Final Portrait

As I wrote back on November 11th, my daughter's 12 year old cat, Rolly, took his last breath. He and Julie grew up together, so it was a sad, sad day.

This photo was taken that morning ...

Julie and Rolly
November 2008

Rolly was a one-person cat. He was never happier than when Julie was in the room. Their symbiosis was good for Julie, too. Rolly was her baby and her best boy ... even when he got to be a grumpy, gray-haired old man that shed each time you touched him.

A few years ago, Julie asked me to take her high school senior portraits. We had two or three photo shoots, some in the great outdoors of Idaho. But the one she chose to duplicate and give away? This one:

Julie and Rolly, 2005

Bye, bye, Rolly.

[ Hope you don't hiss at the gatekeepers in heaven! ]