Remembering Sen-Chan

 

#1 here. Sen-Chan (aka Poupounet), who started this blog with Tommy, was not with us for very long, and he left for the Bridge in January 2009, at the age of 18 months. He was an incredibly sweet boy, adventurous, kind and cuddly. I would like to remember him in today's post.

Although he was a pure-bred Abyssinian, Sen-Chan was a bit of a rescue. I saw him when I visited the breeder. He was clearly not well and came straight to me. He needed to be gotten out of there. The breeder sold him to me cheap and the rest was history, and far too short.

Here he is ,shortly after he came home:

He first met Madrac, who came before Fernant, and loved her:

But he and Tommy were absolute best friends.

He was the only one ever allowed out, because he was such a good boy.

He was an adventurer:

But he also loved to relax at home:

He had the cutest pink toes:

He was the epitome of a good boy and will always be missed. He is buried, with his little white bunny, in the garden, next to Yuu-Chan who was also taken too young by the same awful disease (FeLV). I like to think of them both now with Tommy again, and all the others too.

I was away when he died, attending my nephew's wedding in England. The day after I returned, I visited his favourite place in the field, and this is what I saw: