Patches

Here is Patches doing her meatloaf impression. This seems to be a typical position for her. Patches started out life as an outside kitty and spent the first half of her life rather wild. She had two male cats taking care of her for a long time, but oddly enough, didn't have any kittens. All three of them used to hang around Caspersmom's house quite a bit. When it got cold, Patches used to go up on the roof and curl around the stovepipe. Caspersmom was afraid that she would get burned so she put out a nice box with warm blankets in it for her. Then something bad started to happen. One of Patches' guardians disappeared and the other on got so badly maimed that he had to be sent to the Rainbow Bridge. Caspersmom brought Patches inside and she has been there ever since. She turned 15 in July. Since Patches had never been inside before, it took her a while to get used to it. For the first few years, she was rarely seen. She hid during the day and came out to eat and use the litterbox at night. Casper was adopted about the same time and now Patches will occasionally allow Casper to groom her a bit. Patches has decided that the Mom is her best friend. She will sit beside her to watch TV and get petted. When it is time for the Mom to eat, Patches will sit in the chair beside her and get petted and eat a few morsels. When the cats got to go outside at their old house, Patches was the last one out and the first one back in. She decided that she liked the inside much better than the outside. Patches loves to be warm more than anything. When the stove is on, she will lie beside it. The Mom gave her a sweater once, to keep her warm, but she was out of it in about 5 minutes.

                                           Patches is the small and shy one.
                                           If you look for her, she might be gone.
                                                She streaks like a winner
                                                When it's time for dinner
                                           And sits with her Mom 'til the food is gone.

Farewell, Drebin

I had planned to write about Patches today, but then I decided to start alternating the fun limericks with the tributes now. This will give me a bit more time for research, as Patches' limerick is already written and alternating the limericks will, hopefully, keep me from giving myself a sad. I don't know much about Drebin at all. He didn't have a blog. His Dad worked with Mr. Tuck's Mom and he told her that Drebin had sneaked out of the door and disappeared on July 29th. His family looked and looked for him and found and adopted Oliver from a shelter in the process. Finally, Mr. Tuck's Mom learned that Drebin had been found around September 19th, but he had already gone to the Bridge. At least his family knows what happened to him, sad as it is. I am sure that he is having a great time at the Rainbow Bridge right now.

                                                 Drebin made his escape and ran away.
                                                 His Mama hunted for him night and day.
                                                        She found him at last,
                                                        But his life had passed.
                                                 Now he's at the Bridge, always at play.

Help!

I will get back to the limericks tomorrow, but I wanted to write this tonight. I want to write tributes for the kitties who went to the Rainbow Bridge while I was away, but I need some more information on some of them. Did Drebin appear on another blog before he was mentioned on Oliver's Weekly Scoop? Does anyone have the URL for Jake's blog?

This house is beginning to feel lonesome and I think I just might adopt a kitty or two, but the house needs to be made kitty-friendly first. My Mother loved cut glass and there is a lot of this about:

Also, does anyone know what kind of plant this is and if it is dangerous to kitties?

It may take quite a while for me to get the house ready, but I feel that there is most likely a kitty or two in my future.

Cleo

What could that be under the rug?


It's Cleo, of course. Playing with this rug is one of Cleo's very favorite things. She is also very fond of boxes. The Mom found Cleo hanging around outside the house, looking very uncared-for and hungry. She invited her in and she has been a member of the family ever since. Cleo is the adventurous one and was the one who was most likely to jump over the fence at the old house when they had a back yard to play in. Cleo could be very bad at not coming in when she was called. It got to the point where the Mom would bring Cleo in while the other kitties played outside, because she just wouldn't mind. Other than that, Cleo is very well behaved and gets along well with Casper and not quite so well with Patches. Lately, though, Cleo and Patches have been seen sharing a sunspot or a nap spot, though not touching each other.

                                                 Cleo loves to play with the rug.
                                                 She rolls up in it, all warm and snug.
                                                         She can disappear,
                                                         Including her rear,
                                                 When Cleo decides to hide in the rug.

Hams Are Here!

My souvenir hams from the Hams of the Werld Tour arrived yesterday and the timing was perfect. I gave one to my older nephew for his cat and one to my brother for Dodger and this one is going to my best friend's cats. Poor things, they will have to share one for the two of them. Aren't they the cutest things? I hope to be getting back to the limericks soon. My life will be getting back to what is going to be normal Wednesday, when I go back to work. Tonight and tomorrow night I intend to do some research and visiting and hopefully come up with a limerick for a Thursday post. Maybe I will get lucky and a limerick will come to me before then. I will miss Mom a whole lot, but so far I am doing pretty well. See you soon.

Mom Passed Away

Update: If any of you would like to see my Mom's obituary, you can find it online here.

I didn't post any updates on my Mom because by the time there were any changes, things went downhill in a hurry. My Mom passed away this evening. It really was a blessed release because she was really suffering. At least near the end she went to sleep and passed peacefully. She lived a full and wonderful life and left it at home, where she wanted to be. I don't know when I'll get back to the limericks, but I will start visiting again, as I think it will comfort me. Thank you all for your kind and comforting comments on my previous post.

Goodbye for Now

It really pains me to have to do this, especially after all the nice comments I just got, but I have to stop blogging for a while. My Mother has become very fragile and often needs me during the night. This means that I have to go to bed as early as possible in order to get enough sleep and that leaves no time for blogging. I am not totally disappearing, I hope. I will try to visit some when I can, but I simply do not have the time to research or write posts any more. I won't be gone forever, but it may be quite a while before I post again. I will miss you all very much.