Miss Growlypants Gone for 4 Years Now

 We lost our Sweetie on July 8, 2024.

She first appeared in the yard, escorted by feral cat Hobo, in 2009.

We TNR'd her in 2010, and she remained human-shy for years.

When Celestial Paddy O'Malley arrived in 2011, and he became friendly, Sweetie slowly picked up on allowing pets and brushies.

When COVID hit in March, 2020, we trapped Sweetie to bring her inside after over 10 years in our yard.

Amazingly, she took to being a pampered housecat in days; the video of her kicking the catnip toy was filmed soon after she'd come inside.

She still had a pretty good-sized wild streak, but the fourish years we had with her sleeping with her humans, allowing smoochies, and vet visits are happy memories.

Sweetie had developed mammary tumors, and the prognosis was pretty meh whether she had the surgery or not, so we chose to let her just live as comfortably as possible.

Sweetie was a wonderful cat, and we hope that Henry has found the inside life is pretty darn good too, just as she did.

❤️ Purrs to you, Celestial Sweetie! ❤️

Gets Friendly

It's Sweetnesday!

July, 2017: Sweetie goes from standoffish to friendly!

Finally being able to pet Celestial Sweetie was so wonderful!

She loved brushies too.

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When Out

It's Sweetnesday!

A few photos from July, 2018, when Celestial Sweetie was an 'O Cat'.

And, of course, Celestial Pommy had to photobomb again.

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PO'M's Inside Gotchaversary was 24 July, 2021.

We lost him 7 August, 2021, so neither date is very celebratory for us.

Am not lying when I tell you that I went from the highest high with joy in my heart to the lowest low in that fortnight.

Losing Celestial Sweetie, who was a part of it all, is another blow, yet having these lovely furrys in our lives has only enriched us in so many ways.

The sadness only enhances the love that we all shared, and how precious life is. 

❤️😻❤️

Solace

Your warm wishes and comments are overwhelming; thank you all for your love and support.

 From Zoolatry

From Meezer's Mews & Terrieristical Woofs

 As I work from home, Celestial Sweetie was my all-day companion.

If she meowed, I'd stir her food bowl to make it more enticing.

If she jumped onto the bed, I'd lay down next to her for a brief time-out.

If she voiced her opinion of my online conference calls, my co-workers would call out her name.

If she wandered to the spare bedroom to nap on the cardboard, I'd sneak a peek through the partially open door to make sure she was okay.

Celestial Swee Wee, from late June 2024.

We'll tell more of her story later, suffice it to say that she was a braw lassie, with plenty of fight in her every single day.

She was small.

She was tough.

She was a lovebug.

She was unique.

❤️💔❤️

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