One Day at a Time

I'm finally able to post another I-Fri painting. This (coming) week's topic is "Cat." And not only do I have two paintings, but I even have them in on the first day!

This is mom's Annie-cat. She's somewhere in the neighborhood of 21-24 years old now; we've had her since 1987, and she was 2-4 years old when we got her then. At first, we never saw her. The food and water were gone, and we'd have to clean the litterbox, but the cat was essentially a ghost. Eventually she'd come out for us, but no one else. She did get to the point with us where she'd sit on the kitchen table (the top picture) and yell at us if we didn't give her some of the milk from our cereal.

Now, Annie isn't afraid of anything. She'll hiss and swat at dogs who come to close, but she'll stay out for company, even complete strangers. She's not doing too well health-wise, but when you figure how old she is, she's pretty darn amazing.