On April 7, on a whim, I picked up my camera and snapped a few glimpses of Professor Kelp to mark and celebrate the prized cat's 20th birthday.
Here, in sequence, are what would become his final three photographs.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mJMia_kED5I_7lauwbehcCon7uTV_sP2APQR3JntDJoScqS4Yg5vjsZE9_4N1VG4zKLvfIBEQsixvKedmWYZhBjQVVXZqAlPXppQ0fJ60_iJ0aBEw5S73LKBTjzcF-qLWIfI/s400/kelpnap.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOL-tpo4jl2Z3zuKpraxIOIUdBN97d5Bn6L3rvDdi2QN_he5cJWyOY7W_c0iQwb5JVmmTtHl7-RoKWmcf37XvglviaPfV4wPj2N2o1mFqNQMGEXoWG94GCMeNaS7E3DXFMw3c/s400/kelpnap-med.jpg)
![Professor Kelp, cool cat.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDoY_-N-mIXDgMs9R7QllXL-tvxiPirhg6Pv02GdgK0GZG_I4I87porSOAsxUjfE_Kh3vPh4zxRwcbwRth-ztfJDY620ypAH_VpoNA6MygSMXl767snsWerF8wHV-_VlmlYpX/s400/kelp-0407-head.jpg)
It was a good spring day, sunny with a nice nap.