Time for a intermission inwards blogging - for reflection on the life of Polly, my much loved Abyssinian cat.  |
"Pause"
Polly sunbathing inwards the doorway heard me behind her
and an ear twitched circular - worked upward from a 15 minute sketch as well as my memory!
14" x 11" coloured pencil on dark Stonehenge paper |
She died this afternoon afterward becoming real sick alongside ticker failure 10 days ago.
Losing Polly would endure bad plenty on its ain but coming on transcend of the loss of Cosmo to cancer 4 months agone (see
RIP Cosmo 2000 - 2015) - it's actually knocked me for six.
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Cosmo as well as Polly every bit kittens
Guess who was boss? |
They came to me at 3 months former inwards 2000 as well as started out every bit cute as well as continued every bit cute!
Polly contributed cute kittens for drawing as well as took the matriarch role, piece Cosmo did cuddles, played nursemaid to the kittens - as well as knew his house inwards the Polly pecking order.
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Polly says "A daughter tin never receive got plenty feeds"
Cosmo says "I desire a feed too!" |
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| Guess who's bottom looks big inwards this? |
Polly inwards item was a real pretty truthful cat for xv years. Latterly people were amazed at how former she was. Here she is inwards 2013
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| Polly demonstrating the advantages of backlighting |
She was even as well as thus VERY hard to describe - perhaps because she was as well as thus petite, precise as well as neat! She was ever much easier to produce from behind than from caput on!
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Polly - Study#1
pen as well as sepia ink, 10" x 6.5"
Polly had a certainly means of staring at yous when she wanted her side past times side meal |
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"Polly" inwards 2008
pen as well as ink as well as coloured pencils |
I ended upward drawing her kittens to a greater extent than than I drew her - until the final few days.
Polly - truthful to cast - looked cute as well as gorgeous correct upward to the end. This was her yesterday afternoon.
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| Polly on sixth Oct - she died seventh Oct 2015 |
Having sat alongside her as well as side past times side to her for the final 3 days, watching over her every bit she went downhill real fast, I right away remove to receive got only about fourth dimension out. Blogging volition endure dorsum side past times side week.
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