Wordless Wednesday Whinnies

 

With The Big V.

Tama-Chan Tuesday - Tears for a Friend

 

Rainbow Queen Tama: I was getting ready to help #1 remotely with the next episode of my life story when I heard a commotion at the gates. Being curious, I went to see what was going on and there stood our old friend Ducky, looking dazed and uncomprehending. Just last Friday, he had celebrated his 16th Gotchaversary with his adoring Mom, Janet, and seemed set for more happy times with her. In an almost uncanny premonition, she had written "While I celebrate this day unfortunately things are happening that make me feel that Ducky won't be here for an extended period of time." On Monday morning, she found him having a seizure, immediately took him to the vet, and he embarked on his journey to the Bridge. The poor boy arrived here with no idea what had happened. Fortunately, his old friend Derby was there and welcomed him with open paws, as we all did.

All of us know all too well the depth of the sadness our people go through when we leave. Ms. Janet, please know that we will take very good care of Ducky until you are reunited. We all send you soft, consoling purrs, and our #1 sends a big virtual hug.

His Mom said this was one of her favourite pics of her beloved Ducky, and so we have borrowed it to pay our respects.

Manly Monday With Momo

 

Momo-Chan: Hello everyone! Fluff-Puff here! How have you all been? I was sad to miss posting last week but I'm baaack!

Now that the heating is back on, our old-fashioned "fat" radiators are once again a favourite place to nap or just hang out, as shown by Ryū-Chan:

I too also enjoy them!

As you are well aware, Benny prefers to use Ollie as his personal warming device. #1 did manage to get a nice pic of him sans-Ollie, however, when we had that nice sunny day on Saturday

She also managed to catch Ollie in the sun!

And The Big V would like you to admire his muddy profile!

We wish you all a good week!

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Benny: Hello everyone. It's me, SuperSnuggler Benny! We woke up to a light dusting of snow, and we are so thankful to have heat and hot water! I have been ultra snuggly this past week, so most of the pics are going to include me!

Let me start with a great series of me snuggling with Ollie. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find me!

I have also been snuggling with my bro, Momo!

And with #1, of course!

As you know, little Ryū tends to march to his own drummer, but he is becoming very fond of snuggling with #1!

We even have a couple of snuggle pics with The Big V. #1 says there are some big changes in the world of the Vs, so stay tuned!

Wishing you a warm and snuggly Sunday!

Sei-Chan's Souvenir Saturday

 

Rainbow Sei: Can you believe it? I barely can! This is three weeks in a row! I think Queen Tama has been working her magic on #1! Well, whatever the reason, we'll take all the posts we can get!

Today being Valentine's Day, I think I shall start with this nice one of Tommy in 2010, wearing his Valentine bandana! It looks as though it had snowed that year!

We also have one of Yuu-Chan tucking into his supper, taken the same day:

Now let's go back even further, to February 2004 when the first among us, Ikkyu, accompanied #1 to England. The photo was taken in her childhood room!

Moving right along, here is a lovely one of Queen Tama, dating from September 20015

And her son, the one and only Da Beebs, from January 2017.

I also found this cute photo of Da Beebs with #1, that I wanted to share with you. It's from the same month. At the time, he wore a yellow bee-patterned collar, bee as in Beebs, of course!

Next, we have Genji, our Blue Boy, also from January 2017, along with a close-up of his gorgeous paws:

Don't worry, I have not forgotten myself! Here I am, in January 2017. I had found a lovely sunpuddle:

Our handsome Trav was only part of the Gang for a short while, but we love having him with us at the Bridge! This one if from September 2015:

Sen-Chan was the first of the French gang, and his nickname was Poupounet, hence the name of our blog. He left us far to soon, at the tender age of 18 months, carried off by the Fe LV virus.

And we end with the beautiful Hotesse, by far the longest-lived of any of us, who joined us at the Bridge at the age of 27! She is seen here with her daughter, Doucette, in January 2017:

We hope you have enjoyed our post. #1 always says that we shall live forever as long as we are remembered!

Family Friday

 

In these days of short days, endless rain, and grey skies, Ollie, Benny, Momo and Ryū bring you Family Friday!

Tama-Chan Thursday

 

Rainbow Queen Tama: We are a little late in posting today, for which we apologise. Poor #1 has been preoccupied with a variety of issues. I am happy to say that the heating is back on, and the hot water, but we have received an estimate for expensive additional repairs, which are sort of optional at this stage and will stay optional as they are too expensive. Anyway, here I am with a full set of pictures from 2017. That year was the last of what we call the Golden Years, a trouble-free and healthy time for all of us. I had some issues but they were well addressed and did not cause me any long term grief. So, here goes!

January:

As you can see in this first photo, I took a liking to my carrier early on! I would go and sit in it every time it came out, even if I wasn't the one going to the vet.

Time was spent courting sunpuddles:

I would occasionally consent to resting in proximity to my son, Bibi:

And then came my first "big vet" visit because I had started coughing:

February:

I started working seriously on my dangling.

And when out for a bit of fresh air when the weather permitted:

Snuggles with Mr. G were always welcome!

March:

As the first round of treatments had not yielded the results we wanted, I went back to VetRef, the referral clinic, for extensive tests. It was determined I had some allergy and was put on prednisone for the rest of my life. Dr. C later said that I was the only cat she had ever come across who tolerated long-term prednisone use with no ill-effects!

I resumed my pleasant life and occupations:

The weather started to improve.

And I always helped #1 after her shower every morning.

April:

Spring had sprung and the cat run became a favourite place to be!

May:

Back in those days, I also enjoyed the sky hammock in the study:

And I would supervise #1 as she worked up there:

June:

#1 was gone to Japan for several weeks from late May to mid-June, but we somehow managed without her and were delighted when she came back!

July:

July was a lazy month, with plenty of window whiffies.

Here I am snoozing in the sun with my son, Bibi:

August:

My birthday month! I turned nine years old, and all was well with my world!

September:

Mid-month, #1 made a trip to England and came back with lots of goodies.

I became friendlier with the little blue boy, Genji. Like Momo who followed him years later, he was a gentle soul and I didn't mind being close to him.

October:

And then autumn came with its gorgeous light.

Lots of brushies from #1.

Lovely naps.

Snuggles with #1.

There was a little beddie nook on the landing and I enjoyed spending time there.

November:

#1 went off to Japan again and we had house-sitters who turned out to be a nightmare and upped and left after a few days because it was too "hard" to clean litterboxes. That is when Mr. G started looking after us, and we never looked back.

December:

And before we knew it, it was December and the end of another year. Little did we guess the hardships and sadness the following year would bring.

And that was 2017 for me. As she looked through the photos from that year, #1 felt such nostalgia for times gone by. I wished I could be there to snuggle up to her again.