The little assemblage that Frida was:
loud purr, ginger and orange and white fur, gold mineral eyes, white paws like unnecessary (but perfect) gloves. A propensity to eat kibble with those same gloved paws, like a dainty monkey. She had her own distinctive smell– dusty, comforting, and wholesome. She was a licker, too. Would lick your hands and toes sandpaper-raw if you let her.
I like to think that while i held her in my lap this afternoon, her wee kitty spirit slipped out from between those pointed ears, sideways a little, skipping her heart, and then up over the clinic room, over the kennels outside full of funny hungry dogs, and into a pretty nice day full of birds, wind, sun. I just wish John and Aimee got to say good-bye.
bye bye, kitty (like I said to you every day before I left the apartment). i miss you much.
Frida (formerly Fatty Fat Fat) 1995-2006
Goodbye, Frida. I miss you from here, your motorcyle purr and orange fuzz, your obsessive shower-taking and the way you jumped clumsily up the cat tree, sweet ungraceful kitty.
Comment by john borland — August 8, 2006 @ 5:57 am
[...] Today was Frida’s last day. Just a month after we left for Berlin, the poor purring kitty turned out to have kidney failure. Corii stabilized her for a few months, but she took a turn for the worse a few days ago. Today a needle slipped into her veins, and she shivered with a final little sneeze, and she was gone. [...]
Pingback by John Borland » Passing of a gentle soul — August 8, 2006 @ 6:12 am
i, too, am glad to have met her before she left.
bye bye little frida fatty fat fat (this is a very cute name)
Comment by gaela — August 21, 2006 @ 11:32 pm
Hi Corii. I didn’t even know about this (the blog or Frida’s passing) until you mentioned it the other day.
She was the sweetest girl. I miss her. I remember her crawling onto the sofa with me when I spent the night at your & john’s old apt. off dubose. her purr was loud enough to keep me awake and unlike suumu she never bit or scratched me and just loved to get rubbed. she had the softest fur in the world.
she was such a sweetie and i will miss her.
Comment by bacon — October 26, 2006 @ 8:45 pm
coooorrrriiiiiiiii
come to town.
Comment by gaela — December 11, 2006 @ 3:09 pm