I took this one on the very first night he came to live with me. He's squinting because this was pre-SLR and he wasn't liking the FLASHY-THINGY.
Poor kitteh- here he is the day he got shaved at the vet - his fur was so matted there was no way around it. He didn't seem to mind, but he sure did look silly. 
This photo is about 6 weeks in - he'd survived the awful surgery, was recovering, getting healthy and enjoying a plethora of kitteh toys. 
And this might be one of my all time favorite photos - not because it's such a great photo (it's not) but because of what he's doing in the picture. I took this while he was watching a show on Discovery Channel about Humboldt Squid. It was the damnedest thing I'd ever seen - he watched the entire show from start to finish, completely fascinated. When the squids would appear out of the depths he would literally drop his jaw open a bit as if to say, "oooooh! look at that!" Anytime the show aired I'd put it on and he'd faithfully watch it. To this day I don't know what he found so interesting (from a cat's perspective). It's not like he knew what a squid was - they aren't actually the natural prey of kittehs.Another thing he watched from start to finish was the movie "Kingdom of God." You noes the one, with Orlando Bloom about the crusades and Saladin besieging Jerusalem. Your guess is as good as mine. He was even rapt during the slow parts. He was a funny little guy.
I still miss him everyday.
Plushy gurlz will return later tonight.
Every day, gurlie, every day I pass Maxx's picture on my bureau, I miss him every single day. He looks down on me from the bookcase and I tell Arthur about the best friend he never got to meet. Some day, they will meet, and they will look after all the rest of our friends. I miss him too. Mr. Plushy - that's what I called him when his fur started coming back in, and he looked like the very finest cut velvet from the '20s - infinitely silky, rich and plushy beyond compare. Such a good boy. I'll miss him for always.
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Thank you - me too.
ReplyDeleteI wish you could have gotten a chance to pet him - that cut coat WAS as silky as the finest cut velvet.
2 years alread, dear Lord.
ReplyDeleteHe's up there, on his comet.
Buckeye
i'm crying like a baby now
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You've got to smile through your tears though. I don't know which is funnier, the fact that Maxx watched the Discovery Channel, or the picture of him doing so in the preferred teevee-watching posture, sprawled out on the couch ("honey, could you bring me a beer?").
ReplyDeleteLook at his plushy feet! What a lion he was!
Thank you for sharing the memories with us, fourlegs. He will always be a special boy.
-mismn
Wonder if they haz TIVO or Netflix on teh comet?
ReplyDeleteWhat do u suppose he's watching nao?
flory
Maxx must have known dose squids were teh tastie!
ReplyDeleteI imagine him up on his comet, smiling down at you, his wonderful Centaur. I had not seen the teevee lounging pic. That is priceless. He still brings tears...he was such a special Plush.
ReplyDeleteoh, and Centaur needs to rest. and relax. and not work so hard.
ReplyDeleteflory, I suspect he's busy checking out alien squids nao.
ReplyDeleteMaxx is chasing giant cosmic squid and swatting at their tentacles.
ReplyDeleteMR PLUSHY!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope him and Dudley get along, wherever they are.
Thanks for the chance to revisit him. He was special. And mebbe, just mebbe, still is. Even for an atheist.
ReplyDeleteU do not suck, u has a life and need to spend time with the plushies... wonderful fotos of Maxx, some I haven't seen.
ReplyDeleteOMG! He looks like a squirrel when he was all shaved!
ReplyDeleteRipley Sweetfoots, why aren't U letting ur Centaur photo U? I miss U!
ReplyDeleteI long to see ur delicious pink nose,
Ur gracefully waving Plume.
Sweetness of Pussyfoots,
come run ur claws thru my fur ……
Silkey, bereft of Plush
We miss Uncle Maxx too, you know. He still is a role model for gentlemen Kittehs everywhere.
ReplyDeleteBut he is up on his comet, exploring the universe and helping Ceiling Cat run things. We send them messages at our Caturday Services, messages carried on plumes of catnip incense.
So we are in touch, and know everything is well in the Feline universe. Sorry you humans don't have it together like We do!
Silver, accomplished Kitteh
4Legs, how did Maxx come to live with you?
ReplyDeleteWho are you and why do you use the numbers you do?
ReplyDeleteyou use 366505 numbers...8
egyptians? or is that what you were once called?
ReplyDeleteLooks like the numerologists are after you, Centaur!
ReplyDeleteWhat have you been up to instead of minding ur blog?
CoT, he looked completely redonk.
ReplyDeleteIt was the hardest thing in the world not to bust out laughing every time I looked at him.
HarryCat's goal in life is to be as fine a cat as his idol, Mister Maxx. He is fascinated by PBS's "Nature," especially the big cat shows, and has been known to watch the lions and cheetahs closely for several minutes and then go stalking through the den, swinging his tail behind him and slouching his shoulders. I had to ask him the other day, as he sauntered along, "Harry, are you being strong and brave like Mister Maxx, the lion kitty?"
ReplyDeleteI swear he looked around at me, smiled and chirped. As if to say, "Of COURSE!"
And then he went to work on his particle accelerator, apparently trying to impress the Beauteous Plushy Girlz from afar.
See how our children are so easily influenced by The Interwebs?
Hee.
We send kisses and hugs to all the inhabitants of Plushy HQ, past and present, 4 and 2 legs, shorn and unshorn. They all are beautiful in our eyes.
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