Precious has made a one way trip without me.

 "I'm sorry you can't come with me Lynn."

Jan. 8, 2013 to Nov. 4, 2026

It is beyond my imagination that I would write about the loss of Precious.

She hadn't quite gotten to 15 years old yet, not until late Nov.

We were going to celebrate our birthdays together again as we have for 13 years.

This horrible thing growing in her so fast has ended her life. Cancer? Doesn't matter

what it is called.  It has consumed her like a parasite.

I realized in late Sept. that Precious was not as eager for her dry food and ate just a

little bit less. Since she was scheduled for her check up Oct 29, I thought she might

lose a bit of weight that she gained since her iodine 10 months ago.  But by the 

weekend of Oct. 10, she refused all food.  We were able to get her into the vet's office

Monday Oct. 12 for blood work and an Xray.  The Xray said it all.

We have enjoyed all of you visiting us for 7 years. Just as we hit this Blogoversary,

she was quickly leaving me behind.

We made the last trip to the vet and she fell asleep in my arms. No more 3 hour

leg time for us.

Precious did not want to blog about her health and I agreed.  She wanted people to

remember her in her grey onesie and sweet as ever.

Sincerely

Lynn and always my precious Precious

                                                                            

Jan. 8, 2013 to Nov. 4, 2026

                                                              Thank you Ann and June for this

                                                           beautiful Memorial Badge.

                                                                              

BFF Jo Jo waving to Precious as she joins Kozmo over the

Rainbow Bridge.  Thank you Marv, Barb, Jo Jo, and Nutmeg

Trick or Treat

"Lynn, are you gonna dress up and go tricking fur treats?  Halloween is acoming, ya know."

"I haven't decided what to wear yet.  Grey onesie or grey onesie?

It seems I don't have many costumes to pick furom."

"I could wear Suzy Q's red collar."

"I could go as a bag Lady."

"Or my Pawsitive cape.  Whatcha think Lynn?"

Costume provided by June and Miss Ann

"Maybe I'll dress like a punkin."

Crystal ball on the table

Showing the future, the past

Same Cat with the evil eyes

You'd better get out of there fast.

Beware the devil woman

She's gonna get you.

My BFF Jo Jo and me ready to trick or treat.

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Who needs an alarm clock?

 "I like to make sure Lynn nevfur evfur ovfur sleeps."

"I have this terrific scratchy post in the bedroom. And I use

it a lot in the dark of the morning.  It makes lotsa noise

as my claws rip the sisal rope. The hard cardboard knocks

on the wood leg.  I can nevfur let Lynn git too much sleep."

Somewhere between 4:30 AM and when I get up at 5,

Precious will start the morning alarm.  She never

meows, she never jumps on the bed,  but she really

knows how to use that scratcher. 

You may ask why then is it in the bedroom.  Long story

short,  it was made for Angel Seney years ago and lived

elsewhere. But moving into this house,  we have one scratcher

in the living area and one in the basement.  So this little

table used to be a window seat, it is now just like a 

night stand with a built in alarm.

"Lynn,  tell me that you nevfur evfur hada

alarm clock this loud and timely.  I must git 

my breakfast on time.  And I gotta pawty to

go to today at June's house!"

"Check us all out at Zoolatry with all our

finery on and tea and crumpets."

What better way to celebrate our Blogoversary!

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Me and my Gal Pal

 "Lynn, which one of us has a gal pal? You or me or both of us."

Precious, we must be each other's gal pal.

"This is a member of the armoire clowder. And

fur me."

"It's a good thing it does not hiss or meow or scratch.

Else I'd have to show it a thing er two myself."

I bought this when you came here nearly 14 years ago, Precious.

I wanted to add a cat to my other three stuffed animals to

represent my furry girls.  It is a bit lighter than you

but still in a grey onesie.

"Well, I'm glad you got me a special look-alike kitty."

The large grey one represents my long lost tripod Peepers.

The black and white is sweet Suzy Q.

The calico is the closest I could come to Seney

who was a tri color Maine Coon.

"I wasn't a feral kitty, but I was left at the orphanage.

I'm a lucky cat that Lynn found me there.

And guess what!  My 2 hoomans volunteered

to git shots.  Lynn will now complain about

a sore arm fur something called flu and covid.

If she only knew how bad I feel when I git my

rabies shot,  I got no sympathy fur them."

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Why didn't you take me too?

 "Lynn,  ya got lots of weird sights to see biking. Nothin' near as purrty as me, of course.  And how come I have to stay home?"

These tiny dots are dozens of migrating Swallows.  Looked 

like Tree Swallows from down below.

Sun and bad photo makes turkey look golden.  He's black.

"Lynn coasted behind this wild turkey down the bike path fur quite a

ways.  She was plannin' on bringin' it home fur Thanksgiving

Day.  But eventually she says the silly thing dropped off

into the woods."

Llama after a shave but needs a hair cut.

Iron Weed

                                                                                  

Ageratum and Goldenrod

                                                                                     

Blackheaded Vultures  (huge)

                                                                                    

This is the sun at 9:30 AM one day on the bike path.

We have had so much rain and then days of fog, that

blue sky was not to be seen. This week has been the

sunniest in 2 months.

"Kin ya tell these mommas are still ready to feed their big

babies?  They got lots of milk left over.  I've never 

drank milk here, so I wonder if I'm missin' out on

somethin' good?"

"Lynn,  I'm sittin' here at the counter waiting to

try somethin' good to eat or drink.  What's holdin'

you up!" 

Precious, no milk in this house so I guess

you'll just have to be disappointed.

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It began with 3

 "Lynn had so many caterpillars last year we gotta 4th box. And it's a good thing she did. The nursery was in smaller plastic boxes."

"I warned her not to start this.  But after the furst 3 early on

there ended up being eggs after eggs laid out furont."

"She went out evfurry day and brought in teensy tiny 'pillars

and had to feed them all."

"They were purrty obligin' and grew up to be Monarch 

Butterflies eventually.  We had 102.  So glad that

Mackerull over at Trout Towne was wrong about

us gittin' 732 this year.  Lynn woulda gone over

the edge."

"I'm just glad they flew away afore winter and filled up my house."

"Lynn says we even had a few 'pillars escape her attention

and we found a few butterflies hatchin' in Seney's 

pink garden sedums! And we only fed 9 'pillars 

that ended up not hatchin' acause of the parasites 

got 'em."

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Big Baby

 "Dear furiends,  if'n yer peeple call you a big baby, show 'em this big baby."

"Yep, Lynn said mama cow is only a tad bigger than her

hunger baby who wants it's milk.!"

"Now me fur instance, I'm a big girl, not a big baby.

And I git treated like a princess mostly."

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