Thursday, 5 March 2026

Tama-Chan Thursday - The Rainbow Queen

 

Rainbow Queen Tama: Greetings, Dear Friends, and welcome back to another episode of my life story. I hope you are not getting bored. #1 says it takes her several hours to put together the photos for each post, and I do hope you are enjoying them. So, here is 2019 for you.

January 2019 - A sad start to the year after the loss of Tommy:


But I looked for sunpuddles wherever I could find them.




And, at the end of the month, this arrived! Ollie certainly livened things up quickly!


February 2019 -  Trying to get back to normal.




Here I am with little Genji. He always was a very sweet boy.


I started to get into dangling:


And worked to make friends with Ollie:


March 2019 - I started to spend more time with my boy Bibi. My maternal instinct knew that there was something not quite right with him, as he was taken to see Dr. C several times.



#1 tried to reassure me:


But a mother knows...



I distracted myself with my dangling:


April 2019 - I was getting more and more worried.


We spent time together in the cat run:


But he was getting thinner and thinner...


But what could I do?


Other than snuggle with #1 as much as possible:


May 2019 - It was not a good month, Dear Friends. I watched my boy fade away in front of my eyes and, by the end of the month, Beebs was gone. We were all devastated.




I helped #1 write up his memorial post:


June 2019 - Once again, we had to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. It was just me, Genji, and little Ollie now.



#1 and I comforted each other as best we could:





July 2019 - And then it was full summer:




Hot enough to need to air out my tummy!


August 2019 - Time for another birthday. On August 2nd, I turned 11. The years certainly had flown by! I celebrated with an aria in the cat run.




#1 told me I was lovelier than ever.



September 2019 - As the days started to shorten, we all sought comfort.





October 2019 - #1 was gone, to Japan, almost the whole month, so the photos were few. It was a comfort to have Genji there, though.



November 2019 - It was such a joy to have #1 back with us!





December 2019 - And thus another year came to an end, once more marked by terrible loss. We closed the year hoping against hope for a quiet year to come, but it was not to be. 2020 brought with it its very own tragedies.




My boy, Bibi, had loved to sit in the dryer, among the warm and dry laundry, so I decided to try it too.



And we had our neighbour, Fernant, with us for the holidays. He reminded me of happy times with Tommy.


And that, Dear Friends, was 2019.

14 comments:

  1. So many sad moments and great memories too. What a cute puppy you were Ollie!

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  2. Ollie came into your life at the right time. Losing your Beebs had to be heart break. You looked so young and healthy and had years of great fun ahead.

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  3. And ALL have helped #1 with your posts - and we appreciate that!

    So many memories - bitter and sweet -

    H&K&W
    Willow
    PeeEssWoo: Hi Ollie - I get to hear those words soon!

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  4. thank you for sharing your photos ... I'm in a rush this morning and some didn't come through for me .. but I hope to look again later. I appreciate alal the time it took #1

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  5. You were so happy when #1 came home to you. Tama-Chan, you were always your mama’s girl.
    It was fun to have a puppy Ollie with you, after the sadness last year.
    Poor Bibi was so young to leave you. You had to be brave for yourself & #1.
    I love your dangles! Linda

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  6. What lovely memories of you from 2019, Angel Tama-Chan. There were some sad moments, but also some new beginnings with Ollie too.

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  7. You were a very good mother worrying about Bibi when you knew something was wrong. A sad year, but also lots of lovely memories.

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  8. It's so difficult to lose one's beloved, let alone more than one.

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  9. A year of heavy hearts 🥺
    But.the photos were fabulous and comforting. We appreciate #1's many hours preparing these posts.

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  10. Loss is a terrible thing. We ask ourselves “why “but there is never an answer.

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  11. Those were beautiful photos and even more wonderful memories.

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  12. It sounds like a roller coaster of a year. It happens this way sometimes.

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  13. Tama, you are beautiful as ever. Angel Ducky

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  14. Chaplin: "Ahhh, Rainbow Queen Tama, 2019 was a rough year for you. We're glad you had #1 there to snuggle and help you get through it, and new friend Ollie to keep you distracted."
    Lulu: "2019 was when I arrived here, too, which was good, because our Dada had a pretty rough time of it at the end of the year and needed all of us to nurse him back to health."

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