prieta Earthquake. I think the trees have it worse than we do.
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A good idea for a city with a name that lends itself to such.
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Fun and bonkers idea Tony! Enjoyed it though 😊 happy Sunday.
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Thank you.
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The faces on those tree cats, fantastic.
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Really? I thought that they look a bit maniacal. They are better now that they have weathered a bit.
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I love to see/try to find/just come across unusual sculptures like these, I get a little buzz of discovery “Oh look at THAT”…
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Children dig it too. It is like an Easter egg hunt.
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