TARRAGON & THYME

Its not been a good day - whilst at work this morning I received a phone call from my friend who had been trying to get hold of the other half to let him know that my beautiful old fella had been knocked down in his stride going about his daily business.  Needless to say I am very upset, as he was such a beautiful character and I had hoped to have the pleasure of his company for a little bit longer even though we believe he was over 21 years of age.  He beat his way into my home and then my heart - precisely in that order (a stray on the street that had lost his original owner when he moved)   Such a character, very much a gentleman - even suffered the indignity of having his ears washed on a daily basis by an over zealous Jack Russell (Missy). He had many friends up and around the area where we live, all are upset especially at the Veg shop where he used to camp out during the day.  I mourn his passing, particularly as he has gone by accident and he really did not...

Thought I would tell you a bit about my big cat with attitude plus Tyson. Tyson came to me as a stray, a very small kitten flying through the kitchen door one day and straight into my other cat's bowls where he proceeded to scoff the remains of their meals. We couldn't find who had owned him - we believe his owner moved away and he got "lost". He chose to stay with us and the rest of the motley crew and since then has been the local king of the block fighting off all intruders methodically and without any tolerance of them whatsover. He is well known in our local area, he has travelled quite a way round on all four paws as you do, and got himself into several scrapes along the way round and about his patch, but he tends to camp out during the day at my local veg shop. He even attracts his own fan club, with Christmas cards addressed to the cat being given to the shop owners. He is getting on for about 18 1/2 years old although he may be a little older. He has s...