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I'm about to embark on the process of creating the "North River Steam Cat," my design for Cat'n Around Catskill 2009. (http://http//www.cat-n-around.com/) This is the third time Catskill will host a bright round of decorated kitties, and this time, in honor of the 2009 Quadricentennial, the cats will be based on the Hudson River, Henry Hudson and his Halfmoon, and Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston's North River Steamboat. Since I work at Clermont "the home of the steamboat" (http://www.friendsofclermont.org/), I decided that it would be fitting to create a cat that looks like the first practical steamboat (which was NOT originally called "The Clermont" as some would say!).



I'm very excited and honored to be participating in Cat-n-Around Catskill again. I also created the "Historic House Cat" for the 2007 celebration:




I really enjoyed the process-- I learned a lot about Catskill's history (I love local history!). I wish though, that I had done a better job documenting the process... and thus a blog was born!