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Jul 3rd, 2007 at 04:41 PM
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Purl One
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I was outside potting up the many plants I bought on sale today, when Slinky walked by and up the deck stairs for his dinner. I mentioned to Don that Slinky was walking by him. Our neighbor, Dick, was in the pond with Don helping him move some very heavy rocks for the waterfall (see my update on the pond?).
Dick said very plainly that he found a dead cat under his front bushes early last summer. Right away my heart stopped. YEP... it was a black and white cat! It just HAD to be Fraidy - it was the exact time that Fraidy stopped coming around...
For those of you who weren't around here last summer, Fraidy was a feral very scared cat, but would come and eat on our deck every day, for about 4 years - it wasn't until she got pregnant last summer for the first time, that she let me pet her, and kept me company while I gardened and even rubbed up against my legs. She wanted to come inside to have her babies but I couldn't let her, what with our 3 strictly indoor cats - couldn't risk any diseases that she might have been carrying... I've regretted that ever since.
While it's so VERY sad, and I'm having a good cry about her now, at least we finally have closure about her.
We miss and love you Fraidy!
Laying very pregnant on our driveway last June...
Babies bulging out to the sides in a very pregnant Fraidy...
We're thinking that she just couldn't handle the birth - Dick said he never saw any kittens around, and neither did we.
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Little Sprout
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THE SPROUT IS BACK!
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I'm so sorry Lynne.
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A Gnome's Best Friend
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Ohhhh How sad!! I'm sooo sorry!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
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Wild Willow
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Geez.. I am very sorry to hear that. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes.. cause I am such a sucker for any animal and I have lost several, so I know how you are feeling. At least she got to know that she could trust and love/be loved by humans. You gave her a great gift.
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SO sad. But i am glad that you know what happened to her. I think the not knowing and wondering can be torturous.Take care Lynne.
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Oh Lynne, yuck, this makes me so sad, I too am a sucker for animals, and I totally agree with pinkhorse, you gave her a great gift just loving her. RIP FRAIDY
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Jul 5th, 2007 at 07:31 AM
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How very sad!! My heart goes out to you, Lynne. Like Penny said, at least Fraidy had someone who loved her.
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