so sad

BAGHEERA

I must say we saw it coming

since last Sunday :

our big brown Burmese cat Bagheera 

(in fact daughter's cat, but our long-term guest)

was getting very thin all of a sudden.

Stumbling sometimes,

didn't have much appetite,

plaintive meowing.

(yes, when we think back now,

there were some signs, days earlier ...

but he had his little ups and downs before)

We really didn't expect it to go worse that quick

His little blue sister Bella stood by him

all the time.

But tonight

we had to say goodbye

and let him go

Thanks, dear sweet-natured friend !

We all,

and especially your little sister,

will dearly miss you !

joy and sadness in one day ( 14 - 9 - 14 )

Yesterday daughter and I

went to this special market with our felt pieces,

some little art quilts, some drawings, 

and daughter's spinning wheel.

Our little marquee had been set up for us already !

;-)

This time I had some Velcro strips stitched on top

and ribbons to tie to the poles on the side

of the two fabric side walls.

(so it was a much easier job to attach than the last time !)

Then we could start unpacking right away.

Apart from lovely people with other stands 

there was catering with lots of homemade goodies

and some musicians too.
There was some wonderful energy moving around !

Though we had quite a lot of wind at the beginning

really soon the sun came out

and the visitors started to come. 

*

Sadly enough

I had to leave this joyful place halfway through the day.

Man and I went to Zwolle

to say our final goodbyes to a very dear old friend.

It was so good to see both daughters

painting this wonderful and joyful picture

of the strong, kind and loving man their father had been.

(he was a gym teacher and sportsman and

we met more than forty years ago on a skiing holiday)

They had been asked to do so four years ago

and they then had hoped he would grow 

at least 91 before they had to do this;

but it was decided otherwise, 

at just 76 ...

There were lots of bouquets of orange flowers

around the coffin during the ceremony :

he loved orange flowers

I made a bright orange felted flower

that I gave to his wife afterwards.

Dear Bob, we're all gonna miss you