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09:08 AM - 11/11/2007

The topic: And as I promised

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Here are some photos revisited.   A few have been shown before, but these all gave me a big smile and not a little bit of “aw, isn’t that so keeeYOOT?”

The past few summers, we’ve been getting a lot of those bugs I always called “stickbugs”, because when they’re all folded up, they look like sticks.  Well, Rachel found out what they look like unfolded.  She played with this guy for a while, it would grab her fur when she got too close.  She didn’t like that much.


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I don’t know which kitten this was and in the pictures I took at the same time, there are three little black kittens around the feeder.  So, it’s either Phoebe or Monica or Joey.  But a kitten in the food bowl is always one of those images that brings a smile to my face.  Pardon the cement floor with it’s paint stains and tile grout stains.  This is in a part of the house that is still “under construction”.  Slow going when it’s a do-it-yourself project and the do-it-yourselfer would rather be playing on his tractors an hour and a half away from home.


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I’ve ALWAYS loved this picture.  Ross and Rachel were still tiny, wormy kittens and Lisa hadn’t yet been diagnosed with the nasty stomatitis (that I believe led to her fairly early death, with the meds she was on and all; I do not like steroids) and was still a pretty big girl.  Those kittens look so darned brave.  Funny thing, a few seconds later, they’d turned and hightailed it away from Lisa.


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I just adore this photo of Rachel and Wally.  He was a great surrogate mom. He’s so big and she’s so small.  Have I mentioned what a little love cat she’s turning into?  Yeah, it’s only on her terms, but when she wants me to pet her, she’s vocal and persistent about it.  No holding, holding is forbidden, but I can run my hands down her back and sides, scratch her above her tail and on the top of the head and she just keeps coming back for more. Until she’s done, that is.


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I don't think of Potter as being a big cat, but he's ginormous in this one. But as we all should know by now, everything is relative.
 


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And one last shot of Lisa. You know, looking at this image of her brings tears to my eyes. Because I hadn't realized how much weight she'd lost by the time she we said goodbye to her. She looks so happy and alert in this one. I miss her every day.
 


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Well, that's it, my little trip down memory lane. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And if you cried, just a little, I'm sorry, but tears are good for the soul. They have a cleansing effect, I think. And smiles help the heart heal.
 



Thanks for sharing those wonderful pics with us!

Posted by denise @ Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 4:12:31 PM

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*sniffle*

Posted by Magicsmom @ Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 9:16:03 PM


IF I cried?  IF?  LOL *sniffling too*.

Honey when you cross the bridge some day you are going to be trampled by a herd of cats and a couple of happy dogs.

Posted by Lisa @ Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:36:04 PM


Yes, we cried, because we miss them almost as much as you do.  And we smiled right along with you.  Thanks so much for sharing those photos, that last photo of Lisa is as exquisite as she is/was.

Posted by Ceilidh @ Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 8:17:12 AM


I haven’t been by for quite a while. I was worried when I didn’t see Lisa in her chair. I absolutely panicked when I didn’t see her photo listed as one of the chair sitters. I then rushed to “Meet the Cats” page and I couldn’t find her even with an asterick. Next step was to read your diary.

I’m so sorry that you’ve lost three of your family over such a short period of time. There was a time when I used to check in on Julie multiple times a day. The last kitten that I picked had Lisa’s dark marble ginger coloring due to being so impressed with her colors. That and his deep purr and head-butting ways. I’ll think of Julie whenever I’m cuddling with my little orange boy. I’m sorry most of all that she suffered in the end. I hope that soon your memories will all be sweet and the sadness will be farther away. You deserve that.

I wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving. I sure wish I lived close enough to babysit your loved ones. I’d do it for free, just for the experience of being around so many wonderful poodins.

Love, Lynn

Posted by Lynn Hambley @ Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 4:31:43 PM

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