07/10/2025
Today's spotlight is on four of Pawsitively Jefferson County volunteers, Niki and Lizzie Henry cats.
Scroll through the images to see their originally provided reference images and their final illustrative art creations.
Their backstory, as told by Niki:
Savannah was my 2nd cat. I had gotten Halo (not pictured) after she was stepped on by a horse and felt she needed a friend after the next batch was born. She lived til she was 21!
Mikey showed up at our house while Lizzie and I were hunting for pinecones and acorns. All of a sudden, Lizzie said, "Mom, here's a cat," and Mikey was rubbing on her legs. She immediately named him! For a few months, I secretly fed Mikey and Mama, who showed up a month later. We fell in love with them both.
Unfortunately, his end was fast and short at only approximately 3 years old, and we still don't know what happened. We miss him!
Tig had been around during Mikey and Mama time but it wasn't until (Paws volunteer/Trapping Coordinator) Judy passed, that two weeks after her services, ( she hoped before that Mikey and Tig aka "Fluff Butt" would become friends, since Mama had passed unexpectedly) he became friendly with me. So he just kinda started letting us touch him. Now he's my biggest baby and the best snuggly boy.
Char, well, he confused me cause he looked like Tig. You would say "hi Tig", then realize when he would meow it wasn't Tig! He wouldn't come near. Until one day, Mikey, Tig, and Char were all in a circle on the porch - I thought "wow that's weird they don't like each other."
Then I noticed something brown . They were sitting around a copperhead! I quickly took care of it so no one would be hurt, and well, Char must have seen that I saved their lives because 10 mins later, he jumped in my lap! He's an "I don't care" cat. And life would be weird without his 15lbs self ( wasn't like that til he found us)
Now it's just Tig and Char, but they have it made. Inside and outside, wet cat food treat at 9pm and snuggles and toys!
