Lynette says she has a special surprise for me and gives me an oversized parcel. I don’t receive many gifts nowadays, as the whole place is already cluttered with my possessions, and this is only a small dwelling. I carefully take off the wrapping and find this lovely painting.
‘This is the portrait Freya painted of you when she was here with us, dear Sasha,’ says Lynette. ‘Before she left, Freya asked me to frame it for her and give it to you for Christmas. What a wonderful present! We need to thank Freya’s pawparent, Maria, for so thoughtfully saying we could have this work, as it would bring a good price at auction. Freya didn’t want it included with her other paintings for sale.’
I remember Freya’s magnificent works in her exhibition. We will be showing a retrospective of the exhibition in the New Year.
Just looking at the painting brings so many memories of my dear friend and her generosity.
It is just Lynette and me and the toys here for Christmas, so I show Lynette the videos of the Christmas concerts I attended with Freya, Otto, and Mitzi.
Please switch on your speakers to hear the videos.
Lynette loves ballet, so we had a good time looking at all the recordings. They are much longer than these snippets, but you get the idea. I should be at home longer, but I promised to see Otto start in the Sydney to Hobart. Lynette says she doesn’t mind and faithfully puts all of my adventures online for me.
‘As long as you take care, dear Sasha,’ she says. ‘Just be safe, my beloved kitty.’
I get very spoiled when I stay at home.
