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Condo Cat has Passed Away

Posted by anotherboomerblog on July 18, 2017
Posted in: animals, Art, Condo Cat, people, Photography, Texas, The Unexpected, Uncategorized. Tagged: animal rescue, animals, Art, death, life, photo, Texas. 2 Comments

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Using one of the first photos of Garfield the Condo Cat, I am reposting.

In August of 2015, I met a cat named Garfield. He had been abandoned by his family two years before and made his home at a condo complex where I landed. This enormous orange cat with arthritis was a part of the landscape. He was good with people, dogs, and other cats. He was one of the gentlest beings I’ve met. If I were not allergic to cats I’d have taken him home. I seriously considered going back on major meds to take him in. My dog is cat-friendly.

Over the past two years, I’ve taken many a photo of Garfie. When storms rushed in I worried about him. When it was too cold I worried about him. A few neighbors have constructed him winter shelters on their porches. He loved Cat Mom dearly, but always wanted out again. He graced our swimming pool and slept on the lounge chairs. He melted on our sidewalks in the heat of the summer and decorated stairways to upper units.

The drama began last Friday when he was found in extremis on the lawn. Cat Mom and I rushed him to a local vet and – wonder of wonders – no one asked: Who is going to pay for this stray cat? (by the way, I have a new vet now)

Snake bite was ruled out. Poison was ruled in. He spent the weekend in the veterinary version of the ICU. When we left him to their care he was not capable of understanding what had happened but was in severe pain. His pain was relieved. Every effort was made to make him comfortable and to save his life.

Over the weekend the vet ran tests he didn’t charge for. And a few he did. That’s fair. Today we learned Garfield had no chance of survival. As a former nursing home social worker, I was all too aware of the medical terms being slung around. This was Garfie’s swan song.

Cat Mom and I were with him when he died. We spent time with him before the lethal dose was administered. He purred and cuddled with her and I stroked his fur one last time. His death was painless and almost instant.

There was not a dry eye in the room.

This crippled old abandoned cat has people, who are friends of mine, from around the country donating for his care. People who live where I live were donating. Children were pitching in nickels and dimes.

In a world where there is so much wrong, it sometimes takes a small, but personal tragedy to cause us to dig deep into our hearts, minds, and souls to recognize all of us (humans and our companion animals) deserve love, care, and compassion.

Animals are often the best of us. They teach us unconditional love and acceptance. They teach us to roll with the punches. And, if as happened with Garfield, we are surrounded by those who love us at the end of our days, that is the best any of us can hope for. He left this world in the arms of love. So many don’t.

Hug your companion animal tonight. Hug your partner. Hug your loved ones. Oh, and if you live near Tyler, Texas, I recommend Starnes Animal Clinic on South Broadway. They also do rescue. Please adopt, don’t shop.

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Moving sale – check for the new address

Posted by anotherboomerblog on June 28, 2017
Posted in: Photography, The Unexpected, Uncategorized. Tagged: life, moving, new address. Leave a comment

Screenshot 2017-06-27 19.39.44This site is pretty much maxed out and I am going to have to pay to add more space. I considered adding it here since I have quite a few followers, but I just opened up an author’s site (paid) and decided to link a photo site to that.

Soooo…. the author’s site (book coming out soon) is MJGraham.blog and the paid photoblogging site is MJphoto.blog. The photo site is still under a bit of construction so please bear with me.

Hope to see you there. This site is going inactive, but will remain up because: photos.  🙂

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Dallas bound

Posted by anotherboomerblog on June 9, 2017
Posted in: Black and White, iPhone, Photography, Texas, Uncategorized. Tagged: Art, black and white photos, grunge, iphone, iphoneography, iphonephotomaven, phonto, photo, photography, snapseed, snapshot. Leave a comment

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Black eyed Susans

Posted by anotherboomerblog on June 5, 2017
Posted in: flowers, Photography, Uncategorized. Tagged: flowers, iphone, iphoneography, iphonephotomaven, nature, phonto, photo, photography, snapseed, summer. Leave a comment

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Garfield the condo cat June 2017

Posted by anotherboomerblog on June 3, 2017
Posted in: animals, Art, Condo Cat, iPhone, Photography, The Unexpected, Uncategorized. Tagged: animal, Art, cat, iphone, iphoneography, phonephotomaven, phonto, photo, photography, snapseed. 1 Comment

I usually see Garfield in other areas of the condo complex. But this morning when the wee little doggie and I came back from our walk he was waiting for his glamour shot. 

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Hydrangea Heart

Posted by anotherboomerblog on June 1, 2017
Posted in: Art, flowers, iPhone, Photography, Uncategorized. Tagged: Art, flowers, icolorama, iphone, iphoneography, iphonephotomaven, nature, phonto. Leave a comment

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Giant pink hibiscus

Posted by anotherboomerblog on May 31, 2017
Posted in: Art, flowers, iPhone, Photography, Texas, Uncategorized. Tagged: Art, flowers, iphone, iphonography, nature, phonto, photography, photos, snapseed. Leave a comment

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Storm sunset

Posted by anotherboomerblog on May 29, 2017
Posted in: Art, iPhone, Photography, Texas, The Unexpected, Uncategorized. Tagged: iphone, iphoneography, nature, photo, photography, snapseed, sunset. Leave a comment

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Parking Lot Statue

Posted by anotherboomerblog on May 25, 2017
Posted in: Art, Black and White, iPhone, The Unexpected, Uncategorized. Tagged: Art, grunge, icolorama, iphone, iphoneography, iphonephotomaven, snapseed. Leave a comment

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Political rally

Posted by anotherboomerblog on May 22, 2017
Posted in: iPhone, people, Photography, Texas, Uncategorized. Tagged: iphone, iphoneography, iphonephotomaven, phonto, photo, photography, smapseed. Leave a comment

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