It was a week ago today that we lost our beautiful Butch. His love of adventure and fascination with water his undoing.
From when he and Monty first arrived in October, my main concern was the traffic out on the road in front of the house. They always seemed very wary of that hazard however. Never would we have expected a half full swimming pool in a neighbours backyard to be the culprit. But alas, that's where Cat found him last Tuesday afternoon. It's been a very sad week in our house since.
The two boys have given us an enormous amount of joy over the past 8 months. After nursing them both through the ringworm saga (see earlier post - "Meet Butch & Monty") and deciding that they were definitely part of the family, we have thoroughly enjoyed watching them grow from the cutest and funniest of kittens into lovely, friendly, loving cats. They've been inseparable from each other, constantly playing and exploring together. They adopted Max our dog as one of their own and both took to Isobel with affection as soon as she arrived home.
Butch has been the more laid back of the two. While Monty can be compared with Dennis the Menace - constantly getting himself into mischief - Butch always found that a decent amount of sleep was paramount to a successful day. Often, he'd end up slipping down between the cushions on the couch, fast asleep on his back, four feet sticking up in the air, snoring like an old man!
As a kitten, he had this stumpy little tail which kind of curled under him when he ran. It turned into this most splendid and luxurious feather duster like ornament which we admired intensely and swore, upon his demise, that we would keep as a tribute to him. You'll be pleased to know that we backed down on that. He is now resting quietly, magnificent tail and all, in his favourite corner of the garden, a bottle brush planted along side him.
From when he and Monty first arrived in October, my main concern was the traffic out on the road in front of the house. They always seemed very wary of that hazard however. Never would we have expected a half full swimming pool in a neighbours backyard to be the culprit. But alas, that's where Cat found him last Tuesday afternoon. It's been a very sad week in our house since.
The two boys have given us an enormous amount of joy over the past 8 months. After nursing them both through the ringworm saga (see earlier post - "Meet Butch & Monty") and deciding that they were definitely part of the family, we have thoroughly enjoyed watching them grow from the cutest and funniest of kittens into lovely, friendly, loving cats. They've been inseparable from each other, constantly playing and exploring together. They adopted Max our dog as one of their own and both took to Isobel with affection as soon as she arrived home.
Butch has been the more laid back of the two. While Monty can be compared with Dennis the Menace - constantly getting himself into mischief - Butch always found that a decent amount of sleep was paramount to a successful day. Often, he'd end up slipping down between the cushions on the couch, fast asleep on his back, four feet sticking up in the air, snoring like an old man!
As a kitten, he had this stumpy little tail which kind of curled under him when he ran. It turned into this most splendid and luxurious feather duster like ornament which we admired intensely and swore, upon his demise, that we would keep as a tribute to him. You'll be pleased to know that we backed down on that. He is now resting quietly, magnificent tail and all, in his favourite corner of the garden, a bottle brush planted along side him.
We miss him very much.
A little photo tribute to Butch is at: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/pwrightie/Butch
1 comment:
That sucks mate :(
Sorry to hear Butchy's gone
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