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Published: 2005-11-15 20:11:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 4053; Favourites: 75; Downloads: 785
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I'm home
Though no walls are needed
I'm free
To stray for home
I stray
only from the cold at heart
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I work in north Tel Aviv, and when I go for lunch (usually late noon, if you must know) I love going to "Azato".
That is a small salad bar on Even Gvirol street. Tasety salads, spicy dressing, fruit juice, nice company... and these beautiful cats sitting right next to me. They found themselves a small corner outside. It use to be fot the resturant accessories (menues, cutlery), but when the manager of the place noticed the cats needed a place, he left them this corner. The became a kind of a talisman for the place.
They get special treatment from the visitors to "Azato".
The people share with them their food, attention, and smiles.
Not everybody likes them, and the cats can sense when to stay away.
Many times I find myself coming there... well, for them.
So if you ever in the neighborhood of "Even Gvirol" street in Tel Aviv, go to "Azato", Tell Dani I've sent you, and share a smile with them. They will make you feel at home.
G
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What a beautiful story, and such beautiful cats.
If I go back to Israel one time, I should visit that place^^
Beatiful pictures^^
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This one has a great feeling. Something you can sense just by looking at these cats. The history. The present. How the upper one looks like (s)he's been through a lot but still keeps on going. Sparkle in the eye. And how curious the second one is. Peeking and yet a bit shy. Such fantastic personalities. And sounds like a place I'd like to visit. I'll try to remember that if I ever manage to travel to Israel.
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I really enjoy this picture's composition, how each cat is in it's own square. Kinda like little apartments.
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ill be sure to check it out next time im around the area
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That's a lovely capture
Imo, taking the second cat (the one below) alone, could also be quite interesting by itself.
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A fabulous photo, and a wonderful story.
This makes me want to visit Tel Aviv, at least for the salad, smiles, and kitty love.
Beautiful and heart warming.
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The man who took gave those cats a little haven away from the dangers of the streets is a good man. Gandhi once said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
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And after visiting India I do feel that in India they live by that rule
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The first cat - the personality and the history shines through so much... It looks tired, yet with that beauty that only cats can show. Which makes this more than a "cute" picture. It's telling me a story, as often with your pictures. The both cats also have their ears cut in the same way! The second one looks nosy ^^ and as if it's enjoying the attention... 
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Thank you for this wonderful comment
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Such cure cats
good performance
finally I see a photo made with the 8800
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Coolios! I don't really like cats (there goes another mild phobia 
BUt now, a little bit about myself. The aleurophobia all started when I...
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...I have a history of cats biting me for no apparent reason. The first one was a stray called Tigger, who has left me scarred. Literally- it makes a smiley-face shape on the back of my hand when I get freckles above it... 
But I like those cats.
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I don't get why you submitted or moved it to scraps. It's really worth more than that. Good work.
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It's not in the level of my best work.
Thank you
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The 2nd cat makes me laugh, with that cute way he/she looks at the camera
Bah, I wish I could have a camera with me all the time, everyday I see so many things that are worth a shot
This sounds like a very charming place
Israel is now a must-go place
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I will, when I'm older enough to travel by myself
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just passed there the other day....havent noticed the kitties but defently will next time
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i love the picture of the cat in the basket, why dont you make a deviation with only that shot? 
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It's a nice shot my friend.. but the cat looks kinda funny
keep it up dude
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tht is so sweet of the hotel owner!!
now wuldnt we want many more people to be compassionate like him.
sure give those lovely cats a pat from my side.. and a chocolate to the hotel owner
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Resturant owner, but the same idea.. Thank you
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yep my mistake
do give him a big chocolate from my side
(u can a bite from it too 
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That is such a nice thing to know... that these two cats found a home! And such a lovely one!
The upper one looks quite... er... well fed!
This is such a nice story to share! It makes me happy to hear it! Maybe next time you visit them, you can send them my hellos too!
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the bottom shot is especially good - i know it probably hasn't been - but looks very post processed like a soft focus on the edges - i dunno - there's just something quite painterly about it - great use of available lighting.
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It's one shot, the frame is not devided.
Very little PS here. Just a little blur of the edges of the frame
G
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LOL - sorry my mistake - i thought you'd produced a stylish graphic layout... but it turned out to be a wooden box - i guess that's what happens when i look at things before 8am. The blur on the edges really works well - draws attention to the subjects no the effects
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