Those who have followed this story for a long time will know that Lord Nelson was a friend of Freya, who was also a dear friend of Sasha, the Russian Blue cat who runs this blog through his human.
After Freya passed to the Rainbow Bridge at her home in Johannesburg, so unexpectedly after her return from visiting Sasha in Adelaide, South Australia, her human family grieved long and deeply. They eventually rescued Sirin, a young cat from a centre for displaced cats.
Sirin speculated that she had done something wrong and, in the strange human logic that felines could not easily penetrate, had to be banished from a human household. But the new place was better. She was a little wary of getting too close to humans now, but these ones were so happy to have her living with them.
After some months, a letter arrived for Sirin, and to her great surprise, she discovered that she had a famous relative in California, who had left her something in her will and was paying for her to visit in California. Sirin’s pawparents did not want her to travel alone, so Lord Nelson decided to take her with him.
He takes his responsibilities very seriously, and only recently allowed her to hang out with her new friends, the Mousecateers. Once they arrive at Dream Island, he takes Sirin to the exhibition of Freya’s paintings.
Sirin knew about the precious cat that looked after her beloved humans before they found her. Occasionally, if one of them mentions ‘Freya’, they look a bit sad, and she has to cheer them up by doing some of her crazy stunts, the same stunts that had driven the other humans mad. But these humans love her. They want to be close to her. Maybe she will. After a while.
As they tour the exhibition, Sirin is more and more impressed.
There is even a book of paintings. And when she flicks it open, she reads about Freya’s work to save the environment. ‘I will do that too,’ she thinks. The two of them spend a long time admiring each picture. Now she recognises Freya’s style and realises that they have some of her beautiful paintings at home. Sirin had stared at them and wondered about the exotic creatures.
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