Monday, February 25, 2008

The Joys of Cats


Yes, bloggers block does happen and it did hit me for the past couple of weeks. Lots have happened. We lost our "fat boy" cat Charlie this week to a bad throat tumor, but Tippy, our other cat is so happy to have the house to herself. She was not very happy living with another cat. Fat Boy was the only cat that could even be in the same room with her. She is an "only cat" type feline, and has never before tolerated the company of any other animal. You see, Tippy use to live at the antique mall that I use to manage and own, and one day a pit bull came into the opened front door. Must have wandered off from the neighborhood somewhere. When Tippy laid eyes on that dog, she flew off the front counter like "supergirl" and latched all fours around the dogs head and rode him out the door with fur flying, dog legs flailing, and us screaming! Poor dog. Didn't stand a chance.

We all miss our Fat Boy, but we were happy to end his suffering. We can sometimes still hear his breathing and glimpse a black shadow on the back of the chair or on the cat tree, but it is slowly fading away. RIP Charley.

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