Meesha “Bebe” and my blue jeans

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Barry W. Hollritt, 2009  

This is my cat, Meesha.  As in my other images of this special cat with a perfect mustache, she has a look that captures your attention.  This is one of the first images I took of the little kitten in my hotel room on the trip where I met her.  Meesha came into my life while I was visiting Greensboro, North Carolina.  The cat was a stray that was found in a ghetto area of the city.  She has the nickname of “bebe” because of her peck in the order of four other cats in the household at the time she arrived.  When she was left in the hotel room for three days, she quickly grew into a pet and future companion.  She followed me home to Cincinnati and acted like the special cat she would become from the moment she got into the car for the 8 hour drive.  She contently sat like the Buddha for most of the trip and constantly gazed out the window at the passing American landscapes that her owner lovingly photographs.  In this photograph she has found a place where I find her every night… usually on my legs.  What you see is the cat sitting on my new blue jeans.  Her paws were placed in that wonderful position that reminds me of the Buddha.  She sits like this whenever she is content and this was probably the first time I saw her this way.  She had been running around like crazy through the room, but when she finally settled in that first night, I found her contently looking at me like “I think I like it here”.  The image captures the perfect kitten face and mustache.  A classic.  

Barry W. Hollritt