Wednesday, August 17, 2016

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[image from google dot com]

MISS PRETTY
Back then, it was easy to sit, hours on end
To have kinky hair corn-rowed with, or
Without the extensions added, to lend
The length of vanity, time thus courted;
Youth and its foibles reveled hours on end
While 'Miss Pretty' sat poised on the wall
She adored these glam hours we would spend
Hairdresser braided, she preened or napped
A yellow-eyed little fur-balled friend
So well named such a hoity toity cat,
Those were days of coiffure hours on end
MISS PRETTY © gillena cox 2016


Blog hopping today at
Midweek Motif ~ cats: in response to Susan's prompt


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27 comments:

  1. LOVE this scene. Given half an inch, I'm sure that cat would have pounced!

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  2. Thanks for a fun prompt today Susan. Happy you dropped in to read mine

    Much love...

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    1. I forgot to mention the video which I've seen a few times-- I always have to watch it all the way through, too, fun bright and cool!

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  3. I love this scene, the hair being corn-rowed, the kitty blissfully watching and dozing. Love "yellow-eyed little fur balled friend". So sweet.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Sherry

      much love...

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  4. What a sweet poem Gillena - excellent work

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  5. Aw. How nice to have a cute little cat around while someone's doing your hair. And the little cat is so aptly named to live in hair salon - What else could Miss Pretty be, but pretty?
    Enjoyed this Gillena.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Myrna

      much love...

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  6. An enjoyable read, with a scene set so well.

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    1. Thanks for your appreciation Julian

      Much love...

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  7. What a joyful memory - some animals help define your childhood they are so important..and the video kept me smiling - two Miss Pretty's in their own ways

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  8. What fun to have a kitty watching the braiding process!

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  9. What a beautiful scene you painted Gillena that this reader so easily pictured in his mind.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Robin

      Much love...

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  10. Miss Pretty sounds like a very special cat!! (Of course, all cats KNOW they are special. Smiles.)

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  11. I've known a hoity toity cat or two in my time... :)

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    1. πŸ˜„ 🌸🌾
      Happy you dropped in

      Much love...

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  12. Idyllic times by the sound of it – and youthful. (Smile)

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  13. Miss Pretty sure has a place in every customer's heart. It takes the focus off from the bothersome braiding process!

    Hank

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  14. Good one, Gillena. Nice to have had agreeable company at the hairdresser's... :-)

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  15. Thanks for dropping in Nicholas

    much love...

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