Mr Mingus Passes Away

I've had a very sad week. Mr Mingus passed away on Monday. 

It was a very tender and incredibly heartbreaking experience. We miss him so much.   His presence is in so many places around the house and yard.  We look out for him.... slinking off quietly into the ornamental fireplace to groom himself, and have quiet time, or lazing around in his red cushion deck chair in the backyard, tapping on doors to get in,  sitting under the dining room table, just watching us, or waiting for him to come and have lap snuggle time.  We listen for purrrrrs, or meows, but... there's just silence, and little tears, throughout the day.  Jase and I just look at each other now, and there's that loss in each others expressions we have already become so akin to reading.

Here are some photos of the Minki in his last week with us.  Taken with him in two of his favourite hang out spots. The table in the undercover outdoors areas, and the deck chair. He would wait for the sun to come out in the morning and impatiently make his way to his chair. When it got too hot, he would get up on the table, and in a very languid fashion, spend some hours, having the best time.  :)

There'll never be another like him.  He was amazing.

Our Mingus

I'm not one for getting too personal on here, but I'm feeling so shabby that I thought I'd share my misery. We found out last night that our awesome big bear cat Mingus has cancer. We're shocked, angry, upset, sad, worried, unsure, etc. It is inoperable. 

We've had him since he was a baby, and he's 12 now. Jase and I always hoped he'd defy cat statistics and life to be a grand old age of 30 or 130 or something totally silly... truth is, we love him so much, it breaks our hearts to imagine life without him.

So, I feel a little numb, and a lot sad today.

We might have a few weeks with him, and we might have a few months... it's unknown, but regardless - each day we do have will be awesome.  Here's some photos of our little black bear.  He's a bright shiny spark.