Meesha discovers Birds
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Barry W. Hollritt,
2009
This is my cat, Meesha. 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 is about eight months old or so and she is looking
out of my bedroom window. On this particular morning, I noticed her
intent look and strange warbling. I had never experienced a cat
making this noise but quickly realized that she was infatuated with
some cardinals fluttering outside the window. New to cats, I was
surprised to see such interesting behavior. She didn’t even look at
me as this warbling continued at the birds outside. Next to me was
my 80-200 f2.8 Nikor lens which I use for bird photography. I
grabbed it and exposed about five images of Meesha as she continued
her antics. The light was soft and the image that came was
wonderful. Tuxedo cats are sometimes referred to as Jellicle cats,
a name derived from T.S. Elliots book “Old Possums Book of Practical
cats: the Song of the Jellicles”. The cats are really black and
white cats and referred also as bicolor cats. “Meesha discovers
Birds” is a special cat image that can also be attributed to some
wonderful cardinals that spent the day outside of that very special
window.
Barry W. Hollritt
