From the Archives: Sophie’s Turn in the Forget-me-nots
We’ve had everyone else in the forget-me-nots, why not Sophie, especially since this photo was taken on this date in 2005, part of the series I featured earlier today.
My garden consists of a number of raised beds and wide raised rows and I move things around each year, and at least one bed gets left out just to take a rest until later in spring so everything that wants to grow can grow there, and this is where Sophie is sitting. Did she know she’d be so pretty?
Sophie didn’t go outside very often at all, unlike her soul sister Cookie, who went out in the yard with me all the time. Cookie was very practical and in-the-moment, but Sophie was a deep thinker, sometimes so deep she would simply sit down and think for a while, and not do anything else, and she typically seemed to have very little sense of her physical self. When faced with the overwhelming new sensations of being outdoors, she would find a spot and sit and think, which is what she’s doing here. I understand that. When I walk into a room full of people, or a place that’s filled with a lot of visual detail or noise or sounds or all of the above, I have to stop and let my senses adjust so that I can focus on what I’m there for. I think it’s one of the reasons cats and I get along so well, and probably one of the reasons I understand why and how they are frightened in certain situations.
In any case, Sophie apparently moved from the forget-me-nots before I had a chance to get better photos with my film camera, at least not that I’ve found while digging through the “vintage” years, but I still enjoy this image of Sophie.
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Could I possibly use this photo for the cover banner of a veterinary website that is donating all it’s Nail Trim income for the month of January to the Alzheimer Society of Canada. I was looking for a picture of a cat in forget me nots and your photo fits perfectly. I will include a photo credit if you agree to let me use it…
Lesley, I’d be more than happy to–I can add my copyright to the lower right, and a photo credit is appreciated since the copyright can be difficult to see. I have a few other images of my cats in forget-me-nots too–in this post there are two, the same cat but in the window with a lace curtain and forget-me-nots, and also farther down a tortoiseshell cat in forget-me-nots: https://thecreativecat.net/the-butterfly-and-the-forget-me-nots-and-the-healing-of-the-earth/#.UsCFA7TBxl8. Let me know and I’ll send it to you.