CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
THE CAT WITH THE CALICO TAIL
Repeatedly I’m asked why the wooden cat sitting on my windowsill is painted so silly, having a gray and orange striped tail attached to its all-white body. A few years ago my artistic niece Debbie painted the craft item for me, using our cat as a model.
Shenan (short for Shenandoah) joined our family in August, 1985. Her creation-day tale explains the incongruousness of her body and tail.
You see, Shenan began on the kitten-makin’ (more…)
