It’s been an interesting 24-36 hours.
The weather forecasts have been grim. Rain and flooding is imminent.
But much of this storm passed north of the island of Oahu, hitting Kauai directly, while another part of it passed to the south, hitting parts of Maui. We’re hoping for continued good luck today, and are keeping in mind that parts of the island were already drenched and primed for additional flooding with the smallest excuse.
And this was not a good week for cat photos. The weather was damp and gray, and far less light than normal found its way inside our house. That’s a great photo inhibitor! No interesting light, no interesting cat pics.
But I did my best, waited for opportunities, and took ’em.
Note that Kinikini is posing in one photo with a paperback book, “North of Foothill.” It’s the recently released mystery by Orlando “Dan” Davidson, who some might remember as director of the State Land Use Commission, and before that executive director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. This is his second book which just made its official debut last month. Available from Amazon and other booksellers.
As I was posting the photos, I realized that this is my sister’s birthday. Bonnie (Lind) Stephens was born on this date in 1943. I came along four years later, and in my first few years she spent a lot of time babysitting me. At least that’s what the old photos show. But later, those four years between us appeared as a huge gulf. She entered the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1961 as I was just starting high school. She didn’t return for nearly 50 years except for brief visits.
Unfortunately, she died a decade ago, in October 2016.
Our present cohort of cats never met Bonnie, who was a cat person in her own way.
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It’s amazing how your photos always make the cats look so good! Either that or they are very photogenic. Being a cat owner myself with many less than stellar photos, I think it’s the former.
Good to honor your sister’s memory with thoughts and reflections on her special day. Your situation mirrors so many siblings who are separated by age and distance. But 50 years is a long time. I notice you have already passed the age she was when she died. It’s a significant milestone. I remember feeling a sense of bewilderment when I passed my mother’s age of 57, but I somehow kept on living when she did not. It seems unfair at times, but God has a larger plan than what I can see.
Thank you. On a good week, I just have a camera out all the time. When there’s a cat anywhere near some good light, I grab the camera. And, luckily, cats are attracted to sunlight, so we usually aren’t working at cross purposes. But I do work hard trying to get just the right photos. I’m glad it shows.
And yes, it was a shock to realize several years ago that enough time had passed that suddenly Meda and I were older than Bonnie was when she died.
With her passing, I lost the last person I could bounce half-formed memories off of and have a chance that she could remember more or different aspects of the same events. And she had become the “go-to” person for family history and genealogy, and now much of it is lost.
Rain or shine, the Lind Cats are as beautiful as ever…
Mahalo nui Ian for the awesome cat pictures. It always seem to lighten the day! 🙂