There will come a day, probably pretty soon, when Mandu will have to go to the vet to be put to sleep.
This day, however, was not it.
No sooner did we get there than she started bumping around in her carrier. I took her out and she sat in my lap and “looked” around with what […]

Last night in the living room, Glenn gave pets to Mandu but this time he was awake and watching a History Channel show with me.
Mandu has now begun eating vigorously and is lapping cream as she did a week ago. Perhaps she is adjusting to the shock of blindness. Maybe she’s finding her way around […]

After making sure that Mandu was safely tucked into her bed, we went out to take care of some errands and stopped for lunch at a little cafe where we had previously enjoyed a coffee break. While our meal was coming, I took advantage of the opportunity to draw the surroundings. We shared a roast […]

Thank you everyone, again, for your kind and supportive comments about Cat Mandu’s health. She walked around a little outside yesterday. I think what little sight she has is helped by the bright sunlight. I was glad to see that although tentatively, she was exploring her environment. She is eating very little, just drinking a […]

Last night, Glenn cuddled Mandu on our sofa and gave her some comfort. It appears that she has likely gone blind, as she looks around in a disoriented way and does not react to visual stimuli as she once did. We will probably put her to sleep as soon as our vet gets back into […]

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My friend Katherine Tyrell is teaching a wet canvas class in drawing and sketching in public, so it thought it would be fun to participate in some of her assignments and challenges. It sort of takes all the surprise out of it when I come up with my own challenges and it’s […]

For Blind Contour Friday:
Cat Mandu just had her 22nd birthday (sometime in May, we don’t know the real day as she came to us as a stray kitten.
She’s had a good and very long life which has included a lot of roof-sitting, sleeping, dustball chasing, scratching, prowling, sleeping, kibble munching, climbing and napping in the […]

On our LA Zoo sketchcrawl on Saturday, I took along a bagful of different art supplies because I wanted to experiment drawing the animals using different tools that seemed appropriate for their textures and coloration. I’m going to be scanning them and posting them throughout the week, so please check back if you’re interested […]

The Blind Contour First Friday theme is Breakfast, so here’s a typical one for me. The first of endless cups of coffee, a crust of bread (kalamata olive is the current pan du jour) and a hard boiled egg. Simple peasant food to satisfy my simple peasant stomach. I’ll bet that somewhere Marcel […]

Well, I don’t know if the three adults are rocket scientists, but I know for sure that the little guy on the end is an engineer.
This is what happens when you try to draw a group of people in public and they keep twitching and crossing and uncrossing their legs, and then get up and […]