Catarina Marie mid-November 1988-17 April 2009

Yesterday afternoon around 4pm, Catarina apparently had a stroke and died. She was an old kitty, as you can see from her dates in the subject line, but my family loved her and we will miss her.

I hope she's napping in an angel's soft lap.

Catarina Marie mid-November 1988-17 April 2009

Catty's gone. The vet said she appears to have had a stroke or an embolism or a series thereof.

After 20 years, we've lost our Catty. Roxanne is the boss kitty cat in my parents' house now. I think she misses Catarina too; for all but 8 weeks of her life (Roxie will be 19 in October), she and Catty lived together.

May Catarina chase butterflies over warm fields, moving with the ease and joy of kittenhood, and may she have the softest angel lap for her naps.

In other kitty news, Little Guy has been neutered and will be going to live with Eric and Fat Cat as soon as Cliff gets with Eric and works out the logistics of transferring the furball from our home to Eric's.

Little Guy has become a misnomer. According to the vet, he weighs 10 lbs at the approximate age of 7.5 months. Not such a little guy. Tessa weighs 10 lbs and she's fully grown. Sweetie Pie only weighs 8.5-9 lbs. (Tessa is taller and stockier than Sweetie Pie.)