Even the stoutest heart........

[cozietoesie]

......will one day falter.

I'm afraid that Seniorboy died late this afternoon. At the vet's. I have some very very fine whisky waiting to salute him with and I am just going to go and light a candle for him. I probably won't be around for a few days - or if I am, you'll have to bear with some rather tipsy posting.

My Darling old lad.

And I understand the candle burning, For me, it was burning white sage incense. I'll always find that smell sad, yet comforting.

What a brilliant thing to say M. How goes it? On the subject of non-human crushes, I burn with frightful love for the Cadbury's gorilla - DH Lawrence level. Took me by surprise a bit. Nasty :)

Hope you are doing ok this morning Cozie. Mr C is still on double sweets to mark Seniorboy's passing and I am about to nip downstairs to give our ancient caretaker age 90 a bundle of chews that his cats love In Memoriam. Spirit of Seniorboy, not me, at work here.

Ooh, very Edgar Allan Poe, L! That gorilla love must be most disturbing!

My teacher (who I also had a crush on) proclaimed The Numan "short", when I brought a poster from Smash Hits in for a sort of show and tell type thing. Thing is, teacher was extremely short himself. My teacher crush evaporated that day...

How are you today Cozie? I hope you're OK. Eaten something? I found that tricky at first. Probably TMI, but I needed a sick bowl whilst eating close to me in the first month or so. Grief affects the body in strange ways. Oh, that sounds disgusting... I'm sure you're handling your sadness far more elegantly than I did.

I am sending strength.

I've only just seen this . I'm so sorry cozie . Hope you're doing OK.

Thank you Mantra and Living. I'm doing OK. I've removed pretty well all of Seniorboy's things and am in the middle - after a fashion - of a 'Spring Clean'. That will help also.

Massive congrats on that Herculean task, not to mention the Spring Clean cozie.

It's all smiles here as ham was reduced in M&S. I'm getting some frankly frenzied purring.

Came across this by chance and thought of Cozie and Seniorboy x

That is a lovely picture Papergirl

I know. Not big into angels but I used to have Siamese and I liked it.

Cozie I cleaned under the kitchen sink yesterday and found Nobby's favourite things - a pack of three little foam paint rollers that he loved to attack.

I brought them with him when I collected him - along with his carry case, litter tray, giant scratching post, three blankets, two towels, pillows, food, toys - he had more luggage than me.

I put them away and forgot about them. He didn't get to play with them and that made me so sad when I found them. But he got to do other things

Bit of a tantrum tonight, over a ham hock sandwich, from MCat.

I know what you mean about sorting his stuff. I remember you posting about buying loads of little floppy eared dogs, yet he'd only entertain the one, which he'd drag into his water bowl.

Ah. The extra ones are all still down in the laundry, in a big bag.

I'll have to run them through the washing machine, to freshen them. You reminded me.

Sorry to be a reminder of domestic chores - cats like things they play with to smell interesting anyway - I've never washed any of their's. The valerian "prawnz" was a big hit with LM. Had to go outside though, because it stunk the entire house out.

I'm now imagining you pegging up loads of floppy eared dogs by the ears to dry!

The valerian "prawnz" was a big hit with LM. Had to go outside though, because it stunk the entire house out.

Harry had something that contained valerian but it was so disgusting I binned it. Thankfully it wasn't something he was over keen on, I think it was too grim even for him!

You're not far wrong about the dogs pegged out. They're actually clean - it's just in case any of them have a whiff (to a sensitive nose) of Seniorboy about them.

Wishing you a sunny day cozie, in order for your row of flappy eared dogs to dry. Not sunny here though.

Valerian truly revolting, PSPC. People drink it in tea though! Have they no sense of smell?!

My DH is allergic to valerian, which we discovered one night when he couldn't sleep and I gave him one of those herbal tablets, his lips were puffed up and his throat was closing so off to a & e with him... He likes to remind me that I tried to poison him !

Mr C has just refused a ham slice unless it was shredded and fed to him by hand.

Hope it's good drying weather for you today Cozie. Have you considered an afternoon film? Maybe go to the cinema to ring the changes?

Hope your day was satisfactory C.

Had a cringeathon at the GPs, where I had to display and report on 'pet injuries'. Apologised for wasting NHS time on Mr C's behalf; Dr Patel said graciously 'It's fine, we know you'.

Hope you get a decent sleep tonight and make inroads into more of the mattress.

A fairly good day, thanks. Just have to clean carpets tomorrow and then I'm done.

I must say - Dr Patel sounds great.

Cozie, I am so sorry to hear about the sad loss of Seniorboy. I don't post very often but am a regular Litter Tray Lurker (and slave to 16.5-year-old FizzyCat!). Thinking of you

My friend has just sent me this photo and told me not to judge. Thats four now! Shes addicted to Siamese

Good luck with the carpets Cozie, keeping busy will definitely help.

I don't want to be bossy, but why not do something entirely nice for yourself afterwards. Possibly involving a screen and baked goods. Netflix is good at the moment.

I've got to clear out the back room of not one but two charity shops. It may take some time. No one has touched them for five years. Catnip for little me :)

Ooh, I second L in doing something nice and restful for yourself C, after you've done the carpets, grief is incredibly exhausting. You could listen to some Gary Numan and look at pictures of him! Though I know that might be torture for some... but friends can be electric... like all of us on here, via our various devices.