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© Sigrid Saradunn 2011….“Eclipse of the Wooden Eye Moon” January 4, 2011
Bianca, acrylic on canvas 12″ x 12 “
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Bianca Oreo 2002 to October 19, 2013
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© Sigrid Saradunn 2013…
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Bianca after loosing about 8 pounds…
(hard to believe looking at the photo!
She eventually was a little over 6 pounds….)
For the last two weeks,
she suddenly developed a taste for
“people food”
…chicken and pork chops
which of course,
I, Hard Hearted Hannah ☺
cooked for her.
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© Sigrid Saradunn 2013 Bianca October 6, 2013.
On this day, a petite ten pounds (peak was 18 +)
and still giving me her “best view”…
I would get this view more than any other…☺.
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Bianca was so miserable this morning,
made an appt. with the Vet.
So at approx. 12:40 pm
she crossed the rainbow bridge.
She looked at peace… I didn’t use a carrier,
she stayed quiet to the vets
and never struggled
from the time I left the house
to the end.
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Bianca came into my life
February 29, 2008,
at about 6.5 years of age.
when I took my youngest
grand-daughter to the local
shelter to play with the kittens.
My daughter and the two
girls thought I’d be lonely
and decided I needed a cat.
Bianca was stationed
at the door…she’d been
returned 3 or 4 times because
she didn’t like other cats,
kittens, dogs, children,
…people in general.
But she DID like my
x hubby #2
(I can’t remember HOW
HE got to be involved
that day, but he did)
and that is how
she came to leave with
me when the other cats
weren’t suitable.
(came in pairs, or weren’t
house broken)
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She taught me a lot
about animals and pets…
and people.
Bianca was extremely
smart and besides that…
a good mouser.
No matter how sick she felt,
if there was a mouse
to catch,
she was into duty mode…
and would stalk it til
it was mission accomplished.
I haven’t had many pets,
none as a child,
and never attended the death
of any of them.
My Cocker Spaniel
was my death of a pet
and I had a long term
unresolved grief response
to that loss.
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I do, for now, intend to keep
her photo as my icon
and will continue to write
about her as things remind
me of her.
My friends tell me that when
the time is right,
a new cat will appear,
needing a home,
and my home,
hoping it is a good mouser
will welcome it …
mouser or not !
Thank you all for your support…
without you knowing,
your posts on all the various prompts
have helped me thru this difficult
time of hospice care for
Bianca.
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Peace and love,
Siggi
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