I.D.F.D.: Aftermath 2013-W08

In last week's post I expounded on how I looked forward to the season 3 finale of Downtown Abbey because it was filmed in and around the home of my Scottish ancestors, Inveraray.   I visited there in 2002, and a few years later the Aray bridge became the subject of a landscape painting plan.  Long dormant after a robust beginning, this project reawakened in my mind last fall after I saw some still photographs from the Downtown episode—unmistakably in Inveraray and including a fly-fishing scene set before a glimpse of bridge...

Well, you can imagine my surprise as the episode aired and I realized it wasn't THE bridge, but rather the smaller (though quite nice) Frew's Bridge a few hundred feet upriver on the estate.  Still, the program was picturesque, and I will make that painting and finish the story of my trip in the next month or two (he says).  Watch for a post titled IDFD: Epilogue.

With the dissipation of pressure to complete the bridge painting in time for this post, I was left with a choice of two subjects this week.  I decided to go with another entry in my Cats in Hats/Wigs series, although this time the cat is an adorable kitten —possibly the most adorable creature alive at this moment— and to gild the lily, she literally is in the the hat.  Hipsters/teen readers (if any): please note how I correctly used the word "literally" here and stop bastardizing it!  Everyone else, enjoy the painting.

Hat Wears Cat