A Blessed Messtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13542302009-11-13T22:59:01-06:00TypePadGreenietag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a69ce87a970b2009-11-13T22:59:01-06:002009-11-13T22:59:01-06:00Greenie, originally uploaded by rudybeardog. This is my 45th year and I declared it my Year of the Duck.SheilaEspecially Harleytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a6581a6b970b2009-11-05T18:53:39-06:002009-11-05T16:21:10-06:00Harley Hogs The Heat, originally uploaded by rudybeardog. Apparently, my beshert* was a two for one package deal. It was as much my destiny to end up with Harley as it was to end up with Tim. We were simply meant to be. Please don't think I didn't love Grady with all of my heart...SheilaEmpty Arms, Full Heartstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a657b122970b2009-11-05T15:17:32-06:002009-11-05T15:01:45-06:00Tim said it best this morning. While the passing of Harley and Grady has left a huge void in our lives, they still occupy a huge space in our hearts. If it should be I grow frail and weak And pain prevents my peaceful sleep, The you must do what must be done When this...SheilaRest In Peace Kitty Loves Of My Life.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a6538c69970b2009-11-04T13:08:16-06:002009-11-04T13:29:48-06:00We'll meet again . . .SheilaThe Cats That Changed All Thattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a6a85375970c2009-11-04T09:51:27-06:002009-11-04T09:51:27-06:00For most of my life, I actually pretended to be highly allergic to cats so I could avoid them completely. They scared me and I really, really, really did NOT like them. Then I met Tim and with him came Harley Bear and Grady Boy. I will never forget the moment, within days of the...SheilaOn Pets and Passing and Compassiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a6515918970b2009-11-03T21:25:15-06:002009-11-03T21:25:15-06:00It is with very heavy hearts that Tim and I have watched the health of BOTH of our beloved cats (ages 15 and 17) decline drastically over the past few months. We know that Harley's kidneys have failed and Grady has some sort of mystery illness for which we have found no diagnosis. No matter...SheilaHarley Hanging With His BFFtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a6504458970b2009-11-03T14:52:17-06:002009-11-03T14:52:17-06:00Harley Hanging With His BFF, originally uploaded by rudybeardog. and vice versa.SheilaPeaceful Gradytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a6a5af5e970c2009-11-03T14:51:38-06:002009-11-03T14:51:38-06:00Peaceful Grady, originally uploaded by rudybeardog. I hope his dreams are sweet.SheilaJib-Jab???tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a643024e970b2009-10-30T21:56:39-05:002009-10-30T21:56:39-05:00Jib-Jab???, originally uploaded by rudybeardog. This is a photo of Celia and Simon Cohen - my mother's paternal grandparents. Simon does look a whole look like that Jib-Jab guy though!SheilaNanatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c157553ef0120a642c76a970b2009-10-30T21:17:24-05:002009-10-30T21:18:30-05:00This photo (it's the original too) is of my maternal grandmother when she was a young woman living in New York with her older brother. We're not sure whether this was taken in a studio in Brooklyn or on the Lower East Side but it was one of them. I inherited this wonderful picture along...Sheila