Beautiful cat! I’ve always loved the longhaired orientals, but we go with shorthairs to keep the mess under control.
Our Shannon likes to wash people, too. I was nursing the baby in my room this morning, and I heard a loud, “Scritch, scritch, scritch.” It turned out Shannon was sleeping in Frank’s bed, and she was licking the mattress cover with a surprising reverberation. I guess Frank had dribbled some some milk on it!
I’m sorry about your loss. I still miss my old Agnes, who died about 4 years ago. We understood each other!
LOL! Cute story. With all this cat talk, I'm tempted to visit North Shore Animal League to ceck out the orphan kitties. Never did replace my Nels, because she's irreplaceable. We'll see.