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Sight of 2016: Mary Shelley


My best of senses for 2016... 

Sight of the year: On Nov. 1, 2015 we adopted Mary Shelley, a tortoiseshell cat, from the local animal shelter and I rather thought she might dominate some senses in 2016. At her first visit to the vet, the vet told us her coat and tail would fill out and she would become quite beautiful. I was offended — she was already perfect! But, of course, the vet was right and Mary Shelley is even more lovely and loving now. I adored: her bright yellow eyes, her red sparkly ball, a playful cat, her mouth stretched wide, her sharp teeth, shadowed ears, a paw slipped beneath the door, the cat's chin and — pounce!

She shows up in many other senses, too.  

Also:

  • Buddy Bears
  • fields of yellow rapeseed (Brassica napus)
  • Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in Beach Party — thanks to No Bones Beach Club
  • the Baker Butte trail
  • sun rising over the mountain along Icicle Creek and Ponderosa Pines
  • the Santa Monica Pier
  • Guillermo del Toro's books
  • Eyvind Earle Landscapes, 1970-96
  • and seeing my husband at the end of a marathon

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