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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2007Shmogg's ashes
The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. Shmogg is home for good, now, even though I'm not sure exactly where his ashes will be stored permanantly. We thought perhaps we should store them on top of the fridge . As things have a habit of falling off the top of the fridge when you open it, it would be fitting of Shmogg to occasionally donk us on the head when we are foraging for food. It just seems right (and out of the way of the curious Yowlet). Still, I'm surprised at the weight of the box. Didn't expect spit and vinegar (and b*st*rd c*t tricks) would weigh that much, considering thats pretty much all he was made of, at the end. Yowie  SignatureIf you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. > Still, I'm surprised at the weight of the box. Didn't expect spit and > vinegar (and b*st*rd c*t tricks) would weigh that much, considering thats > pretty much all he was made of, at the end. {{{Yowie}}} I remember that feeling when I picked up Frank's ashes from the vet. They are on the island now, along with Nikki's, and I have a little of Frank's ashes in a small container around my neck. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box from > the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many > pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. {{{Yowie}}} So sad a year. > The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box > from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Yowie I remember the feeling when I received little Mimi's ashes. It was horrible, but I had been pretty numb, up to that point. The process of losing her had happened so quickly and unexpectedly, I still didn't know what hit me. That opened the floodgates, and I broke down right there in the vet's office. > I remember the feeling when I received little Mimi's ashes. It was > horrible, but I had been pretty numb, up to that point. The process of > losing her had happened so quickly and unexpectedly, I still didn't know > what hit me. That opened the floodgates, and I broke down right there in > the vet's office. Something I'm sure the vet's office sees plenty of! I have yet to have this particular experience (of getting ashes), but I've certainly lost beloved pets, so I know what that feels like. Yowie, I hope that you find the ideal spot for Shmogg to hang out in your house. The top of the fridge does sound like an ideal cat spot. Was that a place he liked to sit? Purrs, Joyce > > I remember the feeling when I received little Mimi's ashes. It was > > horrible, but I had been pretty numb, up to that point. The process of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > your house. The top of the fridge does sound like an ideal cat spot. Was > that a place he liked to sit? He preferred on top of the small freezer, but thats because in his old age, thats as far as he could jump. Unfortunatley, the top of the small freezer (the size of a bar fridge) is well within Yowlet grabbing height. His ashes are currently on the shelf in my wardrobe. I thought about sleeping with it last night, but thought that was being jsut a bit too morbid even for me. Maybe outside, maybe on top of the fridge, maybe just in the wardrobe. And maybe he'll tell me where in his own time. Yowie > He preferred on top of the small freezer, but thats because in his old age, > thats as far as he could jump. Unfortunatley, the top of the small freezer > (the size of a bar fridge) is well within Yowlet grabbing height. That is an important consideration, I agree. > His ashes are currently on the shelf in my wardrobe. I thought about > sleeping with it last night, but thought that was being jsut a bit too > morbid even for me. For the record, I don't think that's so morbid. If you get a locket and put a bit of the ashes inside, the way Marina did with Frank's ashes, you can have him next to you all the time, including at night. Of course, that would only be a small portion of what's in the whole urn, so you'd still have to decide where to place that. I'm sure you will figure that out in time. Joyce > His ashes are currently on the shelf in my wardrobe. I thought about > sleeping with it last night, but thought that was being jsut a bit too > morbid even for me. > > Maybe outside, maybe on top of the fridge, maybe just in the wardrobe. And > maybe he'll tell me where in his own time. I had Frank's ashes in my wardrobe for several months before I went out to the island the first time after he died. Every morning when I took out clothes for myself, I would stroke the urn (a simple cardboard one) and think of Frank. Given that most cats I've known like to sleep in wardrobes, that's as good a place as any. :) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box >> from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > what hit me. That opened the floodgates, and I broke down right there in > the vet's office. I got teary again at the Vet's office, but no longer randomly break down. My ear still hurts, although have found out later I got it pierced in a really dumb place by a really dumb method with a really dumb starter earring. Instead of going to a 'beautician' with a piercing gun on a 'whim', I should made an appointment and gone to a place that specialises in piercings of places other than ear lobes (although I probably would have chickened out by then). As such, I have suddenly learnt far more than I ever needed to know about ear peircing, and have ordered a more appropriate peice of 'body jewelry' for that area than the standard stud-with-butterfly-clip earring that usually goes through the lobes (a Labret). We're planning on getting more feline masters. This time, I think we'll have two, littermates hopefully and if not, young cats who are already used to each other. Cary wants a brown one and will call it "Different Fluffy" (go figure). I won't, however, be getting any other feline masters until a) after Christmas and b) until my ear quits hurting as I think that the healing ear and healing heart goes hand in hand. That is of course unless a feline master turns up on our doorstep announces their ownership of us before then :-). Yowie > The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue > box from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. > Shmogg is home for good, now, even though I'm not sure exactly where > his ashes will be stored permanantly. We have three cats buried in the garden (and there is a small brass plate marking where a previous owner buried his cat). Mingus went first, then his brother Zeke, then their father Ishmael. We planted crocuses over Zeke and Mingus as they both loved to eat them. A friend of mine makes whistles out of deer bone, and has recently recorded a (non-commercial) CD of multitracked recordings of himself playing them. They have a bright, clear tone and look like something out of the Neolithic. I have wondered if I should maybe get some made out of our furries' thighbones. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 > The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box > from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Yowie I kept Princess's ashes on my dresser for five years. Then I decided to bury them close to my back door and I planted a dwarf spruce tree there. When ever I go out the back door I see the tree and think of her. MLB > The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box > from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. > > Shmogg is home for good, now, even though I'm not sure exactly where his > ashes will be stored permanantly. Did it shock you once again for the loss? It always did for me. There was a time when I could not bury my beloveds in the garden which they loved, there was no-one to do it for me at the time and I was too poorly to do if myself so I chose cremation. Getting the ashes back is hard. I have three, waiting, in their wooden boxes in my wardrobe. Do I bury the boxes or what? Should I sprinkle the ashes somewhere that they loved and then get rid of the box? I don't know any more than you do, Vicky. But I understand. Tweed >> [quoted text muted] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Tweed When I buried Princess's ashes, I shook them out of the container so they could become part of the earth. I then covered them with more of the earth before planting the little spruce. The lovely urn that they were in is still on my dresser. Inside of the urn is a copy of the poem Rainbow Bridge. MLB >> The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box >> from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tweed I have three small boxes in my wardrobe as well. They are in a spot I only see occasionally, so it isn't a constant reminder. But enough time has passed it is a comfort. My kids know where I want my ashes to go, and the furkids will be with me. Jo >>> The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box >>> from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > has passed it is a comfort. My kids know where I want my ashes to go, and > the furkids will be with me. I will be buried when my time comes in the same grave as my grandparents and mother, I had to sort all this out in 05 when I was allegedly going to die very soon according to the doctors. I seem to have fooled them, but my brothers have instructions to put these boxes in my coffin along with me if I have not decided what to do with them before that. The box containing the ashes of my mother's adored border collie was put into her coffin and buried with her. She had wondered what the nicest thing to do with the ashes was. Like everyone, she left it for later. Same as I am doing. Tweed I am so dreading getting Scooters ashes back. Where we want to take them we can't go until next spring. I have a fear, probably unfounded, that the cats might know something. >>> The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box >>> from the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Jo They won't know. Keep the ashes until the spring and then do it. I find that getting the ashes back sets off the grief again. Do you? Tweed >I am so dreading getting Scooters ashes back. Where we want to take them >we can't go until next spring. I have a fear, probably unfounded, that the [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> Jo > The RSPCA did a lovely job. This afternoon I picked up a small blue box from > the vet, tastefully decorated, and properly sealed. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Yowie Lots of hugs and purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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