Full Spectrum: Pollock

Gah, I missed a post deadline again! (And why is there not a facepalm emoji on this thing?)

 

In my defense, Oliver got neutered today, and I was picking him up, getting him home, witnessing his rather traumatizing epic freakout when I put the e-collar on him, running to Petco to purchase alternatives, and worrying about him (because even though I'm on anti-anxiety meds now, I'm still me) during the time I would normally be writing my Monday post.

 

For the record, he's fine. We put him back in the sunroom, since that's where he's most comfortable, and gave him lots of quiet space to decompress. We successfully swapped out the hard plastic e-collar for a soft donut one, and while he is Not A Fan of the donut, he's much less terrified of it than he was of the hard plastic cone. We lured him out from behind the sofa with a couple small plates of wet food and some of his dry food, and by the end of the evening, he was flopping on his side (as much as the donut would allow) and purring and making air biscuits and letting me rub his belly. After a rough day for us both, it was nice to see a glimpse of my normal cat, and to see that the trust between us hasn't completely imploded.

 

I'll post a picture of "Donut Oliver" as soon as he allows me to take one.

 

In the meantime, here's another rainbow thing. Excuse the presence of the Seven Arts Surprise in the photo below - this is the only pic I had on hand on short notice!

 

 

BreyerFest special run lineups tend to be all or nothing for me. I either need everything (this year, cough cough) or I need almost nothing. 2021 was one of the latter years. The only model I wanted from the special runs was the rainbow #711398 Pollock, a run of 1600 pieces. 

 

BreyerFest was online again that year and your selections were assigned to you based on your preference list and where you fell in the picking order. (That would become the norm for all BreyerFests going forward, even if you're there in person.) Pollock was insanely popular and I didn’t think I had much of a chance of getting drawn to buy one, especially since many people chose him with their VIP tickets. But I logged in the first morning of Virtual BreyerFest and there he was in my cart. While waiting for him to arrive, I prayed the entire time that he wouldn’t be the 200-piece gold variation, because that one had very little rainbow color compared to the original. I was probably one of the only people wishing for the more common, less valuable model, and happily that's what I got. 

 

I’ve only shown him once or twice; his show name is Magically Delicious, for obvious reasons.