Friend

Today we dropped my good friend off in Nashville and I miss her tons. It is really hard to travel around as we have been and leave good friends and family behind wherever you go. So, I made a friend that can come with us everywhere...

In the middle is what he looks like. Up top is what he looks like when he is really happy. And at the bottom is what he looks like when he is shy, but it is also what he looks like when he is being mischeivous. So sometimes it is really hard to tell which one he is being. He doesn't have a name yet, except Friend, which may be his name. He is wondering if there is anyone who has suggestions for a name for him. And as you can see, my friend has a kitty. He needed a friend too after all.
This little guy has been in my head for a while. Although I didn't know he had a pet until today, but I knew I would put him on paper at some point. I guess I just needed the catalyst. I think part of the catalyst was recently watching the movie about Beatrix Potter, "Miss Potter". I have no idea how accurate the story is to her life, but I loved it and the way that it portrayed her creating friends on paper in the form of little rabbits, ducks, and hedgehogs. And I used to love those books when I was little. So, between that and missing my friend, he came about. I think other creative people understand missing good, creative friends. When I am not around silly, creative people for too long I start to shrivel up a little bit and then when I see them again it's like I am a plant getting watered and I prop back up... I need to find the Clarksville creatives. As for now, I have Juneau, sixteen cats, and my new Friend... I guess it is seventeen cats.