RIP Polly 2000 - 2015

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Time for a pause in blogging - for reflection on the life of Polly, my much loved Abyssinian cat.



"Pause"Polly sunbathing in the doorway heard me behind her and an ear twitched round - worked up from a 15 second sketch and my memory!14" x 11" coloured pencil on black Stonehenge paper

She died this afternoon after becoming very sick with heart failure 10 days ago.

Losing Polly would be bad

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