Happy New Year with Sparklies: From A Year Ago
Because we’ve been preoccupied with Cookie, we couldn’t create a new year wish for you, but Mewsette was so beautiful in her photo shoot last year she deserves another year of greeting our readers!
On behalf of my household of kitties, Mewsette wishes you and yours a happy new year!
She’s modeling my latest crochet scarf with vintage pin, and the little sparks of color and the shape of the pin brought to mind fireworks. She has the greenest eyes of the group, too, and I wanted to highlight that with the background.
I’ve never been one to dress up my cats, but I’ve been handling Mewsette and her brothers since they were three days old and somehow decorating this family of nearly solid black cats seems like the natural thing to do.
This extemporaneous photo shoot developed after I tried to photograph the scarf but certain kitties decided it was meant to be a toy—I have to admit they have a few toys that resemble this—and in the ensuing activity someone ended up wearing it.
And they tolerate it, in part because they inherited their mom’s sweet personality and are the nicest family of kitties I’ve ever known (in a lifetime of kitties), and perhaps also because I’ve been handling them all their lives. They put up with a lot of stuff from me, but of course, the benefits are many.
They are now three years old, so it’s time to put them to work!
I think Mewsette has a true career as a model—I’ve included a few more shots from this session along with Mewsette’s comments.
Her brothers were spared the indignity of having to wear this thing, but their day will come.
It’s a little difficult to tell, but I’ve included the extra space on the right of this last photo so you might see how l-o-o-n-n-g Mewsette’s whiskers are.
I hope your 2011 begins on a bright note with colors, smiles, purrs and happiness, and continues to become more beautiful every day!
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she’s just gorgeous….i had a solid black cat~Isis~who, sadly, was killed in a fire. both she n i were caught in an aparment fire. i was badly burned up n down my left side n Isis didn’t make it…i don’t think i’ll ever forget her………..i do not, however, remember the fire….
dru
Dru, I’m so sorry for your loss, especially like that. Fire is actually one of my biggest fears where my cats are concerned, especially when I had several who were timid and tended to hide and I knew I’d never catch them. I’m really glad you don’t remember the fire and I hope you aren’t too badly scarred, at least physically. But I do hope some day you find another Isis.
i love love love love love that scarf (and the model of course!).
I hope Cookie is doing OK? I’m very behind in my blog reading!
xo
Thanks thanks thanks about the scarf, and, of course, my furry girl. Photos don’t do her justice. Yes, Cookie is on the mend–the little infection really through off her levels of everything so I’m working on getting her back near normal levels. It will take some time: http://portraitsofanimals.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/im-one-tough-cookie/ Thanks for asking!
Mewsette is
stylin
She got some swag.
Mewsette is stunning, and I love those long whiskers! Happy New Year to you and the kitties!
Thanks, Chris! She is very unassuming while her brothers preen and pose.
Wonderful photos and love the scarf! Happy New Year to you and yours! So happy I found your blog and looking forward to many more posts!
Cynthia, thanks for the compliments and likewise with your blog! Good luck with your painting in the coming year–you are learning fast!
Pawsome….I like that. And I think Mewsette looks fantastic in her sparkly scarf and vintage pin — not all cats could pull it off —
…Then, again, maybe they could……
Tammy, I think cats can pull off anything they want, if they want it. And if she didn’t want it, Mewsette would surely pull off that scarf!
She is simply, “pawsome!” What a sweetie she is!
Moussie is the purrrfect model!
Such a pretty girl!
Je suis une fille très belle! And we three girls with our French names, myself, my Mama Mimi and Mama Bernadette, must stay together!