Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Daily Sketch Reprises: Minding Their Own Business and Toe Cleaning

sketch of two cats
Minding Their Own Business, charcoal © B.E. Kazmarski

Sometimes, this is all we see.

I like the times when they are going about their business without me involved. Jelly Bean is curled, sleeping, at the top of the steps where the sun had been shining, briefly awakened by Mewsette as she climbs the steps and rounds the corner into my bedroom. No faces, no interaction with me, they are just being house cats finding their afternoon nap spots.

. . . . . . .

Toe Cleaning, 2013
conte sketch of cat cleaning toes
“Toe Cleaning”, sanguine conté crayon, 8″ x 6.5″ © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Jelly Bean ceremoniously settled down on my desk right in front of me and had a complete and energetic bath. I tried to get work done despite the fact he was bathing on my paperwork and pretty completely occupying my desk, but that being fruitless I got my sketchpad and did a sketch. I fully expected him to get up and leave—but it was probably only my imagination that he would be trying to get in the way of me getting anything done.


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2 thoughts on “Daily Sketch Reprises: Minding Their Own Business and Toe Cleaning

  • I like when my cats go about their business without me being involved too… the simplest of everything they do is so fascinating to watch from the distance.

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    • Deb, that’s what I enjoy so much about my daily sketches–capturing my cats being cats, that’s a joy in itself, really feeling I’ve gotten to the essence of their moment and what inspires me about it, and sharing those moments with others.

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