u/Friendly_Landscape68

She(?) took off into the air like a bird, spiraled high above my head to where she looked like a speck for a while, and flew around the block before coming back to my yard, despite the damaged wing. I was trying to put her on a tree trunk to have some camouflage, but I guess she decided she'd rather have the wisteria.

I would have gotten photos of her flying, but I was just so in awe of how she was like watching a bird or a bat that I was caught in the moment. She must be old, looking at her wings, so I hope wherever she decided to settle down, she has a good rest of her life. Really sparked the magic I felt when watching the monarch migration pass through my school when I was a little kid.

Unfortunately, she is no longer with us, as she died in 2021 at the age of 18, but her name was Shy Shy, and she had some amazing toe beans.

The meme pictured her left paw, but the other three are just a nice to look at, as I've shared right here.

It was really a nice surprise to find out she was immortalized in a decently popular meme by someone I probably won't ever meet, and that I can't help but smile every time I see this meme make rotations, or see people make thier own art version of it.

Shy was really special to me, as I grew up with her, and I always thought her paw pads looked like she'd stepped in an ink pad to get those marks.

My cats I have now also have some cute beans as well, but I don't think I've stumbled on any of thier posted pics that have breached containment yet, but I'd be happy to look through my photos to see if I have some cute ones to share.