Goodbye to Edward (cats, f&f, garden)

[elainegrey]

We said goodbye to Edward around 12:20 yesterday, a month and a few hours after saying goodbye to Luigi.  There was a cloud that was rainbow colored in the sky, a nacreous cloud (except May?! and 35° latitude?!) that greeted us as we reached the vet, that offered a bit of marvel to go with the grief.

The medication to allow Edward to breathe more easily failed and the prognosis became even more complicated. No prognosis had him leaving the cage where he was receiving supplemental oxygen, so we said good bye to him there.

We're shattered, and i have so much at work to focus on the next few days. A week and a half before i can safely see my dad.... No spots, so we're thankful for that. (I think Christine worries the stress of waking to Luigi's condition triggered the last flare of my condition.)

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Meanwhile, B-- (Christine's sister's husband) is now using supplemental oxygen.  D-- and B-- lost their two grey cats Atty and Scout to some seizure condition in late 2024 and this spring. We know additional grief is on the horizon.

So we will go through the change in our lives because forward through time is the only way i know.

--== ∞ ==--

I'd started working in the yard just before, the vet called. And then while Christine showered before we went to the vet, i put a few plants in the ground in the yesterday:

Better boy buried deeply in the eastern side of the back of the circle garden; a bigger Early girl to the west, and between them a "Sweet banana" pepper and a sweet basil. Last year a Matt's wild cherry tomato swarmed that whole area. I would have expected seedlings but maybe the winter weeds then pinestraw mulch was too thick.

Carmen (Red Italian frying pepper) east most, and the second of the four "Sweet banana" peppers in the east middle bed; the last two  "Sweet banana" peppers in the west middle bed, and one between the two tomatoes.

The Thai basil in the east front bed  close to the peony where sage thrived before.

I also pulled some seeds out from my collection - Zinna, marigold, sunflowers. I have struggled to grow sunflowers here but will try again, i guess. I mixed a bunch of collected marigold seed heads in the soil near the tomatoes - who knows when i collected those.  I should probably soak some of the hyacinth beans and plant them so when all the poppies die back i have something to replace them.  It failed last time i tried but i will try again. If i get my seedling kit going soon, i should start some more basil.

I'm leaning towards planting the  rosemary where i had it before but i don't know why that big plant died last year. I suspect humidity from all the stilt grass and Bears foot (Smallanthus uvedalia), then drought. But i wonder if the Smallanthus uvedalia had anything to do with it beyond the shade and captured humidity.

Comments

[zippybeta]

So very sorry for the loss of your beloved Edward.

[elainegrey]

Thank you

[threeringedmoon]

I am sorry for your loss.

[elainegrey]

Thank you

[altamira16]

Sorry for the loss of your kitties.

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We grow sunflowers under a tree so they are always much shorter than they should be. It is not that we planted them there. That is just where they volunteered.

[elainegrey]

Thank you.

Sunflowers: I assume i have to many somethings -- slugs? -- that take out seedlings before they can next deal with the question of whether enough sun can be found. I'd love to have sunflower heads i could leave out as bird seed.

[weofodthignen]

Poor Edward. Walk happily on the other side. I'm so sorry you had to let him go; you nursed him well.

[elainegrey]

Thank you for this and the support over this weekend.

[lyr]

I'm so sorry. That's so much to carry in such a short time.

[elainegrey]

Thank you, it has been muchness.

[sparkythegeek]

Hugs 😔

[elainegrey]

Oooh such a lovely kitten icon.

Thank you

[sonia]

Sorry for the losses of your kitties so close together. Their memory for a blessing as you tend your lovely garden.

[elainegrey]

Thank you. I hold that complexity of feelings, grief yet appreciating the relief from worry and the burden of care, and appreciate that energy can go to caring for the house and the other beings in the household.

[egret]

I am so sorry for your loss.