Thanks to some tech issues and timing, this post is hitting almost at the end of the day…but I couldn’t bring myself to consciously, knowingly let the day pass without posting as I’ve done at least most years since she’s been gone.
Today, Kayla would have been 29. It’s been 29 years since she was born.
Though it was 15 months later that she came into MY life.
She’s been gone nearly 9 1/2 years now.
And while these photos are almost certainly duplicates that I’ve posted in previous years…unfortunately, I just don’t have that many of her, or of good quality.
But these are some "key" photos I (as such) often think of with her, and cherish all of them…and the little over 18 1/4 years I had with her!
Miss Kayla Krystal…Kayla Kneeland.
My first kitty.
I took this photo of her in October 2008 or 2009. I was digging through all my comic boxes at my parents’ house at the time for my various Deadpool and related comics. Kayla joined me, and had quite the adventure with me moving all these BOXES around!
This photo is Kayla looking up from her bowl. The photo makes her eyes look brown (if not outright kitty-laser-eyes), but in the right light, her eyes were brilliantly blue!
Kayla napping, curled up as cats do…
While a bit blurry, I love this photo. Every time I see it, I remember that moment…I was TRYING to get a particular pic of her, and Kayla walked up and started swatting at the camera!
Another pic of her sleeping. She loved that couch, and laying ON stuff–such as that sheet. More than any other cat I’ve had, she would seek out paper, plastic, cardboard, books, comics, magazines, sheets, anything loose on top of some other firm surface.
And her adventures getting into bags and boxes…all these years later and I still "expect" to be able to put a box down for my other kitties and find at least one in it. But Ziggy never did, and Chloe and Sarah have never matched Kayla’s love of boxes.
Kayla looked so regal to me in this one. Just her in the middle of the recliner, surveying her kingdom…
One of her nap-time stretches. A bit awkward in pose, but comfy in the chair!
And finally, a photo from Christmas Day 2007, me holding this precious kitty even as she squirmed to get down.
Usually such a "ragdoll" in being picked up and held, but trying to pose with her rarely worked, for me.
Happy birthday, Kayla! Little poof, nightkitten, Pretty Kitty…
Until we’re reunited at the bridge…
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