The Cat Was Invited and the Dog Remembers
Both of them just want to be treated like human beings.
Today’s FurBabies strip develops Stella the Poodle’s character a bit more.
Stella doesn’t want to be a human being, she just wants to be treated like one.
Stella is based on my first cat, Gizmo, a truly remarkable spirit and one of the most amazing beings I’ve met in this lifetime. Gizmo is also the model for mischievous Floof the kitten. It took two characters to portray her in the comic strip.
Gizzy loved parties. She would sit quietly in a chair, originally a human’s, later her own special folding one, at the dining room table. Gizmo was a perfect lady and never jumped on the table or bothered anyone. She only wanted to be invited. Stella commemorates this.
Gizmo and I shared breakfasts together in our apartments after we moved to Canada and had an eat-in kitchen. She had her own chair. Her favorite snacks were the delicate lining of hard boiled egg shells (which I would peel for her). She did not eat asparagus.
Gizmo had her own chair at the kitchen table, but she did not eat there. (2012)
Gizmo will have been gone for ten years on August 30, 2023. But she’s still with me in spirit, and you can make her acquaintance through the comic strip.