| On St Patrick's Day (2022), I went to the Gardner Ale House for an evening of music and friends. An artist had her work on display. I was charmed by her painting of a bunny rabbit. It was fairly large, at about 15" X 20". I was pleased to buy it, for a reasonable $85, and I took it home to mount prominently on my kitchen wall. |  |
| For some reason, the bunny painting reminded me of an old framed print a friend named Joshua used to have. I thought the cat print was excellent and took a picture of it in 1978. |  |
| Reminded of the cat print, I got on the Internet to see if I could find a copy of it or any information about it. I was surprised and amazed to find a similar, but not identical, painting for sale. I bought it. |  |
| The 1978 print photo and the painting from eBay enabled the creation of my 'Wonderful Wall of Furious Felines'. |  |
| My 'Wonderful Wall ...' made me think of an old t-shirt: 'A Cat vs a Vegamatic' in my collection. My friend Cedwyn has an old friend who used to make clever t-shirts. Sadly, they have been out-of-print for many years. I was able to find the worn-out tee. |  |
| I thought I was finished considering unhappy cats. But then my friend Amy sent along some photos from a book on 'Cat First Aid' that she ran across at a tag sale. Although (I presume) no actual cats were harmed in the development of my preceding image roster, I thought my fanciful depictions of stressed cats were sufficiently harsh on our feline friends. But I do have to consider the actual torture involved in posing cats for the 'Cat First Aid' book. I have to wonder what retaliations ensued when the demonstration cat no longer had his head wrapped or his paws bandaged together... |  |
