26th March

Cat

Cats are supremely able to sleep deeply without any effort at all it seems. It is a gift many of us envy! This is our cat, or rather we are hers, called cat as she is a stray who has obviously been loved and named by someone else in the past. She has impeccable manners in the kitchen but is demanding everywhere else. She has a determined fixation on our fish and chip papers if we forget to shut her in out while we eat from them, and we are her retirement plan! Actually she has done rather well considering we were planning to be pet free once our children left home. She gives so much affection, and is very smoochy when it suits her, as every cat I have ever known is. She has become a fixture here, showing  respect for neither artistic endeavour nor reading, and firmly asserting her place right in the centre of everything. She gets away with far too much!

21st February

Speaking of 'Furries'...


Here she is, our particular furry person, asleep on the green sofa in my studio. Actually, we are hers since she insinuated her way into our lives a few years ago. We are her retirement plan, and I think things are working out pretty well for her! They don't sit still for long, even when sleeping after a meal, so this is a group of very quick sketches. I love the way they wrap their paws and tail over each other to make a little platform for their chin. So content in the late afternoon sunshine.