M THE CAT

Of course Amy had the idea to get out the camera for this one. I tend to focus more on photographing things that i want to sell and forget about these precious kids. I sent the image to a couple of people and received one reply, which was "uh...why is she naked". I had to respond with "we don't dress our cat". "I think that would be pretentious".

Some people regard their pets as their children and this is understandable. I have a friend that just made 2 trips to St. Louis and back to have their Persian cremated. Amy and i don't exactly have those feelings for M but with Rosa, it's a different story. Rosa and M don't remember life without each other. This cat was carried around like a rag doll for most of her life and never seemed to mind. Their love is mutual.

The one similarity i see with kids and pets is that they both cost a lot of money. Rosa's M has been bitten on two separate occasions with subsequent visits to the vet. The most difficult thing was explaining to the vet assistant that this cat's name is M. This was apparently not acceptable for their records. "Is it Em, like short for Emily" the assistant said. No her name is M and it is only spelled with the one letter. Emily would be the name of a cat that was treated by her owners as a child, one that wears a bonnet and a blouse. In the end we lost the battle and M's records are filed under Em for Emily.