Farewell, Dino and TT

It has been another sad week in the Cat Blogosphere. We learned about Dino on Monday and TT on Tuesday.


I didn't know Dino very well. I have his blog on my blogroll, but I just didn't visit very often. His Mom posted on Monday that he had crossed to the Rainbow Bridge after a battle with kidney failure on July 18th. He was just a month short of his 19th birthday. He had a long and wonderful life. One thing that I do know about him is that he was instrumental in putting forth the idea of Meezer World Domination. That idea has really grown. The Cat Blogosphere will really miss him.

                           Dino has gone to the Great Beyond,
                           Leaving behind his family fond.
                                          He lived a long time
                                          With a love sublime,
                           Which will sustain his family fond.




I knew TT a whole lot better. She was a frequent visitor to my blog and I to hers. I really enjoyed reading about her and the adventures of all her family. She was with her Mom for only a little less than two years, though she was an older cat, about 12. She seems to have had a rough time of it before her Mom found her in a parking lot, but the last two years were spent with a very loving family.

                                TT let it be known that she was in pain.
                                Her Mom took her to the vet again.
                                        Mom held her close
                                        For the final dose.
                                Now TT will nevermore know pain.

Fat Cat Muffin

Thanks to everyone for wishing me a better week. I am having a much better week because I am on vacation. I am resting up and hoping to get some limericks written.

I don't have a photo of Fat Cat Muffin because there are none on his blog. He is a yellow/orange tabby and a big fellow. He is about 14 years old and weighs in at 20 pounds. He is larger than most of the dogs at his apartment complex and he likes it that way. His hobbies are eating, sleeping, cuddling and bird watching. He has discovered that the little lizards in Florida make good eating. He lives with his Mom and Grandma and a guinea pig named Midi. He and Midi get along just fine. He would like to make friends with the birds, but, for some reason, they are afraid of him. He patrols his apartment at night to make sure that no intruders get in and kills all the bugs. To make up for his nightly activities, he sleeps a lot during the day. He likes to meow at thunderstorms.

Fat Cat Muffin is a hefty boy.
He can scare woofies, much to his joy.
The woofies around him
Sometimes astound him
When they show great respect for this floofy boy.

Awards

Zinger at Zing Shui gave me this wonderful award for my (ahem) daily limericks. I wish that they still were daily. Thank you very much, Zinger. Here are the rules:

1) Put the logo on your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4) Add links to those blogs on yours.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I would like to pass this award on to:

Beethoven because his blog never fails to entertain me and I love following his adventures.
Tybalt because his blog is both interesting and fun.
Daisy because her blogging certainly is brilliant.
Cat in the Bag because I love the artwork showcased there along with the funny posts.
TT because I just love her blog.
Mr. Hendrix because I love reading about him and Bendrix.
Luxor because of the beautiful photography and the great fun they have.




Moki gave me this wonderful award and I am very grateful. This is my second time for this award, so I won't pass it on again, but I will give the link to Arte y pico, which I missed out on the first time. Thank you so much, Moki.

Really Bad Week

I don't really like bringing my personal life into this, but the reason I haven't paid tribute to my two friends who went to the Rainbow Bridge this week before now is that I had a really bad week at work with lots of overtime and I just haven't had the time to do it before now.


Mu Shue Pooh King Cat was helped to the Bridge on Tuesday because he just wasn't having any fun any more. Mama Laura is grateful for the extra two weeks she had with him when she took him the first time and he definitely wasn't ready to go. Mu Shue was a wonderfully sweet Mancat who really knew how to take care of his family. When the fire broke out and Mama Laura wasn't home, he herded Lilly Lu and Iris under the bed away from the fire and saved all three of their lives. He had to drag Iris by the scruff of her neck, but he did it. He was a true hero and a wonderful cat, but the time came when he just had to go.

Kayla said, "Mu Shue, it's time to come home --
To stay by my side and nevermore roam."
Mu Shue answered the call,
Though he'll be missed by all.
Together they watch over Mom Laura's home.


Fatty was a stray cat who lived in the basement of TT's apartment house. I won't call her feral, because she wasn't. She would come into the apartment to visit and was very friendly with TT and especially Shadow and the Mom, too. She never quite moved in, which turned out to be a good thing because she had FIV. Did she know she was sick and didn't want to infect the other cats? We will never know. When she became obviously sick, the Mom took her to the vet and found out the awful news. By this time, she could hardly stand and the Mom made the very hard decision to send her on to the Rainbow Bridge on Thursday. I know that I'll really miss her and I know that she is in a better place now, but it still really hurts that she is gone from the world we know. I am so glad that she knew love and kindness before she went.

Fatty just loved the great outside.
When the weather was bad, in the basement she'd hide.
When she got really sick,
She sought the Mom so quick.
Now she's at the Bridge, where it's all nice outside.

Dixie

Dixie is a lovable dog who really loves to play.  She has discovered that playing in water is a lot of fun.  She had been a mostly indoor dog and was just introduced to the fun of dog parks with water just last year.  The first time she went into the water, she wasn't quite sure what to think of it, but then she decided that she liked it a lot.

                                      Dixie loves to play in the pond.
                                      Of chasing her ball she's very fond.
                                           They put them together
                                           In sunny weather.
                                      Just watch Dixie and Hubby bond.
                                       

Dusty Rose

Dusty Rose is a small kitty who lives with her Mom and her Hubby and Dixie the woofy. She is very playful and really loves her Mom. She is also quite fond of Dixie. The two of them play and nap together quite often. Dixie doesn't show it now, because she has had her summer furcut, but she is usually quite floofy. Dusty Rose is quite curious, but she is scared silly of her Mom's blow drier. She is also rather cautious of the shower now, because Hubby turned the water on once when she was exploring it.

                                   Dusty Rose is a kitty who loves her woofy.
                                   She snuggles up in her fur so floofy.
                                           She makes her a pillow
                                           Of her own free will-o
                                  Just to show how much she loves her woofy.

Shizuku

Shizuku lives with Isis and Denali.  He seems to like the cats pretty well, though it seems he mostly ignores them.  He will play with Denali from time to time.  He is happy and playful and loves being outside.  Shizuku is of two minds about water.  When it comes from hoses or sprinklers or falls from the sky, it is something to be played in and enjoyed, especially if it makes lots of lovely mud.  If water comes in the form of a bath, he hates it.

                                  Shizuku just loves to play in the mud.
                                  He can't really help it; it's in his blood.
                                        He then gets a bath,
                                        Which incurs his wrath,
                                  But that never stops him from playing in mud.