Daily Photo Reprise: Kelly in Forget-me-nots, 2012
These were good memories with Kelly last May.
Kelly has been stepping out into the back yard with me now and then, even asking at the door to go out. She’s never shown any interest in the 15 years she’s been with me until this spring, and I can’t help but think she associates the outdoors, and the spring forget-me-nots, with Cookie, as I do. Kelly is now the lone senior cat, and she’s very lonely without an older kitty to cuddle with and protect her; she’s a little intimidated by the gregarious black cats. Observing what she does, I think she’s looking for and communing with Cookie, again, as I do.
This is a kind of an odd angle—I had my zoom lens as I’d been photographing details of forget-me-nots and buttercups together and the cranesbill geraniums and columbines with raindrops from last night’s storms. Kelly’s a little foreshortened, but it’s a good view of her face and those brilliant green eyes; even without the reflection of lush vegetation, Kelly’s eyes are like gems, though the reflected greenness is giving them an extra touch here. It’s hard to believe she is 19 this year because she is still active, lithe and graceful, and because she was the youngest for 11 years I still think of her as the little one.
Read Kelly’s story in five parts: A Little Bit About Kelly. Below is a cropped version of just her face.
And don’t forget—Kelly was an adult cat, very frightened and on the euthanasia list when she was adopted from a shelter. During this time of kittens, consider adopting an adult cat and you will still have a lifetime of love!
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So beautiful…and to think she might have left this life far too soon.
Thanks, Chris–or she may have held on as long as she could.
Such beautiful pictures…
Thanks, Texas–with a face like Kelly’s it was hard to get a bad picture, except that she rarely stood still.
This brings to mind my two elder cats- Bubba and Junior (aka June Buggie). They are both 16 years old. They are still companions, even as Bubba slowly goes down. I don’t know what one will do without the other, and neither cares for the youngsters around here.
Rumpydog, I’m sorry to hear about Bubba, but sometimes these are the sweetest time. I had no idea they were that old! Cookie loved the kids, but Kelly never got used to the four of them and I would do anything for her to be happy.
I’m sorry, that sentence was not what I meant. I meant that when the picture of Kelly was taken last year, that she was telling Cookie she still loved her and had not forgotten her. Sometimes I hit reply before I mean too…
Deb, don’t worry, I understood, and I thank you for the lovely thought. Sometimes I go back and read my comments and realize I knew what I meant but likely no one else will!
What a beautiful picture – I love the wisdom in Kelly’s face coupled with the delicate forget-me-nots. I guess she is telling Cookie she still loves her and has not forgotten her.
Kelly has such beautiful eyes. I find it hard to believe that it’s been almost a year now since she went to join Cookie at the Bridge.
Vicki, it is for me as well–and the month of May last year was a very special time with Kelly as it seemed she’d turned a corner–after healing from a number of things, before the final illness began to have an effect on her. That time in the yard with my cats near their end is different from the time in the house. Thanks for remembering.